haven guide, O receive my soul at last. 6. Looking to Jesus. 1 Jesus, lover of my soul, Let me to thy bosom fly, O receive my soul at last. 2 Other refuge have I none; Helpless hangs my soul on thee; Still support and comfort me. All my help from thee I bring: Cover my defenceless head, With the shadow of thy wing. 3 Jesus, thou art all I want; Boundless love in thee I find! I am all unrighteousness; Thou art full of truth and grace. 4 Plenteous grace with thee is found, Freely let me take of thee; 7. Seeking for a Blessing. 1 Son of God, thy blessing grant, Still supply my ev'ry want; Tree of life, thine influence give, Nourish me, and bid me live. Tend'rest branch, alas! am 1; Without thee I droop and die, Weak as helpless infancy; O confirm my soul in thee! 2 Unsustain'd by thee, I fall; Send the strength for which I call: Weaker than a bruised reed, Help I ev'ry moment need. All my hopes on thee depend; Love me, save me to the end! Give me thy sustaining grace, Take the everlasting praise. 8. Seeking for a Blessing. 1 Lord, we come before thee now At thy feet we humbly bow: O, do not our suit disdain! Shall we seek thee, Lord, in vain? Lord, on thee our souls depend; In compassion now descend; Fill our hearts with thy rich grace. Tune our lips to sing thy praise. 2 In thine own appointed way Now we seek thee, here we stay; 9. In Darkness. 1 Once I tho't my mountain strong, Firmly fixed, no more to move; Then my Saviour was my song, Then my soul was fill'd with love; Those were happy, golden days, Sweetly spent in prayer and praise. 2 Little then myself I knew, Little thought of Satan's pow'r; Now I feel the stormy hour! 3 Saviour, shine and cheer my soul, 10. Psalm xliii. 1 Save me, Lord, in this distress; 2 Send thy light and truth to guide; 1 Blessed are the sons of God; 2 They are justifi'd by grace; All their sins are wash'd away: 3 They produce the fruits of grace; With them number'd may we be, 4 They are lights upon the earth, 14. Submission. 1 Alas! and did my Saviour bleed, 2 Thus might I hide my blushing face, While his dear cross appears; Dissolve my heart in thankfulness, And melt my eyes to tears. The debt of love I owe; 15. Going to Jesus. [breast Come, trembling sinner, in whose A thousand thoughts revolve: Come, with your guilt and fear oppress'd, And make this last resolve: "I'll go to Jesus, though my sin Should boundless depths disclose; I see his courts, I'll enter in, Whatever may oppose. 16. And yet there is Room. 1 Ye wretched, hungry, starving poor, Behold a royal feast! [store Where mercy spreads her bounteous 2 1 -For every humble guest. See, Jesus stands with open arms; He calls, he bids you come; Guilt holds you back, and fear a But see,there yet is room. [larms; Room in the Saviour's bleeding There love and pity meet; [heart; Nor will be bid the soul depart, That trembles at his feet. In him the Father, reconcil'd, Invites your souls to come; The rebel shall be call'd a child, And kindly welcom'd home. 17. Crucifixion. Behold the Saviour of mankind, Nail'd to the shameful tree! How vast the love that him inclin'd, To bleed and die for me! [shakes, Hark! how he groans, while nature And earth's strong pillars bend; The temple's veil in sunder breaks, The solid marbles rend. 24 Prostrate I'll lie before his throne, 2 'Tis done! the precious ransom 's And there my guilt confess; I'll tell him I'm a wretch undoneWithout his sovereign grace. Perhaps he will admit my plea, Perhaps he'll hear my prayer; But if I perish, I will pray, And perish only there." Receive my soul, he cries; [paid, See where he bows his sacred head, He bows his head and dies. But soon o'er hell he reigns again In majesty divine; O Lamb of God, was ever pain, Was ever love like thine! |