4 Be of good cheer, for God's own Son Forgives all sins which thou hast done; Thou'rt justified by Jesus' blood, Thy baptism grants the highest good. 5 If thou be sick, if death draw near, This truth thy troubled heart can cheer; Christ Jesus saves my soul from death, That is the firmest ground of faith. 6 Glory to God the Father, Son, 328 GRACE! 'tis a charming sound, Heav'n with the echo shall resound, 2 Grace first contrived the way And all the steps that grace display 3 Grace first inscribed my name In God's eternal book; S. M. 'Twas grace that gave me to the Lamb, Who all my sorrows took. 4 Grace led my roving feet To tread the heavenly road; And new supplies each hour I meet, While pressing on to God. 5 Grace taught my soul to pray, And made my eyes o'erflow; "Twas grace that kept me to this day, And will not let me go. C Grace all the work shall crown, It lays in heaven the topmost stone, 329 6,6,6,6,8,8, (H. M.) THY works, not mine, O Christ, They bid my fear depart, To whom, save Thee, who canst alone For sin atone, Lord, shall I flee? 2 Thy cross, not mine, O Christ, Or earth could bear but God. 3 Thy death, not mine, O Christ, Would have been all too few. 4 Thy righteousness, O Christ, Save that which is of Thee. To whom, save Thee, who canst alone For sin atone, Lord, shall I flee? 330 O MYSTERY of love Divine C. M. That thought and thanks o'erpowers! Lord Jesus, was our portion Thine. And is Thy portion ours? 2 Emmanuel, didst Thou take our place To set us in Thine own? Didst Thou our low estate embrace 3 Didst Thou fulfill each righteous deed, God's perfect will express, That we, th' unfaithful ones, might plead 4 On Thy pure soul did dread and gloom In that drear garden rise? Are ours the brightness and the bloom 5 For Thee the Father's hidden face? For us the Father's endless grace, 6 Our load of sin and misery Didst Thou, the Sinless, bear? 7 Lord Jesus, is it even so? Have we been loved thus? What love can we on Thee bestow 8 Thou, who our very place didst take, Thou, who Thy portion ours dost make, Thyself, Thyself, impart. SANCTIFICATION 831 JESUS, still lead on, 5,5,8,8,5,5 Till our rest be won; And, although the way be cheerless, To our fatherland. 2 If the way be drear, Let no faithless fears o'ertake us ; To our home we go. 3 When we seek relief From a long-felt grief: When temptations come alluring, 4 Jesus, still lead on, Till our rest be won: Heavenly Leader, still direct us, In our fatherland. 332 L. M. GOD of my life, whose gracious power Through various deaths my soul hath led; Or turned aside the fatal hour, Or lifted up my sinking head: 2 In all my ways Thy hand I own, But to my loving Savior's breast? And safe beneath Thy wings to rest! 4 I have no skill the snare to shun, But Thou, O Christ, my Wisdom art! I ever into ruin run: But Thou art greater than my heart. 5 Foolish, and impotent, and blind, Lead me a way I have not known; Bring me where I my heaven may find, The heaven of loving Thee alone. 6 Enlarge my heart to make Thee room; Enter, and in me ever stay: The crooked then shall straight become; The darkness shall be lost in day. 383 8, 7, 8, 7, 8, 7, 7, 8, 7, 7 LET us ever walk with Jesus, Follow His example pure, Flee the world, that would deceive us And to sin our soul allure. Ever in His footsteps treading, Body here, yet soul above, 2 Let us suffer here with Jesus, |