HYMN 43. Referred to the 100th Psalm. HYMN 45. C. M. Windsor. [*] 1 SEE where the great incarnate God While, from the skies, his awful voice 'I AM-is my memorial still, 3 'Such favours as a God can give, 'My royal grace bestows; "Ye thirsty souls, come taste the streams, 'Where life and pleasure flows.) 4 (The saint who triumphs o'er his sins, I'll own him for a son; "The whole creation shall reward "The conquests he has won. 5 But bloody hands, and hearts unclean, And all the lying race, The faithless and the scoffing crew, "That spurn at offer'd grace ; 6They shall be taken from my sight, 'Bound fast in iron chains, And headlong plung'd into the lake, 7 Oh may I stand before the Lamb, 8 May I with those for ever dwell, While sinners, banish'd down to hell, 8. HYMNS 46, 47. Referred to Psalm 148, and Psalm 3. 1 HYMN 48. L. M. Nantwich. Leeds. [*] The Christian Race. Isa. xl, 28-31. AWAKE our souls! (away our fears, Let ev'ry trembling thought be gone ;) o Awake, and run the heavenly race, And put a cheerful courage on. e 2 True, 'tis a strait and thorny road, And firm endures, while endless years o 4 From thee, the overflowing spring, We'll mount aloft to thine abode ; HYMN 49. C. M. Arundel. [*] Works of Moses, and of the Lamb. Rev. xv, 1 [HOW strong thine arm is, mighty God Who would not fear thy name? Jesus, how sweet thy graces are! 2 Christ has done more than Moses did, 3 In the Red Sea, by Moses' hand, 4 When through the desert Israel went, e 5 Moses beheld the promis'd land, o But Christ shall bring his foll'wers home, To see his Father's face. 3 s 6 Then shall our love and joy be full, And sweeter voices tune the song HYMN 50. C. M. Bethlehem. [*] Song of Zacharias. Luke i, 68, &c. John i, 29, 32. 1 NOW be the God of Israel bless'd, Who makes his truth appear; His mighty hand fulfils his word, 2 Now he bedews old David's root, 3 [John was the prophet of the Lord, The herald, whom our Saviour God 4 He makes the great salvation known, While grace divine, and heavenly love, 5 Behold the Lamb of God,' he cries, 'I saw the Spirit o'er his head, On his baptizing day.'] o 6 Be ev'ry vale exalted high; Sink, ev'ry mountain, low: e The proud must stoop, and humble souls Shall his salvation know. o 7 The heathen realms, with Israel's land, And all that's born of man shall see o 8 Behold the morning Star arise, Ye that in darkness sit: -He marks the path that leads to peace, And guides our doubtful feet. HYMN 51. S. M. Preserving Grace. 1TO God, the only wise, Dover. [*] · Jude 24, 25. Our Saviour, and our King, Let all the saints below the skies 2 'Tis his almighty love, His counsel, and his care 3 He will present our souls, Before the glory of his face, 0 4 Then all the chosen seed Shall meet around the throne; Shall bless the conduct of his grace, And make his wonders known. • 5 To our Redeemer God Wisdom with power belongs; Immortal crowns of majesty, 1 And everlasting songs. HYMN 52. L. M. Bath. [*] Baptism. Matt. xxviii, 19; Acts ii, 38. 'TWAS the commission of our Lord, Go, teach the nations, and baptize : The nations have receiv'd the word, Since he ascended to the skies. 2 He sits upon th' eternal hills. With grace and pardon in his hands; And sends his cov'nant, with the sals, To bless the distant Christian lands. 3 'Repent, and be baptiz'd,' he saith, "For the remission of your sins;' And thus our sense assists our faith, And shews us what his gospel means. 4 Our souls he washes in his blood, As water makes the body clean; And the good Spirit from our God Descends, like purifying rain. 5 Thus we engage ourselves to thee, And seal our cov❜nant with the Lord O may the great Eternal Three In heaven our solemn vows record! [*] HYMN 53. L. M. Green's. The Holy Scriptures. Heb. i, 1; 2 Tim. iii, 15, 16; Ps. cxlvii, 19, 20. 1 GOD, who in various methods told His mind and will to saints of old, o 2 Our nation reads the written word, e 3 God's kindest thoughts are here exprest, HYMN 54. L. M. Quercy. Leeds. [*] 1 JESUS, we bless thy Father's name; Thy God and ours is one, the same; 2 Christ be my first Elect,' he said 3 Thus did eternal love begin 4 Predestinated to be sons, To praise the glory of his grace. o 5 With Christ, our Lord, we share a part Nor shall our souls be thence remov'd, |