HYMN 1. Second Part. L. M.

In life and death I belong to Christ.

1LET thoughtless thousands choose the

road,

That leads the soul away from God;
This happiness, dear Lord, be mine,
To live and die entirely thine.

2 On Christ, by faith, my soul would live,
From him, my life, my all receive:
To him devote my fleeting hours;
Serve him alone with all my pow'rs.
3 Christ is my everlasting all,
To him I look, on him I call;
He ev'ry want will well supply,
In time, and thro' eternity.

4 Soon will the Lord, my life, appear;
Soon shall I end my trials here ;
Leave sin and sorrow, death and pain:
To live is Christ,-to die is gain.

HYMN 1. Third Part. C. M.

The Christian's experience.

O strength of nature can suffice
To serve the Lord aright;
And what she has, she misapplies,
For want of clearer light.

2 How long beneath the law I lay
In bondage and distress :

I toil'd the precept to obey,

But toil'd without success.

3 Then all my servile works were done
A righteousness to raise ;

Now freely chosen in the Son,
I freely choose his

ways.

4 To see the law by Christ fulfill'd,
And hear his pard'ning voice,
Will change a slave into a child,
And duty into choice.

5

"What shall I do," was once the word, "That I may worthier grow?

"What shall I render to the Lord ?"

Is my enquiry now.

6 I've seen how great my mis'ry is,
And mourn'd my helpless case;
I've found in Christ a righteousness,
And praise him for his grace.

HYMN 1. Fourth Part. L. M.
The good old way.

THE righteousness, th' atoning blood
Of Jesus is the way to God;

O! may we then no longer stray,
But come to Christ, the good old way.
2 The prophets and apostles too
Pursued this path while here below;
We therefore will, without dismay,
Thus walk in Christ, the good old way.
3 With faith and love, and holy care,
In this dear way, I'll persevere;
And when I die, triumphant say,
This is the right, the good old way.
HYMN 2. First Part. L. M.
The Law.

1

TH

HUS saith the first, the great command,
"Let all thy inward pow'rs unite

"To love thy Maker and thy God,
"With utmost vigour and delight.

2 "Then shall thy neighbour, next in place, "Share thine affections and esteem;

"And let thy kindness to thyself "Measure, and rule thy love to him." 3.The substance this, that Moses spoke, This did the prophets preach and prove: For want of this the law is broke; The law demands a perfect love. 4 But O how base our passions are! This holy law we can't fulfil: Regenerate our souls, O Lord! Or we shall ne'er perform thy will.

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HYMN 2. Second Part. S. M.
The law is spiritual.

THE

HE law of God is just,
A strict and holy way;

And he, that would escape the curse,
Must all the law obey.

2 Not one vain thought must rise,
Not one unclean desire ;
He must be holy, just, and wise,
Who keeps the law entire.
3 If in one point he fail,

In thought or word or deed, The curses of the law prevail, And rest upon his head,

4 I tremble and confess;

O God! I am accurs'd; Guilty, I fall before thy face,

And own thy sentence just.

5 But does the curse still rest
Upon my guilty head ?-
No-Jesus-let his name be blest!
Hath borne it in my stead.

6 He hath fulfill'd the law;
Obtain'd my peace with God:

Hence doth my soul her comforts draw,
And leave her heavy load.

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HYMN 2. Third Part. C. M.

Conviction of sin by the law.

LORD, how secure my conscience was,

And felt no inward dread!

I was alive without the law,

And thought my sins were dead.

2 My hopes of heav'n were firm and bright; But since the precept came

With a convincing pow'r and light,
I find how vile I am..

3 My guilt appear'd but small before,
Till, terribly I saw,

How perfect, holy, just, and pure,
Was thine eternal law.

4. Then felt my soul the heavy load,
My sins reviv'd again;

I had provok'd a dreadful God,
And all my hopes were slain.
5 My God, I cry with ev'ry breath
For grace and pow'r to save;
To break the yoke of sin and death,
And thus redeem the slave.

HYMN 2. Fourth Part. C. M.
Conviction of misery by the law.

VAIN are the hopes the sons of men

On their own works have built :

Their hearts by nature are unclean,
And all their actions guilt.

2 Let Jew and Gentile stop their mouths,
Without a murm'ring word,

And the whole race of Adam stand
Guilty before the Lord,