Hymns and Spiritual Songs eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 211 pages of information about Hymns and Spiritual Songs.

Hymns and Spiritual Songs eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 211 pages of information about Hymns and Spiritual Songs.

2 Lord, in the temple of thy grace
We see thy feet, and we adore;
We gaze upon thy lovely face,
And learn the wonders of thy power.

3 While here our various wants we mourn,
United groans ascend on high,
And prayer bears a quick return
Of blessings in variety.

4 [If Satan rage and sin grow strong,
Here we receive some cheering word;
We gird the gospel armour on
To fight the battles of the Lord.

5 Or if our spirit faints and dies, (Our conscience gall’d with inward stings) Here doth the righteous sun arise With healing beams beneath his wings.]

6 Father, my soul would still abide
Within thy temple, near thy side;
But if my feet must hence depart
Still keep thy dwelling in my heart.

Hymn 2:124. 
Moses, Aaron, and Joshua.

1 ’Tis not the law of ten commands
On holy Sinai given,
Or sent to men by Moses’ hands,
Can bring us safe to heaven.

2 ’Tis not the blood which Aaron spilt,
Nor smoke of sweetest smell,
Can buy a pardon for our guilt,
Or save our souls from hell.

3 Aaron the priest resigns his breath
At God’s immediate will;
And in the desert yields to death
Upon th’ appointed hill.

4 And thus on Jordan’s yonder side
The tribes of Israel stand,
While Moses bow’d his head and dy’d
Short of the promis’d land.

5 Israel rejoice, now Joshua * leads,
He’ll bring your tribes to rest;
So far the Saviour’s name exceeds
The ruler and the priest.

* Joshua, the same with Jesus, and signifies a Saviour.

Hymn 2:125. 
Faith and repentance; unbelief and impenitence.

1 Life and immortal joys are given To those that mourn the sins they’ve done, Children of wrath made heirs of heaven By faith in God’s eternal Son.

2 Woe to the wretch that never felt
The inward pangs of pious grief,
But adds to all his crying guilt
The stubborn sin of unbelief.

3 The law condemns the rebel dead,
Under the wrath of God he lies,
He seals the curse on his own head,
And with a double vengeance dies.

Hymn 2:126. 
God glorified in the gospel.

1 The Lord, descending from above,
Invites his children near,
While power and truth and boundless love
Display their glories here.

2 Here in thy gospel’s wondrous frame
Fresh wisdom we pursue;
A thousand angels learn thy Name
Beyond whate’er they knew.

3 Thy Name is writ in fairest lines,
Thy wonders here we trace;
Wisdom thro’ all the mystery shines,
And shines in Jesu’s face.

4 The law its best obedience owes
To our incarnate God;
And thy revenging justice shows
Its honours in his blood.

6 But still the lustre of thy grace
Our warmer thoughts employs,
Gilds the whole scene with brighter rays,
And more exalts our joys.

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