Why, ye long-sought sinners, why
Will ye grieve your God, and die?

HYMN 170. C. M.

RENDER thanks and bless the Lord,

0 Invoke his sacred Name;

Acquaint the nations with his deeds,
His matchless deeds proclaim.

2.

Sing to his praise in lofty hymns,
His wondrous works rehearse;
Make them the theme of your discourse,
And subject of your verse.

3.

Rejoice in his almighty Name,
Alone to be adored;

And let their hearts o'erflow with joy,
That humbly seek the Lord.

4.

Seek ye the Lord, his saving strength
Devoutly still implore;

And, where he's ever present, seek
His face for evermore.

5.

The wonders that his hands have wrought
Keep thankfully in mind;

The righteous statutes of his mouth,
And laws to us assign'd.

HYMN 171. C. M.

FOR a closer walk with God, A calm and heavenly frame! A light to shine upon the road That leads me to the Lamb!

2.

Where is the blessedness I knew,
When first I saw the Lord?
Where is the soul-refreshing view
Of Jesus and his word?

3.

What peaceful hours I once enjoyed; How sweet their memory still; But they have left an aching void The world can never fill.

Return, O holy Dove! return,
Sweet messenger of rest!

I hate the sins that made thee mourn,
And drove thee from my breast.

5.

The dearest idol I have known,
Whate'er that idol be,

Help me to tear it from thy throne,
And worship only thee.

6.

So shall my walk be close with God,
Calm and serene my frame;

So purer light shall mark the road
That leads me to the Lamb.

HE'S

HYMN 172. L. M.

E'S blest, whose sins have pardon gain'd,

No more in judgment to appear; Whose guilt remission has obtain❜d, And whose repentance is sincere.

2.

No sooner I my wound disclosed,
The guilt that tortured me within,
But thy forgiveness interposed,

And mercy's healing balm pour'd in.

3.

Sorrows on sorrows multiplied

The harden'd sinner shall confound; But them who in His truth confide, Blessings of mercy shall surround.

4.

His saints, that have perform'd his laws,
Their life in triumph shall employ;
Let them, as they alone have cause,
In grateful raptures shout for joy.

HYMN 173. C. M.

AWAKE, my soul! stretch every nerve,

And press with vigor on:

A heavenly race demands thy zeal,
And an immortal crown.

2.

'Tis God's all-animating voice
That calls thee from on high;
"Tis his own hand presents the prize
To thine aspiring eye.

3.

A cloud of witnesses around
Hold thee in full survey;
Forget the steps already, trod,
And onward urge thy way.

4.

Bless'd Saviour! introduced by thee, Have we our race begun;

And, crowned with victory, at thy feet We'll lay our laurels down.

SOFTL

HYMN 174. 7s.

OFTLY now the light of day
Fades upon my sight away;

Free from care, from labor free,
Lord, I would commune with thee:

2.

Thou, whose all-pervading eye
Nought escapes, without, within,
Pardon each infirmity,

Open fault, and secret sin.

3.

Soon, for me, the light of day
Shall for ever pass away;

Then, from sin and sorrow free,
Take me, Lord, to dwell with thee:

4.

Thou who, sinless, yet hast known
All of man's infirmity;

Then, from thine eternal throne,
Jesus, look with pitying eye.

GOD

HYMN 175. C. M.

NOD of our fathers, by whose hand.
Thy people still are blest,

Be with us through our pilgrimage;
Conduct us to our rest.

2.

Through each perplexing path of life Our wandering footsteps guide; Give us each day our daily bread, And raiment fit provide.

3.

O spread thy sheltering wings around,
Till all our wanderings cease,
And at our Father's loved abode
Our souls arrive in peace.

4.

Such blessings from thy gracious hand Our humble prayers implore;

And thou, the Lord, shalt be our God, And portion evermore.