From the Lamb the purple flood Now behold the Surety bound, 5. What, my Lord, could bring thee there 6. Say! was ever grace like this? Gloomy was his path to bliss, 7. Thither, O my soul, repair, O my Immanuel, give me to behold thee in that wonderful love and strange act of humility and condescension, which thou hast manifested to such a vile, hard-hearted sinner, as, thou knowest, I am. Turn away my thoughts from engag P others, who have long lived in fellowship, and walked with God, have had little to say, and that little expressive of thick, mental darkness.[Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?] But such things I have witnessed. What then? Shall he that shivers as he treads the cold waters of Jordan, be deprived of his lot in the promised land? No: Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with hin. 71. GETHSEMANE. He humbled himself.---Phil. ii. 8. 1. WOULD'ST thou see a wond'rous sight? 2. See! Jehovah's darling Son, 3. Here behold the Love of God, O surprising mystery! From the Lamb the purple flood 4. Now behold the Surety bound, 5. What, my Lord, could bring thee there 6. Say! was ever grace like this? 7. Thither, O my soul, repair, Would'st thou learn humility; O my Immanuel, give me to behold thee in that wonderful love and strange act of humility and condescension, which thou hast manifested to such a vile, hard-hearted sinner, as, thou knowest, I am. Turn away my thoughts from engag, P 15. Beneath the shadow of thy wings 16. Cheer up, my soul, thy Jesus lives, None can conceive, but those who are taught of God, what conflicting powers beset the believer in his way through this vale of tears to the city of God above. Reader, art thou a soldier of Jesus Christ? never propose a truce with the enemy, nor expect a discharge from this thy warfare, until the earthly house of thy tabernacle is dissolved. There are, however, comforts attend the Christian warfare as well as crosses: "In the world you shall have tribulation: but in me you shall have peace." While a person is in the service of Satan, he meets with little or no molestation: his whole soul is in the devil's service; but when, through discriminating grace, the sinner is translated from his domains, to the kingdom of God's dear Son, all hell is in arms! Your adversary, the devil, walketh about seeking whom he may devour. Remember me, 75. PRAYER. O my God, for good.---Neh. xiii. 31. 1. FORGET me not, O Lord, my God, My soul I cast on thee: I travel in a thorny road, 2. Daily I feel a sinful heart- Back from the cross I fain would start, 3. Peevish and fretful, light and vain, 4. In gloomy darkness call'd to go, Guide me, my God, my journey thro', 5. Dark are his ways of Providence, My reason's blind, and weak my sense, |