2 What though my shrinking flesh com plain, And murmur to contend so long? I rise superior to my pain: When I am weak, then I am strong! And when my all of strength shall fail, I shall with the God-man prevail. 651 1st P. M. 6 lines 8, Continued.-Victorious prayer. YIELD to me now, for I am weak, 2 'Tis Love! 'tis Love! thou diedst for me; 8 My prayer hath power with God; the grace Unspeakable I now receive; 4 I know thee, Saviour, who thou art,- 652 1st P. M. 6 lines 8s. Concluded.-Thy name is Love. HE Sun of Righteousness on me THE Hath risen with healing in his wings: Wither'd my nature's strength, from thee My soul its life and succour brings : My help is all laid up above; Thy nature and thy name is Love. 2 Contented now, upon my thigh I halt, till life's short journey end; All helplessness, all weakness, I On thee alone for strength depend: Nor have I power from thee to move; Thy nature and thy name is Love. 3 Lame as I am, I take the prey; Hell, earth, and sin, with ease o'ercome; I leap for joy, pursue my way, And, as a bounding hart, fly home, Through all eternity to prove Thy nature and thy name is Love. 653 L. M. The Minister's prayer: Christ's constraining love. AVIOUR of men, thy searching eye 2 The love of Christ doth me constrain 3 For this let men revile my name; 4 My life, my blood, I here present, 5 Give me thy strength, O God of power; Then let winds blow, or thunders roar, Thy faithful witness will be: 'Tis fix'd; I can do all through thee. 654 C. M. The Minister's prayer: The scandal of the cross. JESUS, my strength and righteousness, 2 Thou, Lord, hast magnified thy Name; 3 Thou gavést me to speak thy word, I have proclaim'd my dying Lord, 4 Superior to my foes I stood, 6 O let me never blush to own Which saves a world through faith alone, 655 L. M. The Minister's prayer: Boldness in the Gospel. CHALL I, for fear of feeble man, SH The Spirit's course in me restrain? 2 Awed by a mortal's frown, shall I To sin! a bubble on the wave! 5 Yea, let men rage; since thou wilt spread Thy shadowing wings around my head: Since in all pain thy tender love Will still my sure refreshment prove. 656 GOD 3d P. M. 4 6s & 2 88. Birthday. OD of my life, to thee I see my natal hour return, And all my blessings came 3 Long as I live beneath, To thee O let me live; To thee my every breath In thanks and praises give: Whate'er I have, whate'er I am, Shall magnify my Maker's Name. 4 My soul and all its powers Thine, wholly thine, shall be; All, all my happy hours I consecrate to thee: Me to thine image now restore, 5 I wait thy will to do, 6 Then, when the work is done, In death's triumphant hour: 657 L. M. Smarting under the rod. CHASTISED by an indulgent God, But never faint beneath the rod, I would with thankful awe accept |