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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