Let me Thine inner presence feel,
Thy grace and love in me reveal;
Thy Holy Spirit guide me on,
Until the glorious crown be won!
C. WEISZEL, trans. C. WINKWORTH.

268

Lo

L.M

OUD let the tuneful trumpet sound,
And spread the joyful tidings round
Let every soul with transport hear,
And hail the Lord's accepted year.
2 Ye debtors, whom He gives to know
That you ten thousand talents owe,
When humbled at His feet ye fall,
Your gracious Lord forgives them all.
3 The rich inheritance of heaven,
Through Jesus Christ, is freely given;
Fair Salem your arrival waits,
With golden streets and pearly gates.
4 Her blest inhabitants no more
Bondage and poverty deplore;

No debt but love, immensely great,
And joy still rises with the debt.

5 O happy souls that know the sound! God's light shall all their steps surround. And show that jubilee begun

Which through eternal years shall run

269

DODDRIDGE.

TOW is the accepted time,
Now is the day of grace;

*

S.N

2

Now, sinners, come without delay,
And seek the Saviour's face.

Now is the accepted time,
The Saviour calls to-day;
To-morrow it may be too late,-
Then why should you delay?
3 Now is the accepted time:
The Gospel bids you come ;
And every promise in His word
Declares, There yet is room.

Poor sinner, harden not thy heart; Thou wouldst be saved, why not tonight?

2 To-morrow's sun may never rise To bless thy long-deluded sight; This is the time, O then be wise!

Thou wouldst be saved, why not tonight?

3 Our God in pity lingers still,

And wilt thou thus His love requite? Renounce at length thy stubborn will; Thou wouldst be saved, why not tonight?

4 The world has nothing left to give, It has no new, no pure delight;

O try the life which Christians live! Thou wouldst be saved, why not tonight?

5 Our blessed Lord refuses none

Who would to Him their souls unite; Then be the work of grace begun ; Thou wouldst be saved, why not tonight?

MRS. REED.

271

7.6. double.

JESU, Thou art standing
Outside the fast closed door,

In lowly patience waiting
To pass the threshold o'er ;
Shame on us, Christian brethren,
His sacred name who bear;
O shame thrice shame upon us,
To keep Him standing there.
2 O Jesu, Thou art knocking;

And lo! that Hand is scarred,
And thorns Thy brow encircle,
And tears Thy face have marred.
O love that passeth knowledge,
So patiently to wait!

O sin that hath no equal,
So fast to bar the gate!

3 O Jesu, Thou art pleading,
In accents meek and low-
'I died for you, My children,
And will you treat Me so?'

272

O Lord, with shame and sorrow
We open now the door :
Dear Saviour, enter, enter,
And leave us never more!

W. W. HOW.*

ON Jordan's bank the Baptist's cry

L.M.

Awake, and hearken! for he brings Glad tidings of the King of kings. Then cleansed be every breast from sin; Make straight the way for God within ;' Prepare we in our hearts a home, Where such a mighty Guest may come. 3 For Thou art our Salvation, Lord, Our Refuge, and our great Reward; Without Thy grace we waste away, Like flowers that wither and decay. To heal the sick stretch out Thine hand, And bid the fallen sinner stand;

Shine forth, and let Thy light restore Earth's own true loveliness once more. 5 All praise, O Saviour Christ, to Thee, Whose advent doth Thy people free ; Whom with the Father we adore, And Holy Ghost for evermore.

273

C. COFFIN, trans. J. CHANDLER.

RETURN, and come to God;

Cast all your sins away;

S.M.

Seek ye the Saviour's cleansing blood,
Repent-believe-obey.

2 Say not, ye cannot come,
For Jesus bled and died;

3

4

That none who ask in humble faith
Should ever be denied.

Say not, ye will not come;
'Tis God vouchsafes to call,

And fearful will their end be found
On whom His wrath shall fall.

Come, then, whoever will:
Come, while 'tis called to-day;
Seek now the Saviour's cleansing blood,

Repent-believe-obey.

274

G. M. DOANE.

ETURN, O wanderer, return,

RE

L.

And seek an injured Father's face Those warm desires that in thee burn Were kindled by reclaiming grace.

2 Return, O wanderer, return,

And seek a Father's melting heart;
His pitying eyes thy grief discern,

His hand shall heal thy inward smart.

3 Return, O wanderer, return,

Thy Saviour bids thy spirit live;
Go to His bleeding feet, and learn
How freely Jesus can forgive.