Revive our drooping faith,
Our doubts and fears remove,
And kindle in our breasts the flame
Of never-dying love.
4 "T is thine to cleanse the heart,
To sanctify the soul,
To pour fresh life in every part,
And new-create the whole.
Dwell, Spirit, in our hearts!
Our minds from bondage free;
Then shall we know, and praise, and love,
And rise at length to thee.
1 THINE influence, mighty God! is felt Through nature's ample round;
In heaven, on earth, through air and skies, Thy energy is found.
2 Thy sacred influence, Lord! we need
To form our hearts anew;
O cleanse our souls from every sin,
And thy salvation show!
3 Father of light! thine aid impart
To guide our doubtful way;
Thy truth shall scatter every cloud,
And make a glorious day.
4 Supported by thy heavenly grace,
We'll do and bear thy will;
That grace shall make each burden light,
And every murmur still.
The Soul thirsting for God.
1 FOUNTAIN of all-sufficient bliss,
To men below, to saints above,
Fulness of joy in thee there is,
Fulness of light, fulness of love.
2 Enter, and fill my waiting mind;
Give me that peace, that calm repose,
Which self-complacence cannot find,
Which self-abasement only knows.
3 To thee my inmost soul aspires;
To thee I plight my solemn vows;
Keep me from all impure desires,
And all my best affections rouse.
4 Fit me to join thy saints on high,
Who brightly shine in bliss complete;
Who view thy glorious majesty,
And cast their crowns before thy feet.
"I will arise, and go to my father."
1 To thine eternal arms, O God,
Take us, thine erring children, in;
From dangerous paths too boldly trod,
From wandering thoughts and dreams of sin.
2 Those arms were round our childish ways,
A guard through helpless years to be;
O leave not our maturer days!
We still are helpless without thee.
3 We trusted hope, and pride, and strength:
Our strength proved false, our pride was vain,
Our dreams have faded all at length,
We come to thee, O Lord, again!
4 A guide to trembling steps yet be!
Give us of thine eternal powers!
So shall our paths all lead to thee,
And life smile on like childhood's hours.
Seeking Pardon and Aid. Psalm 51.
1O THOU that hear'st when sinners cry,
Though all my crimes before thee lie,
Behold them not with angry look,
But blot their memory from thy book.
2 Create my nature pure within,
And form my soul averse to sin;
Let thy good Spirit ne'er depart,
Nor hide thy presence from my heart.
3 I cannot live without thy light,
Cast out and banished from thy sight;
Thy holy joys, my God, restore,
And guard me that I fall no more.
4 A broken heart, my God, my King,
Is all the sacrifice I bring;
The God of grace will ne'er despise
A broken heart for sacrifice.
5 O may thy love inspire my tongue!
Salvation shall be all my song;
And all my powers shall join to bless
The Lord, my strength and righteousness.
Prayer for Forgiveness and Renewal.
1 FORGIVE US, for thy mercy's sake,
Our multitude of sins forgive!
And for thy own possession take,
And bid us to thy glory live;
Live in thy sight, and gladly prove
Our faith, by our obedient love.
2 The covenant of forgiveness seal,
And all thy mighty wonders show!
Our hidden enemies expel;
And, conquering them, to conquer go,
Till all of pride and wrath be slain,
And not one evil thought remain !
3 O put it in our inward parts,
The living law of perfect love!
Write the new precept on our hearts;
We shall not then from thee remove,
Who in thy glorious image shine,
Thy people, and for ever thine!
Pleading for Pardon. Psalm 51.
1 ARE not thy mercies large and free?
May not a sinner trust in thee?
Great God! thy nature hath no bound;
So let thy pardoning love be found.
2 O wash my soul from every sin,
And make my guilty conscience clean;
Here on my heart the burden lies,
And past offences pain mine eyes.
3 Yet save the trembling sinner, Lord,
Whose hope, still hovering round thy word,
Would light on some sweet promise there,
Some sure support against despair.
1 BROTHER, hast thou wandered far From thy Father's happy home,
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