4 Give me thy might, thou God of

power : Then let or men or fiends assail, Strong in thy strength I'll stand, a tower

Impregnable to earth or hell. 473 Marion—p. 162.] 1st P. M. 6 lines 8s.

IVE me the faith which can remove

Give me the childlike, praying love,

Which longs to build thy house again :
Thy love let it my heart o’erpower,
And all my simple soul devour.
2 I want an even, strong desire,

I want a calmly fervent zeal,
To save poor souls out of the fire,

To snatch them from the verge of hell,
And turn them to a pard’ning God,
And quench the brands in Jesus' blood.
3 I would the precious time redeem,

And longer live for this alone,
To spend, and to be spent for them,

Who have not yet my Saviour known;
Fully on these my mission prove,
And only breathe, to breathe thy love.
4 My talents, gifts, and graces, Lord,

Into thy blessed hands receive;
And let me live to preach thy word ;

And let me to thy glory live;
My every sacred moment spend
In publishing the sinner's Friend.
5 Enlarge, inflame, and fill my heart

With boundless charity divine!
So shall I all my strength exert,

And love them with a zeal like thine;
And lead them to thy open side,
The sheep for whom their Shepherd died.

ON THE SPREAD OF THE GOSPEL,

474 Willowby—p. 191.] 4th P. M. 886,886.
JES
ESUS, thou soul of all our joys,

For whom we now lift up our voice,
And all our strength exert ;
Vouchsafe the grace we humbly claim;
Compose into a thankful frame,

And tune thy people's heart.
2 While in the heavenly work we join,
Thy glory be our whole design,

Thy glory, not our own :-
Still let us keep our end in view,
And still the pleasing task pursue,

To please our God alone.
3 The secret pride, the subtle sin,
O let it never more steal in,

T' offend thy glorious eyes!
To desecrate our hallow'd strain,
And make our solen service vain,

And mar our sacrifice.
4 To magnify thy awful name,
To spread the honours of the Lamb,

Let us our voices raise ;
Our souls' and bodies' powers unite,
Regardless of our own delight,

And dead to human praise.
5 Still let us on our guard be found,
And watch against the power of sound,

With sacred jealousy :
Lest, haply, sense should damp our zeal,
And music's charms bewitch and steal

Our heart away from thee.

6 That hurrying strife far off remove, That noisy burst of selfish love,

Which swells the formal song; The joy from out our hearts arise, And speak and sparkle in our eyes,

And vibrate on our tongue. 7 Thee let us praise, our common Lord, And sweetly join with one accord

Thy goodness to proclaim : Jesus, thyself in us reveal, And all our faculties shall feel

Thy harmonizing name.
8 With calmly reverential joy,
O let us all our lives employ

In setting forth thy love!
And raise in death our triumph higher,
And sing, with all the heavenly choir,

That endless song above.
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NCE more we come before our God;

O may not duty seem a load,

Nor worship prove a task.
2 Father, thy quick’ning Spirit send

From heaven, in Jesus' name,
To make our waiting minds attend,

And put our souls in frame.
3 May we receive the word we hear,

Each in an honest heart;
And keep the precious treasure there,

And never with it part.
4 To seek thee all our hearts dispose,

To each thy blessings suit,
And let the seed thy servant sows

Produce abundant fruit.

Whose mercies over all rejoice,

Through endless ages still the same; Thou by thy word upholdest all;

Thy bounteous love to all is show'd; Thou hear'st thy every creature's call ;

And fillest every mouth with good. 2 In heaven thou reign'st enthroned in light,

Nature's expanse before thee spread; Earth, air, and

sea,

before thy sight, And hell's deep gloom, are open laid ! Wisdom, and might, and love are thine ;

Prostrate before thy face we fall, Confess thine attributes divine,

And hail thee sovereign Lord of all. 3 Thee, sovereign Lord, let all confess

That move in earth, or air, or sky; Revere thy power, thy goodness bless,

Tremble before thy piercing eye; All ye who owe to him your birth,

In praise your every hour employ :
Jehovah reigns, be glad, O earth ;

And shout, ye morning stars, for joy!
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SON of thy Sire's eternal love,

Take to thyself thy mighty power ;
Let all earth's sons thy mercy prove,

Let all thy wondrous grace adore ; The triumphs of thy love display ;

In every heart reign thou alone, Till all thy foes confess thy sway,

And glory end what grace begun.

SECOND PART.

2 Spirit of grace, and health, and power ;

Fountain of light and love below; Abroad thy healing influence shower,

O’er all the nations let it flow;
Inflame our hearts with perfect love,

In us the work of faith fulfil ;
So not heaven's host shall swifter move,

Than we on earth to do thy will.
3 Father, 'tis thine each day to yield

Thy children's wants a fresh supply ; Thou cloth'st the lilies of the field,

And hearest the young ravens cry; On thee we cast our care; we live

Through thee, who know'st our every need; () feed us with thy grace, and give

Out souls this day the living Bread!

THIRD PART.

ETERNAL, spotless Lamb of God,

Before the world's foundation slain! Sprinkle us ever with thy blood :

O cleanse, and keep us ever clean! To every soul, (all praise to thee !)

Our bowels of compassion move : And all mankind by this may see,

God is in us; for God is love. 2 Giver and Lord of life, whose power

And guardian care for all is free,
To thee, in fierce temptation's hour,

From sin and Satan let us flee ;
Thine, Lord, we are, and ours thou art :

In us be all thy goodness show'd;
Renew, enlarge, and fill our heart

With peace, and joy, and heaven, and God. 3 Blessing and honour, praise and love,

Co-equal, co-eternal Three,