Lord, I wait for the reply:
Groan an answer from within;
Tell me, Comforter, that I,

I shall be redeem'd from sin.

5 Hoping against hope, I wait
For redemption in Thy blood;
Help me in my lost estate,

Take away my heavy load.
Save me from this tyranny,

O bring near the joyful hour;
From all sin my spirit free,

All the guilt, and all the power.

6 Grant, O grant my last request; Nothing do I ask beside,

Only give my spirit rest,

Rest from self, and rest from pride:

Bring into Thy perfect peace,

Give me faith to enter in,

Let me with Thy people cease
From my own dead works of sin.

7 Power I want, a constant power
My own evil to eschew,

Till my heart can sin no more,
Till I am a creature new ;
Let me in Thy wounds abide
Till the perfect grace is given;

Give me this, I ask beside

Nothing or in earth or heaven.

A PRAYER FOR PERSONS JOINED IN FELLOWSHIP.

PART I.

I TRY us, O God, and search the ground
Of every sinful heart;
Whate'er of sin in us is found,

O bid it all depart.

2 When to the right or left we stray,
Leave us not comfortless,

But guide our feet into the way
Of everlasting peace.

3 Help us to help each other, Lord,
Each other's cross to bear;
Let each his friendly aid afford,
And feel his brother's care.
4 Help us to build each other up,
Our little stock improve;

Increase our faith, confirm our hope,
And perfect us in love.

5 Up into Thee, our living Head,
Let us in all things grow,

Till Thou hast made us free indeed

And sinless here below.

6 Then, when the mighty work is wrought, Receive Thy ready bride,

Give us in heaven an happy lot

With all the sanctified.

PART II.

I JESU, all power is given to Thee;

Command our inward parts;

Turn, as the rivers of the sea,

Our hard unyielding hearts.

2 Our hearts are to ourselves unknown, Till Thou the veil remove;

Open, enlarge, and melt them down
By Thy victorious love.

3 Thee, at Thy word, we come to meet,
And humbly to confess,
While lowly prostrate at Thy feet,
Our utter sinfulness.

4 O let us faithfully obey

The counsel of Thy will,

And each to each our faults display,
Our every thought reveal.

5 Our fig-leaves all be cast aside;
Let no self-soothing art

Conceal the lust, to' indulge the pride
Of a foul hellish heart.

6 Open a window in our breast,
That each our heart may see,
And let no secret be supprest,
Since all are known to Thee.

7 Remove the sins which we declare, The burden of our soul,

And hear the mutual faithful prayer, Which makes the sinner whole.

8 To all, through faith which is in Thee, A perfect soundness give,

And let us, from all sin set free,
The life of Jesus live.

PART III.

1 GOD of our life, at Thy command
We now our sins confess,
In nakedness of spirit stand,

And show our sore disease.

2 God of our health, in Thy great name
We now perform Thy will;
Regard our prayer, admit our claim,
Our sin-sick spirits heal.

3 Forgive the sins through which we groan,
Which we no longer hide;
Our filthiness of flesh we own,

Our filthiness of pride.

4 The devilish and the brutal lust
To Thee we now confess;
Cleanse us, O faithful God and just,
From all unrighteousness.

5 Then shall we to Thine only name
The praise and glory give,

The greatness of Thy power proclaim
To us-ward who believe.

6 Then let or earth or hell oppose,
We will assert Thy power,

And witness to a world of foes

That we can sin no more.

PART IV.

I JESU, united by Thy grace,

And each to each endear'd,
With confidence we seek Thy face,

And know our prayer is heard.

2 Still let us own our common Lord,
And bear Thine easy yoke—
A band of love, a threefold cord
Which never can be broke.

3 Make us into one spirit drink,
Baptize into Thy Name,
And let us always kindly think,
And sweetly speak the same.

4 Touch'd by the loadstone of Thy love,
Let all our hearts agree,

And ever towards each other move,
And ever move towards Thee.

5 To Thee inseparably join'd,
Let all our spirits cleave;
O may we all the loving mind
That was in Thee receive:

6 This is the bond of perfectness,
Thy spotless charity;

O let us (still we pray) possess
The mind that was in Thee.

7 Grant this, and then from all below

Insensibly remove;

Our souls their change shall scarcely know, Made perfect first in love.

8 With ease our souls through death shall glide Into their paradise,

And thence on wings of angels ride
Triumphant through the skies.