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6 The hour of my departure's come;
I hear the voice that calls me home
Now, O my God! let trouble cease,
Now let thy servant die in peace.

481.

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Life resigned; or, waiting to def ri. 1 Chron. xxix. 28. Job viii. 16. Ph

10 TIS enough! I ask no more,

Full of a few sad sinful days,
Sated with life, till life is o'er,

I languish to conclude my race,
And silently resign my breath,
And sink into the shades of death.
2 This earth without regret I leave;
Impatient for my heav'nly rest;
Saviour, my weary soul receive,
Take a sad pilgrim to thy breast,
I only live, and die, to be

Restor'd, resorb'd, and lost in thee.
(493.) P. M.
482. Dying Saint to hus Soul.
1 VITAL spark of heavenly flame!
Quit, O quit this mortal frame:
Trembling, hoping, ling'ring, flying,
O the pain, the bliss of dying!
Cease, fond nature, cease thy strife,
And let me languish into life.
2 Hark! they whisper, angels say,
"Sister spirit, come away;"
What is this absorbs me quite?
Steals my senses, shuts my sight.
Drowns my spirit, draws my breath!
Tell me, my soul, can this be death?
3 The world recedes, it disappears!
Heaven opens on my eyes-my ears
With sounds seraphic ring!
Lend, lend your wings, I mount! I fly!
O grave, where is thy victory?
O death, where is thy sting?

23.

THE MEANS OF GRACE.

1. THE WORD OF GOD.

See Hymns from 1 to 12 inclusive,

2. PRAYER-PRIVATE.

L, M.

483. Pray without ceasing. 1 Thes. v. 17, PRAY'R was appointed to convey

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The blessings God designs to give;
Long as they live should christians pray,
For only while they pray, they live.
2 The christian's heart his pray'r indites,
He speaks as prompted from within;
The Spirit his petition writes,

And Christ receives, and gives it in.
4 And shall we in dead silence lie,
When Christ stands waiting for our pray'r?
My soul, thou hast a friend on high;
Arise, and try thy interest there.

6 If pains afflict, or wrongs oppress
If cares distract, or fears dismay—
If guilt deject-if sin distress,
The remedy's before thee!-pray.

Tis prayer supports the soul that's weak,
Tho' thought be broken-language lame;
Pray, if thou canst, or canst not speak,
But pray with faith in Jesus' name.

484.

L. M.

Exhortation to Prayer.

WHAT various hind'rances we meet

In coming to a mercy-seat!

Yet who that knows the worth of pray'r,
But wishes to be often there!

2 Pray'r makes the darken'd cloud withdrawą Pray'r climbs the ladder Jacob saw

Gives excercise to faith and love→→→→
Brings ev'ry blessing from above.

3 Restraining prayer, we cease to fight;
Pray'r makes the christian's armour bright;
And satan trembles when he sees
The weakest saint upon his knees.

Have you no words? ah! think again:
Words flow apace when you complain,
And fill your fellow-creature's ear
With the sad tale of all your care.

5 Were half the breath thus vainly spent, 2
To heaven in supplications sent-

Your cheerful songs should oftener be,
"Hear what the Lord has done for me!"

485.

S. M.

Importunate prayer prevalım with God
Luke xviii. 1-7.

1 THE Lord, who truly knows

2

The heart of ev'ry sai,

Invites us by his holy word,
To pray and never faint.

He bows his gracious ear;

We never plead in vain;
Yet we must wait till he appear

And pray, and pray again.

3 Tho' unbelief suggest,

Why should we longer wait?
He bids us never give him rest
But be importunate.

4 "Twas thus a widow poor,
Without support or friend,
Beset the unjust judge's door,
And gain'd at last her end.

5

And shall not Jesus hear
His children when they cry?

6

Yes, tho' he may awhile forbear,
He'll not their suit deny.

Then let us earnest be,
And never faint in pray❜r;

He loves our importunity,

And makes our cause his care.

486.

1

C. M.

Private devotion. Matt. vi. 6

FATHER Divine, thy piercing eye
Sees thro' the darkest night:
In deep retirement thou art nigh,
With heart-discerning sight.

2 There may thy piercing eye survey
My solemn homage paid,
With ev'ry morning's dawning ray,
Aud ev'ry evening's shade.

S Oh, let thy own celestial fire
The incense still inflame;
While my warm vows to thee aspire,
Thro' my Redeemer's name.

4 So shall the visits of thy love
My soul in secret bless;

So shalt thou deign in worlds above,
Thy suppliant to confess.

487.

1

C. M.

Behold he prayeth.

Acts ix. t.

PRAY'R is the soul's sincere desire,
Utter'd or unexpress'd,

'The motion of a hidden fire

That trembles in the breast.

2 Pray'r is the burden of a sigh,
The falling of a tear;

The upward glancing of an eye
When none but God is near.

Pray'r is the simplest form of speech
That infant lips can try;

Pray' the sublimest strains that reach
The majesty on high.

Pray'r is the christian's vital breath,
The christian's native air,

His watchword at the gate of death-
He enters heav'n with pray'r.

5 Pray'r is the contrite sinner's voice
Returning from his ways,

While angels in their songs rejoice
And say," Behold he prays,'

SOCIAL.

P. M.

488. Private Meetings. Matt. xviii. 2). 1 " WHERE two or three together meet,

My love and mercy to repeat,

And tell what I have done,

There will 1 be," saith God, "to bless,
And ev'ry burden'd soul redress,

Who worships at my throne."

2 Make one in this assembly, Lord,
Speak to each heart some cheering word,
To set the spirit free:

Impart a kind celestial show'r,

And grant that we may spend an hour
In fellowship with thee.

C. M.

489. Reviewing the Mercies of God. 2 Sanı

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vii. 13.

FAIN I would my soul with wonder trace

Thy mercies, O my God;

And tell the riches of thy grace
The merits of thy blood.

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2 With Israel's King, my heart would cry, While I review thy ways,

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