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[OF THE REDEMPTION OF MAN.]
HYMN III. OF THE REDEMPTION OF MAN.
Saviour from sin, from death, from hell,
Thee, Jesus Christ, with joy we own,
The Man who loved our souls so well,
The Father's everlasting Son.
Thee, Jesus Christ, with joy we own,
The Man who loved our souls so well,
The Father's everlasting Son.
Thou, for our sake, a man wast made,
The burden of a virgin's womb,
Didst live, and suffer in our stead,
And rise triumphant from the tomb.
The burden of a virgin's womb,
Didst live, and suffer in our stead,
And rise triumphant from the tomb.
What hath Thy death for sinners gain'd?
What hath Thy life to sinners given?
For every soul of man obtain'd?
Pardon, and holiness, and heaven.
What hath Thy life to sinners given?
For every soul of man obtain'd?
Pardon, and holiness, and heaven.
Soon as our broken hearts repent,
Soon as I do in Thee believe,
The power into my soul is sent,
And then my pardon I receive.
Soon as I do in Thee believe,
The power into my soul is sent,
And then my pardon I receive.
HYMN IV. THE SAME.
[O could I now to God return]
O could I now to God return
With all sincerity of grief,
My sinfulness, and folly mourn,
My guilt, and helpless unbelief!
With all sincerity of grief,
My sinfulness, and folly mourn,
My guilt, and helpless unbelief!
O could I now the faith obtain,
That evidence of things unseen,
And know the Lamb for sinners slain,
For me, the sinfullest of men!
That evidence of things unseen,
And know the Lamb for sinners slain,
For me, the sinfullest of men!
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Come, Holy Ghost, the grace impart,
Reveal the dying Deity,
And feelingly convince my heart
He loved, and gave Himself for me.
Reveal the dying Deity,
And feelingly convince my heart
He loved, and gave Himself for me.
The pardon on my conscience seal,
Inspire the sense of sin forgiven;
And all my new-born soul shall feel
That holiness is present heaven.
Inspire the sense of sin forgiven;
And all my new-born soul shall feel
That holiness is present heaven.
HYMN V. THE SAME.
[Happy the man, who Jesus knows]
Happy the man, who Jesus knows,
By holy faith to Jesus join'd!
His pure believing heart o'erflows
With love to God, and all mankind.
By holy faith to Jesus join'd!
His pure believing heart o'erflows
With love to God, and all mankind.
Redeem'd from all iniquity,
From every evil work and word,
From every sinful temper free,
He lives devoted to his Lord.
From every evil work and word,
From every sinful temper free,
He lives devoted to his Lord.
Little and vile in his own eyes,
All good he gives to God alone:
Saved from self-will, he ever cries,
Lord, not my will, but Thine be done.
All good he gives to God alone:
Saved from self-will, he ever cries,
Lord, not my will, but Thine be done.
Saved from the love of all below,
Heavenward his every wish aspires;
Nothing but Christ resolved to know,
God, only God, his heart desires.
Heavenward his every wish aspires;
Nothing but Christ resolved to know,
God, only God, his heart desires.
Saved from all evil words, he speaks
For God, and ministers His grace;
Saved from all evil deeds, he seeks
In all to' advance his Maker's praise.
For God, and ministers His grace;
Saved from all evil deeds, he seeks
In all to' advance his Maker's praise.
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Whether he eats, in faith, or drinks,
He spreads his Maker's praise abroad;
Whether he acts, or speaks, or thinks,
He only aims to' exalt his God.
He spreads his Maker's praise abroad;
Whether he acts, or speaks, or thinks,
He only aims to' exalt his God.
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