4 Open now your heart before him,
Bid the Saviour welcome in;
O receive and glad adore him,
Take a full discharge from sin.
Sinner can you, &c.

5 Now he's waiting to be gracious,
Now he stands and looks at thee;
See what kindness, love and pity,'
Shine around on you and me,
Sinner can you, &c.

• O be wise before you languish,
On a bed of dying strife;
Endless joy or endless anguish,
Turn upon the events of life.
Sinner can you, &c.

7 Come for all things now are ready,
Yet for many more there's place;
Come ye blind, ye lame and needy,
To the store of boundless grace,
Sinner can you, &c.

HOW

HYMN 158. C. M.

OW meanly dwells th' immortal mind,
How vile these bodies are;

Why was a clod of earth design'd

T'enclose a heavenly star?

2 Weak cottage where our souls reside,
This flesh's a tott'ring wall;
The fearful breaches gaping wide,
The building bends to fall.

3 Alas! how sad our state said I,
And thus went mourning on;
Till sudden from the cleaving sky,
A gleam of glory shonę.

4 My soul all felt the glory come,
And breath'd her native air;
There she remember'd heaven her home,
While she's a prisoner here.

5 Straight she began to change her key,-
And joyful in her pains;

She sung the frailty of her clay,¬
In pleasurable strains.

6 In heaven we'll strike the sacred wire,
The silver harps will sound;
Our souls shall blaze with holy fire,
Through the eternal round.

HYMN 159. L. M.

A young Lady's experience..

YOUNG ladies

all

all I pray draw near,
Listen a while and you shall hear,

How sin and satan both did try,›
To land my soul in misery..

2. I like the rest of human kind,'
Was born in sin both dead and blind;
And as my days advanc'd, I grew,
The more debas'd and form'd for woe..

3. The darling sin I did commit,
Was that which some delight in yet:
That henious sin call'd civil mirth,
God threatens with his dreadful wrath!!

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4 Full eighteen years around did roll,
Before I thought of my poor soul;
Which makes me tremble when I think,,
How near I was upon the brink!

5. I oftentimes to church did go,

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My beauty and fiue clothes to show;
But on my soul I took no thought,
Though Jesus had it dearly bought.

6 At length I heard a sermon preach'd,
The words quite through my heart did reach !
He said you must be born again,

If ever heaven you would obtain !

7 To keep the law, at work I went,.
But found I fail'd in ev'ry point :
The law appear'd so just and true,
Not one good duty could I do.

8 In silent watches of the night,
In secret places where I might,
Upon my knees pour out my grief,
And pray to God for some relief.

9 My uncle said don't be so dull,
Come, go with me to yonder ball;
I'll dress you up in silk so fine,
And make you heir of all that's mine.

10 Dear uncle that will never do,
That only will augment my woe-
For I'm resolv'd to seek the Lord,
Perhaps he may his aid afford!

11 Well, if you are resolv❜d to turn,
And after silly bablers run,
None of my fortune you shall have,
I will it to some other give!

12 Well I'm resolv'd to seek the Lord,
Perhaps he may his aid afford;

Come, help me mourn my wretched case,
My soul is lost without free grace!

13 Thus in my great extremity,

Where almost helpless I did lie,
Me thought I heard a still, small voice,
Saying rise up, in me rejoice!

14 Then to my mind did one appear,
All wounded with both nail and spear,
Saying, arise, believe in me,

I di'd to set lost sinners free!

15 Immediately my soul did rise,
On wings of faith above the skies!
I count all earthly things but dross,
And glory in my Saviour's cross.

16 I know none but the Lord himself,
Can save a soul from sin and death:
And since he was by John baptiz'd,
I'll follow him though fools despise.

17 I'm not asham'd to own my Lord,
Since me he doth his aid afford;
I value no man's scoffs nor frowns,
I hope to wear a starry crown:

18 Come, you who know his works and ways, Come join with me to sing his praise : But I must try to praise him best,

I've run so deep in debt to grace,

HYMN 160.

Joseph made known to his brethren.

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HEN Joseph his brethren beheld,
Afflicted and trembling with fear,
His heart with compassion was fill'd,
From weeping he could not forbear ;
A while his behavior was rough,

To bring their past sin to their mind;

But when they were humbled enough,
He hasted to shew himself kind.

2. How little they thought it was he, Whom they had ill treated and sold ! How great their confusion must be,

As soon as his name he had told ! "I'm Joseph your brother (he said) "And still to my heart you are dear, "You sold me, and thought I was dead,' "But God for your sake sent me here."

3. Though greatly distressed before When charg'd with purloining the cup, They now were confounded much more, Not one of them durst to look up. "Can Joseph, whom we would have slain,.. "Forgive us the evil we did?

-And will he our household maintain ?. "O this is a brother indeed !"

4. Thus dragg'd by my conscience, I came e And laden with guilt, to the Lord; Surrounded with terror and shame,

Unable to utter a word.

At first he look'd stern and severe,

What anguish then pierced my heart! : Expecting each moment to hear

The sentence "Thou cursed depart !"

5 But oh! what surprise when he spoke, While tenderness beamed in his face, My heart then to pieces was broke,

O'erwhelm'd and confounded with grace :.

"Poor sinner, I know thee full well,

"By thee I was sold and was slain "I dr'd to redeem thee from hell, "And raise thee in glory to reign..

6 "I'm Jesus whom thou hast blasphem'd,