2 Hear the blest Redeemer call you; Listen to his heavenly voice; Dread no ills that can befall you, While you make his way your choice. 3 Plainly here his footsteps tracing, Follow him without delay, Gladly his command embracing; Lo! your Captain leads the way. 394 8s, 7s & 4. Calling on the name of the Lord. Acts 22:16. Gracious Saviour, we adore thee; Purchased by thy precious blood We present ourselves before thee, Now to walk the narrow road: Saviour guide us— Guide us to our heavenly home. 2 Thou didst mark our path of duty; Thou wast laid beneath the wave; Thou didst rise in glorious beauty, From the semblance of the grave; May we follow In the same delightful way. REMISSION OF SINS. 395 L. M. The joys of pardon. Forgiveness! ’tis a joyful sound To malefactors doomed to die; Publish the bliss the world around; You seraphs, shout it from the sky! 2 ’Tis the rich gift of love divine; ’Tis full, outmeasuring every crime; Unclouded shall its glories shine, And feel no change by changing time. 3 For this stupendous love of heaven, What grateful honors shall we show! Where much transgression is forgiven, Let love in equal ardors glow. 4 By this inspired, let all our days With gospel holiness be crowned; Let truth and goodness, prayer and praise In all abide, in all abound. 396 L. M. Blessed is the man whose sin is covered. Rom. 4:7. Earth has a joy unknown in heaven— The new-born joy of sins forgiven! Tears of such pure and deep delight, O angels! never dimmed your sight. 2 You saw of old on chaos rise The beauteous pillars of the skies; You know where morn exulting springs, And evening folds her drooping wings. 3 Bright heralds of th’ Eternal Will, Abroad his errands you fulfill; Or, throned in floods of beamy day, Symphonies in his presence play. 4 Loud is the song—the heavenly plain Is shaken with the choral strain; And dying echoes, floating far, Draw music from each chiming star. 5 But I amid your choirs shall shine, And all your knowledge shall be mine; You on your harps must lean to hear A secret chord that mine shall bear. 397 L. M. Self-dedication. Lord, I am thine, entirely thine, Purchased alone by blood divine; With full consent I yield to thee, And own thy sovereign right to me. 2 Grant me, in mercy, now a place Among the children of thy grace; A wretched sinner, lost to God, But ransomed by Immanuel’s blood.