5 Shineth now a temple stately
Where so late a ruin lay;
Where the fiends were dwellers lately,
Angels there delight to stay.
How they welcome

This new heir of heaven to-day !
6 Yes, an outcast lone beginneth
In the Father's house to dwell;
Yes, a wounded sinner winneth
Of that joy they know full well;
Sweetest story,

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Holy angel-lips may tell !

HEBER.

5 5, 7 7 7 7, 6. Irregular.
There is joy in the presence of the angels of
God over one sinner that repenteth.--Luke xv. 10.
HERE was joy in heaven!

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There was joy in heaven!

When this goodly world to frame

The Lord of might and mercy came;
Shouts of joy were heard on high,
And the stars sang from the sky,
Glory to God in heaven!

2 There was joy in heaven!
There was joy in heaven!
When the billows, heaving dark,
Sank around the stranded ark;
And the rainbow's watery span
Spake of mercy, hope to man,

And peace with God in heaven.
3 There was joy in heaven!
There was joy in heaven!
When of love the midnight beam
Dawned on the towers of Bethlehem;

And along the echoing hill

Angels sang-On earth good will,

And glory in the Heaven!

14 There is joy in heaven!
There is joy in heaven!
When the sheep that went astray
Turns again to virtue's way;
When the soul, by grace subdued,
Sobs its prayer of gratitude,
Then is there joy in heaven.

5 5, 5, 12.

C. WESLEY.*

422 Thanks be unto God, which alway causeth us

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to triumph.-2 Corinthians ii. 14.

A1

LL thanks be to God,
Who scatters abroad,
Throughout every place,

By the means of His servants, His savour of

grace;

Who the victory gave,

The praise let Him have,

For the work He has done;

All honour and glory to Jesus alone.
2 Our conquering Lord
Has prospered His word,

Has made it prevail,

And mightily shaken the kingdom of hell;

His arm He has bared,

And a people prepared

His glory to show,

And witness the power of His passion below.

3 And shall we not sing

Our Saviour and King?

Thy witnesses, we

With rapture ascribe our salvation to Thee.

Thou, Jesus, hast blessed,

And believers increased,

Who thankfully own

They are freely forgiven through mercy alone.

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THE CHRISTIAN LIFE:

PENITENCE.

L.M.
Psalm li.

WATTS.*

I HEW pity, Lord! O Lord, forgive!
Let a repenting rebel live.

Are not Thy mercies large and free?
May not a sinner trust in Thee?

2 My crimes, though great, do not surpass
The power and glory of Thy grace;
Great God, Thy nature hath no bound,
So let Thy pardoning love be found.

3 O wash my soul from every sin,
And make my guilty conscience clean;
Here on my heart the burden lies,
And past offences pain my eyes.

4 My lips with shame my sins confess
Against Thy law, against Thy grace;
Lord, should Thy judgment grow severe,
I am condemned, but Thou art clear.

5 Yet save a trembling sinner, Lord,
Whose hope, still hovering round Thy word,
Would light on some sweet promise there,

L.M.

C. WESLEY.

424 They rebelled, and vexed His Holy Spirit.

Isaiah lxiii. 10.

I TAY, Thou insulted Spirit, stay,

STA

Though I have done Thee such despite; Nor cast the sinner quite away,

Nor take Thine everlasting flight.

2 Though I have steeled my stubborn heart,
And shaken off my guilty fears;
And vexed, and urged Thee to depart,
For many long rebellious years;

3 Though I have most unfaithful been
Of all whoe'er Thy grace received;
Ten thousand times Thy goodness seen,
Ten thousand times Thy goodness grieved;
4 Yet, O the chief of sinners spare,

In honour of my great High Priest;
Nor, in Thy righteous anger, swear
To exclude me from Thy people's rest.
5 Now, Lord, my weary soul release;
Upraise me with Thy gracious hand;
And guide into Thy perfect peace,
And bring me to the promised land.

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[BRONTE.] As for our transgressions, Thou shalt purge them away.-Psalm lxv. 3.

OPE

PPRESSED with sin and woe,
A burdened heart I bear;
Opposed by many a mighty foe,
Yet will I not despair.

2 With this polluted heart

I dare to come to Thee,
Holy and mighty as Thou art,
For Thou wilt pardon me.

3 I feel that I am weak,
And prone to every sin;

But Thou who giv'st to those who seek,
Wilt give me strength within.

4 I need not fear my foes;
I need not yield to care;

I need not sink beneath my woes,
For Thou wilt answer prayer.

C.M. J. MARDLEY, alt. by HEBER.

426 I acknowledged my sin unto Thee.

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Psalm xxxii. 5.

LORD, turn not Thy face away
From them that lowly lie,

Lamenting sore their sinful life,
With tears and bitter cry.

2 Thy mercy gates are open wide
To them that mourn their sin;
O shut them not against us, Lord,
But let us enter in.

3 We need not to confess our fault,
For surely Thou canst tell;
What we have done, and what we are
Thou knowest very well.

4 Wherefore, to beg and to entreat,
With tears we come to Thee,
As children that have done amiss
Fall at their father's knee.