PATHOS, ENTREATY, AND SUPPLICATION. The Cross-Steele. 1. 'Stretched on the cross, the Saviour dies: See from his hands-his feet-his side, 2. 'And didst thou bleed-for sinners bleed? 3. Can I survey the scene of wo, Godly Sorrow.-Watts. 1.' Alas! and did my Saviour bleed, 2. ' Was it for crimes that I had done, 3. 'Well might the sun in darkness hide, When Christ, th' almighty Saviour, died 4. Thus might I hide my blushing face, 5. 'But drops of grief can ne'er repay The Pity and Condescension of Christ.-Steele. 1. "The Saviour! oh! what endless charms Dwell in that blissful sound! Its influence every fear disarms, 2. 'Here pardon, life, and joy divine For guilty rebels, lost in sin, 3. 'The almighty former of the skies, While angels view with wondering eyes, 4. 'How rich the depths of love divine! Dear Saviour, let me call thee mine- 5. On thee alone my hope relies; My Lord, my life, my sacrifice, Succour implored in spiritual Conflicts.-Steele. 1. 'Alas! what hourly dangers rise! What snares beset my way! To heaven oh! let me lift mine eyes, 2. 'How oft my mournful thoughts complain, And melt in flowing tears! My weak resistance!-ah! how vain! 3. 'O gracious God! in whom I live, Help me to watch, and pray and strive, 4. 'Increase my faith increase my hope, When foes and fears prevail; Oh! bear my fainting spirit up, 5. 'Whene'er temptations fright my heart, My God, thy powerful aid impart, 6. 'Oh! keep me in thy heavenly way, And let me never, never stray Psalm LI. Part I.-Watts. 1. 'Show pity, Lord-O Lord, forgive, Are not thy mercies large and free? 2. 'My crimes are great- but can't surpass 3. 'Oh! wash my soul from every sin, 4. 'My lips, with shame, my sins confess, 5. 'Yet, save a trembling sinner, Lord, Whose hope, still hovering round thy word, Invocation.-Watts. 1. 'Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove, With all thy quickening powers, Kindle a flame of sacred love In these cold hearts of ours. 2. 'Look! how we grovel here below, Our souls can neither fly nor go, 3. 'In vain we tune our formal songs, Hosannas languish on our tongues, 4. 'Dear Lord! and shall we ever lie Our love so faint, so cold to thee, 5. 'Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove, VARIED EXPRESSION.* Redemption.-Watts. 1. 'Plunged in a gulf of dark despair, Without one cheerful beam of hope, 2. With pitying eyes the prince of grace He saw-and-oh amazing love! - 3. 'Down from the shining seats above Entered the grave in mortal flesh, 4. Oh! for this love let rocks and hills * The elocutionary analysis of the style of reading, should now be applied to every change of emotion indicated in each stanza. |