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Hymn.

Resignation.-Childlike dispositions.

1 QUIET, LORD, my froward heart;

Make me teachable and mild;
Upright, simple, free from art,

Make me as a weaned child;
From distrust and envy free,
Pleas'd with all that pleases Thee.
2 What Thou shalt to-day provide,
Let me as a child receive;
What to-morrow may betide,
Calmly to Thy wisdom leave:
'Tis enough that Thou wilt care;
Why should I the burden bear?
3 As a little child relies

On a care beyond his own,
Knows he's neither strong nor wise,
Fears to stir a step alone;
Let me thus with Thee abide,

As my FATHER, GUARD, and GUIDE. 4 Thus preserv'd from Satan's wiles, Safe from dangers, free from fears, May I live upon Thy smiles,

Till the promis'd hour appears, When the sons of GOD shall prove All their FATHER'S boundless love.

Hymn.

Resignation under Affliction. ·

1 NAKED as from the earth we came,

And crept to life at first;

We to the earth return again,
And mingle with our dust.

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2 The dear delights we here enjoy,
And fondly call our own,

Are but short favours borrow'd now,
To be repaid anon.

3 'Tis GOD that lifts our comforts high,. Or sinks them in the

grave;

He gives, and (blessed be His Name!)
He takes but what He gave.

4 Peace, all our angry passions, then ;
Let each rebellious sigh
Be silent at His sov'reign will,
And every murmur die.

5 If smiling mercy crown our lives,
It's praises shall be spread;
And we'll adore the justice too
That strikes our comforts dead.

Hymn.

Prayer for Resignation.

1 FATHER, whate'er of earthly bliss
Thy sov'reign will denies,

Accepted at Thy throne of grace,
Let this petition rise:

2 Give me a calm, a thankful heart,
From ev'ry murmur free:

The blessings of Thy grace impart,
And make me live to Thee.

3 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.'

Hymn.

Self-denial.

1 ASHAM'D of CHRIST! my soul disown
The mean ungen'rous thought:
Shall I disown that Friend, whose blood
To man salvation brought?

2 With the glad news of love and peace From heav'n to earth He came ;

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For us endur'd the painful cross;
For us despis'd the shame.

3 At His command we must take up

Our cross without delay:

Our lives-and thousand lives of ours-
His love can ne'er repay.

4 Each faithful suff'rer JESUS views
With infinite delight;

Their lives to Him are dear, their deaths
Are precious in His sight.

5 To bear His Name, His cross to bear,
Our highest honour this!

Who nobly suffers now for Him
Shall reign with Him in bliss.

6 But should we in the evil day
From our profession fly,

JESUS the JUDGE, before the world,
The traitor will deny.

Hymn.

Trust in God.

1 BEGONE, unbelief,
My SAVIOUR is near,
And for my relief

Will surely appear:
By pray'r let me wrestle,
And He will perform;
With CHRIST in the vessel,
I smile at the storm.

2 Though dark be my way, Since He is my Guide, "Tis mine to obey,

"Tis His to provide: Though cisterns be broken,

And creatures all fail,
The word He has spoken
Shall surely prevail.

3 His love in time past
Forbids me to think

He'll leave me at last
In trouble to sink:
Each sweet Ebenezer
I have in review,
Confirms His good pleasure
To help me quite through.

4 Determin'd to save,

He watch'd o'er my path,
When, Satan's blind slave,
I sported with death:

And can He have taught me
To trust in His Name,
And thus far have brought me,
To put me to shame?

5 Why should I complain
Of want or distress,
Temptation or pain?

He told me no less:
The heirs of salvation,

I know from His Word,
Through much tribulation
Must follow their LORD.

6 How bitter that cup,

No heart can conceive,
Which He drank quite up,
That sinners might live!
His way was much rougher
And darker than mine;
Did JESUS thus suffer,
And shall I repine?

7 Since all that I meet

Shall work for my good,

The bitter is sweet,

The med'cine is food:
Though painful at present,
"Twill cease before long,
And then, Oh! how pleasant
The conqueror's song!

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