To such as Zion's paths pursue,

And would believe that God is true.

2 Thou say'st, I will the Father pray,
And he the Comforter shall give,
Shall give him in your hearts to stay,
And never more his temples leave;
Myself will to my orphans come,
And make you mine eternal home.
3 Come then, dear Lord! thyself reveal,
And let the promise now take place;
Be it according to thy will,

According to the word of grace!
Thy sorrowful disciples cheer,
And send us down the Comforter.
4 He visits oft the troubled breast,

And oft relieves our sad complaint;
But soon we lose the transient guest,
But soon we droop again and faint,—
Repeat the melancholy moan,
Our joy is fled, our comfort gone!

5 Hasten him, Lord, into each heart,
Our sure inseparable guide:
O, may we meet and never part!
O may he in our hearts abide!
And keep his house of praise and prayer,
And rest and reign for ever there!

206 (2d P.) 8s. Limefield 94.

The Love of the Spirit. Rom. xv. 30.

1 THE love of the Spirit I sing,

By whom is redemption apply'd; Who sinners to Jesus can bring, And make them his mystical bride. 2 'Tis he circumcises their hearts, Their callousness kindly removes ; Life, light, and affection imparts, To them that so freely he loves.

3 Ile

opens

the eyes

of the blind,
The beauty of Jesus to view:
He changes the bent of the mind
The glory of God to pursue.
4 The stubbornest will he can bow,
The foes that dwell in us restrain ;
And none can be trodden so low,
But he can revive them again.
5 His blest renovation begun,
He dwells in the hearts of his saints;
Abandons his temple to none,
Nor e'er of his calling repents.

6 Imprest with the image divine,
The soul to redemption he seals;
And each with the Saviour shall shine,
When glory complete he reveals.
7 How constant thy love I believe,
Which stedfast endures to the end;
Then never, my soul, may I grieve
So loving-so holy a friend.

206 (3d P.) S. M. Peckham 7. Hopkins 157. The Work of the Holy Spirit described and desired. Mic. ii. 7.

1

2

3

4

WHERE'ER the Spirit works,
With energy divine,

There sin will lose its reigning pow'r,

And Christian graces shine.

'Tis by his sacred aid

The saints hold on their way;
With vigour run the heav'nly race,
And watch, and praise, and pray.
Nor will he e'er forsake

The work of his own hand;
Without his help the strongest fall,
With it the weakest stand.

[Though oft they are bow'd down,
With various griefs opprest,

He leads through all their dang'rous way
To his appointed rest.]

5 Then grant us, gracious Lord,

Sweet influence from thy throne;
The work to be perform'd is ours,
The strength is all thy own.

207 (1st P.) L. M. Ailie Street 241.

Ulverston 179.

The Leadings of the Spirit. Rom. viii. 14.

1 COME, gracious Spirit, heavenly Dove,
With light and comfort from above;
Be thou our guardian, thou our guide!
O'er every thought and step preside.
2 Conduct us safe, conduct us far
From every sin and hurtful snare;
Lead to thy word that rules must give,
And teach us lessons how to live.

3 The light of truth to us display,
And make us know and choose thy way;
Plant holy fear in every heart,
That we from God may ne'er depart.
4 Lead us to holiness, the road

That we must take to dwell with God;
Lead us to Christ,-the living way;'
Nor let us from his pastures stray.
5 Lead us to God, our final rest,
In his enjoyment to be blest;
Lead us to heaven, the seat of bliss,
Where pleasure in perfection is.

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207 (2d P.) C. M. Follet 181. Braintree 25.

The Work of the Spirit represented by the Wind; or sovereign saving Grace. John iii. 8.

1 THE blessed Spirit, like the wind,

Blows when and where he please;

How happy are the men who feel
The soul-enliv'ning breeze.

2 He forms the carnal mind afresh,
Subdues the power of sin,

Transforms the heart of stone to flesh,
And plants his grace within.

3 He sheds abroad the Father's love,
Applies redeeming blood,

Bids both our guilt and grief remove,
And brings us near to God.

4 Lord, fill each dead benighted soul
With life, and light, and joy!
None can thy mighty power controul,-
Thy glorious work destroy.

208 L. M. Magdalene 214. Rowles 73. The Spirit's Influences compared to living Water.

1 BLESS'D Jesus, source of grace divine, What soul-refreshing streams are thine!

O, bring these healing waters nigh,
Or we must droop, and fall, and die.

2 No traveller thro' desert lands,

'Midst scorching suns, and burning sands,
More needs the current to obtain,

Or to enjoy refreshing rain.

3 Our longing souls aloud would sing, Spring up, celestial Fountain, spring! To a redundant river flow,

And cheer this thirsty land below.

4 May this blest torrent, near my side,
Thro' all the desert gently glide;
Then, in Immanuel's land above,
Spread to a sea of joy and love!

DODDRIDGE.

209 L. M. Kimbolton 251. Martin's Lane 67.

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Divine Influences compared to Rain. Psalm lxxii. 6.

AS

S showers on meadows newly mown,

Jesus shall shed his blessing down;

Crown'd with whose life-infusing drops,
Earth shall renew her blissful crops.

2 Lands that beneath a burning sky
Have long been desolate and dry,
Th' effusions of his love shall share,
And sudden greens and herbage wear.
3 The dews and rains, in all their store,
Drenching the pastures o'er and o'er,
Are not so copious as that grace
Which sanctifies and saves our race.
4 As, in soft silence, vernal show'rs
Descend, and cheer the fainting flow'rs,
So, in the secrecy of love,

Falls the sweet influence from above. 5 That heavenly influence let me find In holy silence of the mind,

While every grace maintains its bloom,
Diffusing wide its rich perfume.

6 Nor let these blessings be confin'd
To me, but pour'd on all mankind;
Till earth's wild wastes in verdure rise,
And a young Eden bless our eyes.

210

L. M. Wareham 117. Gould's 272. Seeking to God for the Communication of his Spirit.

1 HEAR, gracious Sov'reign! from thy throne, And send thy various blessings dowu; While by thine Israel thou art sought, Attend the prayer thy word hath taught. 2 Come, sacred Spirit! from above, And fill the coldest hearts with love; Soften to flesh the flinty stone,

And let thy god-like power be known.

3 Speak thou, and, from the haughtiest eyes Shall floods of pious sorrows rise;

While all their glowing souls are borne To seek that grace_which now they scorn. 4 O, let a holy flock await

Numerous around thy temple-gate!