But, washed in the Redeemer's blood, Hath made his garments clean. 2 Happy, beyond expression, he
Whose debts are thus discharged; And from the guilty bondage free, He feels his soul enlarged.
3 His spirit hates deceit and lies, His words are all sincere ;
He guards his heart, he guards his eyes, To keep his conscience clear.
4 While I my inward guilt suppressed, No quiet could I find;
Thy wrath lay burning in my breast, And racked my tortured mind.
5 Then I confessed my troubled thoughts, My secret sins revealed;
Thy pardoning grace forgave my faults, Thy grace my pardon sealed.
6 This shall invite thy saints to pray: When like a raging flood
Temptations rise, our strength and stay Is a forgiving God.
Repentance, Justification, and Sanctification. BLESS'D is the man, for ever bless'd, Whose guilt is pardoned by his God; Whose sins with sorrow are confessed,
And covered with his Saviour's blood. 2 Bless'd is the man to whom the Lord Imputes not his iniquities; He pleads no merit of reward, And not on works, but
grace relies. 3 From guile his heart and lips are free; His humble joy, his holy fear, With deep repentance well agree, And join to prove his faith sincere. 4 How glorious is that righteousness
That hides and cancels all his sins! While a bright evidence of grace Through his whole life appears and shines.
SECOND PART.
Confession and Pardon.
1 W My heavy guilt within my heart,
HILE I keep silence, and conceal
What torments does my conscience feel, What agonies of inward smart!
2 I spread my sins before the Lord, And all my secret faults confess; Thy gospel speaks a pardoning word, Thy Holy Spirit seals the grace. 3 For this shall every humble soul
Make swift addresses to thy seat; When floods of huge temptations roll, There will they find a bless'd retreat.
4 How safe beneath thy wings I lie,
When days grow dark, and storms appear; And when I walk, thy watchful eye Shall guide me safe from every snare.
Works of Creation and Providence.
EJOICE, ye righteous, in the Lord; This work belongs to you; Sing of his name, his ways, his word, How holy, just, and true!
2 His mercy and his righteousness Let heaven and earth proclaim; His works of nature and of grace Reveal his wondrous name. 3 His wisdom and almighty word The heavenly arches spread; And by the Spirit of the Lord Their shining hosts were made. 4 He bade the liquid waters flow To their appointed deep; The flowing seas their limits know, And their own station keep.
5 Ye tenants of the spacious earth, With fear before him stand; He spake, and nature took its birth, And rests on his command.
6 He scorns the angry nations' rage And breaks their vain designs; His counsel stands through every age, And in full glory shines.
Creatures vain, and God all-sufficient. LESS'D is the nation where the Lord Has fixed his gracious throne; Where he reveals his heavenly word, And calls the tribes his own.
2 His eye, with infinite survey,
Does the whole world behold; He formed us all of equal clay, And knows our feeble mould. 3 Kings are not rescued by the force Of armies from the grave;
Nor speed nor courage of a horse Can the bold rider save.
4 Vain is the strength of beasts or men, To hope for safety thence; But holy souls from God obtain A strong and sure defence.
5 God is their fear, and God their trust, When plagues or famine spread; His watchful eye secures the just, Among ten thousand dead.
6 Lord, let our hearts in thee rejoice, And bless us from thy throne;
For we have made thy word our choice, And trust thy grace alone.
Works of Creation and Providence.
E holy souls, in God rejoice,
Your Maker's praise becomes your voice; Great is your theme, your songs be new; Sing of his name, his word, his ways, His works of nature and of grace, How wise and holy, just and true!
2 Justice and truth he ever loves, And the whole earth his goodness proves; His word the heavenly arches spread;
How wide they shine from north to south! And by the spirit of his mouth
Were all the starry armies made. 3 He gathers the wide flowing seas; Those watery treasures know their place, In the vast store-house of the deep: He spake and gave all nature birth; And fires and seas and heaven and earth His everlasting orders keep.
4 Let mortals tremble, and adore A God of such resistless power, Nor dare indulge their feeble rage:
Vain are your thoughts, and weak your hands, But his eternal counsel stands,
And rules the world from age to age.
Creatures vain, and God all-sufficient.
1OH happy nation, where the Lord
Reveals the treasures of his word, And builds his church, his earthly throne; His eye the heathen world surveys, He formed their hearts, he knows their ways; But God, their Maker, is unknown.
2 Let kings rely upon their host,
And of his strength the champion boast; In vain they boast, in vain rely: In vain we trust the brutal force, Or speed, or courage of a horse, To guard his rider, or to fly.
3 The eye of thy compassion, Lord, Doth more secure defence afford,
When death or dangers threatening stand: Thy watchful eye preserves the just, Who make thy name their fear and trust, When wars or famine waste the land.
4 In sickness or the bloody field, Thou our physician, thou our shield, Send us salvation from thy throne: We wait to see thy goodness shine; Let us rejoice in help divine,
For all our hope is God alone.
God's Care of Saints: or Deliverance by Prayer.
1 LORD, I will bless thee all my days,
Thy praise shall dwell upon my tongue; My soul shall glory in thy grace, While saints rejoice to hear the song. 2 Come, magnify the Lord with me; Come, let us all exalt his name; I sought the eternal God, and he Has not exposed my hope to shame. 3 I told him all my secret grief,
My secret groaning reached his ears; He gave my inward pains relief,
And calmed the tumult of my fears. 4 To him the poor lift up their eyes,
Their faces feel the heavenly shine; A beam of mercy from the skies Fills them with light and joy divine. 5 His holy angels pitch their tents
Around the men who serve the Lord; Oh fear and love him, all his saints;
Taste of his grace, and trust his word. 6 The wild young lions, pinched with pain And hunger, roar through all the wood; But none shall seek the Lord in vain, Nor want supplies of real good.
Ver. 11-22. Religious Education.
1 CHILDREN, in years and knowledge young, Your parents' hope, your parents' joy, Attend the counsels of my tongue;
Let pious thoughts your minds employ.
2 If you desire a length of days,
And peace to crown your mortal state, Restrain your feet from impious ways, Your lips from slander and deceit. 3 The eyes of God regard his saints, His ears are open to their cries; He sets his frowning face against The sons of violence and lies.
« PreviousContinue » |