PATHOS, ENTREATY, AND SUPPLICATION.

The Cross-Steele.

1. 'Stretched on the cross, the Saviour dies:
Hark! his expiring groans arise!

See from his hands-his feet-his side,
Descends the sacred crimson tide!

2. 'And didst thou bleed-for sinners bleed?
And could the sun behold the deed?
No-he withdrew his cheering ray,
And darkness veiled the mourning day.

3. Can I survey the scene of wo,
Where mingling grief and mercy flow,
And yet my heart so hard remain,
As not to move with love or pain?
4. 'Come-dearest Lord, thy grace impart,
To warm this cold, unfeeling heart,
Till all its powers and passions move
In melting grief and ardent love."

Godly Sorrow.-Watts.

1.' Alas! and did my Saviour bleed,
And did my Sovereign die ?
Would he devote that sacred head
For such a worm as I?

2. ' Was it for crimes that I had done,
He groaned upon the tree?
Amazing pity! grace unknown!
And love beyond degree!

3. 'Well might the sun in darkness hide,
And shut his glories in,

When Christ, th' almighty Saviour, died
For man, the rebel's sin.

4. Thus might I hide my blushing face,
While his dear cross appears;
Dissolve my heart in thankfulness,
And melt my eyes to tears.

5. 'But drops of grief can ne'er repay
The debt of love I owe :

The Pity and Condescension of Christ.-Steele. 1. "The Saviour! oh! what endless charms Dwell in that blissful sound!

Its influence every fear disarms,
And spreads delight around.

2. 'Here pardon, life, and joy divine
In rich effusion flow,

For guilty rebels, lost in sin,
And doomed to endless wo.

3. 'The almighty former of the skies,
Stoops to our vile abode;

While angels view with wondering eyes,
And hail the incarnate God.

4. 'How rich the depths of love divine!
Of bliss a boundless store!

Dear Saviour, let me call thee mine-
I cannot wish for more!

5. On thee alone my hope relies;
Beneath thy cross I fall;

My Lord, my life, my sacrifice,
My Saviour, and my all !'

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,
And hourly watch and pray.

2. 'How oft my mournful thoughts complain, And melt in flowing tears!

My weak resistance!-ah! how vain!
How strong my foes and fears!

3. 'O gracious God! in whom I live,
My feeble efforts aid;

Help me to watch, and pray and strive,
Though trembling and afraid.

4. 'Increase my faith increase my hope,

When foes and fears prevail;

Oh! bear my fainting spirit up,
Or soon my strength will fail.

5. 'Whene'er temptations fright my heart,
Or lure my feet aside,

My God, thy powerful aid impart,
My guardian and my guide.

6. 'Oh! keep me in thy heavenly way,
And bid the tempter flee;

And let me never, never stray
From happiness and thee.

Psalm LI. Part I.-Watts.

1. 'Show pity, Lord-O Lord, forgive,
Let a repenting rebel live: -

Are not thy mercies large and free?
May not a sinner trust in thee?

2. 'My crimes are great- but can't surpass
The power and glory of thy grace:
Great God, thy nature hath no bound,
So let thy pardoning love be found!

3. 'Oh! wash my soul from every sin,
And make my guilty conscience clean;
Here, on my heart, the burden lies;
And past offences pain mine eyes.

4. 'My lips, with shame, my sins confess,
Against thy law- against thy grace:
Lord, should thy judgment grow severe,
I am condemned - but thou art clear.

5. 'Yet, save a trembling sinner, Lord,

Whose hope, still hovering round thy word,
Would light on some sweet promise there,
Some sure support against despair.'

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,
Fond of these trifling toys!

Our souls can neither fly nor go,
To reach eternal joys.

3. 'In vain we tune our formal songs,
In vain we strive to rise;

Hosannas languish on our tongues,
And our devotion dies.

4. 'Dear Lord! and shall we ever lie
In this poor dying state,

Our love so faint, so cold to thee,
And thine to us so great!

5. 'Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove,
With all thy quickening powers;
Come, shed abroad a Saviour's love,
And that shall kindle ours.'

VARIED EXPRESSION.*

Redemption.-Watts.

1. 'Plunged in a gulf of dark despair,
We wretched sinners lay,

Without one cheerful beam of hope,
Or spark of glimmering day!

2. With pitying eyes the prince of grace
Beheld our helpless grief:

He saw-and-oh amazing love! -
He ran to our relief.

3. 'Down from the shining seats above
With joyful haste he fled,

Entered the grave in mortal flesh,
And dwelt among the dead.

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.