Hymns and Spiritual Songs Part 20

Hymn 1:125.

Christ's compa.s.sion to the weak and tempted, Heb. 4.

15 16. and 5. 7. Matt. 12. 20.

1 With joy we meditate the grace Of our High Priest above; His heart is made of tenderness, His bowels melt with love.

2 Touch'd with a sympathy within He knows our feeble frame; He knows what sore temptations mean, For he has felt the same.

3 But spotless, innocent, and pure The great Redeemer stood, While Satan's fiery darts he bore, And did resist to blood.

4 He in the days of feeble flesh Pour'd out his cries and tears, And in his measure feels afresh What every member bears.

5 [He'll never quench the smoking flax, But raise it to a flame; The bruised reed he never breaks, Nor scorns the meanest name.]

6 Then let our humble faith address His mercy and his power, We shall obtain delivering grace In the distressing hour.

Hymn 1:126.

Charity and uncharitableness, Rom. 14. 17 19.

1 Cor. 10. 32.

1 Not different food, or different dress Compose the kingdom of our Lord, But peace and joy and righteousness, Faith and obedience to his word.

2 When weaker Christians we despise We do the gospel mighty wrong, For G.o.d the gracious and the wise Receives the feeble with the strong.

3 Let pride and wrath be banish'd hence, Meekness and love our souls pursue; Nor shall our practice give offence To saints, the Gentile or the Jew.

Hymn 1:127.

Christ's invitation to sinners; or, Humility and pride, Matt. 11. 28 29 30.

1 "Come hither, all ye weary souls, "Ye heavy laden sinners, come, "I'll give you rest from all your toils, "And raise you to my heavenly home.

2 "They shall find rest that learn of me; "I'm of a meek and lowly mind; "But pa.s.sion rages like the sea, "And pride is restless as the wind.

3 "Blest is the man whose shoulders take "My yoke, and bear it with delight; "My yoke is easy to his neck, "My grace shall make the burden light."

4 Jesus, we come at thy command, With faith and hope and humble zeal Resign our spirits to thy hand, To mould and guide us at thy will.

Hymn 1:128.

The Apostles' commission; or, The gospel attested by miracles, Mark 16. 15 &c. Matt. 28. 18 &c.

1 "Go preach my gospel, (saith the Lord,) "Bid the whole earth my grace receive; "He shall be sav'd that trusts my word, "He shall be d.a.m.n'd that won't believe.

2 "[I'll make your great commission known, "And ye shall prove my gospel true "By all the works that I have done, "By all the wonders ye shall do.

3 "Go heal the sick, go raise the dead, "Go cast out devils in my name; "Nor let my prophets be afraid, "Tho' Greeks reproach, and Jews blaspheme.]

4 "Teach all the nations my commands, "I'm with you till the world shall end; "All power is trusted to my hands, "I can destroy, and I defend."

He spake, and light shone round his head, On a bright cloud to heaven he rode; They to the farthest nations spread The grace of their ascended G.o.d.

Hymn 1:129.

Submission and deliverance; or, Abraham offering his son, Gen. 22. 6 &c.

1 Saints, at your Father's heavenly word Give up your comforts to the Lord; He shall restore what you resign, Or grant you blessings more divine.

2 So Abraham with obedient hand, Led forth his son at G.o.d's command, The wood, the fire, the knife he took, His arm prepar'd the dreadful stroke.

3 "Abraham, forbear, (the angel cry'd) "Thy faith is known, thy love is try'd, "Thy son shall live, and in thy seed "Shall the whole earth be bless'd indeed."

4 Just in the last distressing hour The Lord displays delivering power; The mount of danger is the place Where we shall see surprising grace.

Hymn 1:130.

Love and hatred, Phil. 2. 2. Eph. 4. 30 &c.

1 Now by the bowels of my G.o.d, His sharp distress, his sore complaints, By his last groans, his dying blood, I charge my soul to love the saints.

2 Clamour, and wrath, and war be gone, Envy and spite for ever cease, Let bitter words no more be known Amongst the saints, the sons of peace.

3 The Spirit, like a peaceful dove, Flies from the realms of noise and strife; Why should we vex and grieve his love, Who seals our souls to heavenly life?

4 Tender and kind be all our thoughts, Thro' all our lives let mercy run; So G.o.d forgives our numerous faults For the clear sake of Christ his Son.

Hymn 1:131.

The Pharisee and the Publican, Luke 18. 10 &c.

1 Behold how sinners disagree, The Publican and Pharisee!

One doth his righteousness proclaim, The other owns his guilt and shame.

2 This man at humble distance stands, And cries for grace with lifted hands; That boldly rises near the throne, And talks of duties he has done.

3 The Lord their different language knows, And different answers he bestows; The humble soul with grace he crowns, Whilst on the proud his anger frowns.

4 Dear Father, let me never be Join'd with the boasting Pharisee; I have no merits of my own, But plead the sufferings of thy Son.

Hymn 1:132.

Holiness and grace, t.i.tus 2. 10-13.

1 So let our lips and lives express The holy gospel we profess, So let our works and virtues s.h.i.+ne To prove the doctrine all divine.

2 Thus shall we best proclaim abroad The honours of our saviour G.o.d; When the salvation reigns within, And grace subdues the power of sin.