The dread conflagration their joy can't decrease; Complete's their salvation, and all is of grace. 5 Hallelujah, Amen! Salvation's of God! Repeat it again, and publish abroad
The love of your Saviour; what theme's so complete? [great. He'll leave you? No, never! his love is too
Christ and his Church.
THE Father, in eternal love,
His heart upon Zion did set;
Her name he enrolled above;
Nor will he fair Zion forget;
He chose her in Jesus, his Son,
And gave her to him for a wife;
Who freely accepted the same,
Though knowing she'd cost him his life.
2 He saw her polluted with sin,
Enveloped in debt and distress;
Determined her heart he would win,
Engaged to save her by grace:
He took all her debts and her woes,
And for her was surely made sin;
He fought and he conquer'd her foes,
And with him she shall live and reign.
570. Christ and his Blessings a Free Gift.
THE Lord on high his love proclaims,
And makes his goodness known;
To men, deserving endless pains,
He gave his only Son.
2 He gave his Son their life to be,
To save them from despair;
From death and hell to set them free,
In glory to appear.
3 All real good in Jesus dwells,
And freely is bestowed
To such as cannot help themselves,
And cry for help to God.
4 Then, mourning souls, dry up your tears; Though wretched be your case,
His love shall banish all your fears;
He'll save you by his grace.
"Behold my Servant whom I uphold." BEHOLD, with wondering eyes,
The Servant of the Lord;
On wings of love he flies,
His counsels to unfold!
He comes, he comes with truth and grace! And Zion shall behold his face.
Behold him as your Head;
Your Husband, and your Friend;
Your Saviour, and your God;
Your Way; your Life; your End:
Behold him as your Shepherd dear,
And on him rest when danger's near.
Behold him as your King,
Whose laws are peace and love:
Mercy and judgment sing,
And set your minds above:
Behold him as your great High Priest,
With Zion's name upon his breast.
Your Counsellor to plead,
Your Prophet he to teach;
A Daysman he is made,
To make up every breach:
On him depend; before him fall;
Behold him as your All in All.
BEFORE the earth or seas were made,
Jesus was chosen as our Head,
The Father's first Elect;
In him the church was chosen too,
And he engaged to bring them through,
Nor will he them neglect.
2 He undertook the care and charge,
And promised they should walk at large,
And all his glory view.
Anon the Father's set time came,
Nor did the Saviour then disdain
The Father's will to do.
3"Behold him now, "the Father cries,
"Ye mourning souls, lift up your eyes,
And view your Saviour dear:
In him my soul delighteth well;
My great commands he shall fulfil,
And banish all your fear.
4" Ye tried, ye tempted sinners, look
To my Elect, who undertook
To ransom you with blood:
In him I'm ever, ever pleased,
And you shall of your pain be eased,
And see a smiling God.
5 "Whatever be your frame of mind,
You never will perfection find,
But in the Lord alone:
No spot nor wrinkle can I see
In them that untó Jesus flee:
For they and he are one."
573.
The One Thing Needful.
JESUS is the one thing needful;
I without him perish must:
Gracious Spirit, make me heedful; .
Help me in his name to trust;
And with pleasure,
In him, as my portion, boast.
2 In the counsels of Jehovah,
He was needed much indeed;
There to stand a mighty Lover,
In the church's room and stead:
As her Surety,
And her everlasting Head.
3 He is needful in all stations,
While in Meshech I reside;
All my springs and consolations,
In him, as my Head, abide:
And in glory,
I shall sing to him that died.
WHAT a precious needful thing,
Is the Lord and Saviour;
Zion shall his mercy sing,
Now, henceforth, and ever:
In him' a rich fulness dwells,
And is freely given;
Law and conscience Jesus quells;
Crooked things make even.
2 Mercy from his bosom flows,
Free as any river;
He redresses all the woes
Of a weak believer:
Sinners in corruption's pit,
Know they greatly need him:
He and he alone is fit,
From it to relieve them.
3 He is needful as our all;
May we cleave unto him;
Every blessing, great and small,
Flows to Zion through him;
Happy is the man indeed,
Who has such a Saviour:
Every blessing he can need,
Dwells in him for ever.
575. "Called of God."
CALL'D to see God's righteous law,
Holy is, without a flaw;
Call'd to feel its vengeful power,
And to tremble in that hour.
2 Call'd the cleansing blood to feel;
Call'd to know it me can heal;
Call'd to feel my guilt depart,
Through the Saviour's bleeding heart.
3 Call'd, and call'd by grace divine,
In full glory I shall shine:
Call'd, while here to sing and tell,
Jesus has done all things well.
4 Call'd to part with flesh and sin,
And eternal life to win;
And, when Jesus bids me fly,
Sing his praise beyond the sky.
SAVED, and saved alone by grace;
Saved to see my Saviour's face!
Saved from Satan's iron yoke,
And the law that I had broke.
2 Saved from sin, that hateful foe
That has millions plunged in woe:
Saved from all its reigning power;
Saved to serve my lusts no more.
3 Saved, nor can I be condemn'd;
Jesus Christ, the sinner's Friend,
Took my place and vengeance bore,
Me to save for evermore.
4 Death, nor hell, nor world, nor sin,
Foes without, nor foes within,
Ever can my soul destroy:
I am saved eternally.
Free Grace.-Rom. iii. 24.
Is Jesus my Saviour, my Husband, and Friend, And my Elder Brother, who loves to the end? Then of him, with pleasure, for ever I'll sing; He is my rich treasure, my God, and my King.
His love he fix'd on me before time began,
Nor will he take from me the love he had then;
Determined to save me, he bore all my guilt;
And rather than lose me his own blood he spilt.
578. The same.-Rom. v. 6, 8, 9.
FREE grace is the theme of my song;
A subject divinely sublime:
Though weak in myself, yet I'm strong,
For Jehovah-Jesus is mine.
He's mine, and with pleasure I see,
We both are united in one;
And such is my Jesus to me,
I never can from him be torn.
579. The Love of God to his People.
SALVATION! O my soul, rejoice;
Salvation is of God:
He speaks, and that almighty voice
Proclaims his grace abroad.
2 How wonderful, how grand the plan! All Deity's engaged
To rescue rebel, ruin'd man,
From Satan's power and rage.
3 The Father loved us ere we fell, And will for ever love;
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