2 Why should I shrink at thy command, 3 No! let me rather freely yield 4 Thy favour, all my journey through, 5 Wisdom and mercy guide my way; A poor blind creature of a day, 6 But, ah! my inmost spirit cries, 1 Else the next cloud that veils my skies 89. Nevertheless I am not ashamed, &c. I'M 'м not asham'd to own my Lord, Maintain the honour of his word, The glory of his cross. 2 Jesus my God! I know his name, Nor will he put my soul to shame, . M. 3 Firm as his throne his promise stands, And he can well secure What I've committed to his hands, 'Till the decisive hour. 4 Then will he own my worthless name And in the New Jerusalem 90. Salvation by Grace. Eph. ii. 5. 1 GRACE! 'tis a charming sound, Heav'n with the echo shall resound, 2 Grace first contriv'd the way And all the steps that grace display, 3 Grace first inscrib'd my name C. M. 'Twas grace that gave me to the Lamb, Who all my sorrows took. 4 Grace led my roving feet To tread the heav'nly road; 5 Grace taught my soul to pray, 'Twas grace that kept me to this day, 6 Grace all the work shall crown, It lays in heav'n the topmost stone, 91. Melchizedek. 1 THOU dear Redeemer, dying Lamb, No music like thy charming name 2 O may we ever hear thy voice And in our Priest we will rejoice, 3 Our Jesus shall be still our theme C. M. 4 When we appear in yonder cloud, 92. The good Shepherd. 1 WITH tender heart and gentle hand, And eyes that never sleep, Our Shepherd leads to Canaan's land C. M. 2 Of him they love to sing each day, And, when he talketh by the way, 3 A word from Jesus fires the heart, 4 He knows his sheep, and tells their names, And will not lose his own; The bleating ewes and tender lambs 5 And Jesu's sheep their Shepherd know, 93. I am the vine, ye are the branches. C. M. 1 JE ESUS immutably the same, That true and living Vine! Around thy all-supporting stem 2 Quicken'd by thee, and kept alive, 3 I can do nothing without thee, 4 Upon my leaf, when parch'd with heat, The plant which thy right hand hath set 5 Each moment water'd by thy care, Fruit to eternal life shall bear 94. The very hairs of your head are all numbered. Matt. x. 30, 31. 1 How watchful is the loving Lord, 2 Why should I fear when guarded so, 3 No cross or bliss, no loss or gain, 8.6. |