Ho! ye despairing sinners, come,
And trust a faithful Lord.

2.

My soul obeys the gracious call,
And runs to this relief;

I would believe thy promise, Lord;
O help my unbelief!

3.

To the blest fountain of thy blood,
Incarnate God, I fly;

Here let me wash my guilty soul
From crimes of deepest dye.

4.

A guilty, weak, and helpless worm,
Into thine arms I fall;

Be thou my strength and righteousness,
My Jesus, and my all.

I

HYMN 212. S. M.

WAS a wand'ring sheep,

I did not love the fold;

I did not love my Shepherd's voice,

I would not be controll'd;

I was a wayward child,

I did not love my home;

I did not love my Father's voice,
I loved afar to roam.

2.

The Shepherd sought his sheep,
The Father sought his child;

They follow'd me o'er vale and hill,
O'er deserts, waste and wild;
They found me nigh to death,
Famish'd, and faint, and lone;
They bound me with the bands of love,
They saved the wand'ring one.

3.

Jesus my Shepherd is,

"T was he that loved my soul;

'Twas He that wash'd me in his blood,
"T was he that made me whole;
No more a wand'ring sheep,
I love to be controll'd;

I love my tender Shepherd's voice,
I love the peaceful fold.

HYMN 213. P. M.

COME, ye disconsolate, where'er lan

ye

Come to the mercy-seat, fervently

kneel;

Here bring your wounded hearts, here tell your anguish;

Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal.

2.

Joy of the desolate, light of the straying, Hope of the penitent, fadeless and pure,

Here speaks the Comforter, tenderly saying,

Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot cure.

Here see the bread of life; see waters flowing

Forth from the throne of God, pure from above;

Come to the feast of love; come, ever knowing,

Earth has no sorrow but Heaven can

remove.

HYMN 214. L. M.

ESUS, thou everlasting King,
Accept the tribute which we bring;
Accept thy well-deserved renown,
And wear our praises as thy crown.

2.

Let every act of worship be

Like our espousals, Lord, to thee;
Like the blest hour, when from above
We first received the pledge of love.

3.

The gladness of that happy day,
O may it ever, ever stay:

Nor let our faith forsake its hold,

Nor hope decline, nor love grow cold.

4.

Let every moment, as it flies,
Increase thy praise, improve our joys,
Till we be raised to sing thy Name,
At the great supper of the Lamb.

HYMN 215. P. M.

PART I.

ESUS, I my cross have taken,
All to leave and follow thee,
Naked, poor, despised, forsaken,
Thou, from hence, my all shalt be.
Perish every fond ambition,

All I've sought, or hoped, or known, Yet how rich is my condition,

God and heaven are all my own.

2.

Let the world despise and leave me;
They have left my Saviour too;
Human hopes and looks deceive me,
Thou art not like them, untrue;
And while thou shalt smile upon me,
God of wisdom, love, and might,
Foes may hate, and friends may scorn me,
Show thy face and all is bright.

3.

Go, then, earthly fame and treasure;
Come disaster, scorn, and pain;

In thy service pain is pleasure;
With thy favor loss is gain.

I have called thee Abba, Father;
I have set my heart on thee;
Storms may howl, and clouds may gather:
All must work for good to me.

PART II.

Man may trouble and distress me,
"T will but drive me to thy breast;
Life with trials hard may press me,
Thou canst give me sweetest rest.
O, 'tis not in grief to harm me,
While thy love is left to me;
O, 'twere not in joy to charm me,
Were that joy unmixed with thee!

2.

Know, my soul, thy full salvation;
Rise o'er sin and fear and care;
Joy to find, in every station,

Something still to do and bear.
Think what Spirit dwells within thee,
Think what Father's smiles are thine,
Think that Jesus died to win thee;
Child of heaven, canst thou repine?

3.

Haste thee on from grace to glory,
Arm'd by faith, and wing'd by prayer;
Heaven's eternal days before thee,
God's own hand shall guide thee there;
Soon shall close thine earthly mission,
Soon shall pass thy pilgrim days: