3 Then what my thoughts design to do, 4 HYMN 148. 8. 8. 6. Prayer for seriousness. 1 O GOD, mine inmost soul convert, And deeply on my thoughtful heart Eternal things impress; 2 3 Give me to feel their solemn weight, When thou with clouds shalt come, Be this my one great business here, To make my calling sure; Then, Saviour, then my soul receive, 1 2 3 5 HYMN 149. s. M. "Boast not thyself of to-morrow.” That we may live to-day! Since on this winged hour Waken by thine almighty power One thing demands our care; Lest, slighted once, the season fair To Jesus may we fly, Swift as the morning light, Lest life's young golden beams should die HYMN 150. 78. Religion the only source of happiness. 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 HYMN 151. C. M. Necessity of renewing grace. HOW helpless guilty nature lies, Can aught beneath a power divine 'Tis thine the passions to recall, To chase the shades of death away, A beam of heaven, a vital ray, O change these sinful hearts of ours, Then shall our passions and our powers, HYMN 152. c. M. "How shall I put thee among the children." Our lives to Satan how enslav'd! And can such sinners be restor❜d, Such rebels reconcil'd? Can grace itself the means afford 3 4 1 2 3 Yes, grace To cleanse us from our countless sins, And teach our hearts to love. Jesus for sinners undertakes, HYMN 153. C. M. "In that day there shall be a fountain opened for sin and for uncleanness." 5 HOW sad our state by nature is! And Satan binds our captive minds But there's a voice of sovereign grace O may we hear the almighty call, We would believe thy promise, Lord; To the blest fountain of thy blood, There may we wash our guilty souls Poor, sinful, weak, and helpless worms, Be thou our strength and righteousness, 1 2 3 HYMN 154. c. M. "I am the Lord that healeth thee." SWEET is the friendly voice that speaks Which bids the penitent rejoice, And sin and sorrow cease. "Tis Christ that heals the troubled soul, With guilty fears opprest; "Tis he who makes the wounded whole, O let thy presence, Lord, impart HYMN 155. c. M. Praise to the Redeemer. 1 O FOR a thousand tongues to sing 2 3 My gracious Master and my God, Assist me to proclaim, And spread through all the earth abroad, The honours of thy name. Jesus! the name that charms our fears That bids our sorrows cease; "Tis music in the sinner's ears, "Tis life, and health, and peace. He speaks; and listening to his voice, The mournful, broken hearts rejoice; |