3 Creatures no more divide my choice— I bid them all depart; His name, his love, his gracious voice, Have fixed my roving heart.
4 But may I hope, that thou wilt own A worthless worm like me? Dear Lord! I would be thine alone, And wholly live to thee.
648 S. M. The song of Moses and the Lamb. Rev. 15:3.
Awake, and sing the song Of Moses and the Lamb! Wake, every heart and every tongue, To praise the Saviour’s name!
2 Sing of his dying love! Sing of his rising power! Sing how he intercedes above For those whose sins he bore!
3 Sing on your heavenly way, You ransomed sinners, sing; Sing on, rejoicing every day In Christ, the glorious King.
4 Soon shall you hear him say, “You blessed children, come,” Soon will he call you hence away, And take his pilgrims home.
649 S. M. Break forth into joy. Isaiah 52:9.
Raise your triumphant songs To an immortal tune; Let the wide earth resound the deeds Celestial grace has done.
2 Sing how Eternal Love His Chief Belovéd chose, And bade him raise our wretched race From their abyss of woes.
3 His hand no thunder bears, Nor terror clothes his brow; No bolts to drive our guilty souls To fiercer flames below.
4 He shows his Father’s love, To raise our souls on high; He came with pardon from above To rebels doomed to die.
5 Now, sinners, dry your tears; Let hopeless sorrow cease; Bow to the scepter of his love, And take the offered peace.
6 Lord, we obey thy call; We lay an humble claim To the salvation thou hast brought, And love and praise thy name.
650 S. M. Psalm 103.
O bless the Lord, my soul! His grace to thee proclaim; And all that is within me, join, To bless his holy name.
2 O bless the Lord, my soul! His mercies bear in mind; Forget not all his benefits; The Lord to thee is kind.
3 He will not always chide; He will with patience wait; His wrath is ever slow to rise, And ready to abate.
4 He pardons all thy sins, Prolongs thy feeble breath: He healeth thine infirmities, And ransoms thee from death.
5 Then bless his holy name Whose grace hath made thee whole, Whose loving-kindness crowns thy days; O bless the Lord, my soul!
651 S. M. Bless his holy name. Psalm 103:1.
Let every heart and tongue Proclaim the Saviour’s praise; He is the source of all my joy, His mercy crowns my days.
2 He knows my feeble frame; Remembers I am dust; And though he should my life destroy, In him I’ll put my trust.
3 Each day he is my strength, My hope, my life, my all; And while upon his arm I lean, I surely can not fall.
4 Then to my blesséd Lord, Let grateful songs arise, While angels bear the notes above And sound them through the skies.
652 S. M. His compassions fail not. Lam. 3:22.
How various and how new Are thy compassions, Lord! Each morning shall thy mercies show, Each night thy truth record.
2 Thy goodness, like the sun, Dawned on our early days, Ere infant reason had begun To form our lips to praise.
3 Each object we beheld Gave pleasure to our eyes; And nature all our senses held In bands of sweet surprise.
4 But pleasures more refined Awaited that blest day, When light arose upon our mind And chased our sins away.
5 How new thy mercies, then! How sovereign and how free! Our souls, that had been dead in sin, Were made alive to thee.
653 7s. Redeeming love.
Now begin the heavenly theme; Sing aloud in Jesus’ name; Ye who his salvation prove, Triumph in redeeming love.
2 Ye who see the Father’s grace Beaming in the Saviour’s face, As to Canaan on ye move, Praise and bless redeeming love.
3 Mourning souls, dry up your tears; Banish all your guilty fears; See your guilt and curse remove, Canceled by redeeming love.
4 Welcome, all by sin oppressed, Welcome to his sacred rest; Nothing brought him from above, Nothing but redeeming love.
5 Hither, then, your music bring; Strike aloud each cheerful string; Mortals, join the host above— Join to praise redeeming love.
654 7s. They shall come to Zion with songs. Isaiah 35:10
Songs of praise awoke the morn When the Prince of Peace was born; Songs of praise arose, when he Captive led captivity.
2 Heaven and earth must pass away, Songs of praise shall crown the day: God will make new heavens and earth, Songs of praise shall hail their birth.
3 And will man alone be dumb, Till that glorious kingdom come? No; the church delights to raise Psalms, and hymns, and songs of praise.
4 Saints below, with heart and voice, Still in songs of praise rejoice; Learning here, by faith and love, Songs of praise to sing above.