5 Now let my soul arise,
And tread the tempter down:
My Saviour leads me forth
To conquest and a crown.
A feeble saint shall win the day,
Tho' death and hell obstruct the way.
6 Should all the hosts of hell,
And pow'rs of death unknown,
Put their most dreadful forms,
Of death and mischief, on:
I shall be safe, for Christ displays
Superior pow'r and guardian grace.
HYMN 12. Third Part. L. M.
Christ is all, and in all.
N Christ I've all my souls desire; His Spirit does my heart inspire With boundless wishes large and high: And Christ will all my wants supply.
2 Christ is my hope, my strength and guide; For me he bled, and groan'd and died : He is my sun, to give me light,
He is my soul's supreme delight.
3 Christ is the source of all my bliss,
My wisdom, and my righteousness-
My Saviour, Brother, and my Friend;
On him alone I now depend.
4 Christ is my King to rule and bless,
And all my troubles to redress;
He's my salvation and my all,
Whate'er on earth shall me befal.
5 Christ is my strength and portion too,
My soul in him can all things do;
Thro' him I'll triumph o'er the grave,
And death, and ev'ry foe outbrave.
OT all the nobles of the earth,
Who boast the honours of their birth, Such real dignity can claim,
As those who bear the christian name.. 2 To them the privilege is giv'n
To be the sons and heirs of heav'n ;
Sons of the God who reigns on high,
And heirs of joy beyond the sky.
3 On them, a happy, chosen race,
Their Father pours his richest grace:
To them his counsels he imparts,
And stamps his image on their hearts.
4 Their infant-cries, their tender age,
His pity and his love engage:
He clasps them in his arms, and there
Secures them with parental care.
5 His will he makes them early know,
And teaches their young feet to go;
Whispers instruction to their minds,
And on their hearts his precepts binds.
6 When thro' temptations they rebel,
His chast❜ning rod he makes them feel;
Then, with a Father's tender heart,
He sooths the pain, and heals the smart.
7 Their daily wants his hands supply,
Their steps he guards with watchful eye;
Leads them from earth to heav'n above,
And crowns them with eternal love.
8 If I've the honour, Lord, to be
One of this num'rous family;
On me the gracious gift bestow,
To call thee Abba, Father, too.
HYMN 13. Fourth Part. S. M.
We are sons of God by adoption.
1 BEHOLD what wondrous grace
The Father has bestow'd
On sinners of a mortal race,
To call them sons of God!
2 'Tis no surprising thing,
That we should be unknown;
The Jewish world knew not their King,
God's everlasting Son..
3 Nor doth it yet appear
How great we must be made; But when we see our Saviour there, We shall be like our head.
4 A hope so much divine
May trials well endure;
May purge our souls from sense and sin,
As Christ the Lord is
5 If in my Father's love,
I share a filial part,
Send down thy Spirit, like a dove,
To rest upon my heart.
6 We would no longer lie,
Like slaves, beneath the throne; Our faith shall Abba, Father, cry, And thou the kindred own.
Jesus is our Lord and Master.
1 COME, ye that love the Saviour's name, And joy to make it known,
The sov'reign of your hearts proclaim,
And bow before his throne. →
2 Behold your Lord, your Master crown'd With glories all divine !
And tell the wond'ring nations round,
How bright those glories shine.
3 Infinite pow'r, and boundless grace,
In him unite their rays:
You, that have e'er beheld his face,
Can you forbear his praise?
4 When in his earthly courts we view
The glories of our King;
We long to love, as angels do,
And wish, like them, to sing.
5 And shall we long and wish in vain ?
Lord, teach our songs to rise:
Thy love can animate the strain,
And bid it reach the skies.
6 O happy period! glorious day!
When heav'n and earth shall raise,
With all their pow'rs, th' enraptur'd lay,
To celebrate thy praise.
HYMN 14. First Part. P. M.
The eternal Son of God took upon him the very nature of man.
OD with us! O glorious name!
Let it shine in endless fame :
God and man in Christ unite; O mysterious depth and height! 2 God with us! th' eternal Son
Took our soul, our flesh, and bone;
Now, ye saints, his grace admire,
Swell the song with holy fire.
3 God with us! but tainted not
With the first transgressor's blot;
Yet did he our sins sustain,
Bear the guilt, the curse, the pain. 4 God with us! O wondrous grace! Let us see him face to face :
That we may Immanuel sing,
As we ought, our God and King.
HYMN 14. Second Part. L. M.
The Birth of Christ.
O us a child is born from heav'n;
To us the Son of God is giv'n;
Gentiles in Jesus' name shall trust,
And of his glories make their boast:
2 His name the Wonderful shall be ;
His wonders heav'n and earth shall see :
The Counsellor of truth and grace,
Who leads in paths of righteousness.
3 The Mighty God, that glorious name,
His works and word join to proclaim:
The Everlasting Father, He-
And the whole church his family.
4 The Prince of Peace, on David's throne:
And nations, yet unborn, shall own
His Sov'reign and his gracious sway;
Glad of the honour to obey.
5 Justice and Judgment he'll maintain-
To everlasting ages reign;
And his blest empire shall increase,
Till time, with all its movements, cease.
6 Our faith in grateful triumph boasts
These wonders of the Lord of Hosts:
And trusts the love, that form'd the plan,
To perfect what that love began.
HYMN 14. Third Part. S. M.
The Incarnation.
1 YE saints, proclaim abroad
The honours of your King;
To Jesus, your incarnate God,
Your songs of praises sing.
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