HYMN 11. Third Part. L. M.
Jesus the gift of God.
1* JESUS, my love, my chief delight,
For thee I long, for thee I pray;
Amid the shadows of the night,
Amid the bus'ness of the day.
2 When shall I see thy smiling face,
Which I, thro' faith, have often seen?
Arise, thou Sun of Righteousness,
Dispel the clouds that intervene.
3 Thou art the glorious gift of God,
To sinners weary and distrest ;
The first of all his gifts bestow'd,
And certain pledge of all the rest.
4 Now I can say this gift is mine,
I'll tread the world beneath my
No more at pain or want repine,
Nor envy the rich sinner's state.
5 This precious jewel let me keep,
And lodge it deep within my heart;
At home, abroad, awake, asleep,
It never shall from thence depart.
HYMN 11. Fourth Part. L. M.
Jesus the only Saviour.
ESUS, the spring of joys divine,
Whence all our hopes and comforts flow
Jesus, no other name, but thine,
Can save us from eternal woe.
2 In vain would boasting reason find
The way to happiness and God;
Her weak directions leave the mind
Bewilder'd in a dubious road.
3 No other name will heav'n approve;
Thou art the true, the living way,
Ordain'd by everlasting love,
To the bright realms of endless day. 4 Safe lead us thro' this world of night, And bring us to the blissful plains, The regions of unclouded light, Where perfect joy for ever reigns. HYMN 11. Fifth Part. L. M. I love Jesus.
HE. wond'ring world inquires to know Why I should love my Jesus so: “What are his charms," say they, "above "The objects of a mortal love ?"
2 All-over glorious is my Lord,
He must be lov'd and yet ador'd;
His worth if all the nations knew,
Sure the whole earth would love him too.
3 The Love of Christ is strong as death,
He seal'd it with his latest breath;
My love to him, secur'd by grace,
No pains nor doubts can e'er deface..
4 What can destroy, what separate
A love so pure, so free, so great?
In heav'n both faith and hope subside;
But love forever will abide.
HYMN 12. First Part. C. M.
The Offices of Christ.
3 VE bless the Prophet of the Lord, That comes with truth and grace,
Jesus, thy spirit, and thy word,
Shall lead us in thy ways.
2 We rev'rence our High-Priest above,
Who offer'd up his blood,
And lives to carry on his love,
By pleading with our God.
3 We honour our exalted King; How sweet are his commands !
He guards our souls from hell and sin,
By his almighty hands.
4 Hosanna to his blessed name,
Who saves by glorious ways;
Th' anointed Saviour has a claim
To our immortal praise.
HYMN 12. Second Part. P. M.
The Offices of Christ.
OIN all the glorious names
Of wisdom, love, and pow'r,
That ever mortals knew,
That angels ever bore ;
All are too mean to speak his worth;
Too mean to set my Saviour forth.
2 Great Prophet of my God,
My tongue would bless thy name :
By thee the joyful news
Of our salvation came;
The joyful news of sins forgiv❜n,
Of hell subdu'd, and peace with heav'n.
3 Jesus my great High Priest,
Offer'd his blood and died;
My guilty conscience seeks
No sacrifice beside.
His pow'rful blood did once atone;
And now it pleads before the throne
4 My dear and mighty Lord,
My Conq'ror, and my King;
Thy sceptre and thy sword,
Thy reigning grace I sing.
Thine is the pow'r; behold! I sit
In willing bonds beneath thy feet.
9 So may my conduct ever prove My filial piety and love;
Whilst all my brethren clearly trace
Their Father's likeness in my face.
HYMN 13. First Part. L. M.
Christ is the eternal Son of God.
CHRIST, thou glorious King, we own
Thee to be God's eternal Son:
The Father's fulness, life divine,
Mysteriously are also thine.
2 When rolling years brought on the day
Foretold and fix'd for this display,
Our great deliv'rance to obtain,
Thou didst our nature not disdain.
3 At God's right hand, now, Lord, thou'rt plac'd,
And with thy Father's glory grac'd,
True God and man, in person one;
A judge to pass our final doom.
4 From day to day, O Lord, do we
On high exalt and honour thee:
Thy name we worship and adore,
World without end, for evermore.
HYMN 15. Second Part. L. M. God the Son equal with the Father. RIGHT King of glory, dreadful God!. Our spirits bow before thy feet; To thee we lift an humble thought, And worship at thine awful seat. 2 A thousand seraphs strong and bright Stand round the glorious Deity; But who, among the sons of light, Pretends comparison with thee? 3 Yet there is one of human frame, Jesus, array'd in flesh and blood,
Thinks it no robbery, to claim
A full equality with God.
4 Their glory shines with equal beams;
Their essence is for ever one;
Distinct in persons, and in names;
The Father God, and God the Son.
5 Then let the name of Christ our King
With equal honours be ador'd;
His praise let ev'ry angel sing,
And all the nations own the Lord.
HYMN 13. Third Part. L. M.
JESUS, we bless thy Father's name;
Thy God and ours are both the same; What heav'nly blessings from his throne Flow down to sinners thro' his Son!
2" Christ be my first elect," he said,
Then chose our souls in Christ our head;
Before he gave the mountains birth,
Or laid foundations for the earth.
3 Thus did eternal love begin
To raise us up from death and sin;
Persons and characters decreed,
Blameless in love, a holy seed.
4 Predestinated to be sons;
Born by degrees, but chose at once:
A new regenerated race,
To praise the glory of his grace.
5 With Christ our Lord, we share our part
In the affections of his heart;
Nor shall our souls be thence remov'd
Till he forgets his first belov'd.
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