2 Guide of my life hast thou not been, 3 If thou hast call'd me to return, If weeping at thy feet I fall,- 880 The wanderer returning. OW oft this wretched heart H Has wander'd from the Lord; S. M. How oft my roving thoughts depart, 2 Yet mercy calls,—Return; 3 Thy love, so free, so sweet, O, keep me at thy sacred feet, 881 Restored by grace. ESUS, if thy free grace JESU Again hath raised me up, S. M. And call'd me still to seek thy face, Thy timely help afford, Thy loving-kindness show; O keep me, keep me, gracious Lord, And never let me go. 2 By me, my Saviour, stand, In sore temptation's hour; O save me with thine out-stretch'd hand, Sufficient grace bestow; O keep me, keep me, gracious Lord, 3 Give me a holy fear, And fix it in my heart; With timely care depart; Be every sin abhorr'd, Till thou destroy the foe; O keep me, keep me, gracious Lord, 882 0 Rejoicing in Christ's restoring love. SPEAK that word again; S. M. It cheers my drooping heart: 2 And dost thou deign to own 3 My Saviour, by his word, 4 I wonder and adore: The grace is all divine: Lord, keep me, that I sin no more Against such love as thine. 883 12th P. M. 76, 76, 78, 76. Tears of joy. and gone, And art thou pacified? After all that I have done, Dost thou no longer chide? Out of the narrow way. 2 To the cross, thine altar, bind Me with the cords of love; Freedom never let me find From thee, my Lord, to move : That I never, never more May with my much-loved Master part, 3 See my utter helplessness, 4 As the apple of thine eye, And there forever weep: Much of love I ought to know, REJOICING: IN DELIVERANCE FROM TROUBLE. 884 The loving-kindness of the Lord. And ransoms thee from death. S. M. Whose grace hath made thee whole Whose loving-kindness crowns thy days: O bless the Lord, my soul. 885 I Grateful acknowledgment. C. M. LOVE the Lord: he heard my cries, Long as I live, when troubles rise, I'll hasten to his throne. 2 I love the Lord: he bow'd his ear, O let my heart no more despair, 3 The Lord beheld me sore distress'd For thou hast known his love. 886 25th P. M. 77, 87, 77, 87. Fearless in the fire of tribulation. НЕ Till thou appear, thy members here 2 Thou dost conduct thy people The world, with sin and Satan, In vain our march opposes; By thee we shall break through them all, And sing the song of Moses. 3 By faith we see the glory To which thou shalt restore us; Shall see thee stand, at God's right hand, To take us up to heaven. 887 WORS 25th P. M. 77, 87, 77, Triumphing in delivering grace. WORSHIP, and thanks, and blessing, Jesus alone defends his own, When earth and hell oppress us. Jesus with joy we witness, Almighty to deliver; Our seals set to, that God is true, 87. |