V.

From ev'ry snare and evil work
his grace shall me defend,
And to his heav'nly kingdom safe
shall bring me in the end.

How

TITUS, iii. 3,-9.

I.

OW wretched was our former state, when slaves to Satan's sway,

With hearts disorder'd and impure, o'erwhelm'd in sin we lay!

II.

But, O my soul! for ever praise, for ever love his name,

Who turn'd thee from the fatal paths of folly, sin, and shame.

III.

Vain and presumptuous is the trust which in our works we place, Salvation from a higher source flows to the human race.

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IV.

'Tis from the mercy of our God that all our hopes begin;

His mercy sav'd our souls from death, and wash'd our souls from sin.

V.

His Spirit, through the Saviour shed, its sacred fire imparts,

Refines our dross, and love divine rekindles in our hearts.

VI.

Thence, rais'd from death, we live anew; and, justify'd by grace,

We hope in glory to appear,

and see our Father's face.

VII.

Let all who hold this faith and hope

in holy deeds abound;

Thus faith approves itself sincere by active virtue crown'd.

El. Cell. LVII. (§).

HEB, iv. 14. to the end.

1.

JESUS, the Son of God, who once

for us his life resign'd,

Now lives in heav'n our great High Priest, and never-dying friend.

II.

Through life, through death, let us to him with constancy adhere;

Faith shall supply new strength, and hope shall banish ev'ry fear.

To human weakness not severe
is our High Priest above;
His heart o'erflows with tenderness,
his bowels melt with love,

IV.

With sympathetic feelings touch'd, he knows our feeble frame;

He knows what sore temptations are, for he has felt the same.

V.

But though he felt temptation's pow'r, unconquer'd he remain'd; Nor 'midst the frailty of our frame by sin was ever stain'd.

VI.

As in the days of feeble flesh
he pour'd forth cries and tears;
So, though exalted, still he feels
what ev'ry Christian bears.

VII.

Then let us with a filial heart come boldly to the throne Of grace supreme, to tell our griefs, and all our wants make known;

VIII.

That mercy we may there obtain for sins and errors past,

And grace to help in time of need, while days of trial last.

LVIII.

Another version of the same passage.

I.

WHERE high the heav'nly temple

stands,

The house of God not made with hands, A great High Priest our nature wears; The guardian of mankind appears.

11.

He who for men their surety stood,
And pour'd on earth his precious blood,
Pursues in heav'n his mighty plan,
The Saviour and the friend of man.

III.

Though now ascended up on high,
He bends on earth a brother's eye;
Partaker of the human name,
He knows the frailty of our frame.

IV.

Our fellow-sufferer yet retains
A fellow-feeling of our pains;
And still remembers, in the skies,
His tears, his agonies, and cries.