Part 20 (1/2)

Hymn 1:125.

Christ's compa.s.sion to the weak and tempted, Heb. 4.

15 16. and 5. 7. Matt. 12. 20.

1 With joy we meditate the grace Of our High Priest above; His heart is made of tenderness, His bowels melt with love.

2 Touch'd with a sympathy within He knows our feeble frame; He knows what sore temptations mean, For he has felt the same.

3 But spotless, innocent, and pure The great Redeemer stood, While Satan's fiery darts he bore, And did resist to blood.

4 He in the days of feeble flesh Pour'd out his cries and tears, And in his measure feels afresh What every member bears.

5 [He'll never quench the smoking flax, But raise it to a flame; The bruised reed he never breaks, Nor scorns the meanest name.]

6 Then let our humble faith address His mercy and his power, We shall obtain delivering grace In the distressing hour.

Hymn 1:126.

Charity and uncharitableness, Rom. 14. 17 19.

1 Cor. 10. 32.

1 Not different food, or different dress Compose the kingdom of our Lord, But peace and joy and righteousness, Faith and obedience to his word.

2 When weaker Christians we despise We do the gospel mighty wrong, For G.o.d the gracious and the wise Receives the feeble with the strong.

3 Let pride and wrath be banish'd hence, Meekness and love our souls pursue; Nor shall our practice give offence To saints, the Gentile or the Jew.

Hymn 1:127.

Christ's invitation to sinners; or, Humility and pride, Matt. 11. 28 29 30.

1 ”Come hither, all ye weary souls, ”Ye heavy laden sinners, come, ”I'll give you rest from all your toils, ”And raise you to my heavenly home.

2 ”They shall find rest that learn of me; ”I'm of a meek and lowly mind; ”But pa.s.sion rages like the sea, ”And pride is restless as the wind.

3 ”Blest is the man whose shoulders take ”My yoke, and bear it with delight; ”My yoke is easy to his neck, ”My grace shall make the burden light.”

4 Jesus, we come at thy command, With faith and hope and humble zeal Resign our spirits to thy hand, To mould and guide us at thy will.

Hymn 1:128.

The Apostles' commission; or, The gospel attested by miracles, Mark 16. 15 &c. Matt. 28. 18 &c.

1 ”Go preach my gospel, (saith the Lord,) ”Bid the whole earth my grace receive; ”He shall be sav'd that trusts my word, ”He shall be d.a.m.n'd that won't believe.

2 ”[I'll make your great commission known, ”And ye shall prove my gospel true ”By all the works that I have done, ”By all the wonders ye shall do.

3 ”Go heal the sick, go raise the dead, ”Go cast out devils in my name; ”Nor let my prophets be afraid, ”Tho' Greeks reproach, and Jews blaspheme.]