FOR MOURNERS CONVINCED OF SIN.

Till thou the veil remove;

The gift unspeakable impart,

And write thy name upon my heart, And manifest thy love

3 I know the work is only thine, The gift of faith is all divine; But, if on thee we call,

Thou wilt the benefit bestow, And give us hearts to feel and know That thou hast died for all.

4 Thou bidd'st us knock and enter in, Come unto thee, and rest from sin, The blessing seek and find; Thou bidd'st us ask thy grace, and have: Thou canst, thou wouldst, this moment Both me and all mankind.

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5 Be it according to thy word! Now let me find my pardoning Lord, Let what I ask be given;

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The bar of unbelief remove, Open the door of faith and love, And take me into heaven.

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Before Private Prayer. 1 ATHER of Jesus Christ, my Lord,

Encouraged by the Saviour's word To ask thy pardoning grace.

2 Entering into my closet, I

The busy world exclude.

In secret prayer for mercy cry, And groan to be renewed.

3 Far from the paths of men, to thee I solemnly retire;

See, thou who dost in secret see, And grant my heart's desire.

4 Thy grace I languish to receive, The Spirit of love and power, Blameless before thy face to live, To live and sin no more.

5 Fain would I all thy goodness feel, And know my sins forgiven, And do on earth thy perfect will As angels do in heaven.

6 O Father, glorify thy Son,

And grant what I require:

For Jesu's sake the gift send down, And answer me by fire!

7 Kindle the flame of love within, Which may to heaven ascend, And now the work of grace begin, Which shall in glory end.

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ye ministers Comfort my people, saith your God! Ye soon shall see his smiling face, His golden sceptre, not his rod, And own, when now the cloud's removed, He only chastened whom he loved.

2 Who sow in tears, in joy shall reap; The Lord shall comfort all that mourn; Who now go on their way and weep,

With joy they doubtless shall return, And bring their sheaves with vast increase, And have their fruit to holiness.

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1 E And, brooding o'er my nature's night.

Call forth the ray of heavenly love;

Let there in my dark soul be light; And fill the illustrated abyss With glorious beams of endless bliss.

2 Let there be light, again command,

And light there in our hearts shall be, We then through faith shall understand Thy great mysterious majesty; And, by the shining of thy grace, Behold in Christ thy glorious face.

3 Father of everlasting grace,

Be mindful of thy changeless word; We worship toward that holy place

In which thou dost thy name record, Dost make thy gracious nature known, That living temple of thy Son.

4 Thou dost with sweet complacence see The temple filled with light divine; And art thou not well pleased with me, Who, turning to that heavenly shrine, Through Jesus to thy throne apply, Through Jesus for acceptance cry?

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With all who for redemption groan, Father, in Jesu's name I pray, And still we cry and wrestle on,

Till mercy take our sins away: Hear from thy dwelling place in heaven, And now pronounce our sins forgiven.

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THOU who hast our sorrows borne,

on mourn,

On thee whom we have slain, Have pierced a thousand thousand times, And by reiterated crimes

Renewed thy mortal pain.

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2 Vouchsafe us eyes of faith to see The Man transfixed on Calvary. To know thee, who thou art, The one eternal God and true; And let the sight affect, subdue,

And break my stubborn heart.

3 Lover of souls, to rescue mine, Reveal the charity divine,

That suffered in my stead; That made thy soul a sacrifice, And quenched in death those flaming eyes, And bowed that sacred head.

4 The veil of unbelief remove, And by thy manifested love,

And by thy sprinkled blood, Destroy the love of sin in me, And get thyself the victory,

And bring me back to God.

5 Now let thy dying love constrain My soul to love its God again, Its God to glorify;

And lo! I come thy cross to share, Echo thy sacrificial prayer,

And with my Saviour die