Chapter 80
2 Mean though I am, not wholly so, Since quickened by thy breath; Lord, lead me wheresoe'er I go, Through this day's life or death.
3 Teach me to feel another's woe, To hide the fault I see; That mercy I to others show, That mercy show to me.
4 If I am right, thy grace impart Still in the right to stay; If I am wrong, O teach my heart To find that better way.
5 What conscience dictates to be done, Or warns me not to do, This teach me more than h.e.l.l to shun, That more than heaven pursue.
484. 7s. M. Methodist Coll.
Seeking G.o.d.
1 Light of Life, Seraphic Fire, Love Divine, thyself impart; Every fainting soul inspire; s.h.i.+ne in every drooping heart!
Every mournful sinner cheer; Scatter all our guilty gloom; Love of G.o.d, appear, appear!
To thy human temples come.
2 Come, in this accepted hour; Bring thy heavenly kingdom in!
Fill us with thy glorious power, Rooting out the seeds of sin: Nothing more can we require, We will covet nothing less; Be thou all our heart's desire, Be our heaven--in holiness.
485. C. M. Percy Chapel Coll.
"Thy Will be done."
1 Father, I know thy ways are just, Although to me unknown; O, grant me grace thy love to trust, And cry, "Thy will be done."
2 If thou shouldst hedge with thorns my path; Should wealth and friends be gone; Still with a firm and lively faith, I'll cry, "Thy will be done."
3 Although thy steps I cannot trace, Thy sovereign right I'll
4 'Tis sweet thus pa.s.sively to lie Before thy gracious throne, Concerning everything to cry, "My Father's will be done."
486. C. M. Doddridge.
Confidence in G.o.d.
1 My G.o.d! the covenant of thy love Abides forever sure; And in thy matchless grace I feel My happiness secure.
2 What though my house be not with thee As nature could desire?
To n.o.bler joys than nature gives Thy servants all aspire.
3 Since thou, the everlasting G.o.d, My Father art become; Jesus my Guardian and my Friend, And heaven my final home:
4 I welcome all thy sovereign will, For all that will is love; And when I know not what thou dost, I wait the light above.
5 Thy covenant the last accent claims Of this poor faltering tongue; And that shall the first notes employ Of my celestial song.
487. L. M. Henry Moore.
Prayer for Religious Principle.
1 Amidst a world of hopes and fears, A wild of cares, and toils, and tears, Where foes alarm and dangers threat, And pleasures kill, and glories cheat:
2 Shed down, O Lord! a heavenly ray, To guide me in the doubtful way; And o'er me hold thy s.h.i.+eld of power, To guard me in the dangerous hour.
3 Teach me the flattering paths to shun, In which the thoughtless many run, Who for a shade the substance miss, And grasp their ruin in their bliss.
4 May never pleasure, wealth or pride, Allure my wandering soul aside; But through this maze of mortal ill, Safe lead me to thy heavenly hill.
488. L. M. Christian Psalmist.
Prayer for Divine Help.
1 Be with me, Lord, where'er I go; Teach me what thou wouldst have me do; Show me my weakness,--let me see I have my power, my all from thee.
2 Enrich me always with thy love; My kind protection ever prove; Thy signet put upon my breast, And let thy spirit on me rest.
3 a.s.sist and teach me how to pray; Incline my nature to obey; What thou abhorr'st that let me flee, And only love what pleases thee.
4 O may I never do my will, But thine, and only thine, fulfil; Let all my time and all my ways Be spent and ended to thy praise.
489. C. M. Anonymous.
Prayer for the Christian Temper.
1 Almighty Maker! Lord of all!