4 O Thou who givest life and breath, We seek Thy grace alone,
In childhood, manhood, age, and death, To keep us still Thine own.
FOR HEATHEN CHILDREN.
1 GOD of love! before Thee now Help us all in love to bow; As the dews on Hermon fall, Let Thy blessing rest on all. 2 Let it soften every breast, Hush ungentle thoughts to rest, Till we feel ourselves to be Children of one family;
3 Children who can look above For a heavenly Father's love; Who shall meet, life's journey past, In that Father's house at last.
4 But while thankfully we stand Round Thy footstool hand in hand, Yet one humble, earnest plea, Father, we would bring to Thee:
5 Far across the ocean wave Brethren, sisters too, we have: But they have not heard of Thee; Wilt Thou not their Father be?
6 Let them hear the Shepherd's voice, And beneath His care rejoice; And together let them come
To the fold while yet there's room.
THE HEAVENLY JERUSALEM.
1 JERUSALEM, my happy home,— Name ever dear to me; When shall my conflicts have an end, When shall I rest in thee?
2 O when, thou city of my God, Shall I thy courts ascend,
Where joy and peace for ever dwell, And Sabbaths never end?
3 Why should I shrink at pain and woe, Or feel at death dismay, With Canaan's land of rest in view, And realms of endless day.
4 Apostles, martyrs, prophets there, Around my Saviour stand: And soon my friends, redeem'd below, Will join the glorious band.
5 Jerusalem, my happy home,
My soul still pants for thee; Then shall my conflicts have an end, When I thy joys shall see.
CHRIST OUR SHEPHERD.
1 SHEPHERD of Thy little flock, Lead me to the shadowy rock, Where the richest pasture grows, Where the living water flows.
2 By that pure and silent stream, Shelter'd from the scorching beam, Shepherd, Saviour, Guardian, Guide, Keep me ever near Thy side.
PRAISE TO JESUS.
1 LET us sing with one accord Praise to Jesus Christ our Lord : He is worthy whom we praise, Hearts and voices let us raise- He hath made us try His power, He hath kept us till this hour, He redeems us from the grave, He who died now lives to save. 2 What He bids us, let us do, Where He leads us, let us go; As He loves us, let us love All below, and all above.
3 Angels praise Him, so will we, Sinful children though we be;
Poor and weak, we'll sing the more, poor.
Jesus loves the weak and
4 Dear to Him is childhood's prayer, Children's hearts to Him are dear; Heart and voice, let all be given : All will find the way to heaven.
THE LAMB OF GOD.
1 I LAY my sins on Jesus,- The spotless Lamb of God; He bears them all, and frees us From the accursed load.
I bring my guilt to Jesus, To wash my crimson stains White in his blood most precious, Till not a spot remains.
2 I lay my wants on Jesus
All fulness dwells in Him, He heals all my diseases, He doth my soul redeem. I lay my griefs on Jesus, My burdens and my cares; He from them all releases,- He all my sorrows shares.
3 I rest my soul on Jesus,- This weary soul of mine; His right hand me embraces, I on his breast recline.
I love the name of Jesus, Immanuel, Christ, the Lord! Like fragrance on the breezes, His name abroad is pour❜d. 4 I long to be like Jesus- Meek, loving, lowly, mild; I long to be like Jesus- The Father's holy child. I long to be with Jesus, Amid the heavenly throng, To sing with saints His praises, To learn the angels' song.
THY WILL BE DONE.
1 My God and Father! while I stray Far from my home, in life's rough way, O! teach me from my heart to say,
"Thy will be done!"
2 Though dark my path and sad my lot, "be still" and murmur not;
Let me And ever pray, as Thou hast taught,
"Thy will be done!"
3 What though in lonely grief I sigh For friends beloved, no longer nigh, Submissive still would be my cry,
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