4 See the fond father clasp his child; 5 Shall cruel spirits drag thee down 6 Kind heaven, the dreadful scene forbid! 658. S. M. Prayer for infants; or, Children, day by day, given to God. GREAT God, now condescend To bless our rising race; Soon may their willing spirits bend 2 O what a vast delight Their happiness to see! Our warmest wishes all unite To lead their souls to thee. 3 Dear Lord, thy Spirit pour O bring the long'd-for happy hour 4 May they receive thy word, Confess the Saviour's name; Then follow their despised Lord Through the baptismal stream 5 Thus let our favour'd race Surround thy sacred board, There to adore thy sovereign grace, And sing their dying Lord. 659. L.M. Prayer of parents for their offspring. 1 NOW, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, To whom we for our children cry! The good desir'd and wanted most, Out of thy richest grace supply! 2 Error and ignorance remove, The blindness of their heart and mind; Give them the wisdom from above, Spotless, and peaceable, and kind. 3 Answer on them the end of all Our cares, and pains, and studies here! On them recover'd from their fall, Stamp'd with the humble character! 4 Unite, what long has been disjoin'd, Knowledge and vital piety; Learning and holiness combin'd, And truth and love let all men see. 5 Father, accept them through thy Son, 660. זי P. M. AND my house will serve the Lord: I must myself appear: By actions, words, and tempers, show 2 I must the good example set 3 Easy to be entreated, mild, A saint indeed 1 long to be, 4 A sinner sav'd myself from sin, That they may be forgiven; The children, Lord, and servants bless, 661. 10. COLLECTIONS. L. M. Liberality. OH, what stupendous mercy shines 2 Go, imitate the grace divine,- 3 Upon your bounty's willing wings 4 Pity the weeping widow's wo, 5 Let age, with want and weakness bow'd, 6 When all is done, renounce your deeds→→→ Renounce self-righteousness with scorn: Thus will you glorify your God, And thus the Christian name adorn. C. M. 662. Providing Bags that wax not old. Luke xii. 33. 1 YES, there are joys that cannot die, With God laid up in store; 2 The seeds which piety and love In the fair, fertile fields above, 3 The mite my willing hands can give, Grace shall the humble gift receive, 663. L. M. 2 The blessings which I now enjoy, 5 And shall I wickedly withhold 6 Expand my heart-incline me, Lord, (131.) L. M. 664. Imitation of Christ in doing good. 1 WHEN Jesus dwelt in mortal clay, What were his works from day to day, 9 That man may last, but never lives, 4 But he, who marks from day to day Treads the same path the Saviour trod, 665. C. M. Relieving Christ in his Members. JESUS, my Lord, how rich thy grace! 2 High on a throne of radiant light |