4 If, in these fatal fetters bound,
A wretched slave I lie,
Smite off my chains, and wake
To light and liberty.

462.

5 To humble penitence and prayer
Be gentle pity given;

463.

Speak ample pardon to my heart,
And seal its claim to heaven.

S. M.

Self-abandonment to God.

1 LORD! bring me to resign
My doubting heart to thee;

GRÜNBECK

And, whether cheerful or distressed,
Thine, thine alone to be.

2 My only aim be this,-
Thy purpose to fulfil,

In thee rejoice with all my strength,
And do thy holy will.

3 Lord! thy all-seeing eye

Keeps watch with sleepless care:
Thy great compassion never fails;
Thou hear'st my needy prayer.

4 So will I firmly trust,

That thou wilt guide me still,

And guard me safe throughout the
That leads to Zion's hill.

C. M.

Religious Retirement.

1 FAR from the world, O Lord! I flee
From strife and tumult far;

way

COWPER

From scenes, where sin is waging still
Its most successful war.

2 The calm retreat, the silent shade,
With prayer and praise agree;
And seem, by thy sweet bounty, made
For those who follow thee.

3 There, if thy spirit touch the soul,
And grace her mean abode;

O with what peace, and joy, and love,
She communes with her God.

4 There, like the nightingale, she pours
Her solitary lays;

464.

Nor asks a witness of her song,
Nor thirsts for human praise.

5 Author and Guardian of my life,
Sweet Source of light divine,
And all harmonious names in one,
My Father-thou art mine!

1 LET deepest silence all around
Its peaceful shelter spread;
So shall the living word abound,
The word that wakes the dead.

2 How sweet to wait upon the Lord
In stillness and in prayer!

What though no preacher speak the word
A minister is there:

3 He knows to bend the heart of steel,
He bows the loftiest soul;

O'er all we think and all we feel,
How matchless his control'

465.

4 And, O, how precious is his love
In tender mercy given;
It whispers of the blest above,
And stays the soul on heaven.

5 From mind to mind, in streams of joy
The holy influence spreads;
'Tis peace, 't is praise without alloy
For God that influence sheds.

6 To thee, O God, we still will pray,
And praise thee as before;
For this thy glorious gospel-day,
Teach us to praise thee more.

L. M. 61.

"Help thou my unbelief."

1 IF listening, as I listen still,

O God! to thine instructive word,

In spite of all my spirit's will,

BOWRING

Some whispering voice of doubt is heard,--.
That voice spontaneous from the soul,
Which nought can check and nought control;

2 If when most earnestly I pray

For light, for aid, for strength from thee, Some struggling thoughts will force their way And break my soul's serenity;

If reason, thy best gift, will hold

The sceptre only half controlled :—

3 Help and forgive! heaven's alphabet
Hath many a word of mystery;
I read not all thy record yet,
Though perseveringly I try;

But teach me, Lord! and none shall be
More prompt, more pleased to learn of thee.

466.

1

S. M.

Doing all to the Glory of God.

TEACH me, my God and King
In all things thee to see;
And what I do in anything,
To do it as for thee.

2 To scorn the senses' sway,
While still to thee I tend;

In all I do be thou the way,
In all be thou the end.

3 All may of thee partake:
Nothing so small can be,

HERBER

But draws, when acted for thy sake,
Greatness and worth from thee.

4 If done beneath thy laws,
Even servile labors shine;
Hallowed is toil, if this the cause,
The meanest work divine.

8s. 7s. & 4s. M.

God the Pilgrim's Guide and Strength.
1 GUIDE me, O thou great Jehovah,
Pilgrim through this mortal land:
I am weak, but thou art mighty;
Hold me with thy powerful hand :
Bread of heaven,

Feed me till I want no more.

2 Open now the crystal fountain,

(LIVER.

Whence the healing streams do flow;
Let the fiery, cloudy pillar

Lead me all my journey through:
Strong Deliverer,

Be thou still my strength and shield.

467.

3 When I tread the verge of Jordan,
Bid my anxious fears subside;
Bear me through the swelling current
Land me safe on Canaan's side:
Songs of praises

I will ever give to thee.

468.

C. M.

WREFORD

Prayer for Faith.

1 LORD! I believe; thy power I own,
Thy word I would obey;

I wander comfortless, and lone,
When from thy truth I stray.

2 Lord! I believe; but gloomy fears
Sometimes bedim my sight;
and tears,

I look to thee with prayers

And cry for strength and light.

3 Lord! I believe; but oft, I know,
My faith is cold and weak;
Strengthen my weakness, and bestow
The confidence I seek!

4 Yes, I believe; and only thou
Canst give my soul relief;
Lord! to thy truth my spirit bow
Help thou my unbelief!

1 WHEN Overwhelmed with grief,
My heart within me dies;

Helpless and far from all relief,

To heaven I lift mine eyes.

WATTS