5 May I then break my league with death, And live to thee alone; O may thy Spirit fix my faith, And seal me for thine own! 422. Sinners Invited to Zion. c.M. They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, saying, Come, and let us join ourselves to the LORD, in a perpetual covenant that shall not be forgotten.-JER. 1. 5. I ZION, the city of our God, How glorious is the place; The Saviour there has his abode, 2 Firm against ev'ry adverse shock, 3 There all the fruits of glory grow, And streams of grace and knowledge flow, 4 Come, set your faces Zion-ward, Be henceforth your desire! 5 The gospel shines to give you light, No longer then delay; The Spirit waits to guide you right, 6 O Lord, regard thy people's pray'r, And young and old by grace prepare, 423. To take the Yoke of Christ. 8—7—4. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart; and ye shall find rest unto your souls.-Mat. xi. 29. 1 COME, ye souls by sin afflicted, Bow'd with fruitless sorrow down; By the tempter's snares undone, Mercy flows through him alone. 2 Take his easy yoke and wear it; Love will make obedience sweet; Christ will give you strength to bear it, While his wisdom guides your feet Safe to glory Where his ransom'd captives meet. 3 Sweet as home to pilgrims weary, Shall to rest immortal rise. 4 But to sing the Rest of glory, Saints in heav'n, who taste its fulness, SECTION VII.. ORDINANCES. 424. Delight in the Lord's Day. S.M. Remember the Sabbath-day, to keep it holy.-EXODUS xx. 8. 1 WELCOME, Sweet day of rest! 2 The king himself comes near, 3 4 1 2 3 4 One day amid the place Where Jesu's love we taste. Is sweeter than ten thousand days My willing soul would stay Waiting the still more perfect day 425. Delight in the Lord's Day. S.M. Rejoice in the Lord alway.-PHIL. iv. 4. The sorrows of the mind Let those refuse to sing, May speak their joys abroad. The God whom we adore, Whose goodness here we prove; Will keep and bring us by his power 5 There we shall see his face, There from the rivers of his grace [6 The men of grace have found Glory began below; 7 Celestial fruits on earthly ground The hill of Zion yields A thousand sacred sweets, Before we reach the heav'nly fields, 8 Then let our songs abound, We're marching thro' Immanuel's ground, 426. Delight in the Lord's Day. 148th. This is the day which the LORD hath made: we will rejoice and be glad in it.-Ps. cxviii. 24. 1 THE Lord is ris'n indeed, And bids his members rise; Pursue him to the skies: This is the day the Lord hath made, |