b 3 Jesus the ancient faith confirms, He takes young children to his arms, o 4 Our God, how faithful are his ways! HYMN 114. C. M. Sunday. [*] The same. Rom. xi, 16, 17. e 1 G To the wild olive wood; o Grace took us from the barren tree, -2 With the same blessings grace endows Such are the branches too. o 3 Then let the children of the saints Be dedicate to God; e Pour out thy Spirit on them, Lord, And wash them in thy blood. o 4 Thus to the parents, and their seed, Shall thy salvation come; • And num'rous households meet at last, In one eternal home. e HYMN 115. C. M. Plymouth. [b] Conviction by the Law. Rom. vii, 8, 9, 14, 24. LORD, how secure my conscience was, And felt no inward dread! I was alive without the law, And thought my sins were dead. 2 My hopes of heav'n were firm and bright; But since the precept came, With a convincing pow'r and light, I find how vile I am. 3 (My guilt appear'd but small before, How perfect, holy, just, and pure, Is thine eternal law. e 4 Then felt my soul the heavy load, My sins reviv'd again; I had provok'd a dreadful God, And all my hopes were slain.) p 5 I'm like a helpless captive, sold Under the pow'r of sin; I cannot do the good I would, Nor keep my conscience clean. HYMN 116. L. M. Love to God and our Neighbour. 1 Bath. [*] Matt. xxii, 37-40. ▼HUS saith the first, the great command, "Let all thy inward pow'rs unite, TH "To love thy Maker, and thy God, "With utmost vigour and delight. 2 "Then shall thy neighbour, next in place, -Lord, fill our souls with heav'nly fire, HYMN 117. L. M. Blendon. Bath. [*b] Such is our God, and such are we, 2 [Doth not the workman's pow'r extend e 3 May not, the sov'reign Lord on high Choose some to life, while others die, d 4 [What if, to make his terrour known, He lets his patience long endure, Suff'ring vile rebels to go on, And seal their own destruction sure? 5 What if he means to show his grace, And his electing love employs, To mark out some of mortal race, And form them fit for heav'nly joys?] -6 Shall man reply against the Lord, And call his Maker's ways unjust?— o The thunder of whose dreadful word Can crush a thousand worlds to dust. p But, O my soul, if truth so bright, Should dazzle and confound thy sight; Yet still, his written will obey, And wait the great decisive day. g 8 Then he shall make his justice known; And the whole world before his throne, With joy or terrour shall confess The glory of his righteousness. HYMN 118. S. M St. Bridge's. [*] Sin against the Law and Gospel. John i, 17. Heb. 0 iii, 3, 5, 6; x, 28, 29. HE law by Moses came; But peace and truth and love, Where bro't by Christ, a nobler name, 2 Amidst the house of God, Their diff'rent works were done; Moses a faithful servant stood, But Christ a faithful Son. 3 Then to his new commands O'er all his Father's house he stands, • 4 The man who durst despise On that rebellious race, Who hate to hear when Jesus calls, HYMN 119. C. M. Abridge. [*] Various success of the Gospel. 1 Cor. i, 23, 24; 2 Cor. ii, 16; 1 Cor. iii, 6, 7. 1 HRIST and his cross is all our theme; Are scandal in the Jews' esteem, And folly to the Greek. o 2 But souls, enlighten'd from above, With joy receive the word; a They see what wisdom, pow'r and love, -3 The vital savour of his name HYMN 120. C. M. Mear. [*] Faith of Things unseen. Heb. xi, 1, 3, 8, 10. Of things beyond our sight; Breaks through the clouds of flesh and sense, 2 It sets times past in present view, 3 By faith, we know the worlds were made, By faith obey'd the Lord. 4 He sought a city fair and high, Built by th' eternal hands; o And faith assures us, though we die, That heav'nly building stands. HYMN 121. C. M. St. Martin's. [*] Children devoted to God. Gen. xvii, 7, 10. Acts xvi, 14,15,33. 1 HUS saith the mercy of the Lord, TH "I'll be a God to thee: "I'll bless thy num'rous race, and they 2 Abra'am believ'd the promis'd grace, 4 Thus later saints, eternal King, HYMN 122. L. M. Believers buried with Christ. Quercy. [*] Rom. vi, 3, 4, &c. e 1 O we not know that solemn word, Baptiz'd into his death, and then o 2 Our souls receive diviner breath, -3 No more let sin or Satan reign The various lusts, we serv'd before, 1 HYMN 123. C. M. The Repenting Prodigal. Reading. [b*] Luke xv, 13, &c. B Has wasted his estate! EHOLD the wretch, whose lust and wine He begs a share among the swine, To taste the husks they eat. p 2 "I die with hunger here," he cries, "My father's house has large supplies, "I'll go, and with a mournful tongue, |