See your guilt and curse remove,
Cancell'd by REDEEMING LOVE.
4 Ye, alas! who long have been
Willing slaves of death and sin,
Now from bliss no longer rove,
Stop, and trust REDEEMING LOVE.
5 Welcome all by sin opprest,
Welcome to the Saviour's rest:-
Nothing brought him from above,
Nothing but REDEEMING LOVE.
6 When his Spirit leads us home,
When we to his glory come,
We shall all the fulness prove
Of our Lord's REDEEMING LOVE.
7 Hither, then, your music bring,
Strike aloud each cheerful string,
Mortals, join the hosts above,
Join to praise REDEEMING LOVE.
L. M. God's preserving and unchangeable grace..
1 GIVE thanks to God, he reigns above,
Kind are his thoughts, his name is love;
His mercies ages past have known,
And ages long to come shall own.
2 Let the redeemed of the Lord
The wonders of his grace record,-
Israel the people whom he chose,
And rescu'd from their mighty foes.
3 Amidst a thousand snares we stand,
Upheld and guarded by his hand :
His words our fainting souls revive,
And keep our feeble faith alive.
4 He guides us in his perfect way,
He heals our wand'rings when we stray,
Defends us with his pow'rful hand,
And brings us to the heav'nly land.
3 Grace will complete what grace begins,
To save from sorrows and from sins;
The work that wisdom undertakes,
Unchanging mercy ne'er forsakes.
6 Then let the saints with joy record
The truth and goodness of the Lord:
How great his works! how kind his ways!
Let ev'ry tongue pronounce his praise.
L.M. God's purposes and promises immutable. Ps. cxix 99.
1 PRAISE, everlasting praise, be paid
To him that earth's foundation laid;
Praise to the God whose strong decrees
Sway the creation as he please.
2 Praise to the goodness of the Lord,
Who rules his people by his word;
And there, as firm as his decrees,
He sets his gracious promises.
3 Oh, for a strong and lasting faith,
To credit what th' Almighty saith!
T'embrace the message of his Son,
And call the joys of heav'n our own.
4 Then should earth's firmest pillars shake,
And all the wheels of nature break,
Our steady souls should fear no more
Than solid rocks when billows roar.
C. M. God's faithfulness to his promise in Christ. 2 Cor. i. 19.
1 PROCLAIM "salvation from the Lord
For wretched, dying men;"
His hand has writ the joyful word
With an immortal pen.
4 His seed for ever shall possess
A throne above the skies;
The meanest subject of his grace
Shall to that glory rise.
5 Lord God of hosts! thy wondrous ways
Are sung by saints above;
And saints on earth their honours raise
To thine unchanging love.
C. M. The stability of God's covenant, and the sanctifying influence of his truth. Psalm cxi. 2—5, 10.
1 GREAT is the Lord; his works of might
Demand our noblest songs;
Let his assembled saints unite
Their harmony of tongues,
2 Great is the mercy of the Lord,
He gives his children food;
And ever mindful of his word,
He makes his promise good.
3 His Son, the great Redeemer, came
To seal his cov'nant sure:
Holy and rev'rend is his Name,
His ways are just and pure.
4 They that would grow divinely wise
Must with his fear begin;
The surest proof of knowledge lies
In hating every sin.
2 Tell of his wondrous faithfulness,
And sound his pow'r abroad;
Sing the rich promise of his grace,
And the performing God.
3 He said, "Let the wide heav'n be spread,"
And heav'n was stretch'd abroad;
"Abr'am, I'll be thy God," he said,
And he was Abr'am's God.
4 Inscrib'd as on eternal brass,
The gracious promise shines;
Nor can the pow'rs of hell erase
Those everlasting lines.
5 The arm of saving love is strong
As that which built the skies:
The word that rolls the stars along
Speaks all the promises.
6 In God our grateful hearts rejoice;
His grace our souls adore;
Faith trusts the all-creating voice,
And hope requires no more.
C.M. God's faithfulness to his covenant. Ps, lxxxix. 1—5,
1 OUR never-ceasing songs shall show
The mercies of the Lord,
And make succeeding ages know
How faithful is his word.
2 The sacred truths his lips pronounce
Shall firm as heav'n endure;
And if he speak a promise once,
Th' eternal grace is sure.
3 How long the race of David held
The promis'd Jewish throne;
But there's a nobler cov'nant seal'd
To David's greater Son.
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