3 May our expanded souls disclain The narrow view, the selfish aim; But with a Christian zeal embrace Whate'er is friendly to our race.
4 O Father, grace and virtue grant! No more we wish, no more we want To know, to serve thee, and to love, Is peace below,-is bliss above.
1 AUTHOR of good, to thee we turn; Thine ever wakeful eye
Alone can all our wants discern, Thy hand alone supply.
2 0, let thy love within us dwell, Thy fear our footsteps guide; That love shall vainer loves expel, That fear all fears beside.
3 And, O, by error's force subdued, Since oft, with stubborn will, We blindly shun the latent good, And grasp the specious ill, -
4 Not what we wish, but what we want, Let mercy still supply;
The good we ask not, Father grant; The ill we ask, deny."
Prayer for the Comforter.
1 I WANT the spirit of power within, Of love, and of a healthful mind; Of power to conquer every sin, Of love to God and all mankina,
Of health that pain and death defies, Most vigorous when the body dies. 20 that the Comforter would come, Nor visit as a transient guest, But fix in me his constant home,
And keep possession of my breast; And make my soul his loved abode, The temple of indwelling God!
1 WHILE Some in folly's pleasures roll, And court the joys that hurt the soul, Be mine that silent, calm repast, A conscience peaceful to the last.
2 With this companion in the shade, My soul no more shall be dismayed; But fearless meet life's dreariest gloom, And the pale monarch of the tomb. 3 Amidst the various scenes of ills, Each blow some kind design fulfils ; And can I murmur at my God, While love supreme directs the rod ? 4 His hand will smooth my rugged way. And lead me to the realms of day; To milder skies, and brighter plains, Where everlasting pleasure reigns.
Self-knowledge, and Abstraction from Earth. 1 My God, permit me not to be A stranger to myself and thee: Amidst a thousand thoughts I rove, Forgetful of my highest love.
2 Why should my passions mix with earth, And thus debase my heavenly birth? Why should I cleave to things below, And let my God, my Saviour go? 3 Call me away from flesh and sense; Thy sovereign word can draw me thence I would obey the voice divine,
And all inferior joys resign.
4 Be earth, with all her scenes, withdrawn Let noise and vanity be gone :
In secret silence of the mind,
My heaven, and there my God, I find.
7s. & 6s. M.
Rising towards Heaven.
1 RISE, my soul, and stretch thy wings, Thy better portion trace; Rise from transitory things,
Towards heaven, thy native place: Sun, and moon, and stars decay, Time shall soon this earth remove; Rise, my soul, and haste away To seats prepared above.
2 Rivers to the ocean run,
Nor stay in all their course; Fire ascending seeks the sun, Both speed them to their source: So a soul that 's born of God Pants to view his glorious face, Upward tends to his abode, To rest in his embrace.
1 COME, O thou universal good!
Balm of the wounded conscience, come !
The hungry, dying spirit's food; The weary, wand'ring pilgrim's home; Haven to take the shipwrecked in, My everlasting rest from sin!
2 Come, O my comfort and delight!
My strength and health, and shield, ana sun My boast, my confidence, and might, My joy, my glory, and my crown; My gospel-hope, my calling's prize, My tree of life, my paradise.
"Unto you who believe he is precious."
1 How sweet the name of Jesus sounds In a believer's ear!
It soothes his sorrows, heals his wounds, And drives away his fear.
2 It makes the wounded spirit whole, It calms the troubled breast; 'Tis manna to the hungry soul, And, to the weary, rest.
3 Weak is the effort of my heart, And cold my warmest thought, But when I see thee as thou art, I'll praise thee as I ought.
4 Till then I would thy love proclaim, With every fleeting breath; And may the music of thy name Refresh my soul in death,
1 OUR Father in heaven, we hallow thy name! May thy kingdom holy on earth be the same! O give to us daily our portion of bread; It is from thy bounty that all must be fed.
2 Forgive our transgressions, and teach us to know That humble compassion which pardons each foe: Keep us from temptation, from weakness and sin, And thine be the glory forever- Amen.
1 OUR Father, who in heaven art, All hallowed be thy name:
Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, Ŏn earth, in heaven the same.
2 Give us this day our daily bread, Our debts, O Lord, forgive,
As we forgive our enemies
And thus obedient live.
3 Into temptation lead us not, From evil keep us clean; Thine is the kingdom, glory, power Forevermore, Amen.
1 OUR heavenly Father, hear
The prayer we offer now:- Thy name be hallowed far and near, To thee all nations bow.
2 Thy kingdom come; thy will On earth be done in love, As saints and seraphim fulfil Thy perfect law above.
3 Our daily bread supply,
While by thy word we live; The guilt of our iniquity Forgive, as we forgive.
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