6 Thy noblest wonders here we view,
In souls renewed, and sins forgiven:
Lord cleanse our sins, our souls renew,
And make Thy word our guide to heaven.

156

1

2

Psalm xix.

S.M.

WATTS.

BER

EHOLD the morning sun
Begin his glorious way;

His beams through all the nations run,
And life and light convey.

But, where the gospel comes,

It spreads diviner light;

It calls dead sinners from their tombs,
And gives the blind their sight.

My gracious God, how plain
Are Thy directions given !
O may I never read in vain,
But find the path to heaven!

I hear Thy word with love,
And I would fain obey:
Send Thy good Spirit from above,
To guide me, lest I stray.

Warn me of every sin,
Forgive my secret faults,

And cleanse this guilty soul of mine,
Whose crimes exceed my thoughts.

6

While, with my heart and tongue I spread Thy praise abroad, Accept the worship and the song, My Saviour and my God.

157

Zech. iv. 10. 7's. C. WESLEY.

EE how great a flame aspires,
Kindled by a spark of grace.

Jesus' love the nation fires,
Sets the kingdoms on a blaze.

2 When He first the work begun,
Small and feeble was His day;
Now the word doth swiftly run,
Now it wins its widening way.

3 More and more it spreads and grows,
Ever mighty to prevail;

Sin's strong-holds it overthrows,
Shakes the trembling gates of hell.

4 Saw ye not the cloud arise,
Little as a human hand?

Now it spreads along the skies,
Hangs o'er all the thirsty land.

5 Lo! the promise of a shower
Drops already from above;
But the Lord will shortly pour
All the Spirit of His love.

158

1

(ALVATION! O the joyful sound;
'Tis pleasure to our ears;

A sovereign balm for every wound,
A cordial for our fears.

2 Buried in sorrow and in sin,
At hell's dark door we lay;
But we arise, by grace divine,
To see a heavenly day.

3 Salvation! let the echo fly

The spacious earth around; While all the armies of the sky Conspire to raise the sound.

CHORUS.

Glory, honour, praise, and power,
Be unto the Lamb for ever!
Jesus Christ is our Redeemer ;
Hallelujah Hallelujah!
Hallelujah! Praise ye the Lord!

159

Matt. xiii. 16.

L.M.

WATTS.

WATTS.

1 YREAT God, to Thee my voice I raise,

my youngest

I would begin my life with praise,
Till growing years improve the song.

2 'Tis to Thy sovereign grace I owe
That I was born on British ground,
Where streams of heavenly mercy flow,
And words of sweet salvation sound.

3 How do I pity those who dwell
Where ignorance and darkness reigns!
They know no heaven, they fear no hell-
Those endless joys, those endless pains.

4 Thy praise shall still employ my breath, Since Thou hast marked my way to heaven; Teach me to shun the road to death,

Nor waste the blessings Thou hast given.

160

1 T

Isaiah Ix. 2.

dark and cruel regions,

Where God is never known,
What poor benighted legions,
Kueel down to wood and stone.

2 In trouble, pain, and sadness,-
When death the loved ones parts,
They have no beam of gladness
To shine into their hearts.

3 But cruel acts, and anguish,
And one unbroken gloom,
Are where the dying languish,
And cloud the closing tomb.

7.6.7.6.

4 Shine forth, O God, with power,
This darkness chase away!
And speed the promised hour,
The noon of gospel day!

MONTGOMERY.

161 Prov. xxix. 18. L.M.
THE heathen perish; day by day,

1

Thousands on thousands pass away:
O Christians, to their rescue fly;
Preach Jesus to them ere they die.

2 Wealth, labour, talents, freely give,
Yea, life itself,-that they may live.
What hath your Saviour done for you?
And what for Him will ye not do?

3 Thou Spirit of the Lord, go forth;
Call in the South, wake up the North;
Of every clime, from sun to sun,
Gather God's children into one.

162 Lev. XXV. 9.

4-6's & 2-8's.

TOPLADY.

1 BThe gladly solemn sound

LOW ye the trumpet, blow:

Let all the nations know,

To earth's remotest bound.

The year of Jubilee is come;
Return, ye ransomed sinners, home.