1. MY soul lies cleaving to the dust:
Lord, give me life divine;
From vain desires and every lust

Turn off these eyes of mine.

2. I need the influence of thy grace
To speed me in thy way,-
Lest I should loiter in my race
Or turn my feet astray.

3. When sore afflictions press me down,
I need thy quickening powers;
Thy word, that I have rested on,
Shall help my heaviest hours.

4. Are not thy mercies sovereign still,
And thou a faithful God?

Wilt thou not grant me warmer zeal
To run the heavenly road?

5. Does not my heart thy precepts love,
And long to see thy face?
And yet how slow my spirits move
Without enlivening grace!

6. Then shall I love thy gospel more,
And ne'er forget thy word,

When I have felt its quickening power
To draw me near the Lord.

PSALM 51. C. M.
Fifth Part.

1. O GOD of mercy, hear my call;
My load of guilt remove;
Break down this separating wall
That bars me from thy love.

2. Give me the presence of thy grace:
Then my rejoicing tongue
Shall speak aloud thy righteousness
And make thy praise my song.

3. No blood of goats nor heifers slain
For sin could e'er atone;

The death of Christ shall still remain
Sufficient and alone.

4. A soul oppressed with sin's desert
My God will ne'er despise:
An humble groan, a broken heart,
Is our best sacrifice.

HYMN 59. C. M.

Repentance at the Cross.

1. ALAS! and did my Saviour bleed,
And did my Sovereign die?
Would he devote that sacred head
For such a worm as I?

2. Thy body slain, dear Jesus, thine,
And bathed in its own blood,
While, all exposed to wrath divine,
The glorious Sufferer stood.

3. Was it for crimes that I had done,
He groaned upon the tree?
Amazing pity! grace unknown!
And love beyond degree!

4. Well might the sun in darkness hide, And shut his glories in,

When God, the mighty Maker, died
For man the creature's sin.

5. Thus might I hide my blushing face,
While his dear cross appears,
Dissolve my heart in thankfulness,
And melt my eyes to tears.

6. But drops of grief can ne'er repay
The debt of love I owe:
Here, Lord, I give myself away;
'Tis all that I can do.

HYMN 665. C. M.
Joyful Anticipations of Heaven.

1. WHEN I can read my title clear
To mansions in the skies,

I bid farewell to every fear
And wipe my weeping eyes.

2. Should earth against my soul engage,
And hellish darts be hurled,
Then I can smile at Satan's rage

And face a frowning world.

3. Let cares like a wild deluge come,
And storms of sorrow fall;
May I but safely reach my home,
My God, my heaven, my all.

4. There shall I bathe my weary soul
In seas of heavenly rest,
And not a wave of trouble roll
Across my peaceful breast.

[PSALM 98, 2D PART.] Allegretto.

Arranged from HANDEL.

Let

sing,

2. Joy to the earth: the Saviour reigns; Let men their songs employ; While fields and floods, rocks, hills, and Repeat the sounding joy. [plains

3. No more let sins and sorrows grow, Nor thorns infest the ground:

He comes to make his blessings flow
Far as the curse is found.

4. He rules the world with truth and grace, And makes the nations prove

The glories of his righteousness
And wonders of his love.

1. I'LL speak the honours of my King, His form divinely fair;

None of the sons of mortal race

May with the Lord compare.

2. Sweet is thy speech, and heavenly grace Upon thy lips is shed;

Thy God, with blessings infinite,
Hath crowned thy sacred head.

3. Gird on thy sword, victorious Prince;
Ride with majestic sway;

Thy terror shall strike through thy foes,
And make the world obey.

4. Thy throne, O God, for ever stands;
Thy word of grace shall prove
A peaceful sceptre in thy hands,
To rule thy saints by love.

5. Justice and truth attend thee still,
But mercy is thy choice;
And God, thy God, thy soul shall fill
With most peculiar joys.

1. SONGS of immortal praise belong
To my almighty God;

He has my heart, and he my tongue,
To spread his name abroad.

2. How great the works his hands have
How glorious in our sight! [wrought!
And men in every age have sought
His wonders with delight.

3. How fair and beauteous nature's frame!
How wise th' eternal mind!
His counsels never change the scheme
That his first thoughts designed.

4. When he redeemed his chosen sons,
He fixed his covenant sure;
The orders that his lips pronounce
To endless years endure.

5. Nature and time, and earth and skies,
Thy heavenly skill proclaim:

What shall we do to make us wise,
But learn to read thy name?

Universal Invitation.

1. LET every mortal ear attend,
And every heart rejoice;
The trumpet of the gospel sounds
With an inviting voice.

2. Ho! all ye hungry, starving souls
That feed upon the wind,
And vainly strive with earthly toys
To fill an empty mind:

3. Eternal wisdom has prepared
A soul-reviving feast,

And bids your longing appetites
The rich provision taste.

4. Ho! ye that pant for living streams,
And pine away and die,

Here you may quench your raging thirst
With springs that never dry.

5. Rivers of love and mercy here
In a rich ocean join;
Salvation in abundance flows,

Like floods of milk and wine.

6. Ye perishing and naked poor,

Who work with mighty pain
To weave a garment of your own,
That will not hide your sin;

7. Come naked, and adorn your souls
In robes prepared by God,
Wrought by the labours of his Son,
And dyed in his own blood.

8. Great God, the treasures of thy love
Are everlasting mines,
Deep as our helpless miseries are,
And boundless as our sins.

9. The happy gates of gospel grace
Stand open night and day:
Lord, we are come to seek supplies
And drive our wants away.