2 On that my gaze I fasten,
My refuge that I make;

Though sorely thou may'st chasten,
Thou never canst forsake:
Thou, on that cross didst languish,
Ere glory crowned thy head!
And I, through death and anguish,
Must be to glory led.

1099.

John 15: 16.

7s & 6s, D.

1 'Tis not that I did choose thee,
For, Lord! that could not be;
This heart would still refuse thee;
But thou hast chosen me;-
Hast, from the sin that stained me,
Washed me and set me free,
And to this end ordained me,
That I should live to thee.

2 'T was sovereign mercy called me,
And taught my opening mind;
The world had else enthralled me
To heavenly glories blind.
My heart owns none above thee;
For thy rich grace I thirst;
This knowing,-if I love thee,
Thou must have loved me first.

1100.

1 Sam. 7: 12.

8s & 7s, D.

1 COME, thou Fount of every blessing,
Tune my heart to sing thy grace;
Streams of mercy, never ceasing,
Call for songs of loudest praise;
Teach me some melodious sonnet,
Sung by flaming tongues above;
Praise the mount-I'm fixed upon
it!-
Mount of thy redeeming love.

2 Here I'll raise mine Ebenezer ;
Hither by thy help I'm come;
And I hope, by thy good pleasure,
Safely to arrive at home.
Jesus sought me when a stranger,
Wandering from the fold of God;
He, to rescue me from danger,
Interposed his precious blood.

3 Oh, to grace how great a debtor
Daily I'm constrained to be!
Let thy goodness, like a fetter,
Bind my wandering heart to thee;
Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it;
Prone to leave the God I love;
Here's my heart; oh, take and seal it;
Seal it for thy courts above..

1101.

8s & 7s, D.

1 WHEN I view my Saviour bleeding,
For my sins, upon the tree;
Oh, how wondrous !-how exceeding
Great his love appears to me!
Floods of deep distress and anguish,
To impede his labors, came;
Yet they all could not extinguish
Love's eternal, burning flame.

2 Now redemption is completed,
Full salvation is procured;
Death and Satan are defeated,
By the sufferings he endured.
Now the gracious Mediator,

Risen to the courts of bliss,
Claims for me, a sinful creature,

Pardon, righteousness, and peace!

3 Sure such infinite affection

1102.

Lays the highest claim to mine;
All my powers, without exception,
Should in fervent praises join.
Jesus, fit me for thy service;
Form me for thyself alone;
I am thy most costly purchase,—
Take possession of thine own.

1 Cor. 5: 7.

8s & 7s, D. 1 PASCHAL Lamb, by God appointed, All our sins on thee were laid; By almighty love anointed,

1103.

Thou hast full atonement made;
All thy people are forgiven,

Through the virtue of thy blood;
Opened is the gate of heaven;

Peace is made 'twixt man and God.

1 0 THOU who hast died to redeem us from hell,
These signs hast thou left, of thy kindness to tell;
The bread we have broken, the cup we have blessed,
Still speak of thy death, our Atonement and Priest.
2 We drink of the wine, remembering thy blood
Once shed to redeem all the chosen of God-
Oh, come the blest day, when to us 't will be given,
To drink of it new in the kingdom of heaven!

John 14: 18.

11s.

1104. 1 COME, Jesus, Redeemer, abide thou with me; Come, gladden my spirit that waiteth for thee; Thy smile every shadow shall chase from my heart, And soothe every sorrow though keen be the smart. 2 Without thee but weakness, with thee I am strong; By day thou shalt lead me, by night be my song; Though dangers surround me, I still every fear, Since thou, the Most Mighty, my Helper, art near.

3 Thy love, oh, how faithful! so tender, so pure! Thy promise, faith's anchor, how steadfast and sure! That love, like sweet sunshine, my cold heart can

warm,

That promise make steady my soul in the storm. 4 Breathe, breathe on my spirit, oft ruffled, thy peace: From restless, vain wishes, bid thou my heart cease; In thee all its longings henceforward shall end, Till, glad, to thy presence my soul shall ascend. 5 Oh, then, blesséd Jesus, who once for me died, Made clean in the fountain that gushed from thy side,

I shall see thy full glory, thy face shall behold, And praise thee with raptures forever untold!

1 DEAR Saviour! we are thine,

By everlasting bands;

Our hearts, our souls, we would resign
Entirely to thy hands.

2 To thee we still would cleave
With ever-growing zeal;

If millions tempt us Christ to leave,
Oh, let them ne'er prevail!

3 Thy Spirit shall unite

Our souls to thee, our Head;
Shall form in us thine image bright,
And teach thy paths to tread.

4 Death may our souls divide

From these abodes of clay;
But love shall keep us near thy side,
Through all the gloomy way.

5 Since Christ and we are one,
Why should we doubt or fear?
If he in heaven has fixed his throne,
He'll fix his members there.

S. M.

1 A PARTING hymn we sing,
Around thy table, Lord,
Again our grateful tribute bring,
Our solemn vows record.

2 Here have we seen thy face,
And felt thy presence here,
So may the savor of thy grace
In word and life appear.

3 The purchase of thy blood-
By sin no longer led-
The path our dear Redeemer trod
May we rejoicing tread.

4 In self-forgetting love

1107.

Be our communion shown,
Until we join the church above,
And know as we are known.

John 1: 29.

1 NOT all the blood of beasts,
On Jewish altars slain,

Could give the guilty conscience peace,
Or wash away the stain.

2 But Christ, the heavenly Lamb,

Takes all our sins away

A sacrifice of nobler name,
And richer blood than they.

3 My faith would lay her hand
On that dear head of thine,
While like a penitent I stand,
And there confess my sin.

4 My soul looks back to see

The burdens thou didst bear
When hanging on the cursed tree,
And hopes her guilt was there.

S. M.

S. M.