For me my elder brethren stay,
And angels beckon me away,

And Jesus bids me come.

529 10 'from men

By more than earthly rays,
Before whose face e'en seraphs shrink,

And tremble as they gaze, 2 Here we Thy people sit forlorn,

In darkness doomed to dwell, But soon Thy bright eternal day

That darkness shall dispel.
3 This day Thou hast in store for us,

This day, so fair and bright;
How faint the midday sun, compared

With its celestial light!
4 But ah! too long thou lingerest,

The long-expected day;
For why ? this body's toilsome load

Must first be cast away. 5 But when my soul hath winged her flight,

From earthly bonds set free,
To see Thee, love Thee, praise Thy name,

Her endless task shall be.
6 O may we so, blest Three in One,

Thy present light improve,
That we hereafter may enjoy

Thy glorious beams above.

HIS VOWS.

530 Phil. 111. 13.

8.8.8.8.6. OBERLIN.* LORD, Thy heavenly grace impart,

And fix my frail inconstant heart;
Henceforth my chief desire shall be,
To dedicate myself to Thee;

To Thee, my God, to Thee.

2 Whate'er pursuits my time employ,

One thought shall All my soul with joy,
That silent, secret thought shall be,
That all my hopes are fixed on Thee;

On Thee, my God, on Thee.
3 Thy glorious eye pervadeth space;

Thou 'rt present, Lord, in every place;
And wheresoe'er my lot may be,
Still shall my spirit cleave to Thee;

To Thee, my God, to Thee.
4 Renouncing every worldly thing,

Safe 'neath the covert of Thy wing,
My sweetest thought henceforth shall be
That all I want, I find in Thee;

In Thee, my God, in Thee.

531 Mark vill. 38.

L. M. GREGG. 1

, A mortal man ashamed of Thee ? Scorned be the thought by rich and poor;

My soul shall scorn it more and more. 2 Ashamed of Jesus! Sooner far

May evening blush to own a star:
Ashamed of Jesus ! Just as soon

May midnight blush to think of noon. 3 Ashamed of Jesus ! that dear Friend,

On whom my hopes of heaven depend ? No, when I blush, be this my shame,

That I no more revere His name. 4 Ashamed of Jesus ! Yes, I may,

When I've no crimes to wash away ;
No tears to wipe, no joys to crave,

And no immortal soul to save.
5 Till then-nor is the boasting vain-

Till then, I boast a Saviour slain : And oh! may this my portion be, That Saviour's not ashamed of me!

Gal. vi. 14.

C. M.

NEWTON.

532

LET pursue ;

What are its charms to me?
Once I admired its trifles too;

But grace has set me free.
2 Its pleasures now.no longer please,

No more content afford :
Far from my heart be joys like these,

Now I have known the Lord. 3 As by the light of opening day

The stars are all concealed;
So earthly pleasures fade away,

When Jesus is revealed.
4 Creatures, no more divide my choice :

I bid you all depart.
His name, and love, and gracious voice

Have fixed my roving heart.
5. Now, Lord, I would be Thine alone,

And wholly live to Thee :
But may I hope that Thou wilt own

A worthless worm like me?
6 Yes, though of sinners e'en the worst,

I cannot doubt Thy will:
For, if Thou hadst not loved me first,

I had refused Thee still

533

1 Cor. vi. 17. S. M. DODDRIDGE 1 M'By everlasting

bands: Saviour, I am , My name, my heart, I would resign :

My soul is in Thy hands.
2 To Thee I still would cleave

With ever-growing zeal:
Let millions tempt me Christ to leave,

They never sball prevail.

3 His Spirit shall unite

My soul to Him, my Head;
Shall form me to His image bright,

And teach His path to tread. 4 Death may my soul divide

From this abode of clay ;
But love shall keep me near His side,

Through all the gloomy way. 5 Since Christ and we are one,

What should remain to fear?
If He in heaven hath fixed His throne,

He'll fix His members there.

534 Rom. xiv. 8.

67's. C. WESLEY. 1

One in Three, and Three in One,
As by the celestial host,
Let Thy will on earth be done;
Praise by all to Thee be given,

Glorious Lord of earth and heaven. 2 Vilest of the sinful race,

Lo! I answer to Thy call;
Meanest vessel of Thy grace,
Grace divinely free for all,
Lo! I come to do Thy will,

All Thy counsel to fuífl. 3 If so poor a worm as I

May to Thy great glory live,
All my actions sanctify,
All my words and thoughts receive;
Claim me for Thy service, claim

All I have and all I am.
4 Now, O God, Thine own I am ;

Now I give Thee back Thine own:
Freedom, friends, and health, and fame,
Consecrate to Thee alone :
Thine I live, thrice happy I !
Happier still if Thine I die!

535

2 Cor. v. 15. C. M.

WATTS. 1

can I sink with such a prop As my eternal God, Who bears the earth's huge pillars up,

And spreads the heavens abroad?. 2 How can I die while Jesus lives,

Who rose and left the dead ? Pardon and grace my soul receives

From mine exalted Head. 3 All that I am, and all I have,

Shall be for ever Thine; Whate'er my duty bids me give

My cheerful bands resign.
4 Yet if I might make some reserve,

And duty did not call,
I love my God with zeal so great

That I should give Him all. 536

Rom. viii. 12, 13. L. M. C. WESLEY. 1 Saviour, how shall I proclaim,

? Let all I have, and all I am,

Ceaseless to all Thy glory shew.
2 Too much to Thee I cannot give ;

Too much I cannot do for Thee;
Let all Thy love, and all Thy grief,

Gray'n on my heart for ever be.
3 The meek, the still, the lowly mind,

O may I learn from Thee, my God;
And love, with softest pity joined,

For those that trample on Thy blood. 4 Still let Thy tears, Thy groans, Thy siglis,

O'erflow my eyes, and heave mny breast :
Till loose from flesh and earth I risc,
And ever in Thy boson rest.