LET THIS MIND BE IN YOU, WHICH WAS IN CHRIST JESUS." LORD, I feel a carnal mind, That hangs about me still, Vainly though I strive to bind My own rebellious will: Is not haughtiness of heart The gulf between my God and me? Meek Redeemer, now impart Thine own humility. Fain would I my Lord pursue, Be all my Saviour taught; Do as Jesus bids me do, And think as Jesus thought: But 'tis Thou must change the heart, The perfect gift must come from Thee: Meek Redeemer, now impart Thine own humility. Lord, I cannot, must not rest, Thy lowly mind my portion be Let Thy cross my will control, Give me, Lord, a contrite heart, A heart that always looks to Thee: Meek Redeemer, now impart Thine own humility. Tear away my every boast, In Thy redeeming grace: Give me a submissive heart, From pride and self-dependence free; Meek Redeemer, now impart Thine own humility. MY MEDITATION OF HIM SHALL BE SWEET." WHEN langour and disease invade Sweet to look inward, and attend Sweet to look back, and see my name Sweet to reflect how grace divine Sweet to remember that his blood My debt of suffering paid. Sweet in his righteousness to stand, Which saves from second death; Sweet to experience, day by day, His spirit's quickening breath. Sweet on his faithfulness to rest, Sweet in the confidence of faith, Sweet to rejoice in lively hope, That when the change shall come, Angels will hover round my bed, And waft my spirit home. There shall my dis-imprisoned soul, Behold Him and adore; Be with his likeness satisfied, And grieve and sin no more: Shall see Him wear that very flesh, As though but newly slain. Soon, too, my slumbering dust shall hear, These eyes shall see Him in that day, If such the views which grace unfolds, What raptures must the church above, If such the sweetness of the stream, O may the unction of these truths, For ever with me stay, Till, from her sinful cage dismissed, |