4 That uncreated beauty which hath gain'd
My ravish'd heart, hath all your glory stain'd;
His loveliness my soul hath prepossess'd,
And left no room for any other guest.

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Devizes.] HYMN 140. C. M.

LORD, all I am is known to thee;

In vain my soul would try

To shun thy presence, or to flee
The notice of thine eye.

2 Thy all-surrounding sight surveys
My rising and my rest,

My public walks, my private ways,
The secrets of my breast.

3 My thoughts lie open to thee, Lord,
Before they're form'd within,
And ere my lips pronounce the word,
Thou know'st the sense I mean.

4 O wondrous knowledge! deep and high!
Where can a creature hide?
Within thy circling arms I lie,
Beset on every side.

5 So let thy grace surround me still,
And like a bulwark prove,
To guard my soul from every ill,
Secur'd by sov'reign love.

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Nazareth.] HYMN 141. L. M.

THOU, who camest from above,
The pure celestial fire t' impart,

Kindle a flame of sacred love,
On the mean altar of my heart.

2 There let it for thy glory burn,
With inextinguishable blaze,

And trembling to its source return, In humble love, and fervent praise. 3 Jesus, confirm my heart's desire,

To work, and speak, and think for thee Still let me guard the holy fire, And still stir up thy gift in me. 4 Ready for all thy perfect will,

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My acts of faith and love repeat;
Till death thy endless mercies seal,
And make the sacrifice complete.
Broadmead.] HYMN 142. 6 lines 8's.

Let Israel's Consolation hear;

ET God, who comforts the distrest,

Hear, Holy Ghost, our joint request,
And show thyself the Comforter;
And swell th' unutterable groan,
And breathe our wishes to the throne.
2 We weep for those that weep below,
And burden'd for the afflicted, sigh;
The various forms of human wo,
Excite our softest sympathy:

Fill every heart with mournful care,
And draw out all our soul in prayer.
3 We wrestle for the ruin'd race,
By sin eternally undone,
Unless thou magnify thy grace,

And make thy richest mercy known;
And make thy vanquish'd rebels find,
Pardon in Christ for all mankind.

4 Father of everlasting love,

To every soul thy Son reveal,
Our guilt and sufferings to remove,
Our deep, original wound to heal :
And bid the fallen race arise,
And turn our earth to paradise.

Pickering.] HYMN 143. C. M.

ATHER, behold with gracious eyes,
The souls before thy throne,

Who now present their sacrifice,
And seek thee in thy Son.
Well pleas'd in him thyself declare,
Thy pard'ning love reveal,
The peaceful answer of our prayer,
To every conscience seal.

2 Meanest of all thy servants, I
Those happier spirits meet,
And mix with theirs my feeble cry,
And worship at thy feet.
On me, on all some gift bestow,
Some blessing now impart,
The seed of life eternal sow
In every mournful heart.

3 Thy loving, powerful Spirit shed,
And speak our sins forgiven,
Or haste throughout the lump to spread
The sanctifying leaven.

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Refresh us with a ceaseless shower

Of graces from above,

Till all receive the perfect power
Of everlasting love.

Pickering.] HYMN 144. C. M.

EHOVAH, God the Father, bless,

JEHOVAH,

With mercy's out-stretch'd arms embrace, And keep us to the end.

2 Preserve the creatures of thy love;
By providential care

Conducted to the realms above,
To sing thy goodness there.

3 Jehovah, God the Son, reveal
The brightness of thy face;
And all thy pardon'd people fill
With plenitude of grace.
4 Shine forth with all the Deity,
Which dwells in thee alone;
And lifts us up thy face to see,
On thy eternal throne,

5 Jehovah, God the Spirit, shine,
Father and Son to show:
With bliss ineffable, divine,
Our ravish'd hearts o'erflow.
6 Sure earnest of that happiness,
Which human hope transcends,
Be thou our everlasting peace,
When grace in glory ends.
Broadmead.] HYMN 145. 6 lines 8'a.
1 JESUS, thou sov'reign Lord of all,

The same through one eternal day,
Attend thy feeblest follower's call,
And O instruct us how to pray!
Pour out the supplicating grace,
And stir us up to seek thy face.

2 We cannot think a gracious thought,
We cannot feel a good desire,

Till thou who call'dst a world from nought,
The power into our hearts inspire;
And then we in the Spirit groan,

And then we give thee back thine own.

3 Jesus, regard the joint complaint,

Of all thy tempted followers here,
And now supply the common want,
And send us down the Comforter.
The spirit of ceaseless prayer impart,
And fix thy Agent in our heart.

4 To help our soul's infirmity,

To heal thy sin-sick people's care, To urge our God-commanding plea, And make our heart a house of prayer: The promis'd Intercessor give, And let us now thyself receive. 5 Come in thy pleading Spirit down, To us who for thy coming stay; Of all thy gifts we ask but one, We ask the constant power to pray: Indulge us, Lord, in this request, Thou canst not then deny the rest.

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Kingswood.] HYMN 146. 7's, 6's, & 18.

JESUS, thou hast bid us pray,

Pray always, and not faint;

With the word a power convey,
To utter our complaint;
Quiet shalt thou never know,

Till we from sin are fully freed:
O avenge us of our foe,

And bruise the serpent's head!

2 We have now begun to cry, And we will never end, Till we find salvation nigh,

And grasp the sinner's Friend: Day and night we'll speak our wo, With thee importunately plead; O avenge us of our foe,

And bruise the serpent's head! 3 Speak the word, and we shall be From all our bands releas'd; Only thou canst set us free,

By Satan long opprest:

Now thy power almighty show,

Arise the woman's conquering Seed!