Then to thy name a song we'll raise, Fill every heart with grace; s'hat God is in the place : O, listen to his word ; For all your prayers are heard : Our souls their full desire ; grace admire : HYMN 98. L. M. [#] Prayer and Faith. every t; Then shall we know, and taste, and feel, The joys that cannot be expressed. 2 Come, fill our hearts with inward strength, Make our expanded souls possess, And learn the height, and breadth, and length Of thine unmeasurable grace. 3 Now to the God whose power can do More than our thoughts and wishes know, Be everlasting honours done, By all the world, through Christ his Son. HYMN 99. C. M. [#] Universal Prayer. To earth's remotest shore, And every clime adore. Presume thy bolts to throw, On each I judge thy foe. Still in the right to stay ; To find that better way. Since quickened by thy breath; Through this day's life or death. All else beneath the sun And let thy will be done. Whose altar, earth, sea, skies, All nature's incense rise. 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. As thy commands are done, By all beneath the sun. 3 Our numerous wants are known to thee, Who canst alone supply ; Nor other good deny. The wrongs that others do ; Lest we those sins renew. When dangers threatening stand; With thy almighty hand. Thy power knows no control; While endless ages roll. 7* HYMN 101. L. M. [6] Penitent Prayer. Sees every passion of my soul, Teach me those passions to control. 2 Temper the fervours of my frame; Be charity their constant spring ; Pollute the sacrifice I bring. 3 Let peace with piety unite To mend the bias of my will, And wisdom regulates, my zeal : 4 That wisdom, which to meekness turns, Wisdom, descending from above; Be kindled by the fire of love. PRAYER, KNOWLEDGE, AND SELF GOVERNMENT. HYMN 102. C. M. [#] Supplication. 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; My restless thoughts inflame; My fond desires allure; My wishes would secure. My best affections move, - Thine everlasting love. HYMN 103. C. M. [#] Value of Knowledge. And make thy glories known; With lustre all thy own. 2 Vain are the charms, and faint the rays, The brightest creatures boast; Are in thy presence lost. Is our sublimest skill ; True life, to do his will. |