FORGIVE my foes! it cannot be !
My foes with cordial love embrace!
Fast bound in sin and misery,
Unsaved, unchanged by hallowing grace,-
Throughout my fallen soul I feel
"With man this is impossible."
2 Come, Lord, and tame the tiger's force;
Arrest the whirlwind in my will;
Turn back the torrent's rapid course,
And bid the headlong sun stand still:
The rock dissolve, the mountain move,
And melt my hatred into love.
3 Root out the wrath Thou dost restrain;
And when I have my Saviour's mind,
I cannot render pain for pain,
I cannot speak a word unkind;
An angry thought I cannot know,
Or count my injurer my foe.
THE CHRISTIAN LIFE: PRIVILEGES AND
HAPPY day that fix'd my choice
On Thee, my Saviour and my God!
Well may this glowing heart rejoice,
And tell its raptures all abroad.
2 O happy bond, that seals my vows
To Him who merits all my love!
Let cheerful anthems fill His house,
While to that sacred shrine I move.
3 'Tis done, the great transaction's done,
I am my Lord's, and He is mine;
He drew me, and I follow'd on,
Charm'd to confess the voice divine.
4 High Heaven, that heard the solemn vow,
That vow renew'd shall daily hear,
Till in life's latest hour I bow,
And bless in death a bond so dear.
God, the spring of all my joys,
The life of my delights,
The glory of my brightest days,
And comfort of my nights!
2 In darkest shades, if Thou appear,
My dawning is begun :
Thou art my soul's bright morning star,
And Thou my rising sun.
3 The opening heavens around me shine,
With beams of sacred bliss,
If Jesus shows His mercy mine,
And whispers I am His.
SOVEREIGN of all the worlds on high,
Allow my humble claim;
Nor, while, unworthy, I draw nigh,
Disdain a Father's name.
2 "My Father God!" that gracious sound Dispels my guilty fear;
Not all the harmony of heaven
Could so delight my ear.
3 Come, Holy Spirit, seal the grace
On my expanding heart;
And show, that in the Father's love
I share a filial part.
4 Cheer'd by a witness so divine,
Unwavering I believe;
And, "Abba, Father," humbly cry;
GOD of Israel, deign to smile
With pitying love on me;
And bless my hours of lonely toil,
And raise my heart to Thee.
2 Then, happy in my lowly state,
I never can repine;
I envy not the rich or great,
If Thou confess me Thine.
3 Let others mourn their humble lot,
But I will work and sing;
For, though the world regard me not,
My Father is a King.
4 From His bright palace in the skies,
He sees me where I roam;
And soon He'll call me to arise,
And bid me welcome home.
HWho in the paths of piety
APPY beyond description he,
Loves from his youth to run:
Its ways are ways of pleasantness,
And all its paths are joy and peace,
And heaven on earth begun.
2 If this felicity were mine,
I every other would resign,
With just and holy scorn;
Cheerful and blithe my way pursue,
And with the promised land in view,
Singing to God return.
1 Hand love fills every breast;
APPY the home, when God is there,
Where one their wish, and one their prayer,
And one their heavenly rest.
2 Happy the home, where Jesu's name
Is sweet to every ear;
Where children early lisp His fame,
And parents hold Him dear.
3 Happy the home, where prayer is heard,
And praise is wont to rise;
Where parents love the sacred Word,
And live but for the skies.
4 Lord! let us in our homes agree,
This blessedness to gain;
Unite our hearts in love to Thee,
And love to all will reign.
HERE is an Eye that never sleeps
Beneath the wing of night;
There is an Ear that never shuts
When sink the beams of light.
2 There is an Arm that never tires
When human strength gives way;
There is a Love that never fails
When earthly loves decay.
3 That Eye is fix'd on seraph throngs;
That Arm upholds the sky;
That Ear is fill'd with angel songs;
That Love is throned on high.
4 But there's a power which man can wield, When mortal aid is vain,
That Eye, that Arm, that Love to reach,
5 That power is prayer; which soars on high Through Jesus to the throne,
And moves the Hand which moves the world,
To bring salvation down.
UIDE me, O Thou great Jehovah !
Pilgrim, through this barren land;
I am weak, but Thou art mighty;
Hold me with Thy powerful hand!
Bread of Heaven!
Feed me till I want no more!
2 Open now the crystal Fountain,
Whence the healing waters flow;
Let the fiery, cloudy pillar
Lead me all my journey through:
Strong Deliverer!
Be Thou still my Strength and Shield!
3 When I tread the verge of Jordan,
Bid my anxious fears subside;
Death of death, and hell's Destruction,
Land me safe on Canaan's side:
Songs of praises,
I will ever give to Thee!
TIME, DEATH, JUDGMENT, AND ETERNITY.
WIFT as the winged arrow flies,
My time is hastening on;
Quick as the lightning from the skies,
My wasting moments run.
2 My follies past, O God! forgive,
And every sin subdue;
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