For we no money have to buy,
No righteousness to plead.
III
The food our spirits want
Thy hand alone can give;
Oh! hear the pray’r of faith, and grant
That we may eat and live.
93
Psalm 106:4–5
By Newton
I
Remember us, we pray thee, Lord,
With those who love thy gracious name;
And to our souls that good afford
Thy promise has prepared for them.
II
To us thy great salvation show,
Give us a taste of love divine;
That we thy people’s joy may know,
And in their holy triumph join.
94
By Newton
I
Not to Sinai’s dreadful blaze,
But to Zion’s throne of grace,
By a way mark’d out with blood,
Sinners now approach to God.
II
Not to hear the fiery law,
But with humble joy to draw
Water, by that well supplied
Jesus open’d when he died.
III
Lord, there are no streams but thine
Can assuage a thirst like mine;
’Tis a thirst thyself didst give,
Let me therefore drink and live.
95
By Newton
I
Often thy public means of grace,
Thy thirsty people’s wat’ring-place,
The archers have beset;
Attack’d them in thy house of pray’r,
To prison dragg’d, or to the bar,
When thus together met.
II
But we from such assaults are freed,
Can pray and sing and hear and read,
And meet and part in peace:
May we our privileges prize,
In their improvement make us wise,
And bless us with increase.
III
Unless thy presence thou afford,
Unless thy blessing clothe the word,
In vain our liberty!
What would it profit to maintain
A name for life, should we remain
Formal and dead to thee?
After Sermon
96
Deuteronomy 33:26, 29
By Newton
I
With Isr’el’s God who can compare?
Or who like Isr’el happy are?
O people saved by the Lord,
He is thy shield and great reward!
II
Upheld by everlasting arms,
Thou art secured from foes and harms;
In vain their plots, and false their boasts.
Our refuge is the Lord of Hosts.
97
Habakkuk 3:17–18
By Newton
I
Jesus is mine! I’m now prepared
To meet with what I thought most hard!
Yes, let the winds of trouble blow,
And comforts melt away like snow;
No blasted trees or failing crops
Can hinder my eternal hopes:
Though creatures change, the Lord’s the same;
Then let me triumph in his name.
98
By Newton
I
We seek a rest beyond the skies,
In everlasting day;
Through floods and flames the passage lies,
But Jesus guards the way:
The swelling flood and raging flame
Hear and obey his word;
Then let us triumph in his name,
Our Saviour is the Lord.
99
Deuteronomy 32:9–10
By Newton
I
The saints Emmanuel’s portion are,
Redeem’d by price, reclaim’d by power;
His special choice, and tender care,
Owns them and guards them every hour.
II
He finds them in a barren land,
Beset with sins and fears and woes;
He leads and guides them by his hand,
And bears them safe from all their foes.
100
Hebrews 13:20, 22
By Newton
I
Now may He who from the dead
Brought the Shepherd of the sheep,
Jesus Christ, our King and Head,
All our souls in safety keep!
II
May he teach us to fulfill
What is pleasing in his sight;
Perfect us in all his will,
And preserve us day and night!
III
To that dear Redeemer’s praise,
Who the cov’nant seal’d with blood,
Let our hearts and voices raise
Loud thanksgivings to our God.
101
2 Corinthians 13:14
By Newton
I
May the grace of Christ our Saviour,
And the Father’s boundless love,
With the Holy Spirit’s favour,
Rest upon us from above!
Thus may we abide in union
With each other and the Lord;
And possess in sweet communion,
Joys which earth cannot afford.
102
By Newton
I
The peace which God alone reveals,
And by his word of grace imparts,
Which only the believer feels,
Direct and keep and cheer your hearts:
And may the Holy Three in One,
The Father, Word, and Comforter,
Pour an abundant blessing down
On every soul assembled here.
103
By Newton
I
To thee our wants are known,
From thee are all our pow’rs;
Accept what is thine own,
And pardon what is ours:
And to thy word a blessing give.
II
O grant that each of us,
Now met before thee here,
May meet together thus
When thou and thine appear,
Even so, Amen, Lord Jesus, come.
Gloria Patri
104
By Newton
I
The Father we adore,
And everlasting Son,
The Spirit of his love and pow’r,
The glorious Three in One!
II
At the creation’s birth
This song was sung on high,
Shall sound through every age on earth.
And through eternity.
105
By Newton
I
Father of angels and of men,
Saviour, who hast us bought,
Spirit, by whom we’re born again,
And sanctified and taught!
II
Thy glory, holy Three in One,
Thy people’s song shall be,
Long as the wheels of time shall run,
And to eternity.
106
By Newton
I
Glory to God the Father’s name,
To Jesus, who for sinners died;
The Holy Spirit claims the same,
By whom our souls are sanctified.
II
Thy praise was sung when time began,
By angels, through the starry spheres
And shall, as now, be sung by man
Through vast eternity’s long years.
107
By Newton
I
Ye saints on earth, ascribe, with heav’n’s high host
Glory and honour to the One in Three
To God the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
As was, and is, and evermore shall be.
