2 Lord, on thee our souls depend;
In compassion now descend;
Fill our hearts with heavenly grace,
'Tune our lips to sing thy praise.
3 In thine own appointed way,
Now we seek thee,-here we stay:
Lord, we know not how to go,
Till a blessing thou bestow.

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Lord, remember me.

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THOU, from whom ail goodness flown,

'I lift my heart to thee;

In all my sorrows, conflicts, woes,
Dear Lord, remember me!

2 When on my guilty, burdened heart
My sins lie heavily,

My pardon speak, new peace impart,
In love, remember me!

3 Temptations sore obstruct my way,
And ills I cannot flee;

Oh! give me strength, Lord, as my day
And still remember me!

4 Distressed with pain, disease, and grief,
This feeble body see;

Grant patience, rest, and kind relief
Hear, and remember me!

5 If on my face, for thy dear name,
Shame and reproaches be,

I'll hail reproach, and welcome shame,
If thou remember me.

> The hour is near, the hour of death,
I own the just decree:

And when I draw my parting breath,
Saviour, remember me!

GOD! I am a little child

Who fain to thee would pray;

But am so lost in folly's wild,
I know not what to say.

2 O teach my light and erring tongue
To render thanks to thee;

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And mould my simple heart, while young,
To deep humility.

3 For thou hast made me what I am,
With brightest hopes before;
And put a reasoning soul within,
To live for evermore.

That thou art kind, and great, and good,
I joyfully believe;

But, Ŏ thy boundless love to man,

My mind cannot conceive.

5 That thou shouldst send thine only Son
From regions of the sky,

For the lost, sinful race of man
A dreadful death to die,

6 I cannot grasp. But teach me, Lord,
With grateful heart to bow;

And be that reverenced and adored,
Which none conceives but Thou.

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ATHER, whate'er of earthly bliss
Thy sovereign will denies,
Accepted at thy throne of grace
Let this petition rise.

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2 Let the sweet hope that thou art mine
My life and death attend;

Thy presence through my journey shine,
And crown my journey's end.

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God's Blessing asked.

C. M.

THAT the Lord would guide my ways
To keep his statutes still;

O that my God would grant me grace
To know and do his will.

2 O send thy Spirit down to write
Thy law upon my heart;

Nor let my tongue indulge deceit,
Nor act the liar's part.

3 Conduct my footsteps by thy word,
And make my heart sincere;
Let sin have no dominion, Lord,
But keep my conscience clear.

4 Make me to walk in thy commands;
'Tis a delightful road;

Nor let my head, nor heart, nor hands
Offend against my God.

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An Infant's Prayer.

H Infant praise and humble prayer
TOLY Father, please to hear
Thou, who gav'st us parents kind,
.* Teach us ever them to mind.

2 Food and raiment, home and friends,
All we have, thy goodness sends;
And for these our hearts shall raise
Grateful thanks and humble praise,

3 Guide our lives in grace and truth, Through the tempting scenes of youth. And when here our trials cease,

O receive our souls in peace.

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Prayer for Guidance.

C. M.

1 PERMIT me, Lord, to seek thy face,

Obedient to thy call;

To seek the presence of thy grace,
My strength, my life, my all.
2 All I can wish is thine to give?
My God, I ask thy love;

That greatest bliss I can receive,
The bliss of heaven above..

3 To heaven my restless heart aspires;
O for a quickening ray,

To wake and warm my faint desires,
And cheer the tiresome way!

4 The path to thy divine abode.
Through a wild desert lies;
A thousand snares beset the road,
A thousand terrors rise.

5 Satan and sin unite their art

To keep me from my Lord;

Dear Saviour, guard my trembling heart,
And guide me by thy word.

A childlike Spirit.

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1 JESUS, make

my sinful heart

Humble, teachable, and mild; Upright, simple, free from art,

Like a little infant child.

2 Every little child relies

On a care beyond his own;

Knows he's neither strong nor wise,
Fears to stir a step alone.

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3 From all pride and envy free,
Teach me to obey thy will;
Pleased with all that pleases thee,
Love and praise and bless thee still.
4 What thou shalt to-day provide,
Let me as a child receive;
What to-morrow may betide,
Calmly to thy wisdom leave.

5 Let me then on thee rely,
While my heart to thee I give;
Happy when I come to die,
If I die with thee to live.

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Prayer for Mercy.

ERCY alone can meet my case;
For mercy, Lord, I cry:

Jesus, Redeemer, show thy face
In mercy, or I die.

2 Save me-for none besides can save;

At thy command I tread,

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With trembling step, life's stormy wave ;The wave goes o'er my head.

3 I perish, and my doom were just ; But wilt thou leave me?

No:

I hold thee fast, my hope, my trust;
I will not let thee go.

4 Still sure to me thy promise stands,
And ever must abide ;
Behold it written on thy hands,
And graven in thy side.

5 To this, this only, will I cleave;
Thy word is all my plea;

That word is truth, and I believe ;-
Have mercy, Lord, on me!