CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE AND

PRACTICE.

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GRACE.

8s. & 7s.

Debtor to Grace. - ROBINSON.

1 COME, thou Fount of every blessing,
Tune my heart to sing thy grace;
Streams of mercy, never ceasing,
Call for songs of loudest praise:
Teach me some melodious sonnet,
Sung by flaming tongues above;
Praise the mount- O fix me on it,

Mount of God's unchanging love.

2 Here I raise my Ebenezer;
Hither by thy help I'm come;
And I hope, by thy good pleasure,
Safely to arrive at home:
Jesus sought me when a stranger,
Wandering from the fold of God;
He, to save my soul from danger,
Interposed his precious blood.

3 0, to grace how great a debtor
Daily I'm constrained to be!
Let that grace, Lord, like a fetter,
Bind my wandering heart to thee.
Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it;

Prone to leave the God I love;

Bavaria.

Here's my heart; Lord, take and seal it;
Seal it from thy courts above.

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S. M.

Abba, Father. - WATTS.

1 BEHOLD, what wondrous grace
The Father has bestowed
On sinners of a mortal race,
To call them sons of God!

2 Nor doth it yet appear

Shirland.

How great we must be made;
But when we see our Saviour here,
We shall be like our Head.

3 A hope so much divine

May trials well endure;
May purify our souls from sin,
As Christ, the Lord, is pure.

Salvation all of Grace. - Doddridge.

1 GRACE! 't is a charming sound;

Harmonious to the ear;

Heaven with the echo shall resound,
And all the earth shall hear.

2 Grace first contrived the way
To save rebellious man;

And all the steps that grace display,
Which drew the wondrous plan.

3 Grace led my roving feet

To tread the heavenly road;
And new supplies each hour I meet,
While pressing on to God.

4 Grace all the work shall crown,
Through everlasting days;

It lays in heaven the topmost stone,
And well deserves the praise.

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C. M.

Depending on Grace. -NEWTON.

Dundee.

1 AMAZING grace-how sweet the sound!
That saved a wretch like me;

I once was lost, but now am found,
Was blind, but now I see.

2 'T was grace that taught my heart to fear,
And grace my fears relieved;

How precious did that grace appear
The hour I first believed!

3 Through many dangers, toils and snares,
I have already come;

'Tis grace hath brought me safe thus far,
And grace will lead me home.

4 Yea, when this flesh and heart shall fail,
And mortal life shall cease,

I shall possess, within the veil,
A life of joy and peace.

C. M.

Prayer for Grace. - DODDRIDGE.

1 SOVEREIGN of all the worlds on high,

Allow my humble claim;

Nor, when I raise my guilty head,
Disdain a father's name.

Dundee.

2 My Father- God! how sweet the sound!
How tender, and how dear!

Not all the harmony of heaven
Could so delight the ear.

3 Come, sacred Spirit, seal the name
On my expanding heart;

And show that in Jehovah's grace,
I share a filial part.

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1 AND must I part with all I have,
My dearest Lord, for thee?

It is but right, since thou hast done
Much more than this for me.

2 Yes, let it go; one look from thee
Will more than make amends
For all the losses I sustain,

Of credit, riches, friends.

3 Ten thousand worlds, ten thousand lives,
How worthless they appear,
Compared with thee, supremely good,
Divinely bright and fair!

4 Saviour of souls, could I from thee
A single smile obtain,
Though destitute of all things else,
I'd glory in my gain.

C. M.

Necessity of Self-Denial. WATTS.

Newton.

1 STRAIT is the way—the door is strait,
That leads to joys on high:

'Tis but a few that find the gate,
While crowds mistake and die.

2 Beloved self must be denied,
The mind and will renewed,

Passion suppressed-and patience tried,
And vain desires subdued.

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3 Lord, can a feeble, helpless worm
Fulfil a task so hard?

Thy grace must all the work perform,
And give the free reward.

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FAITH.

C. M.

The Power of Faith. -TURNER.

Dedham.

1 FAITH adds new charms to earthly bliss,
And saves me from its snares;
Its aid in every duty brings,
And softens all my cares;

2 Extinguishes the thirst of sin,
And lights the sacred fire

Of love to God and heavenly things,
And feeds the pure desire.

3 The wounded conscience knows its power
The healing balm to give :
That balm the saddest heart can cheer,
And make the dying live.

4 Wide it unveils celestial worlds,

Where deathless pleasures reign;
And bids me seek my portion there,
Nor bids me seek in vain ;-

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5 Shows me the precious promise, sealed
With the Redeemer's blood;

And helps my feeble hope to rest
Upon a faithful God.