By A Collection of Hymns

      S.M.
      1 HOW can a sinner know
      His sins on earth forgiven?
      How can my gracious Saviour show
      My name inscribed in heaven?
      What we have felt and seen,
      With confidence we tell;
      And publish to the sons of men
      The signs infallible.

      2 We who in Christ believe
      That he for us hath died,
      We all his unknown peace receive,
      And feel his blood applied;
      Exults our rising soul,
      Disburdened of her load,
      And swells unutterably full
      Of glory and of God.

      3 His love, surpassing far
      The love of all beneath,
      We find within our hearts, and dare
      The pointless darts of death:
      Stronger than death and hell
      The mystic power we prove;
      And conquerors of the world, we dwell
      In heaven, who dwell in love.

      4 We by his Spirit prove
      And know the things of God,
      The things which freely of his love
      He hath on us bestowed;
      His Spirit to us he gave,
      And dwells in us, we know;
      The witness in ourselves we have,
      And all its fruits we show.

      5 The meek and lowly heart
      That in our Saviour was,
      To us his Spirit doth impart,
      And signs us with his cross:
      Our nature's turned, our mind
      Transformed in all its powers;
      And both the witnesses are joined,
      The Spirit of God with ours.

      6 Whate'er our pardoning Lord
      Commands, we gladly do;
      And guided by his sacred word,
      We all his steps pursue:
      His glory our design,
      We live our God to please;
      And rise with filial fear divine,
      To perfect holiness.