31- P.M. Nicolai, 1598
1. The Father, from eternity,
Choose us, O Jesus Christ, in Thee,
In Thee, His well-belovŠd:
And we, as given to Thee--Thy bride,
In Thee, Lord Jesus, can confide:
Thy love remains unmove`d.
From Thee daily
Strength receiving--to Thee cleaving,
BlessŠd Jesus !
May we all shew forth Thy praises.
2. Before the world we'd make our boast,
That Thou, in whom is all our trust,
Art Lord of life and glory;
And soon Thou'lt bring us to that place
Where we shall see Thee face to face,
And, glorified, adore Thee.
Amen !--Be then
Praise and blessing--never ceasing
To Thee given
Here, and when we come to heaven.
32- 8,7. Tregelles
1. Son of God ! with joy we praise Thee,
On the Father's throne above;
All Thy wondrous work displays Thee,
Full of grace and full of love !
Lord, accept our adoration--
For our sins Thou once wast slain;
Through Thy blood we have salvation;
Soon shall share Thine endless reign.
2. God, in Thee His love unfolding,
Shews how vast, how rich His grace;
Blest our lot, with joy beholding
All His glory in Thy face.
Oh ! the mercy which hath blessed us,
Purposed thus ere time began,
Mercy which in Thee hath kept us,
Where His blessŠd race He ran.
33- 8,7,8,7,8,8,7,7. Jacobi
1. Jesus, Captain of salvation,
Conqueror both of death and hell !
Thou who didst as sin's oblation,
Feel what Thou alone couldst feel:
Through Thy suff'rings, death, and merit,
We eternal bliss inherit,
Thousand thousand thanks to Thee,
Jesus, Lord, for ever be !
34- 10s, P.M. W. P. Mackay
1. The Lord is ris'n: the Red Sea's judgement flood
Is passed in Him, who bought us with His blood.
The Lord is risen: we stand beyond the doom
Of all our sin, through Jesus' empty tomb.
2. The Lord is ris'n: with Him we also rose,
And in His grave see vanquished all our foes.
The Lord is risen: beyond the judgement land,
In Him, in resurrection life we stand.
3. The Lord is ris'n: redeemed now to God,
We tread the desert which His feet have trod.
The Lord is risen: the sanctuary's our place,
Where now we dwell before the Father's face.
4. The Lord is ris'n: the Lord is gone before,
We long to see Him, and to sin no more.
The Lord is ris'n: our triumph-shout shall be,
"Thou hast prevailed ! Thy people, Lord, are free
!"
35- 8,7. J. Denham Smith
1. Rise, my soul ! behold, 'tis Jesus,
Jesus fills Thy wondering eyes;
See Him now in glory seated,
Where Thy sins no more can rise.
2. There in righteousness transcendent,
Lo ! He doth in heaven appear,
Shews the blood of His atonement
As Thy title to be there.
3. All Thy sins were laid upon Him,
Jesus bore them on the tree;
God, who knew them, laid them on Him,
And, believing, thou art free.
4. God now brings thee to His dwelling,
Spreads for thee His feast divine,
Bids thee welcome, ever telling,
What a portion there is thine.
5. BlessŠd, glorious word, "for ever"
Yea "for ever" is the word;
Nothing can the ransomed sever,
Nought divide them from the Lord.
36- 8,8,6. J. Walker
1. Father, we own Thy sov'reign claim
And bless Thy Son's most precious name,
Whom Thou for us hast given;
Who bore the curse to sinners due,
Quickened our ruinŠd souls anew,
And made us heirs of heaven.
2. 'Tis by the Holy Ghost alone
That Christ, the Lord, is made our own,
The gift of grace divine:
But since to us, in His blest face,
There shines the glory of Thy grace,
We know that we are Thine.
3. Oh, while we here together join,
Before the throne of grace divine,
Bow down a Father's ear;
Our hearts have listened to Thy word,
Thy name we praise with glad accord,
Reveal Thyself as near.
37- 6,6,6,6,8,8. T. Kelly, 1806
1. TH' ATONING work is done;
The Victim's blood is shed;
And Jesus now is gone
His people's cause to plead:
He sits in heaven their great High Priest,
And bears their names upon His breast.
2. See "sprinkled with the blood
The mercy-seat" above;
For justice had withstood
The purposes of love;
But justice now withstands no more,
And mercy yields her boundless store.
3. And though awhile He be
Hid from the eyes of men,
His people look to see
Their great High Priest again.
In brightest glory He will come,
And take His waiting people home.
38- 10s or 11s. Wesley
1. O what shall we do the Saviour to praise,
So faithful and true, so plenteous in grace,
So strong to deliver, to save from all harm
The weakest believer that leans on His arm !
2. How happy the man whose heart is set free,
The people, O God, that joyful in Thee !
Their joy is to walk in the light of Thy face,
For ever to talk of Thy mercy and grace.
39- 8,7. Miss H. K. Burlingham
1. On His Father's throne is seated
Christ the Lord, the living One !
All His toil on earth completed,
All His work for sinner's done;
In the glory
See Him, God's eternal Son !
2. Every knee shall bow before Him,
Every tongue confess His name,
Ransomed myriads shall adore Him,
Who endured the sinner's shame !
From the glory
God doth now His worth proclaim.
3. Man the cross to Him awarded;
Man the Saviour crucified;
This world's judgement stands recorded,
God's own justice satisfied !
By the glory
Christ was claimed on earth who died.
4. Son of Man, His incarnation
Opened first the tale of grace;
Son of Man, in new creation
Leader of a chosen race !
Well may glory
Crown Him, in the ordered place !
40- 8,7. Mrs. Wellesley
1. O Thou great all-gracious Shepherd,
Shedding for us Thy life's blood,
Unto shame and death delivered,
All to bring us nigh to God !
Now our willing hearts adore Thee,
Now we taste Thy dying love,
While by faith we come before Thee-
Faith which lifts our souls above.
2. As our Surety we behold Thee,
Ransoming our souls from death;
As the willing victim view Thee,
Yielding up to God Thy breath.
In this broken bread we own Thee,
Bruised for us and put to shame;
And this cup, O Lord, we thank Thee,
Speaks our pardon through Thy name.
3. But 'tis past, and, Lord we hail Thee,
Crown'd with glory on the throne;
Meet it is Thy saints should bless Thee
For the place Thy death hath won:
Won for us that in full measure
We should have our part with Thee:
Taste the river of Thy pleasure,
Share in all Thy victory.
41- L.M.D. S. P. Tregelles
1. Father, we worship Thee, our God
What rich unfathomable grace,
On us, in Christ, hast Thou bestowed !
Children of wrath (our nature's place),
Now ransom'd and with Him made one,
Glories around unbounded shine,
The fullness of our God alone
The limit is of grace divine !
42- C.M. Isaac Watts
1. To Him that saved us from the world,
And washed us in His blood,
Called us to share His glorious throne,
As kings and priests to God:
2. To Him let every tongue be praise,
And every heart be love !
All grateful honours paid on earth,
And nobler songs above !
43- S.M. Isaac Watts, 1709
1. Not all the blood of beasts,
On Jewish alters slain,
Could give the guilty conscience peace
Or wash away its stain.
2. But Christ, the heavenly Lamb,
Took all our guilt away,
A sacrifice of nobler name,
And richer blood than they.
3. Our souls look back to see
The burden Thou didst bear
When hanging on the accursŠd tree,
For all our guilt was there.
4. Believing we rejoice
To see the curse remove;
And bless the Lamb with cheerful voice,
And sing redeeming love.
44- 7,7,8,7. H. Weir
1. Maker of earth and heaven,
Whose arm upholds creation,
To Thee we raise the voice of praise,
And bend in adoration.
We praise the power that made us,
We praise the love that blesses;
While every day that rolls away
Thy gracious care confesses.
2. Though trials and affliction
May cast their shadows o'er us,
Thy love doth throw a heavenly glow
Of light on all before us;
That love has smiled from heaven,
To cheer our path of sadness,
And lead the way thro' earth's dark day,
To realms of joy and gladness.
3. The light of love and glory
Has shone thro' Christ our Saviour
The Crucified-who lived and died,
That we might live for ever.
And since Thy great compassion
Thus brings Thy children near Thee,
May we to praise devote our days,
And keep for ever near Thee.
45- L.M. Zinzendorf, tr. by J.
Wesley, 1739
1. Jesus, the Lord, our righteousness !
Our beauty Thou, our glorious dress !
Before the throne, in this array'd,
With joy shall we lift up the head.
2. Bold shall we stand in that great day,
For who aught to our charge shall lay,
While by Thy blood absolved we are
From sin and guilt, from shame and fear ?
3. Thus Abraham, the friend of God,
Thus all the saints redeemed with blood,
Saviour of sinners, Thee proclaim,
And all their boast is in Thy name.
4. This spotless robe the same appears
In new creation's endless years,
No age can change its glorious hue,
The robe of Christ is ever new.
5. Till we behold Thee on Thy throne
In Thee we boast, in Thee alone,
Our beauty this, our glorious dress,
"Jesus, the Lord, our rightness."
46- 8s. Wesley
1. Away with our sorrow and fear !.
We soon shall have entered our home,
The heavenly city appear,
The day of our glory have come !
From earth we shall quickly remove,
To dwell in our proper abode,
In mansions of glory above-
The house of our Father and God.
2. There Christ has our dwelling-place won,
And we in His glory shall be
With Him everlastingly one,
His glory and bliss we shall see.
All tears shall have passed from our eyes,
When Him we behold in the cloud,
And taste the full joy of the skies,
The love of our Father and God.
47- S.M. Toplady ; vv. 1 and 5,
Doddridge
1. Grace taught our wandering feet
To tread the heavenly road;
And new supplies each hour we meet
While traveling home to God.
2. 'Twas grace that wrote each name
In God's eternal book;
'Twas grace that gave us to the Lamb,
Who all our burdens took.
3. Grace saved us from the foe,
Grace taught us how to pray;
And God will ne'er His grace forego,
Till we have won the day.
4. May grace, free grace, inspire
Our souls with strength divine;
May ev'ry thought to God aspire,
And grace in service shine.
5. Grace all the work shall crown
Through everlasting days;
It lays in heaven the topmost stone,
And well deserves the praise.
48- C.M. J. G. Deck
1. High, in the Father's house above,
Our mansion is prepared;
There is the home, the rest we love,
And there our bright reward.
2. With Him we love, in spotless white,
In glory we shall shine;
His blissful presence our delight,
In live and joy divine.
3. All taint of sin shall be removed,
All evil done away:
And we shall dwell with God's Beloved,
Through God's eternal day.
49- 7s. W. Cowper, 1779
1. Christ delivered us when bound,
And, when wounded, healed our wound,
Sought us wandering, set us right,
Turned our darkness into light.
2. Can a mother's tender care
Cease towards the child she bare ?
Yes, she may forgetful prove,
He will never cease to love.
3. His is an unchanging love,
Higher than the heights above,
Deeper then the depths beneath,
Free and faithful, strong as death.
4. We shall see His glory soon,
When the work of grace is done,
Partners of His throne above;
Such to us His wondrous love !
5. This alone is our complaint,
That our love is weak and faint;
Yet we love Him, and adore,
O for grace to love Him more !
50- 12,11. Lady Campbell
1. Our Father, we praise Thee, Thou blest One, who
gave us
In grace without limit Thy well-belovŠd Son !
O Christ, we exalt Thee, who diedst once to save
us,
And now by Thy Spirit hast sealed each one !
51- C.M. Isaac Watts
1. Jesus, our Lord ! we know Thy name,
Thy name is all our trust;
Thou wilt not put our souls to shame,
Nor let our hope be lost.
2. Firm as Thy life the promise stands,
And Thou canst well secure
What we've committed to Thy hands,
Till the appointed hour.
3. Then wilt Thou own us each by name
Before Thy Father's face;
And in the new Jerusalem
Give us our blood-bought place.
52- L.M.D. J. G. Deck
1. Lord, we are Thine: bought by Thy blood.
Once the poor guilty slaves of sin,
But Thou redeemedst us to God,
And mad'st Thy Spirit dwell within;
Thou hast our sinful wanderings borne
With love and patience all divine;
As brands, then, from the burning torn,
We own that we are wholly Thine.
2. Lord, we are Thine: Thy claims we own,
Ourselves to Thee we'd wholly give;
Reign Thou within our hearts alone,
And let us to Thy glory live;
Here let us each Thy mind display,
In all Thy gracious image shine;
And haste that long-expected day
When Thou shalt own that we are Thine.
53- 6-8s. C. Wesley
1. The Son-He left God's throne above
(So free, so infinite His grace !)
Emptied Himself, and then in love
Bled for our lost, our ruinŠd race:
'Tis mercy, all beyond our thought,
That us to God in Jesus brought.
2. No condemnation now we dread,
Jesus is ours, prepared our place,
Our life in Him, our hidden Head,
Himself our righteousness thro' grace,
Bold we approach the heavenly throne,
Heirs of the crown He for us won.
54- C.M. John Newton, 1779
1. How sweet the name of Jesus sounds
In a believer's ear !
It soothes his sorrows, heals his wounds,
And drives away his fear.
2. It makes the wounded spirit whole,
It calms the troubled breast;
'Tis manna to the hungry soul,
And to the weary rest.
3. Blest name ! the rock on which we build,
Our shield and hiding-place;
Our never-failing treasury, filled
With boundless stores of grace.
4. Jesus ! our Saviour, Shepherd, Friend,
Thou Prophet, Priest, and King;
Our Lord, our Life, our Way, our End,
Accept the praise we bring.
5. Weak is the effort of our heart,
And cold our warmest thought;
But when we see Thee as Thou art,
We'll praise Thee as we ought.
6. Till then we would Thy love proclaim
With every fleeting breath;
And triumph in Thy blessŠd name
Which quells the power of death.
55- S.M. Gerhardt, tr. by J. Wesley
1. Through waves, through clouds and storms,
God gently clears the way;
We wait His time; so shall the night
Soon end in blissful day.
2. He everywhere hath sway,
And all things serve His might;
His every act pure blessing is,
His path unsullied light.
3. When He makes bare His arm,
Who shall His work withstand ?
When He His people's cause defends,
Who then shall stay His hand ?
4. We leave it to Himself
To choose and to command,
With wonder filled, we soon shall see
How wise, how strong His hand !
5. We comprehend Him not,
Yet earth and heaven tell
God sits as sovereign on the throne
And ruleth all things well.
56- 7,6. Mary Bowley
1. O Lord, how blest our journey,
Though here on earth we roam,
Who find in Abba's favour
Our spirit's present home:
For where Thou now art sitting
By faith we've found repose,
Free to look up to heaven,
Since our blest Head arose.
2. In spirit there already;
Soon we ourselves shall be
In soul and body perfect,
All glorified with Thee:
Thy Father's love sustains us
Along the thorny way,
Thy Father's house, the dwelling
Made ready for that day.
3. The Comforter, now present,
Assures us of Thy love;
He is the blessŠd earnest
Of glory there above;
The river of Thy pleasure
Is what sustains us now,
Till Thy new name's imprinted
On every sinless brow.
4. Lord, we await Thy glory;
We have no home but there,
Where the adopted family
With us Thy joy shall share.
No place can fully please us
Where Thou, O Lord, art not;
In Thee, and with Thee, ever
Is found, by grace, our lot.
57- 8,7. Tr. by Mrs. Bevan
1. On the Lamb our souls are resting,
What His love no tongue can say,
All our sins, so great, so many,
In His blood are washed away.
2. Sweetest rest and peace have filled us,
Sweeter praise than tongue can tell,
God is satisfied with Jesus,
We are satisfied as well.
3. Conscience now no more condemns us,
For His own most precious blood
Once for all has washed and cleansed us,
Cleansed us in the eyes of God.
4. Filled with this sweet peace for ever,
On we go, through strife and care,
Till we find that peace around us
In the Lamb's high glory there.
58- C.M. -------
1. Lord ! who can pay the mighty debt
Of love so rich as Thine ?
Love, which surpasseth finding out,
Unspeakable, divine !
2. O rather give us, daily, more
More every hour to see
That such a bounteous Giver Thou,
We must Thy debtors be.
59- C.M. Isaac Watts
1. Wisdom ! Jehovah's first delight,
The everlasting Son !
Before the first of all His works,
Creation, was begun;
2. Before the skies and watery clouds,
Before the solid land;
Before the fields, before the floods,
Thou wast at His right hand !
3. When He adorned the arch of heaven
And built it, Thou wast there,
To order where the sun should rise,
And marshal every star.
4. When ocean's bed was measured out,
And spread the hoary deep,
Thou gav'st the flood a firm decree
In its own bounds to keep.
5. When, hung amid the empty space,
The earth was balanced well,
With joy Thou saw'st the mansion where
The sons of men should dwell.
6. Jesus ! from everlasting days
Thy thoughts upon us ran;
Ere sin was known, ere Adam's dust
Was fashioned into man.
60- 6,6,6,6,8,8. Isaac Watts
1. Our thanks to God most high !
The Father of our Lord,
The Saviour-God is He,
And be His name adored !
O God, Thy mercy shall endure,
Thy word abide for ever sure.
2. He sent His only Son
And saved us from our woe-
From Satan, guilt, and hell,
And every hurtful foe.
Thy mercy, Lord. shall still endure,
Thy Word abide forever sure.
3. Give thanks aloud to God,
To God your praises bring,
To God upon His throne
His works and glories sing.
Thy power and grace are still the same,
Let endless praise exalt His name.