Through earth, the cry shall run,
When we are turn'd to dust!
The blood of Jesus Christ, his Son,
Is sinners' only trust!

Against the rock we hail,

The Lord whom we adore,
The gates of hell shall not prevail,
Till time shall be no more!

103. S. M.

104.

"To put away Sin." Heb. ix. 26.

HE chastisement you bear;

THE

Inquire the cause within ;

Have you been caught in Satan's snare ?
The search severe begin!

Faith makes the captive free,

Whom sin to chains allured;

Sin is a deadly malady

Which must, though hard, be cured.

Father! if we have stray'd,

And our first love be cold;
If hearts, deceitful, have betray'd,
And we have left thy fold;

Still be the helper near!

O, visit us once more!

Through him, whom thou dost always hear,
Thy wandering sheep restore!

Thy name, O Lord! we bless,

That we, (the heirs of dust!)
May wear Christ's robe of righteousness,
In which alone we trust!

S. M. Evening Hymn.

THIS busy day is o'er,

And I prepare my head,

(While heaven's protection I implore,)
To rest upon my bed.

Many will spend this night
In trouble and dismay !

While thousands, ere the morning light,
Will pass from earth away!

Father! by thy great power,
Unrighteous men restrain!
Preserve me through the midnight hour,
Or watchmen watch in vain!

Before I close my eyes,

And cares and sorrows cease,
I fly to the Great Sacrifice,
And rest my head in peace!

105. S. M. Invitation to come to Christ. "Come unto me." Mat. xi. 28.

EHOLD the sinner's friend!

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The gospel tidings hear!

The Saviour bids the world attend,
And learn Jehovah's fear!

Wide as the curse extends,
Let our Immanuel reign!
In power, the Son of God descends
That we might heaven obtain !

Come! sinful as you

On pardon free rely!

are!

By Christ shall you, who once were far,
Be brought, as children, nigh!

If you forgiveness need,

Flee to the Corner Stone !
Still the Redeemer's merits plead,
And rest on him alone!

Christ is the Shepherd meek,
Whose praise the saints resound;
He came to seek his wandering sheep,
And you at length he found!

106.

This hour, the prayer begin!
Your hands to Jesus spread!
Behold his cross! confess your sin !
And trust the blood he shed!

The moment faith and love
Inspire and warm your breast,
Joy will be felt, in worlds above,
Among the spirits bless'd!

S. M. The Law of Sinai.

THE covenant of old

Sought not with love to draw;

In smoking Sinai we behold
The terrors of the Law.

The thunder's voice we hear,
And at the darkness gaze!

E'en Moses' self, o'erwhelm'd with fear,
Stands trembling in amaze,

Lightnings, that scarce expire,
Surround the mountain's head;
Whilst flashes, like a sea of fire,
Remoter radiance shed!

Moses ascends alone!

The haunts of man he leaves!
He enters now the dark unknown,
And there the Law receives!

Sinai we contemplate,
Breathing his curses round:

It shows us what had been our state,
But for the Gospel sound!

107. S. M. Types of Christ.

WHILE Sinai's lightning flies,

The hidden truth we trace;

'The law mysterious typifies
The brighter day of grace!

The howling wilderness

Tells us, while journeying here, That we must combat with distress, With better hopes to cheer!

The promis'd land afar,

To which the Hebrews go,
Emblems that bright and morning star,
The trust of man below!

The rock from which there flow'd
A free and copious tide,

That richer stream distinctly show'd,
Which Calvary's summit dyed!

The Scape-Goat well display'd,
When bounding o'er the plain,
That head, on which our sins were laid,
Not to be found again!

The offerings, in disguise,
That night and morning give,
Prefigured that Great Sacrifice,
Who died that we might live!.
The fiery serpent told

Th' uplifted Lamb and pure,
To effect in all who should behold,
Through faith, a nobler cure!
The passover reveal'd

Those, spared by heavenly love!
And such has God the Father seal'd,
To dwell with him above!

In all these symbols clear,
May we, O Lord! delight;
And with the just, at length, appear,
Where faith is turn'd to sight.

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108.

IN

S. M. Immanuel.

MMANUEL's praise we sing!
Let it extend through earth!

To Christ, may all their offerings bring,
And magnify his worth!

By Prophets long foretold,
Holy, and just, and true!
In him, our Saviour, we behold,
And yield the homage due!
This Day-Spring from on high,
Mercy, to cheer us, sends;
It gives the charter to the sky -
Ŏn which our heaven depends!

Lord! consecrate our heart!
Reign sovereign in our breast!
Immanuel, God with us, thou art!
And on this Rock we rest!

109. S. M. Confidence in Calvary.

WHEN clouds the heavens deform,
And sweeping tempests rise,

We tremble at the fearful storm,
And watch the burden'd skies.

A fiercer storm is near,

Intenser wind and rain,

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When sinners will, o'erwhelm'd with fear,

Thine anger, Lord! sustain.

One covert thou hast raised,
To which we all may flee ;
Thy mercy be for ever prais'd-
That Calvary we see!

There, would we fix our sight,
To all thy sons endear'd;

And own the pity infinite,

That thus for man appear'd.