57    L.M.     Isaac Watts
The Gospel the Power of God to Salvation. Rom. 1. 16

1 What shall the dying sinner do,
  That seeks relief for all his woe?
  Where shall the guilty conscience find
  Ease for the torment of the mind?

2 How shall we get our crimes forgiven,
  Or form our natures fit for heaven?
  Can souls, all o’er defiled with sin,
  Make their own powers and passions clean?

3 In vain we search, in vain we try,
  Till Jesus brings his gospel nigh;
  ’Tis there that power and glory dwell,
  That save rebellious souls from hell.

4 This is the pillar of our hope,
  That bears our fainting spirits up;
  We read the grace, we trust the word,
  And find salvation in the Lord.

5 [Let men or angels dig the mines
  Where nature’s golden treasure shines;
  Brought near the doctrine of the cross,
  All nature’s gold appears but dross.]

6 Should vile blasphemers, with disdain,
  Pronounce the truths of Jesus vain,
  We’ll meet the scandal and the shame,
  And sing and triumph in his name.