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The law proclaims destruction nigh, And vengeance at the door. 3 When I review my ways, I dread impending doom; But sure a friendly whisper says, "Flee from the wrath to come."

4 I see or think I see,

A glimmering from afar;
A beam of day, that shines for me,
To save me from despair.

5 Forerunner of the sun,

It marks the pilgrim's way; I'll gaze upon it while I run, And watch the rising day.

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L. M.

Impenitence deplored.

AMID displays of wrath and love,
What stubborn creatures, Lord, are we!
No relish for the joys of heaven,

No dread of endless misery.

2 With what a base contempt we treat Thy threatenings and thy promises! Duty neglect and mercy slight,

Nor fear to sin-nor seek to please.

3 Could angels weep-for us they'd mourn:
Break, then, these flinty hearts, O God!
Sure we must melt beneath thy grace,
Or feel the terrors of thy rod.

198

C. M.

Confession.

ALMIGHTY Father! God of grace!
We all, like sheep astray,

In folly, from thy paths have turned,
Each to his sinful way.

2 Sins of omission, and of act,

Through all our lives abound;
Alas! in thought, and word, and deed,
No health in us is found.

3 Oh spare us, Lord!-in mercy spare!
Our contrite souls restore,

Through him who suffered on the cross,
And man's transgressions bore.

4 And grant, O Father! for his sake
That we, through all our days,
A just and godly life may lead,
To thine eternal praise.

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4s & 6s.

The convicted Sinner urged to submit.
CONVINCED of sin,

Oh now begin

To call upon the Lord;
Relent and pray,

And mourn the day,

In which you scorned his word.

2 While converts sing,
And bless their King,

And praise th' incarnate Word;
Oh now submit

At Jesus' feet,

And own your sovereign Lord.

3 Now is the time

To come to him

Who died that you might live:

Resist no more

The Spirit's power,

No more yourselves deceive.

4 O sovereign Lord,

Now speak the word,

And pierce each stubborn soul;
Yet as they bleed,

Let love succeed,

And make the wounded whole.

200

L. M.

Coldness and Inconstancy lamented.

DEAR Jesus-when-when shall it be, That I no more shall break with thee? When will this war of passion cease, And I enjoy a lasting peace?

2 Here I repent—and sin again;

Sometimes revive-sometimes am slainSlain with the same malignant dart, Which, oh! too often wounds thy heart. 3 When, gracious Lord-when shall it be, That I shall find my all in theeThe fulness of thy promise prove, And feast on thine eternal love?

201

8s & 6s.

Prayer for pardoning Mercy.

JESUS, incarnate Son of God,
Now hear us from on high;
Oh, seal our pardon by thy blood,
To thee, to thee we cry:
Our prostrate souls no merit claim;
We plead thine all-prevailing name.
2 Ruined, and all defiled with sin,

Our souls would turn and live;
Lord, if thou wilt, now make us clean,
And all our sins forgive:

Thy righteousness, thy bleeding love,
Can every stain of guilt remove.

202

S. M.

Blessedness of the Penitent and Pardoned.

OH! blessed souls are they,

Whose sins are covered o'er:
Divinely blest-to whom the Lord
Imputes their guilt no more.
2 They mourn their follies past,
And keep their hearts with care:
Their lips and lives, without deceit,
Shall prove their faith sincere.
3 While I concealed my guilt,
I felt the festering wound:
But I confessed my sins to thee,
And ready pardon found.

4 Let sinners learn to pray;

Let saints keep near the throne;
Our help, in times of deep distress,
Is found in God alone.

203

CHRISTIAN GRACES.

C. M.

Hope of Justification by the Law abandoned.
HOW long beneath the law I lay
In bondage and distress!

I toiled, the precept to obey,

But toiled, without success.

2 Then, all my servile works were done,
A righteousness to raise;
Now, freely chosen in the Son,
I freely choose his ways.

3 To see the law by Christ fulfilled,
And hear his pardoning voice,

Will change a slave into a child,
And duty, into choice.

204

C. M.

The broken Heart.

NOW to thine altar, Lord,
A broken heart I bring;
And wilt thou graciously accept
Of such a worthless thing?

2 To Christ, the bleeding Lamb,
My faith directs her eyes:
All other offerings, Lord, are vain,
But not his sacrifice.

3 That moment he expired,
Thy law was satisfied;

And now to its severest claims
I answer-Jesus died.

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OH for that tenderness of heart,
Which bows before the Lord!
That owns how just and good thou art,
And trembles at thy word!

2 Oh for those humble, contrite tears,
Which from repentance flow!
That sense of guilt, which trembling fears
The long suspended blow!

3 Saviour, to me in pity give

For sin the deep distress,

The pledge thou wilt at last receive,
And bid me die in peace!-

4 Oh fill my soul with faith and love,
And strength to do thy will;
Raise my desires and hopes above,
Thyself to me reveal.

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