75.
Not of Works. C.
1 GRACE, triumphant in the throne,
Scorns a rival, reigns alone ;
Come and bow beneath her sway,
Cast your idol-works away.
Works of man, when made his plea,
Never shall accepted be ;
Fruits of pride (vain-glorious worm)
Are the best he can perform.
2 Self, the god his soul adores,
Influences all his pow rs ;
Jesus is a slighted name,
Self-advancement all his aim:
But when God the Judge shall come,
To pronounce the final doom,
Then for rocks and hills to hide
All his works and all his pride !
3 Still the boasting heart replies,
What, the worthy and the wise,
Friends to temperance and peace,
Have not these a righteousness ?
Banish every vain pretence
Built on human excellence ;
Perish every thing in man,
But the grace that never can.
76.
Sin s Deceit.
1 SIN, when view d by Scripture light,
Is a horrid, hateful sight ;
But when seen in Satan s glass,
Then it wears a pleasing face.
2 When the gospel-trumpet sounds,
When I think how grace abounds,
When I feel sweet peace within,
Then I d rather die than sin.
