4 He speaks and, listening to his voice, New life the dead receive;
The mournful broken hearts rejoice; The humble poor believe.
5 Hear Him, ye deaf; his praise, ye dumb, Your loosen'd tongues employ; Ye blind, behold your Saviour come; And leap, ye lame, for joy!
6 Look unto Him, ye nations; own Your God, ye fallen race; Be justified through faith alone; Be saved by sovereign grace!
HYMN 17.
(C. M. ST. JAMES'S.)
No way of salvation but by Christ.
1 How shall we come before Thee, Lord! In whose all-piercing sight, Some shades of darkness seem to veil The purest sons of light?
2 Will tears of sorrow, shed for sin, Discharge the debt we owe? Those tears, alas! could ne'er avail, Though endless torrents flow.
3 Shall we, with works of righteousness, In trembling hope draw near?
Ah! no those works, the best we have, As filthy rags appear.
4 We urge no plea so vain and weak, To shield the sinner's head:
We plead the works which Thou hast
The blood which Thou hast shed.
5 In thine all-glorious robe array'd, And sprinkled with thy blood, The vilest sinner spotless stands Before the throne of God.
HYMN 18.
(C, M. CONDESCENSION.
Salvation by grace.
1 LORD! we confess our numerous faults, How great our guilt had been: Foolish and vain were all our thoughts, And all our lives were sin.
2 But now for ever be adored, For ever loved his name, Who saves us from this evil world, From folly, sin, and shame.
3 'Tis not by works of righteousness Which our own hands have done, But we are saved by sovereign grace, Abounding through the Son.
4 "Tis from the mercy of our God That all our hopes begin; 'Tis by the water and the blood Our souls are wash'd from sin.
5 Raised from the dead we live anew; And, justified by grace,
We shall appear in glory too, And see our Father's face.
(s. M. SILVER STREET.)
Praise to the Redeemer.
1 PREPARE a thankful song
To the Redeemer's name: His praises should employ each tongue, And every heart inflame.
2 He laid his glories by,
And shame and death endured, That guilty rebels, doom'd to die, From wrath might be secured. 3 And now He pleading stands Before his Father's throne, And satisfies the law's demands With what Himself hath done. 4 The Holy Ghost He sends, Our stubborn wills to move, To make his enemies his friends, And conquer them by love. 5 O may we not refuse
Such rich unbounded grace; Nor Satan's bondage longer choose, But seek the Saviour's face!
Christ precious to believers.
1 How blest the name of Jesus sounds
In a believer's ears!
It soothes his sorrows, heals his wounds, And calms his guilty fears.
2 Jesus! the Rock on which we build- Our Shield and Hiding place- Our never-failing Treasury, fill'd With boundless stores of grace!- 3 Jesus! our Leader-Shepherd-Friend— Our Prophet-Priest-and King- Our Lord--our Life--our Way--our End-- Accept the praise we bring.
4 Weak is the effort of our heart, And cold our warmest thought; But when we see Thee as Thou art, We'll praise Thee as we ought. 5 Till then we would thy love proclaim With every fleeting breath; And may the memory of thy name Support our souls in death!
HYMN 21.
(C. M. MILES LANE.) Christ, Lord of all.
1 ALL hail the great Emmanuel's name! Ye angels! prostrate fall;
Bring forth the royal diadem,
And crown Him "Lord of all."
2 Ye saints redeem'd of Adam's race! Ye ransom'd from the fall!
Hail Him who saves you by his grace, And crown Him "Lord of all."
3 Ye sinners! who can ne'er forget "The wormwood and the gall,"*
Spread all your trophies at his feet,
And crown Him" Lord of all." 4 Ye realms of every name and tongue! Ye nations! great and small! Unite in one eternal song,
And crown Him "Lord of all."
(P. M. SICILIAN MARINERS.)
1 BRETHREN; let us join to bless Christ, the Lord our Righteousness: Let our praise to Him be given, High at God's right hand in heaven. 2 Son of God! to Thee we bow: Thou art Lord, and only Thou; Thou the blessed Virgin's Seed, Glory of thy church, and Head. 3 Thee the angels ceaseless sing; Thee we praise, our Priest and King: Worthy is thy name of praise, Full of glory, full of grace.
4 Thou hast the glad tidings brought Of salvation, by Thee wrought; Wrought to set thy people free; Wrought to bring our souls to Thee. 5 May we follow and adore
Thee, our Saviour, more and more; Guide and bless us with thy love, Till we join thy saints above.
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