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• Haste, my beloved, fetch my soul,

Up to thy blessed abode, Fly, for my spirit longs to see

My Saviour and my God.

WATTI,

ALMIGHTY GRACE.

313.
The Source of Christian Experience.
" With shoutings of grace, grace unto it."

Zech. 4. (S M.)
I ORACE! 'tis a charming sound,

Harmonious to the ear,
Heaven with the echo shall resound,

And all the earth shall hear 2 Grace first inscribed my name,

In God's eternal book,
'Twas grace that gave me to the Lamb

Who all my sorrows took. 3 Grace led my roving feet

To tread the heavenly road,
And new supplies each hour í meet,

While pressing on to God,
4 Grace taught my soul to pray,

And made my eyes o’erflow,
'Twas grace that kept me to this day,

And will not let me go.
6 Grace, all the work shall cro n,

Thro' everlasting days,
It lays in heaven the topmost stone,

And well deserves the praise.

314.
Impediments Reonored by Grace."
" Who art thou? O great mountain.".

Zech. 4. (P. M.)
I COME Lord, from above, the mountains remove

Overturn all that hinders the course of thy love, My bosom inspire, inkindle the fire,

And wrap my whole soul in the flames of desire. 2 T'he blessing is free,—so Lord let it be,

I yield that thy love, should be given to me,
I freely receive, what thou freely dost give,

And consent in thy love-In thy Eden to live. · The gift I embrace, the giver I praise,

And ascribe my salvation to Jesus's grace ;
It comes from above, the foretaste I prove,
And I soon shall receive all the fulness of love.

WESLEY.

3

315,

The Cause of Conversion. “ Justified freely by his grace.”-Rom. 3. (L. M.) 1 AH! but for free and sovereign grace,

I still had liv'd estrang'd from God,
Till hell had prov'd the destin'd place,

Of my deserv’d, but dread abode. 2 But oh! amaz'd I see the hand

That stopp'd me in my wild career,
A miracle of grace I stand,

The Lord has taught my heart to fear. 3 To fear his name, to trust his grace,

To learn his will, be my employ,
Till I shall see him, face to face,
Hiinself-my hearon, himself my joy.

GADSBY.

316.
Sweetness of Gospel Grace.
" They who receive abundance of grace."-

Roin. 5. (C. M.)
I GRACE, how exceeding sweet to those

Who feel they sinners are!
Suuk and distrest, they taste, and know,

Their heaven is only there. ? Rich grace, free grace, most sweetly calis

Directly come who will,
Just as you are, for Christ receives

Poor helpless sinners still.
'Tis grace each day that feeds our souls,

Grace keeps us inly poor,
And () that nothing else but grace
May rule us evermore

Hill's COLLE

317.
Spiritual Poverty Confessed.
“ God is able to make all grace abound."

2 Cor. 9. (S. M.) I TEN thousand wants have I,

Alas! I all things want,
But God has bid me always cry,

And never never faint.
9 Yet, Lord, well might I fear,

Fear even to ask thy grace,
So oft have I, alas ! drawn near,

And mock'd thee to thy face.
My mouth is stopp'd, and shame

Covers my guilty face,
I fall on the atoning Lamb,
And I am sav'd by grace.

W LOLIY.

318.

Adoptive Grace.
" To the praise of tae glory of his grace.

Eph. 1. (P. M.)
I RISE my soul! adore and wonder,

Ask, “O why such love to me?"
Grace hath put me in the number
Of the Saviour's family.

Hallelujah!

Thanks, eternal thanks to theo. 8 When in that blest habitation,

Built by God the Father's hand.
When in glory's full possession,
I with Saints and Augels stand.

Free grace only
Shall resound thro' Canaan's land.

DOBEL'S COLL.

319.

Enriching Grace.
“ According to the riches of his grace."

Eph. 1. (C. M.) 1 GREAT God, 'tis from thy sovereign grado

That all my blessings flow,
Whate'er I am, or do possess,

I to thy mercy owe.
2 'Tis this my powerful lusts controuls,

And pardons all my sin,
Gives life ard peace to dying souls

And makes our nature clean.
3 'Tis this upholds me while I live,

Supports me when I die,
And hence ten thousand saints receive
Their All as well as I...

BEDDOXR

320.

Preserving Grace. " By grace ye are saved."-Eph. 2. (L. M.: I AMID a thousand snares I stand,

Upheld and guarded by thy hand,
Thy words my fainting soul revive,
And keep my dying faith alive.
3 Grace will complete what grace begins,

To save from sorrows, and froin sins;
The work that wisdom undertakes,
Eternal mercy ne'er försakes.

WATTS.

321.

Distinguishing Grace. "To me is this grace given."-Eph. 3. (P. M.) I HE left his Father's throne above,

So free, so infinite his grace, Emptied himself of all but love,

Aud bled for Adam's helpless race. "Tis mercy all, immense and free, For, O my God, it found out me.

WEILS

322.

Overflowing Grace.
Grace was exceeding abundant."

i Tim. 1. (C. M.) SEE here an endless ocean flows,

Of never failing grace, Behold a dying Saviour's veins

The sacred flood increase.

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