5 When thro' him we prove victorious, 'Then will strife and labour cease: Then our triumph will be glorious: Then his people dwell at ease: And their portion

Will be everlasting peace.

302. Thirsting for God. LM.

My soul thirsteth for GOD, for the living GOD.-PSALM xlii. 2.

I THIRST, but not as once I did, The vain delights of earth to share; Thy wounds, IMMANUEL, all forbid, That I should seek my pleasures there. 2 It was the sight of thy dear cross First wean'd my soul from earthly things;

And taught me to esteem as dross
The worldling's joys, the pomp of kings.

3 I want that grace that springs from thee,
That quickens all things where it flows;
And makes a wretched thoru like me,
Bloom as the myrtle or the rose.

4 Blest fountain of delight unknown!
Source of all good, and joy supreme!
Still on my thirsting soul pour down
A living and life-giving stream!

5 For sure, of all the plants that share
The notice of thy Father's eye,
None proves less grateful to his care,
Or yields him meaner fruit, than I.

303. Trusting in the Lord as his Refuge.

C. M.

According to thy mercy remember thou me for thy
goodness sake, O Lord.-PSALM XXV. 7.
OTHOU from whom all goodness flows,
I lift my heart to thee:

In all my sorrows, conflicts, woes,
JESUS, remember me.

2 When on my mourning burden'd heart
My sins lie heavily,

My pardon speak, new peace impart :
In love remember me.

3 Temptations sore obstruct my way,
And ills I cannot flee;

O give me strength, Lord, as my day;
For good remember me.

4 If on my face, for thy dear name,
Shame and reproaches be;

All hail reproach, and welcome shame!
If thou remember me.

5 The hour is near, consign'd to death,
I own the just decree;

SAVIOUR, with my last parting breath,
I'll cry "remember me."

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304. Thankful. C.M.

What shall I render unto the Lord for all his benefits towards me? I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the Lord.-PSALM CXvi. 12, 13.

FOR mercies, countless as the sands,
Which daily I receive

From JESUS my Redeemer's hands,
My soul what canst thou give?

2 Alas from such a heart as mine,.
What can I bring him forth?
My best is stain'd and dy'd with sin,
My all is nothing worth.

3 Yet this acknowledgment I'll make
For all he has bestow'd;
Salvation's sacred cup I'll take,
And call upon my GOD.

4 The best return for one like me,
So wretched and so poor,
Is from his gifts to draw a plea,
And ask him still for more.

5 I cannot serve him as I ought,
No works have I to boast;
Yet would I glory in the thought
That I shall owe him most.

305. His Spiritual Voyage. 148th.

For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country.-HEBREWS xi. 14.

2

JESUS! at thy command
I launch into the deep,
And leave my native land,

Where sin lulls all asleep:

For thee I would the world resign, And sail to heaven with thee and thine.

Thou art my pilot wise;

My compass is thy word:
My soul each storm defies,

While I have such a LORD!

I trust thy faithfulness and pow'r
To save me in the trying hour.

3 Tho' rocks and quicksands deep
Through all my passage lie;.
Yet CHRIST will safely keep
And guide me with his eye:
My anchor hope shall firm abide,
And I each boist'rous storm outride.

By faith I see the land

The port of endless rest:
My soul, thy sails expand,
And fly to JESU's breast!

Oh, may I reach the heav'nly shore,
Where winds and waves distress no
more !

5

6

Whene'er becalm'd I lie,

And storms forbear to toss;
Be thou, my Lord, still nigh,
Lest 1 should suffer loss:

For more the treach'rous calm I dread,,
Than tempests bursting o'er my head.

Come, HOLY GHOST! and blow
A prosp'rous gale of grace;
Waft me from all below

To heav'n-my destin'd place!
Then, in full sail, my port I'll find,
And leave the world and sin behind.

306. Walking by Faith. 7s.

Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord.-2 Cor. vi. 17.

LORD, behold us few and weak,
Humbly at thy feet we fall;
See we come thy face to seek ;
Deign, O deign to hear our call.

2 When we lay in sin and death,
Thou didst pass and bid us live;
Thou didst give thy people faith;
Thou didst all our sin forgive.
3 JESUS, thou didst shed thy blood;
On this rock our hope we raise.
Thou hast brought us nigh to God:
Thine the work and thine the praise.