6 I'll praise him while he gives me breath,
Nor then will cease to sing his love:
For, when my voice is lost in death,
I hope to join the choirs above.
245. Crucified with Christ. 7s.
I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh, I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.GAL. ii. 20.
1 JESUS, fix each wav'ring mind!
To thy cross our spirits bind :
Earthly passions far remove,
Lift our souls to things above.
2 Dust and ashes tho' we be,
Full of sin and misery—
Thine we are, thou Son of God:
Take the purchase of thy blood!
3 Who in heart on thee believes,
He th' atonement now receives;
He with joy beholds thy face,
Triumphs in thy pard'ning grace.
4 Lord, thy grace O may we see,
Make our souls athirst for thee!
May we each thine influence prove,
Quick'ning all our hearts to love.
5 Boundless wisdom, power divine,
Love unspeakable, are thine;
Ever, Lord, to thee be giv'n
Praise by all in earth and heav'n.
246. Desiring Christ.
But Christ is all.-COL. iii. 11.
1 WHEN, gracious Lord, when shall it be
That I shall find my all in thee;
The fulness of thy promise prove,
The seal of thine eternal love?
2 Thee, only thee, I fain would find,
And cast the world and sin behind :
An helpless soul, I come to thee,
With only sin and misery.
3 Lord, I am sick-my sickness cure!
I want-do thou enrich the
poor:
Under thy mighty hand I stoop,
O lift the abject sinner up.
4 Lord, I am blind-be thou my sight;
Lord, I am weak-be thou my might;
An helper of the helpless be,
And let me find my all in thee.
247. Desiring Communion with God. c.M. O that I knew where I might find him!—JOB Xxiii. 3.
1 0 THAT I knew the secret place,
Where I might find my God!
I'd spread my wants before his face,
And pour my woes abroad.
2 I'd tell him how my sins arise,
What sorrows I sustain ;
How grace decays, and comfort dies,
And leave my heart in pain.
3 He knows what arguments I'd take
To wrestle with my God;
I'd plead for his own mercy's sake,
And for my Saviour's blood.
4 My God will pity my complaints,
And heal my broken bones;
He takes the meaning of his saints,
The language of their groans.
5 Arise, my soul, from deep distress,
And banish ev'ry fear;
He calls thee to his throne of grace,
To spread thy sorrows there.
248. Desiring Conformity to Christ. 112th. I am crucified with CHRIST; nevertheless I live; yet not I, but CHRIST liveth in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh, I live by the faith of the SON OF GOD, who loved me, and gave himself for me.-GAL. ii. 20.
1 THOU hidden love of God, whose height,
Whose depth unfathom'd, no man knows,
I see from far thy beauteous light;
And inly sigh for thy repose:
My heart is pain'd, nor can it be
At rest, till I find rest in thee.
2 Is there a thing beneath the sun,
That strives with thee my heart to share?
Ah! tear it thence, and reign alone,
And govern every motion there;
Then shall my heart from earth be free,
When it hath found its all in thee.
3 O crucify this self, that I
No more, but Christ in me may live!
Bid all my vile affections die,
Nor let one hateful lust survive ;
In all things nothing may I see,
Nothing desire, or seek, but thee.
4 Lord, draw my heart from earth away,
And make it only know thy call;
Speak to my inmost soul, and say,
"I am thy Saviour God, thine all!"
Oh dwell in me, fill all my soul,
And all my pow'rs by thine controul.
249. Desiring Conformity to Christ. c.M. Beloved, now are we the sons of GOD, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.-1 JOHN iii. 2, 3.
1 O WHEN shall I like Jesus be,
In soul and body clean?
The true eternal Sabbath see,
A perfect rest from sin?
2 Jesus! the sinner's rest thou art,
From guilt, and fear, and pain;
While thou art absent from my heart,
I look for rest in vain!
3 The consolations of thy word
Have long my soul upheld;
The faithful promise of my Lord
Shall surely be fulfill'd.
4 To thee I look, incarnate God,
Till thou thy work complete:
And sav'd by thine atoning blood
I fall before thy feet.
5 Thy great salvation I shall know,
And perfect liberty;
When free from all my chains below,
My soul ascends to thee.
6 Joining thy sheep in yonder fold,
Like them I shall rejoice;
Like them thy glory shall behold,
And hear my Shepherd's voice.
250. Desiring the Guidance of the Lord. 8-7. In the day time also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire. He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the great depths.-PSALM 1xxviii. 14, 15.
1 JESUS, lead me by thy power,
Safe into thy promis'd rest:
Be my hiding place and refuge,
Let me lean upon thy breast;
Feed me with thy heavenly manna,
Bread that angels eat above;
Let me drink from thee, the fountain,
Draughts of "everlasting love."
2 Through the desert wild conduct me
With a glorious pillar bright,
In the day a cooling comfort,
And a cheering fire by night;
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