Open the Door.

OPEN THE DOOR.*

That God, who calls the human mind
A temple for himself design'd,†
A house upon a rock-‡
Assures us He will patient wait,
In mercy, at the mental gate,
And for admittance knock.

Who hears the gracious call within,
And draws the iron bolts of sin,
Which barricade the door,
Will banquet with a guest divine,
On life-imparting food and wine,

From Love's exhaustless store.

Come, then, dear Saviour-be my guest,
Knock louder at this flinty breast,

And rouse me with thy voice;

Then will I struggle to remove

The sins which now obstruct thy love,

And in that love rejoice.

*Behold I stand at the door and knock: if any man hear my voice, the door, I will come in to him and will sup with him, and he

and open

Open the Door.

Thou wilt not let me strive in vain

The gates of brass shall burst in twain, The iron bars shall fall;

Then will my soul thy temple be,

Where I shall ever feast with Thee,
My God, my life, my all!

Sin no more.

SIN NO MORE.*

A song of gratitude begin,

To praise the God who saves from sin;
Who marks the penitential tear

And deigns the contrite sigh to hear;

Who whispers hope, when we our sins deploreThy God condemns thee not-offend no more."

But, ah! such love can ne'er be sung-
Such boundless grace!-by mortal tongue;
For e'en celestial minstrels deem

Their highest skill below the theme;
Yet mortals can, with gratitude, adore
The God who pardons all that sin no more.

Dear Lord! is this condition all?

To fight the foes that wrought our fall?
Thus arm'd with hope, I'll quell a host,
Nor let so cheap a heaven be lost ;

O then repeat the sweet assurance o'er,

"Thy God will not condemn thee-sin no more."

*And Jesus said unto her, neither do I condemn thee; go, and sin no more.-John viii. 11.

God in His Temple.

GOD IN HIS TEMPLE.

God is in His holy Temple,

Sons of earth, be silent now
Hither let the saints assemble,
And before His footstool bow.
Lo, He's present with us ever,
When assembled in His name ;†
Aiding every good endeavour,
Guiding every humble aim.

God is in His holy Temple,
'Tis each renovated mind;‡
Where the purer thoughts assemble,

While the base are cast behind.

Every earthly, low affection,

Long opposed, is silent now;

Every passion, in subjection,

Must at Wisdom's altar bow.

*The Lord is in His holy Temple; let all the earth keep silence before him. Hab. ii. 20.

For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them. Matthew xviii. 20.

Ye are the Temple of God, I. Cor. iii. 16. II. Cor. vi. 16.

God in His Temple.

God is in His holy Temple,

"Tis the church He calls His own,

'Tis the city where assemble

All who worship Him alone.*
New-Jerusalem the holy

Is the city of our God,

There our Saviour governs solely,
With the balance and the rod.

God is in His holy Temple,

'Tis the Body of our Lord;† Infidels may doubt and tremble,

We have learn❜d it from His WORD; From that WORD which wrought creation,+ From that WORD which flesh became,§ Which alone can give salvation—

God and Jesus are the same.||

* And I saw no temple therein; for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it-the Lamb is the light thereof. Rev. xxi. 22, 23.

He spake of the temple of His body. Christ, reconciling the world to Himself.

John ii. 21. God was in II. Cor. v. 19.

All things were made by Him. John i. 3.

The Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us. John i. 14.

Jesus said-I and my Father are one.

John x. 30.