3 The more he suffer'd for our sake,
The more his kindness is:

But O! what poor returns we make,
For grace and love like his?

4 [He might expect that we should give, Our hearts to him alone:

And, bought with blood, that we would
As his, and not our own.]

5 But we, alas! too oft forget
How great his kindness is:

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And though redeem'd, we wander yet
From him who made us his.

6 [For this our hearts are cold and dead:
For this our eyes are dim:
The crown is fallen from our head,
Because we stray from him.]

7 Lord, we confess our shame, and mourn
That we have prov'd so base:
To thee again, to thee we turn:
O! save us by thy grace.

152. For Redemption. L.M.

Hereby perceive we the Love of GOD, because he laid down his life for us.-1 JOHN iii. 16.

LORD, when my thoughts delighted
Amid the wonders of thy love: [rove
The view revives my drooping heart,
And bids invading fears depart.

2 Guilty and weak, to thee I fly, On thy atoning blood rely,

And on thy righteousness depend: My Lord, my SAVIOUR, and my friend. 3 Be all my heart, be all my days, Devoted to thy single praise; And let my glad obedience prove How much I owe, how much I love.

153. For Redemption. 8-7-7.

For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to GOD by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.-ROM. v. 10.

LET us love, and sing, and wonder;
Let us praise the SAVIOUR'S name!
He has hush'd the law's loud thunder;
He has quench'd mount Sinai's flame;
He has wash'd us in his blood;
He has brought us nigh to God.

2 Let us love the Lord that bought us, Pity'd us when enemies,

Call'd us by his grace, and taught us,
Gave us ears and gave us eyes:
He has wash'd us in his blood,
He presents our souls to God,

3 Let us sing, though fierce temptation
Threaten hard to bear us down;
JESUS is our strong salvation,
He will surely give the crown:

He who wash'd us in his blood,
Soon will bring us safe to GOD.

4 [Let us praise, and join the chorus,
Of the saints enthron'd on high!
Here they trusted him before us,
Now their praises fill the sky.
Thou hast wash'd us in thy blood!
Thou art worthy, Lamb of GOD!]

5 Yes, we praise thee, gracious SAVIOUR!
Wonder, love, and bless thy name:
Pardon, Lord, our poor endeavour!
Pity, for thou know'st our frame;
Wash our pray'rs and songs with blood,
For by thee we come to GOD!

154. For Redemption. 7s.

Praise ye the Lord. Praise ye the Lord from the heavens: praise him in the heights. Praise ye him all his angels: praise ye him all his hosts.-PSALM cxlviii. 1, 2.

SONS of GOD, triumphant rise,
Shout th' accomplish'd sacrifice;
Shout your sins iu CHRIST forgiv❜n,
Sons of GOD, and heirs of heav'n.

Ye that round our altars throng,
List'ning angels, join the song;
Sing with us, ye heav'nly pow'rs;
Pardon, grace, and glory ours!

3 Love's mysterious work is done;
Greet we now th' atoning SoN;
Heal'd and quicken'd by his blood,
Join'd to CHRIST, aud one with God.
4 CHRIST, of all our hopes the seal,
Peace divine in him we feel;
Everlasting life is won,
Glory is on earth begun.

5 CHRIST to laud in songs divine,
Angels and archangels join ;
We with them our voices raise,
Echoing thy eternal praise.

6 Holy, holy, holy Lord,

Live by heav'n and earth ador'd;
Full of thee, they ever cry,
Glory be to God most high!

155. For Redemption. L. M.

Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice.-PSALM lxiii. 7.

AWAKE, my soul, in joyful lays, And sing thy great redeemer's praise; He justly claims a song from me, His loving-kindness, Ŏ how free! 2 He saw me ruin'd in the fall, Yet lov'd me notwithstanding all; He sav'd me from my lost estate, His loving-kindness, O how great!

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3 Tho' num'rous hosts of mighty foes,
Tho' earth and hell my way oppose,
He safely leads my soul along,
His loving-kindness, O how strong!
4 [Often I feel my sinful heart
Prone from my SAVIOUR to depart;
But tho' I oft have him forgot,
His loving-kindness changes not.]
5 Soon shall I pass the gloomy vale,
Soon all my mortal powers must fail;
O! may my last expiring breath
His loving-kindness sing in death!
6 Then let me mount and soar away
To the bright world of endless day;
And sing, with rapture and surprise,
His loving-kindness in the skies.

156. For Redemption, 8-7-4. Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory.—REV. iv. 11. GLORY, glory everlasting

Be to him who bore the cross !
Who redeem'd our souls by tasting
Death, the death deserv'd by us:
Spread his glory,

Who redeem'd his people thus. 2 JESU's love is love unbounded, Without measure, without end; Human thought is here confounded, 'Tis too vast to comprehend;