2 As Moses rais'd the serpent up,
The wounded Jews to spare,
So CHRIST, the sinner's only hope,
Is preach'd in th' open air.

8 When first the infant SAVIOUR came
To tabernacle here,

Bright angels sung His glorious fame,
Out in the open air.

4 Sinners, look up to God the Son,
Seek Him by faith and prayer,
Who come to Him He'll cast out none,
Though in the open air.

5 We rev'rence our exalted Head,
Who makes mankind His care;
Behold, what multitudes He fed,
Out in the open air.

6 Upon the mount meek JESUs sat,
And taught the people there;
And in His name we now may meet,
Out in the open air.

7 Upon the tree our JESUS died-
Delightful news to hear!

For sinners He was crucified,
Out in the open air.

8 The judgment day will surely come
When we must all appear,

To hear our everlasting doom,
Out in the open air.

424

"So must the Son of Man be lifted up."
John iii. 14.

C.M

did the Hebrew prophet raise
The brazen serpent high:

The wounded felt immediate ease,
The camp forbore to die.

2 "Look upward in the dying hour,
And live," the prophet cries:
But CHRIST performs a nobler cure
When faith lifts up
her eyes.

3 High on the cross the SAVIOUR hung;
High in the heavens He reigns;
Sinners, by the old serpent stung,
Look, and forget their pains.

4 When God's own Son is lifted up,
A dying world revives;

The Jew beholds the glorious hope,
The dying Gentile lives.

425

2

SAVI

"The righteous shall flourish."
Ps. xcii. 12.

AVIOUR, we know Thou art
In ev'ry age the same:

Now, LORD, in ours exert

The virtue of Thy name;

4-6's & 2-8's

And daily, through Thy word, increase

Thy blood-besprinkled witnesses.

Thy people, sav'd below,
From ev'ry sinful stain,
Shall multiply and grow,

As Thy commands ordain;

And one into a thousand rise,

And spread Thy praise through earth and skies.

In many souls and mine,

Thou hast displayed Thy pow'r,
But to Thy people join

Ten thousand thousand more;
Saved from the guilt and strength of sin,
In life and heart entirely clean.

426 "My heart shall rejoice in Thy salvation."

Ps. xiii. 5.

SALV
ALVATION! O the joyful sound!
What
ears!
What pleasure to our ears

A sov'reign balm for ev'ry wound,
A cordial for our fears.

Glory, honour, praise, and power,
Be unto the LAMB for ever:
JESUS CHRIST is our REDEEMER,
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah,

Praise the Lord.

2 Salvation! let the echo fly

The spacious earth around; While all the armies of the sky Conspire to raise the sound!

C.M.

Glory, honour, praise, and power, &c.

3 Salvation! O Thou bleeding LAMB,
To Thee the praise belongs;

Salvation shall inspire our hearts,
And dwell upon our tongues.

427

Glory, honour, praise, and power, &c.

"Follow after charity."

1 Cor. xiv. 1.

L.M.

HADI the tongues of Greeks and Jews,

And nobler speech than angels use,

If love be absent, I am found

Like tinkling brass, an empty sound.

2 Were I inspired to preach and tell
All that is done in heaven or hell;
Or could my faith the world remove,
Still I am nothing without love.

3 Should I distribute all my store,
To feed the bowels of the poor,
Or give my body to the flame,
To gain a martyr's glorious name;
4 If love to GOD, and love to men
Be absent, all my hopes are vain;
Nor tongue, nor gifts, nor fiery zeal,
The work of love can e'er fulfil.

428

I

GOD'S MINISTERS.

"He that winneth souls is wise."
Prov. xi. 30.

AM a Gospel Preacher,
I'm glad I'm on the Plan;
JEHOVAH is my teacher,
And I'm a happy man.

7's & 6'

2 The Bible is my treasure,
My labour, my delight;
My soul is filled with pleasure,
From the sweet realms of light.

3 When I commenced preaching
I had not much to say,
I told my own experience
In my plain, simple way.

4 And as I told my story,

I've seen the startling tear;
And some have shouted, "Glory.
The LORD of hosts is here."

5 Sometimes, when I've been preaching,
I've thought no good was done,
But then at the next meeting
The word like fire did run.

6 I've seen the broken-hearted
Aloud for mercy call,

And some for heaven have started,
While I've invited all.

7 The Enemy would tempt me,
My preaching to give o'er,
And when my heart's o'erwhelmed,
He says, "I'd preach no more."

8 But how shall I meet JESUS
In that important day,
When He requires my talent-
Oh! then, what shall I say?

9 When the last trump hath sounded,
And time winds up her days,
All pious Gospel preachers
Shall sing the SAVIOUR's praise.

10 And in the general judgment

They with their sheaves shall come-
With all the ransom'd millions
Shall shout the harvest home.