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law gives sin its damning power,?But Christ, my ransom, died.
4 Now to the God of victory?Immortal thanks be paid,?Who makes us conquerors while we die,?Thro' Christ our living head.
Hymn 1:18.?Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord, Rev. 14. 13.
1 Hear what the voice from heaven proclaims,?For all the pious dead,?Sweet is the savour of their names,?And soft their sleeping bed.
2 They die in Jesus, and are bless'd;?How kind their slumbers are!?From sufferings and from sins releas'd,?And freed from every snare.
3 Far from this world of toil and strife,?They're present with the Lord;?The labours of their mortal life?End in a large reward.
Hymn 1:19.?The song of Simeon; or, Death made desirable,?Luke 2. 27 &c.
1 Lord at thy temple we appear,?As happy Simeon came,?And hope to meet our Saviour here;?O make our joys the same!
2 With what divine and vast delight?The good old man was fill'd,?When fondly in his wither'd arms?He clasp'd the holy child!
3 "Now I can leave this world," he cry'd,?"Behold thy servant dies,?"I've seen thy great salvation, Lord,?"And close my peaceful eyes.
4 "This is the light prepar'd to shine?"Upon the Gentile lands,?"Thine Israel's glory, and their hope?"To break their slavish bands."
5 [Jesus, the vision of thy face?Hath overpowering charms?Scarce shall I feel death's cold embrace?If Christ be in my arms.
6 Then while ye hear my heart-strings break,?How sweet my minutes roll!?A mortal paleness on my cheek,?And glory in my soul.]
Hymn 1:20.?Spiritual apparel; namely, the robe of righteousness,?and garments of salvation, Isa. 61. 10.
1 Awake, my heart, arise, my tongue,?Prepare a tuneful voice,?In God the life of all my joys,?Aloud will I rejoice.
2 'Tis he adorn'd my naked soul,?And made salvation mine,?Upon a poor polluted worm?He makes his graces shine.
3 And lest the shadow of a spot?Should on my soul be found,?He took the robe the Saviour wrought,?And cast it all around.
4 How far the heavenly robe exceeds?What earthly princes wear!?These ornaments, how bright they shine!?How white the garments are!
5 The Spirit wrought my faith and love,?And hope, and every grace;?But Jesus spent his life to work?The robe of righteousness.
6 Strangely, my soul, art thou array'd?By the great sacred Three:?In sweetest harmony of praise?Let all thy powers agree.
Hymn 1:21.?A vision of the kingdom of Christ among men,?Rev. 21. 1-4.
1 Lo, what a glorious sight appears?To our believing eyes!?The earth and sea are pass'd away,?And the old rolling skies.
2 From the third heaven where God resides,?That holy happy place,?The New Jerusalem comes down?Adorn'd with shining grace.
3 Attending angels shout for joy,?And the bright armies sing,?"Mortals, behold the sacred seat?"Of your descending King.
4 "The God of glory down to men?"Removes his blest abode,?"Men the dear objects of his grace,?"And he the loving God.
5 "His own soft hand shall wipe the tears?"From every weeping eye,?"And pains, and groans, and griefs, and fears,?"And death itself shall die."
6 How long, dear Saviour, O how long,?Shall this bright hour delay!?Fly swifter round, ye wheels of time,?And bring the welcome day.
Hymn 1:22. [Supplement.]?Flesh and Spirit. Rom. 8. 1.
1 What vain desires, and passions vain,?Attend this mortal clay!?Oft have they pierc'd my soul with pain,?And drawn my heart astray.
2 How have I wander'd from my God,?And following sin and shame?In this vile world of flesh and blood?Defil'd my nobler frame!
3 For ever blessed be thy grace?That form'd my soul anew,?And made it of an heaven-born race,?Thy glory to pursue.
4 My spirit holds perpetual war,?And wrestles and complains;?But views the happy moment near?That shall dissolve its chains.
5 Cheerful in death I close my eyes,?To part with every lust;?And charge my flesh whene'er it rise?To leave them in the dust.
6 My purer spirit shall not fear?To put this body on:?Its tempting powers no more are there,?Its lusts and passions gone.
Hymn 1:23. [Supplement.]?A hopeful youth falling short of heaven, Mark 10. 21.
1 Must all the charms of nature then?So hopeless to salvation prove??Can hell demand, can heaven condemn?The man whom Jesus deigns to love?
2 The man who sought the ways of truth,?Paid friends and neighbours all their due,?(A modest, sober, lovely youth)?And thought he wanted nothing now.
3 But mark the change! thus spake the Lord,?"Come, part with earth for heaven to-day,"?The youth astonish'd at the word,?In silent sadness went his way.
4 Poor virtues that he boasted so,?This test unable to endure;?Let Christ, and grace, and glory go?To make his land and money sure.
5 Ah foolish choice of treasures here!?Ah fatal love of tempting gold!?Must this base world be bought so dear??Are life and heaven so cheaply sold?
6 In vain the charms of nature shine,?If this vile passion govern me:?Transform my soul, O love divine,?And make me part with all for thee.
Hymn 1:24.?The rich sinner dying, Psalm 49. 6 9. Eccl. 8. 8.?Job 3. 14 15.
1 In vain the wealthy mortals toil,?And heap their shining dust in vain,?Look down and scorn the humble poor,?And boast their lofty hills of gain.
2 Their