HYMN 100. C. M. [#] Lord's Prayer.
1 FATHER in heaven, thy sacred name In hallowed strains be sung;
Thy kingdom spread o'er all the earth- Thy praise fill every tongue.
2 By happy spirits round thy throne, As thy commands are done, So be thy perfect will obeyed By all beneath the sun.
3 Our numerous wants are known to thee, Who canst alone supply;
O grant, each day, our daily bread, Nor other good deny.
4 Forgive our sins, as we forgive The wrongs that others do; Nor let temptations press around, Lest we those sins renew.
5 Thou art our Safety and Defence, When dangers threatening stand; O turn aside impending ills With thy almighty hand.
6 Thy sceptre all creation sways; Thy power knows no control; Thy matchless glory shall endure While endless ages roll.
HYMN 101. L. M. [b] Penitent Prayer.
1 GREAT GOD, whose all-pervading eye Sees every passion of my soul, When sunk too low, or raised too high, Teach me those passions to control.
2 Temper the fervours of my frame; Be charity their constant spring; And, O, let no unhallowed flame Pollute the sacrifice I bring.
3 Let peace with piety unite
To mend the bias of my will, While hope and holy faith excite, And wisdom regulates, my zeal :
4 That wisdom, which to meekness turns,— Wisdom, descending from above; And let my zeal, whene'er it burns, Be kindled by the fire of love.
PRAYER, KNOWLEDGE, AND SELFGOVERNMENT.
1 To thee, O God, my prayer ascends, But not for golden stores;
Nor covet I the brightest gems Which deck the Eastern shores; 2 Nor that deluding, empty joy Men call a mighty name ;
Nor greatness, with its pride and state, My restless thoughts inflame;
3 Nor pleasure's fascinating charms My fond desires allure;
But nobler things than these, from thee, My wishes would secure.
4 The faith and hope of joys to come My best affections move,-
Thy light, thy favour, and thy smiles, Thine everlasting love.
SHINE forth, eternal Source of light, And make thy glories known; Fill our enlarged, adoring sight With lustre all thy own.
2 Vain are the charms, and faint the rays, The brightest creatures boast; And all their grandeur and their praise Are in thy presence lost.
3 To know the Author of our frame Is our sublimest skill;
True science is to learn his name, True life, to do his will.
4 For this I long, for this I pray ; This let me still pursue, Till visions of eternal day Fix and complete the view.
HYMN 104. C. M. [b or #] , Prayer.
1 Now may the Lord of earth and skies Regard us when we call : "Tis he who bids the vapours rise, And showers abundant fall.
2 On thee, our God, we all depend For life, and health, and food; O make refreshing showers descend, And crown the year with good.
3 The evil and the just partake These bounties of thy hand; Nor will a God of love forsake This long-protected land.
4 Let grace come down like copious rain On Zion's drooping field; So shall our souls revive again, And fruit abundant yield.
5 Then smiling nature shall express Her mighty Maker's praise, And we, the children of thy grace, Join her harmonious lays.
1 O THOU, whose scales the mountains weigh, Whose will the raging seas obey,
Who canst the boisterous winds control, Subdue the tumults of my soul.
2 May I with equal mind sustain My lot of pleasure and of pain; May joys and sorrows gently flow, Nor rise too high, nor sink too low. 3 Do thou my passions, Lord, restrain, And in my soul unrivalled reign; Then, with whatever loads oppressed, Centred in thee, my soul shall rest.
HYMN 106. S. M. [#] Aspiring after God.
1 MY GOD, permit my tongue This joy, to call thee mine; And let my earnest cries prevail To taste thy love divine:
2 For life, without thy love, No relish can afford;
No joy can be compared with this,- To serve and please the Lord.
3 To thee I'll lift my hands,
And praise thee while I live;
Not all that earth and sense can yield, So pure a pleasure give.
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