Thy laws and works are just and right,
Justice and grace are thy delight.

6 Therefore thy God has richly shed
The oil of gladness on thy head;
And with his sacred Spirit blest
His first-born Son above the rest.

397. The Blessedness of a Saving Knowledge of the Gospel. C.M.

Blessed are the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O Lord, in the light of thy countenance. In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted, &c. --Ps. lxxxix. 15, 16, &c.

1 BLEST are the souls that hear and know The Gospel's joyful sound;

Peace shall attend the paths they go,
And light their steps surround.

2 Their joy shall bear their spirits up,
Through their Redeemer's name;
His righteousness exalts their hope,
Nor Satan dares condemn.

3 The Lord, our glory and defence,
Strength and salvation gives!
Israel, thy King for ever reigns,
Thy God for ever lives!

398. The Gospel worthy of all Acceptation.

C.M.

This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners.-1 TIM. i. 15.

1 JESUS, th' eternal Son of God,
Whom Seraphim obey,

The bosom of the Father leaves,
And enters human clay.

2 Into our sinful world he comes,
The messenger of grace,
And on the bloody tree expires,
A victim in our place.

3 Transgressors of the deepest stain
In him salvation find:

His blood removes the foulest guilt,
His Spirit heals the mind.

4 Jesus redeems from sin and hell,
His words are true and sure,
And on this rock our faith may rest
Immoveably secure.

5 O let these tidings be receiv'd
With universal joy ;

And let the high angelic praise
Our tuneful powers employ !

6 "Glory to God, who gave his Son
To bear our shame and pain!

Hence peace on earth, and grace to men In endless blessings reign."

THE

INVITATIONS OF THE GOSPEL.

399. The Free Invitations of the Gospel. 8-8-6.

The Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.-REV. xxii. 17.

1 YE careless, dying sinners, come !
Jesus, the Lord, invites you home;
O whither can you go?

What, are your crimes of crimson hue?
His promise is for ever true,

He'll wash you white as snow.

2 Backsliders, fill'd with your own ways, Whose weeping nights and wretched days In bitterness are spent,

Return to Jesus, he'll reveal

His face again, and sweetly heal
What you so much lament.

[3 Tried souls, look up, he

says-Tis I

He loves you still, but means to try

If faith will bear the test;

The Lord has giv'n the chiefest good,
He shed for you his precious blood-
O trust him for the rest.]

4 Rejoicing souls, draw hither too,
Ye grateful, highly-favour'd few,
Who feel the debt you owe;—
Press on, the Lord hath more to give ;
By faith upon him daily live,
His fulness you shall know.

400. The Invitation of the Gospel. L.M.

counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve that thou mayest see.-REV. iii. 18.

1 JESUS, and are thy blessings free?
Then I may dare to come to thee;
Tho naked, wretched, blind, and poor,
I'll buy from thy unbounded store.

2 I come for grace, like gold refin'd,
T'enrich and beautify my mind;
Grace that will trials well indure,
And in the furnace grow more pure.
3 Naked, I come for that bright dress,
Thy perfect spotless righteousness;
That glorious robe, so richly dyed
In thine own blood, my shame to hide.

4 Like Bartimeus, now to thee

I come, and pray that I may see:
E'en clay is eye-salve in thy hand,
If thou the blessing but command.

5 Poor, wretched, naked, blind, I came ;
O let me not return the same:
But let me, gracious Saviour, be
Enlighten'd, cloth'd, enrich'd by thee.

401. The Lord's Call to his Children.. c.M. Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing, and I will receive you, and will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.-2 COR. vi. 17. 18. 1 LET us adore the grace that seeks To draw our hearts above:

Attend! 'tis God the Saviour speaks,
And every word is love.

2 Tho' fill'd with awe before his throne
Each angel veils his face ;-
He claims a people for his own
Amongst our sinful race.]

3" Come forth,"
" he says, 66 no more pursue
The paths that lead to death;
Look up, a bleeding Saviour view,
Look, and be sav'd by faith.

4 My sons and daughters you shall be,
Through the atoning blood;

And you shall claim and find in me
A Father and a God."

5 Lord, speak these words to ev'ry heart
By thine all-powerful voice!

Oh may we now from sin depart,
And make thy love our choice!