No monster more wretched could be,
Nor less of God's favour deserve;
Yet such is free grace unto me,
I never, no, never can starve.
2 [Grace takes all my ruin and woe,
Nor murmurs my burdens to bear;
And grace in return makes me know
In Jesus I'm comely and fair:
In self I'm polluted and vile;
But grace sweetly speaks unto me,
It tells me, and that with a smile,
In Jesus I'm perfect and free.]
3 Its blessings, though rich and divine,
Are all without money and price;
A soul, though as wretched as mine,
May venture to hope and rejoice!
Its highest delight is to give
True riches to sinners undone;
Nor can it, nor will it deceive,
The soul that with Jesus is one.
596.

The same.-Titus ii. 11-14.

GOD is a Spirit, just and wise,

His footsteps who can trace?

C. M.

His love, more ancient than the skies,
Breaks forth in boundless grace.

2 In vast eternity he chose

A people for his praise;

And saves them from their guilt and woes,
By his almighty grace.

3 Redeem'd, with Jesus' blood redeem'd,
His beauties call'd to trace,

No angel can be more esteem'd
Than sinners saved by grace.

4 [Immortal love no change can know,
Though clouds surround his face;
All Israel must to glory go,

As trophies of his grace.]

5 [Satan and sin may vex the mind,
And threaten with disgrace;
But after all, the saint shall find
He's saved, and saved by grace.]
6 The work begun is carried on,
Nor hell can it deface;

The whole elect with Christ are one,
And must be saved by grace.
7 Where Jesus is, there they must be,
And view his lovely face;
And sit to all eternity,

In chanting forth his grace.

597.

"I will in no wise cast out."

JEHOVAH, the Saviour, appears,
A world to redeem from its woes!

8s.

From guilt, sin, wrath, bondage, and fears, From Satan and all that oppose. Adored be his name for his grace, His faithfulness, justice, and truth, He saves, and he smiles in the face, Nor scorns neither aged nor youth.

598. "A peculiar people."

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PECULIAR are the saints,
And God doth them esteem;
Though numerous are their wants,
They all things have in him:
He is their treasure and their joy,
Nor can they ever starve or die.
[Loved from eternity,

And chosen in the Lamb,
The eternal One-in-Three,
Jehovah, Great I AM,

Himself hath bound, by holy ties,
To take them up beyond the skies.]
Peculiar is the grace,

Which makes their bliss secure;
Its beauties none can trace,
Nor know its saving power:-
None but this little favour'd few
Can know what endless love can do.]
Bought with the blood of Christ,
(Peculiar price indeed!)

Their God becomes their Priest,
And they from sin are freed;

Peculiar must the blessing be,

Which makes insolvent wretches free.
[Their birth is from above;
Peculiar indeed;

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Begotten, not of blood,

But of immortal seed;

From Christ, their Head, their life proceeds, And to him it most surely leads.]

They live, and live to God;

A life that's known by few;
Their Father's staff and rod
Support and comfort too;

Christ is their Life, nor can they die,
For hell can ne'er their Life destroy.

148th.

599. "But ye are come to Mount Zion.”

YE sons of God, be wise,
And learn your Father's will;
By faith lift up your eyes
To yonder shining hill:

No smoke, no thunderbolts are there,
Nor wrath, to sink you in despair.
2 [A pleasant mount indeed,

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Where God unfolds his grace

To all the chosen seed,

And, with a smiling face,

Speaks peace to every troubled breast,

And bids the weary in him rest.]

To worship on this ground,

Is not a legal task,

A solid peace is found,

And faith has all it asks:

There Jesus sits with smiling face,

And rules and reigns the God of grace.

8.7.4.

600. "Mercy and truth are met together.” TRUTH and mercy meet together,

Righteousness and peace embrace;
Each perfection of Jehovah,

Meets and shines in Jesus' face;
Here the Father

Can be just, and save by grace. 2 What a field of consolation!

Here no jarring notes are found;
Zion has a full salvation,

And shall all her foes confound:
Each believer

Hath for hope a solid ground.

3 Justice hath no loss sustained;
Truth remains in perfect light;
Not an attribute is stained;
All in one grand cause unite:
Saved sinners

Must and shall in God delight.
4 Here's a cord which can't be broken!
O my soul, with wonder tell:
God himself the word has spoken,
Zion in her Lord shall dwell:
And with Jesus

Live, in spite of earth and hell.
5 [O ye much-esteemed sinners,
Who in Jesus Christ are found,
Rest assured you shall be winners;
Soon with glory shall be crown'd;
And for ever,

Shall the praise to Christ redound.]

WHAT, then! shall Christians sin,
Because freed from the law?
Shall sinners, saved by grace divine,
From holiness withdraw?

2 Shall grace seduce the mind,
And lead the soul astray?

S. M.

And souls, who under grace are found,
Delight to disobey?

3 Great God! forbid the thought!
Preserve thy saints in love!

While pharisees set grace at nought,
Saints shall thy ways approve.

602.

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Hebrews xii. 2.

JESUS the Author is

Of true and living faith;

This blessed grace he gives,

And saves our souls from death; By faith in him we live, and view The wonders God alone can do.

[The principle of faith

From Jesus we receive;
And all the power it hath,
The Lord the Saviour gave:

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"Tis Jesus gives us faith to view
The wonders God alone can do.]
"Tis Jesus gives us faith
To fight and overcome;

To vanquish hell and death,
And trust in him alone;

With sweet surprise to sit and view
The wonders God alone can do.

Nor death, nor sin, nor hell,
Against this faith can stand;
She eyes the Saviour well,
And Jesus holds her hand:
He gives her power to live and view
The wonders God alone can do.

Through every trying scene,
Down to the gates of death,
Jehovah will maintain

The life and power of faith;

For death can never keep from view

The wonders God alone can do.

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Precious Faith.

FAITH! 'tis a grace divine,

A gift both rich and free;

S. M.

"Twas grace that made this blessing mine,

From guilt to set me free.

The faith of God's elect

Is precious, pure, and good: Such is its power, and its effect, True faith prevails with God. To Jesus and his blood,

It looks for life and peace;
The oaths and promises of God,
Its power and zeal increase.

[When saints in darkness roam,
With sin and guilt distress'd,

Faith in Christ's righteousness alone
Can set the soul at rest.]

Faith lives in spite of hell

And, when the soul's oppress'd

With miseries more than tongue can tell,

It leans on Jesus' breast.

Though death and dangers fly,

Like lightning from the skies;