4 Dear Lord-and shall we ever live 5 Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove, 173 Reviving Influence. S. M. 1 C OME, Holy Spirit, come; Let thy bright beams divine Rise on our sorrow and our gloom, 2 Convince us all of sin, Then lead to Jesus' blood; And to our wondering view reveal 3 Revive our drooping faith; Our doubts and fears remove; And kindle in our breasts the flame Of never-dying love. 4 'Tis thine to cleanse the heart, To sanctify the soul, To pour fresh life in every part, 174 1 HOLY Divine Illumination. Hart, (alt'd.) [OLY Ghost-dispel our sadness, 2 Hear, oh hear our supplication, 3 Author of our new creation- 8.7. Toplady. 175 NOT Regeneration. John i. 13. 1 TOT all the outward forms on earth, Can raise a soul to heaven. 2 The sovereign will of God alone 3 The Spirit, like some heavenly wind, 4 Our quickened souls awake and rise 176 1 Ε The Operations of the Holy Spirit. And sing the wonders of thy grace; 2 Enlightened by thy heavenly ray, 4 The troubled conscience knows thy voice; The heart, unchanged, can never rise 2 Can aught, beneath a power divine, C. M. Watts. L. M. Watts. C. M. "Tis thine, almighty Saviour, thine 3 'Tis thine the passions to recall, 4 To chase the shades of death away, A beam of heaven, a vital ray, 'Tis thine alone to give. 5 Oh change these wretched hearts of ours, Then shall our passions and our powers, 178 The Dry Bones. Ezek. xxxvii. 3. Mrs. Steele. 1 LOOK down, O Lord, with pitying eye, Sin spreads its trophies o'er the ground, 2 Thy ministers are sent in vain, 3 But if thy Spirit deign to breathe, Life spreads through all the realms of death; C. M. L. M. Doddridge. 179 Total Depravity. Eph. ii. 3.-Rom. v. 12, &c. 1 BACKWARD, with humble shame, we look our original; How is our nature dashed and broke In our first father's fall! 2 To all that's good averse and blind, What dreadful darkness vails our mind! 3 Yet, mighty God, thy wondrous love Can make our nature clean, While Christ and grace prevail above 4 The second Adam shall restore Hosanna to that sovereign power 180 1 Divine Love. Rom. v. 5. LOVE divine, all love excelling, Joy of heaven, to earth come down; Fix in us thy humble dwelling, All thy faithful mercies crown; Let us now thy life receive: 3 Carry on thy new creation; Pure and spotless may we be; Let us see our whole salvation Perfectly secured by thee; Changed from glory into glory, Till in heaven we take our place; Till we cast our crowns before thee, Lost in wonder, love, and praise. 181 1 GRACI Prayer for Sanctification. RACIOUS Father, hear thy child, Let me now behold thy face- 2 Lord, I will not let thee go, Watts. 8.7. " C. Wesley. 78. Hear my Advocate-divine; Lo, his powerful plea is mine; 3 Holy Spirit-Life Divine, Come and make this temple thine; Rise eternal in my heart. 182 1 Praise for recovering Grace. COME 2 Teach me some melodious measure, 3 Jesus sought me when a stranger, 183 1 SWEE A Good Conscience. C. Wesley. 8.7. Robinson. L. M. WEET peace of conscience, heavenly guest, Dispel my doubts, my fears control, And heal the anguish of my soul. 2 Come, smiling hope, and joy sincere- |