THE CHRISTIAN PSALMIST. PART IV. MISCELLANEOUS HYMNS. 325. The strife between sin and grace. 1 LONG I strove my God to love, 2 Then with sense of guilt oppress'd, Glorious offering! precious blood! 3 He was offer'd on the tree, By his stripes my wounds are heal 326. Formality and Ordinances. 1 LONG have I seem'd to serve The With unavailing pain; Fasted and pray'd, and read thy 3 I rested in the outward law, 4 To please Thee thus, at length 6 But I of means have made my 7 Where am I now, or what my 327. Submission to the Grace of God. I STILL for thy loving-kindness, Lord, I look to find Thee in thy word. 2 Here in thine own appointed ways, And hear Thee say, "Be still!" 3"Be still, and know that I am God!" 'Tis all I live to know; To feel the virtue of thy blood, And spread its praise below! 4 I wait my vigour to renew, The veil of outward things pass through, 5 I work; and own the labour vain; 6 Fruitless, till Thou thyself impart, 7 I do the thing thy laws enjoin, 8 I trust in Him who stands between |