4 Girt with omnipotence, he bears
The glories of his Father's name;
Sustains his people's weighty cares,
To everlasting years the same.
5 On him alone our souls depend,
Who governs and provides for all;
In ev'ry trouble, as our Friend,
On him for aid divine we call.

SECTION FIFTH-VARIOUS REPRESENTATIONS OF HIM.

113.

L.M. Representations of Christ. From various Scriptures.
1 Go worship at Immanuel's feet;
See, in his face what wonders meet!
Earth is too narrow to express
His worth, his glory, or his grace.

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2 The whole creation can afford

But some faint shadows of our Lord;
Nature, to make his beauties known,
Must mingle colours not her own.

3 Is he a Tree? the world receives
Salvation from his healing leaves;
That righteous Branch, that fruitful Bough
Is David's root and offspring too.

4 Is he the Head? each member lives,
And owns the vital pow'rs he gives;
The saints below, and saints above,
Join'd by his Spirit and his love.
5 Is he ordain'd a Corner-stone,

For men to build their hopes upon?
We'll make him our Foundation too,
Nor fear what earth and hell can do.
6 Is he a Vine? his heav'nly root

Supplics the boughs with life and fruit;

O! may a lasting union join
Our souls to Christ the living Vine.
7 Is he a Rock? how firm he proves!
The Rock of Ages never moves!
Refreshing streams which from him flow
Attend us all the desert through.

8 Is he a Way? he leads to God,
The path is drawn in lines of blood;
In him we walk with faith and zeal,
'Till we arrive at Zion's hill.

9 Is he a Door? we enter in ;

Behold the pastures large and green!
A paradise divinely fair,

None but the sheep have freedom there. 10 Is he a Temple? we adore

Th' indwelling majesty and pow'r;
And still to this most holy place

We come and find the throne of grace. 11 Is he a Star? he breaks the night, Piercing the shades with dawning light; We know his glories from afar,

We know the bright and morning Star. 12 Is he a Sun? his beams are grace; His course is joy and righteousness, Nations rejoice when he appears

To chase their clouds and dry their tears. 13 O! may we reach those higher skies, Where storms and darkness never rise; Where he displays his pow'rs abroad, And shines and reigns th' incarnate God. 14 Nor earth, nor seas, nor sun, nor stars, Nor heav'n his full resemblance bears; His beauties we can never trace "Till we behold him face to face.

114.

L. M. The Living Stone. 1 Peter ii. 4, 5.

1 COME happy souls, who know the Lord,
Who love and trust his sacred word;
With songs address his gracious throne
To Jesus' praise, the "living stone."
2 No other hope shall intervene ;
To him we look, on him we lean;
Other foundations we disown,
And build on him the "living stone."
3 Here our salvation rests secure,
This Rock of ages must endure;
Nor can that faith be overthrown
Which rests upon the " living stone.”
4 Though by the ignorant and proud,
Jesus, our Lord, is disallow'd,

He is God's well-beloved Son,
Fix'd and approv'd, the "living stone."
5 On him it is ordain'd to raise
A temple to Jehovah's praise,
Compos'd of souls renew'd, who own
No Saviour but the "living stone."
6 There, as prepar'd by sov'reign grace,
Each "lively stone" shall fill its place;
And all shall make that mercy known
Which brought them to the "living stone."
7 View the vast building, see it rise;
The work how great, the plan how wise!
O wondrous fabric, pow'r unknown
That rears it on the "living stone."
8 But most adore Immanuel's name;
His glory and his grace proclaim;
For us, condemn'd, deprav'd, undone,
He gave himself the living stone."

115.

C.M. The sure Foundation. Isaiah xxviii. 16. Mat. xvi. 18.
1 BEHOLD the sure foundation stone
Which God in Zion lays,

To build our heav'nly hopes upon,
And his eternal praise.

2 Chosen of God, to sinners dear,
Our souls adore his name,

We trust our whole salvation here,
Nor shall we suffer shame.

3 The foolish builders, scribe and priest,
Reject it with disdain;

Yet on this rock the church shall rest,
And envy rage in vain.

4 What though the gates of hell withstood,
Yet must this building rise :
'Tis thine own work, almighty God,
And wondrous in our eyes.

116.

8.7.7. The best Friend. Solomon's Song v. 16.

I ONE there is above all others,

Well deserves the name of Friend;

His is love beyond a brother's,
Costly, free, and knows no end:
They who once his kindness prove,
Find it everlasting love.

2 Which of all our friends to save us,
Would consent to shed his blood?
But our Jesus died to have us
Reconcil'd in him to God:
This was boundless love indeed!
Jesus is a Friend in need.

When he liv'd on earth abased,

"Friend of sinners" was his name;

Now, above all glory raised,
He rejoices in the same :
Still he calls them brethren, friends,
And to all their wants attends.
4 O for grace our hearts to soften!
Teach us, Lord, at length to love;
We, alas! forget too often

What a Friend we have above;
But when home our souls are brought,
We shall love thee as we ought.

*117.

L. M. The Friend of sinners. Luke vii. 34.
1 We need not be asham'd to own

That he, on whom our hopes depend,
Though now he fills the highest throne,
Was styl'd on earth, "the sinner's Friend."
2 The title came from those who sought
To bring dishonour on his name;
But Jesus then refus'd it not,
Nor sought to vindicate his fame.

3 And now, though heav'n's bright throne is his,
He bears the gracious title still;
Jesus, the "Friend of sinners" is,
He owns the charge, and ever will.
4 The title that was meant in scorn,
He takes and binds upon his brow;
And thus the guilty and forlorn
Are taught his character to know.
5 Thus, while his name is set at nought
By those who on their worth depend,
The wretched and the vile are taught
To bless him as "the sinner's Friend."

118.

104th. The Plant of Renown. Ezekiel xxxiv. 29. 1 ALL praise to the Lord, whose infinite love, Reveal'd in his word, he gives us to prove: