2

3

4

Amidst the house of God

Their different works were done; Moses a faithful servant stood,

But Christ a faithful Son.

Then to his new commands
Be strict obedience paid;

O'er all his Father's house he stands
The sovereign and the head.
The man that durst despise
The law that Moses brought;
Behold! how terribly he dies
For his presumptuous fault.
5 But sorer vengeance falls
On that rebellious race,
Who hate to hear when Jesus calls,
And dare resist his grace.

HYMN CXIX. (C. M.)

The different Success of the Gospel, 1 Cor. i. 23, 24. 2 Cor. ii. 16. 1 Cor. iii. 6, 7.

1 CHRIST and his cross is all our theme; The myst'ries that we speak

Are scandal in the Jews esteem,
And folly to the Greek.

2 But souls enlightened from above,
With joy receive the word;

They see what wisdom, power, and love,
Shines in their dying Lord.

3 The vital savour of his name
Restores their fainting breath;
But unbelief perverts the same
To guilt, despair, and death.
4 Till God diffuse his graces down,
Like showers of heavenly ra.
In vain Apollos sows the ground,
Aud Paul may plant in vain.

HYMN CXX. (C.M.)

Faith of Things unseen, Heb. xi. 1, &c.

1

FAITH

is the brightest evidence

Of things beyond our sight,

Breaks thro' the clouds of flesh and sense,
And dwells in heavenly light.

2 It sets times past in present view,
Brings distant prospects home,
Of things a thousand years ago,
Or thousand years to come.

3 By faith we know the worlds were made
By God's almighty Word;
Abra'm to unknown countries led,
By faith obey'd the Lord.

4 He sought a city fair and high,
Built by th' eternal hands;
And faith assures us, tho' we die,
That heavenly building stands.

1

HYMN CXXI. (C. M.)

Children devoted to God, Gen. xvii. 7, 10. Acts xvi. 14, 15, 33.

(For those who practise infant Baptism.)

THUS saith the mercy of the Lord,
"I'll be a God to thee;

"I'll bless thy numerous race, and they "Shall be a seed for me."

2 Abra'm believ'd the promis'd grace,
And gave his sons to God;
But water seals the blessing now,
That once was seal'd with blood.
3 Thus Lydia sanctify'd her house,
When she receiv'd the word;
Thus the believing jailer gave
His houshold to the Lord.

4 Thus later saints, eternal king,
Thine ancient truth embrace;
To thee their infant-offspring bring,
And humbly claim the grace.

1

HYMN CXXII. (L. M.)

Believers buried with Christ in Baptism, Rom. vi. 3, 4, &c.

D%

O we not know that solemn word,
That we are buried with the Lord,
Baptiz'd into his death, and then
Put off the body of our sin?

2 Our souls receive diviner breath.

Rais'd from corruption, guilt and death;
So from the grave did Christ arise,
And lives to God above the skies.

3 No more let sin or Satan reign
Over our mortal flesh again;
The various lusts we serv'd before,
Shall have dominion now no more.

The Repenting Prodigal, Luke xv. 13, &c.

1 BE

EHOLD the wretch whose lust and wine
Had wasted his estate,

He begs a share amongst the swine,
To taste the husks they eat!

2 "I die with hunger here, (he cries,)
"I starve in foreign lands,

"My father's house has large supplies,
"And bounteous are his hands.

3 "I'll go, and with a mournful tongue
"Fall down before his face,

"Father, I've done thy justice wrong,
"Nor can deserve thy grace."

4 He said, and hasten'd to his home,
To seek his father's love;
The father saw the rebel come,
And all his bowels move.

5 He ran, and fell upon his neck,
Embrac'd and kiss'd his son;

The rebel's heart with sorrow brake
For follies he had done.

6" Take off his clothes of shame and sin,"
(The father gives command)
"Dress him in garments white and clean,
"With rings adorn bis hand.

7 "A day of feasting I ordain,

"Let mirth and joy abound;
"My son was dead, and lives again,
"Was lost, and now is found."

HYMN CXXIV. (L. M.)

The First and Second Adam, Rom. v. 12, &c.

1

DE
EEP in the dust before thy throne
Our guilt and our disgrace we own;
Great God, we own th' unhappy name,
Whence sprung our nature and our shame;

2 Adam the sinner: at his fall,

-Death like a conqueror seiz'd us all;
A thousand new-born babes are dead
By fatal union to their head.

3 But whilst our spirits fill'd with awe,
Behold the terrors of thy law,

We sing the honours of thy grace,
That sent to save our ruin' race.
4 We sing thine everlasting Son,
Who join'd our nature to his own:
Adam the second, from the dust
Raises the ruins of the first.

5 [By the rebellion of one man
Thro' all his seed the mischief ran;
And by one man's obedience now,
Are all his seed made righteous too.
6 Where sin did reign, and death abound,
There have the sons of Adam found
Abounding life; there glorious grace
Reigns thro' the Lord our righteousness.]
HYMN CXXV. (C. M.)

Christ's Compassion to the Weak and Tempt-
ed, Heb. iv. 15, 16. and v. 7. Matt. xii. 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.]
Then let our humble faith address
His mercy and his pow'r,

We shall obtain delivering grace
lu the distressing hour.

HYMN CXXVI. (L. M.).

Charity and Uncharitableness, Rom. xiv. 17, 19. 1 Cor. x. 32.

1

No

OT 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 God 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 CXXVII. (L. M.)

Christ's Invitation to Sinners; or, Humility and Pride, Mat. xi. 28-30.

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. "They shall find rest that learn of me; "I'm of a meek and lowly mind; "But passion rages like the sea, "And pride is restless as the wind. 3" Bless'd 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 CXXVIII. (L. M.)

The Apostles' Commission: or, the Gospel attested by Miracles, Mark xvi. 15, &c. Matth. xxviii. 18, &c.

1 "

Go

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

5 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 God.