3 O what a blesséd hope is ours! While here on earth we stay, We more than taste the heavenly powers, And antedate that day. 4 We feel the resurrection near, Our life in Christ concealed, And with his glorious presence here, Our earthen vessels filled. 5 O, would he all of heaven bestow! Then like our Lord we’ll rise; Our bodies, fully ransomed, go To take the glorious prize. 6 On him with rapture then I’ll gaze, Who bought the bliss for me, And shout and wonder at his grace, Through all eternity. 405 S. M. By grace are ye saved. Eph. 2:8. Grace! ’tis a charming sound, Harmonious to the ear; Heaven with the echo shall resound, And all the earth shall hear. 2 Grace first contrived the way To save rebellious man; And all the steps that grace display, Which drew the wondrous plan. 3 Grace led our wandering feet To tread the heavenly road; And new supplies each hour we meet, While pressing on to God. 4 Grace all the work shall crown Through everlasting days; It lays in heaven the topmost stone, And well deserves our praise. 406 S. M. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me. Psalm 139:6. Blest Saviour! Friend divine! Thou source of boundless love! The hope of all thy saints on earth, The joy of all above! 2 How can I tell thy worth! How make thy glories known! No language can thy goodness speak, No tongue thy mercies own! 3 My words can not express The sweetness of thy name! Nor can my feeble lips declare The wonders of thy fame! 4 Then take my trusting heart, I can not give thee more; Make rich my soul’s deep poverty, From thine unwasting store! 407 8s & 7s, peculiar. A new creature. 2 Cor. 5:17. Since first thy word awaked my heart, Like light new dawning o’er me, Where’er I turn my eyes, thou art All light and love before me. 2 Naught else I feel, or hear, or see, All bonds of earth I sever; Thee, O my Lord, and only thee, I live for, now, and ever. 3 Like him whose fetters dropped away When light shone o’er his prison, My soul now touched by mercy’s ray, Hath from its chains arisen. 4 And shall the soul thou bidd’st be free, Return to bondage? Never; Thee, O my God, and only thee, I live for, now, and ever. 408 P. M. Joy unspeakable and full of glory. 1 Peter 1:8.