Own me an heir divine;

I'll pity princes on the throne,
When 1 can call thee mine:
Sceptres and crowns unenvied rise,
And lose their lustre in mine eyes.
3 Content, obscure I pass my days,
To all I meet unknown,

And wait till thou thy child shalt raise,
And seat me near thy throne:

No name, no honours here I crave, Well pleas'd with those beyond the grave. 4 Jesus. my elder brother, lives;

With him I too shall reign;

Nor sin, nor death, while he survives,
Shall make the promise vain :
In him my title stands secure,

And shall, while endless years endure. 5 When he, in robes divinely bright, Shall once again appear,

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Thou too, my soul, shalt shine in light,
And his full image bear:

Enough!I wait th' appointed day,
Bless'd Saviour, haste, and come away!

XL. 8, 7, 4. Rippon's Selec.

Free Salvation.

2 Tim. i. 9.

Worthy of our best esteem!
He has sav'd his fav'rite nation;
Join to sing aloud to Him:
He has sav'd us,

Christ alone could us redeem. 2 When involv'd in sin and ruin,

And no helper there was found; Jesus our distress was viewing; Grace did more than sin abound: He has call'd us,

With salvation in the sound.

3 Save us from a mere profession,
Save us from hypocrisy ;

Give us, Lord, the sweet possession
Of thy righteousness and thee:
Best of favours,

None compar'd with this can be.
4 Let us never, Lord, forget thee!
Make us walk as Pilgrims bere '
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We will give thee all the glory
Of the love that brought us near;
Bid us praise thee,

And rejoice with holy fear.

5 Free election, known by calling,
Is a privilege divine:

Saints are kept from final falling,
All the glory, Lord, be thine,
All the glory,

All the glory, Lord, is thine.

XLI. 11, 8. Calne tune. K
Distinguishing Grace. Jer. xxxi. 3.
of sublime adoration and praise,
Ye pilgrims for Sion who press,

N songs

IN

Break forth, and extol the great Ancient of Days, For rich and distinguishing grace.

2 His love from eternity fix'd upon you,

Broke forth and discover'd its flame,

When each with the cords of his kindness he drew,

And brought you to love his great name. 3 O had he not pitied the state you were in, Your bosoms his love had ne'er felt ;

You all would have liv'd, would have dy'd too in sin,

And sunk with the load of your guilt.

4 What was in you that could merit esteem, Or give the Creator delight?

"Twas" even so, Father," you ever must sing, "Because it seem'd good in thy sight."

5 'Twas all of thy grace we were brought to obey While others were suffer'd to go,

The road which by nature we chose as our way,
Which leads to the regions of wo.

6 Then give all the glory to his holy name;
To him all the glory belongs;

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Be yours the high joy still to sound forth his

fame.

And crown him in each of your songs.

XLII. 11s. Broughton tune. K. Exceeding great and precious promises. 2 Pet. i. 4. OW firm a foundation,ye saints of the Lord, H Is laid for your faith in his excellent word? What more can he say than to you he hath said! You, who unto Jesus for refuge kare fled.

2 In ev'ry condition, in sickness, in health, In poverty's vale, or abounding in wealth; At home and abroad, on the land, on the sea, "As thy days may demand, shall thy strength "ever be.

3 "Fear not, I am with thee, O be not dismay'd, "I, I am thy God and will still give thee aid; "I'll strengthen thee, help thee, and cause thee "to stand,

Upheld by my righteous omnipotent hand.

4" When through the deep waters I call thee to go, "The rivers of wo shall not thee overflow; "For I will be with thee, thy troubles to bless, "And sanctify to thee, thy deepest distress. 5. "When through fiery trials thy pathway shall "lie,

"My grace all-sufficient shall be thy supply; "The flame shall not hurt thee, I only design "Thy dross to consume, and thy gold to refine. 6" E'en down to old age,all my people shall prove "My sovereign, eternal, unchangeable love. "And when hoary hairs shall their temples adorn,

"Like lambs they shall still in my bosom be "borne.

7 "The soul that on Jesus hath lean'd for repose, "I will not, I will not desert to his foes; "That soul, though all hell should endeavour to shake,

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"I'll never, no never, no never forsake."

XLIII. 8,7,4. Lewes tune. Robinson.
Praise to the Redeemer.

M May an infant lisp thy name?

IGHTY God, while angels bless thee,

Lord of Men as well as angels,

Thou art all thy people's theme.
Hallelujah,

Hallelujah, Hallelujah. Amen.
2 Lord, of every land and nation,
Ancient of eternal Days!
Sounded through the wide creation
Be thy just and lawful praise:
Hallelujah, &c.

Agreeable to Dr. Doddridges Translation of

Heb. xiii. 5.

3 For the grandeur of thy nature,
Grand beyond a seraph's thought,
For created works of power,

Works with skill and kindness wrought,
Hallelujah, &c.

4 For thy providence, that governs
Through thine empire's wide domain,
Wings an angel, guides a sparrow;
Blessed be thy gentle reign.
Hallelujah, &c.

5 But thy rich, thy free redemption,
Dark through brightness all along;
Thought is poor, and poor expression,
Who dare sing that awful song?
Hallelujab, &e.

6 Brightness of the Father's glory,
Shall thy praise unutter'd lie?
Fly, my tongue, such guilty silence !
Sing the Lord who came to die.
Hallelujah, &c.

7 Did the Angels sing thy coming?
Did the shepherds learn their lays?.
Shame would cover me ungrateful,
Should my tongue refuse to praise.
Hallelujah, &c.

* From the highest throne in glory,
To the cross of deepest woe;
All to ransom guilty captives,
Flow my praise, for ever flow.
Hallelujah, &c.

9 Go, return, immortal Saviour,

Leave thy footstool. take thy throne;
Thence return and reign for ever,
Be the kingdom all thine own.
Hallelujah, &c.

XLIV. As the 104th. Hart.

Fountain opened for sinners.

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HE fountain of Christ,
Lord, help us to sing,

The blood of our Priest,
Our crucify'd King;
The fountain that cleanses
From sin and from filth,

And richly dispenses

Salvation and health.

Zech. xiii. 1.

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This fountain so dear
He'll freely impart;
When pierc'd by the spear,
It flow'd from his heart,
With blood and with water,
The first to atone,
To cleanse us the latter;
The fountain's but one.
This fountain from guilt
Not only makes pure,
And gives, soon asfelt,
Infallible cure;
But if guilt removed,
Return and remain,
Its power may be proved
Again and again.
This fountain unseal'd
Stands open for all
Who long to be heal'd,

The great and the small:
Here's strength for the weakly
That bither are led;
Here's health for the sickly,
And life for the dead.

This fountain, though rich,
From charge is quite clear;
The poorer the wretch

The welcomer here:
Come needy, and guilty,

Come loathsome. and bare;
Though lep'rous and filthy,
Come just as you are.
This fountain in vain
Has never been try'd,
It takes out all stain
Whenever apply'd:
The fountain flows sweetly
With virtue divine,
To cleanse souls completely,
Though lep'rous as mine.

XLV. 7,6,8. Clark's tune. C. Wesley.
Passover. Exod. xii. 7. 1 Cor. v. 7,8..

HRIST, our passover,
To set his people free,

is slain,

Free from sin's Egyptian chain,
And Pharaoh's tyranny.