8 Let us, then, as brethren love,
Faithfully His gifts improve,
Carry on the earnest strife,
Walk in holiness of life;
4 Still forget the things behind,
Follow CHRIST in heart and mind,
T'wards the mark unwearied press,
Seize the crown of righteousness.
5 Plead we thus for faith alone,
Faith which by our works is shown;
GOD it is who justifies ;
Only faith the grace applies;—
6 Active faith that lives within,
Conquers earth, and hell, and sin,
Sanctifies, and makes us whole,
Forms the SAVIOUR in the soul.
7 Let us for this faith contend;
Sure salvation is its end:
Heav'n already is begun,
Everlasting life is won.
8 Only let us persevere,
Till we see our LORD appear;
Never from the Rock remove;
Sav'd by faith, which works by love.
"I live by the faith of the Son of God."
Gal. ii. 20.
SIGHT, hearing, feeling, taste, and smell, gifts we highly prize;
But faith doth singly each excel,
And all the five comprise.
2 More piercing than the eagle's sight,
Faith views the worlds unknown,
Surveys the glor'ous realms of light,
And JESUS on the throne.
3 It hears the mighty voice of God,
And ponders what He saith;
His word, and works, His gifts and rod,
Have each a voice to faith.
4 It feels the touch of heav'nly pow'r,
And from that boundless source
Derives fresh vigour ev'ry hour,
To run its daily course.
5 The truth and goodness of the LORD
Are suited to its taste;
Mean is the worldling's festive board
To faith's perpetual feast.
6 It smells, the dear REDEEMER's name,
Like ointment poured forth;
Faith only knows, or can proclaim,
Its savour or its worth.
"Good hope through grace."
2 Thess. ii. 16.
OPE is a taste begun,
Of great JEHOVAH's grace;
Reveal'd in JESUS CHRIST the Son,
To all the chosen race.
Hope is a lively act
Of JESUS' life within,
And grounded in the gospel fact,
That JESUS died for sin.
Hope purifies the heart
Through JESUS' cleansing blood;
Performs, like faith, a saving part,
Beneath the throne of GOD.
Good hope expects to meet
In CHRIST a rich supply,
And humbly waits around His seat,
With holy peace and joy.
Through grace good hope abides,
And shields us from despair;
Yields cordials to the heart besides,
And helps the saints in prayer.
6 Hope comforts through the cross,
Speaks sweetly of the LAMB;
And gospel hope will suffer loss,
To serve the great I AM.
"I will hope continually."
Ps. lxxi. 14.
HOPE is the anchor of the soul,
A grace of heav'nly birth;
When tempests rage and billows roll,
We learn its use and worth.
2 Our strength and fortitude may droop,
And refuge seem to fail;
But we are still upheld by hope,
Which looks within the vail.
3 When heavier storms assail us here,
And darken all our way,
Hope sees the distant skies are clear,
And waits a glor'ous day.
4 In all our troubles may we wait,
And meekly kiss the rod;
Deliv'rance never comes too late
To those who hope in God.
THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS.
"Sin is a reproach to any people."
Prov. xiv. 34.
I'M gloss to walk in wisdom's way;
glad I ever saw the day
My grief is gone, my sins depart,
I've love and joy within
When JESUS wash'd my sins away;
He taught me how to watch and pray,
And live rejoicing every day:
Happy day, happy day!
When JESUS wash'd my
2 Bless God for what He's done for me;
Once I was blind, but now I see;
O'er ruin's brink I almost fell:
Glory to God, I'm out of hell!
3 Come, sinner, come along with me,
If good and happy thou would'st be;
Thy sins confess, repent, believe,
And peace and pardon now receive.
Happy day, &c.
4 0 do not tarry longer here,
In darkness, enmity, and fear;
We'll show to you a better way,
In which you're sure to win the day.
Happy day, &c.
142 "Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well
COME, saints and sinners, hear me tell
The wonders of IMMANUEL,
Who sav'd me from a burning hell,
And brought my soul with Him to dwell,
And gave me heav'nly union.
2 When JESUS saw me from on high,
Beheld my soul in ruin lie,
He look'd on me with pitying eye,
And said to me as He pass'd by:
"With GOD you have no union."
3 Then I began to weep and cry;
I look'd this way and that to fly;
It griev'd me sore that I must die;
I strove salvation then to buy:
But still I had no union.
4 But when I hated all my sin,
My dear REDEEMER took me in
And with His blood He wash'd me clean;
And, oh! what seasons have I seen
Since first I felt this union!
5 I prais'd the LORD both night and day,
And went from house to house to pray;
And if I met one on the way,
I often had something to say,
About this heavenly union.
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