3 "Chief of ten thousand!" now appear,
That we by faith may see thy face;
Oh, speak, that we thy voice may hear,
And let thy presence fill this place!

107. "There am I in the midst." Matt. 18: 20.
JESUS, where'er thy people meet,

There they behold thy mercy-seat;
Where'er they seek thee, thou art found,
And every place is hallowed ground.

2 For thou, within no walls confined,
Inhabitest the humble mind;

Such ever bring thee where they come,
And going, take thee to their home.
3 Great Shepherd of thy chosen few!
Thy former mercies here renew;
Here to our waiting hearts proclaim
The sweetness of thy saving name.

108.

"Men ought always to pray." Luke 18: 1. 7HAT various hindrances we meet In coming to a mercy-seat!

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Yet who that knows the worth of prayer
But wishes to be often there?

COWPER

COWPER

2 Prayer makes the darkened cloud withdraw,
Prayer climbs the ladder Jacob saw,
Gives exercise to faith and love,
Brings every blessing from above.

3 Restraining prayer, we cease to fight;
Prayer makes the Christian's armor bright;
And Satan trembles when he sees
The weakest saint upon his knees.

4 Have you no words? ah! think again;
Words flow apace when you complain,
And fill a fellow-creature's ear
With the sad tale of all your care.

5 Were half the breath thus vainly spent
To heaven in supplication sent,

Our cheerful song would oftener be,

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'Hear what the Lord hath done for me!"

110.

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Psalm 103.

HE pity of the Lord

To those that fear his name,
Is such as tender parents feel:
He knows our feeble frame.

2 He knows we are but dust,

Scattered with every breath;
His anger, like a rising wind,
Can send us swift to death.

3 Our days are as the grass,

Or like the morning flower;

WATTS.

If one sharp blast sweep o'er the field,
It withers in an hour.

4 But thy compassions, Lord,

To endless years endure;

And children's children ever find
Thy words of promise sure.

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Psalm 61.

HEN overwhelmed with grief,
My heart within me dies,
Helpless, and far from all relief,
To heaven I lift mine eyes.

2 Oh, lead me to the Rock
That's high above my head!
And make the covert of thy wings
My shelter and my shade.

WATTS.

111.

3 Within thy presence, Lord,
For ever I'll abide :

112.

Thou art the tower of my defence,
The refuge where I hide.

B

"Let us come boldly." Heb. 4: 16.
EHOLD the throne of grace:

The promise calls me near;
There Jesus shows a smiling face,
And waits to answer prayer.

2 My soul! ask what thou wilt;
Thou canst not be too bold:
Since his own blood for thee he spilt,
What else can he withhold?

3 Thine image, Lord, bestow,
Thy presence and thy love:
I ask to serve thee here below,
And reign with thee above.

3 Teach me to live by faith;
Conform my will to thine;
Let me victorious be in death,
And then in glory shine.

Luke 18: 1–7.

JESUS, who knows full well

heart of every saint,

Invites us all our griefs to tell,
To pray, and never faint.

2 He bows his gracious ear-
We never plead in vain ;
Then let us wait till he appear,
And pray, and pray again.

3 Jesus, the Lord, will hear

His chosen when they cry;
Yes, though he may awhile forbear,
He'll help them from on high.

4 Then let us earnest cry,

And never faint in prayer;

He sees, he hears, and from on high
Will make our cause his care.

NEWTON.

NEWTON.

PRAY

Eph. 6: 18.

MONTGOMERY.

RAYER is the soul's sincere desire,
Uttered or unexpressed;

The motion of a hidden fire

That trembles in the breast.

2 Prayer is the burden of a sigh,
The falling of a tear,

The upward glancing of an eye,
When none but God is near.

3 Prayer is the simplest form of speech
That infant lips can try;

Prayer, the sublimest strains that reach
The Majesty on high.

4 Prayer is the contrite sinner's voice,
Returning from his ways;

While angels in their songs rejoice,
And cry, "Behold, he prays!"

5 Prayer is the Christian's vital breath,
The Christian's native air,

His watchword at the gates of death:
He enters heaven with prayer.

60 thou, by whom we come to God,
The Life, the Truth, the Way!
The path of prayer thyself hast trod ;
Lord! teach us how to pray.

114.

115.

Prayer that "availeth much." Jas. 5: 16.

HERE is an eye that never sleeps
Beneath the wing of night,

There is an ear that never shuts,
When sink the beams of light.
2 There is an arm that never tires,
When human strength gives way;
There is a love that never fails,
When earthly loves decay.

3 That eye is fixed on seraph throngs ;
That arm upholds the sky;
That ear is filled with angel songs;
That love is throned on high.

WALLACE.

4 But there's a power which man can wield,
When mortal aid is vain,

That eye, that arm, that love to reach,
That listening ear to gain.

5 That power is prayer, which soars on high,
Through Jesus, to the throne;

And moves the hand which moves the world,
To bring salvation down!

WITH

Heb. 4: 15.

7ITH joy we meditate the grace
Of our High Priest above:

His heart is made of tenderness-
It melts with pitying love.

2 Touched with a sympathy within,
He knows our feeble frame;
He knows what sore temptations mean,
For he hath felt the same.

3 He, in the days of feeble flesh,

Poured out his cries and tears;
And, in his measure, feels afresh
What every member bears.

4 Then let our humble faith address
His mercy and his power;
We shall obtain delivering grace
In the distressing hour.

WATTS.