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2 Might I enjoy the meanest place Within thy house, O God of grace, Not tents of ease, nor thrones of power, Should tempt my feet to leave thy door. 3 God is our Sun,- he makes our day; God is our Shield,-he guards our way; All needful grace he will bestow,

And crown that grace with glory too.

4 O God! our king, whose sovereign sway
The glorious hosts of heaven obey,
Thy willing servants may we be,
For blest are they who trust in thee.

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Supplication.

OLNEY HYMNS.

1 COME, my soul! thy suit prepare;
God delights to answer prayer:
Thou art coming to thy King;
Large petitions with thee bring.

2 Lord, I come to thee for rest;
Take possession of my breast;
There thy sacred right maintain,
And without a rival reign.

3 While I am a pilgrim here,
Let thy love my spirit cheer;

Be my guard, my guide, and friend,
To my earthly journey's end.

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BOWRING.

Lowly Worship.

1 WHEN before thy throne we kneel,
Filled with awe and holy fear,

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RAFFLES.

The Hour of Prayer.

1 BLEST hour, when mortal man retires
To hold communion with his God,
To send to heaven his warm desires,
And listen to the sacred word.

2 Blest hour, when earthly cares resign
Their empire o'er his anxious breast,
While, all around, the calm divine
Proclaims the holy day of rest.

3 Blest hour, when God himself draws nigh,
Well pleased his people's voice to hear,
To hush the penitential sigh,

And wipe away the mourner's tear.

4 Blest hour! for where the Lord resorts
Foretastes of future bliss are given,
And mortals find his earthly courts
The house of God, the gate of heaven.

L. M.

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Doddridge.

Subjection to the Father of our Spirits.

1 ETERNAL Source of life and thought!
Be all beneath thyself forgot,

Whilst thee, great Parent-mind, we own,
In prostrate homage round thy throne.

2 Whilst in themselves our souls survey
Of thee some faint, reflected ray,
They, wondering, to their Father rise:
His power how vast! his thoughts how wise!

3 O may we live before thy face,
The willing subjects of thy grace,
And through each path of duty move
With filial awe and filial love!

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1 OUR Father, throned above the sky!
To thee our empty hands we spread;
Thy children at thy footstool lie,
And ask thy blessings on their head.

2 With cheerful hope and filial fear,
In that august and precious name,
By thee ordained, we now draw near,
And would the promised blessing claim.

3 Doth not an earthly parent hear
The cravings of his famished son?
Will he reject the filial prayer,

Or mock him with a cake of stone?

4 Our Heavenly Father, how much more
Will thy divine compassion rise,
And open thine unbounded store
To satisfy thy children's cries!

5 Yes, we will ask, and seek, and press
For gracious audience to thy seat,
Still hoping, waiting, for success,
If persevering to entreat.

6 For Jesus, in his faithful word,

The patient supplicant hath blessed;
And all thy saints, with one accord,
The prevalence of prayer attest.

L. M.

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PIERPONT.

God to be worshipped in every Place.

1 O THOU, to whom, in ancient time,
The lyre of Hebrew bards was strung,
Whom kings adored in song sublime,
And prophets praised with glowing tongue!

2 Not now on Zion's height alone
Thy favored worshipper may dwell,
Nor where, at sultry noon, thy Son
Sat, weary, by the patriarch's well.

3 From every place below the skies,
The grateful song, the fervent prayer,
The incense of the heart may rise
To heaven, and find acceptance there.

4 To thee shall age, with snowy hair,
And youth and beauty, bow the knee,
And childhood lisp, with reverent air,
Its praises and its prayers to thee.

5 O Thou, to whom, in ancient time,
The lyre of prophet-bards was strung,
To thee, at last, in every clime,

Shall temples rise, and praise be sung.

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ORIG. HYMNS.

The Hour of Prayer.

1 EARTH'S busy sounds and ceaseless din
Wake not this morning air!

A holy calm should welcome in
This solemn hour of prayer.

2 Now peace, be still, unhallowed care,
And hushed within the breast;
A holy joy should welcome there
This happy day of rest.

3 Each better thought the spirit knows,
This hour, the spirit fill!

And Thou, from whom its being flows,
O teach it all thy will!

4 Then shall this day, which God hath blest, Hallow life's every hour,

And bear us to our better rest,
Eternal, perfect, sure.

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MERRICK.

Seeking a Clean Heart. Psalm 19.

1 BLEST Instructor, from thy ways
Who can tell how oft he strays?
Purge me from the guilt that lies
Wrapped within my heart's disguise.

2 Let my tongue, from error free,
Speak the words approved by thee;
To thy all-observing eyes
Let my thoughts accepted rise.

3 While I thus thy name adore,
And thy healing grace implore,
Blest Redeemer, bow thine ear;
God, my strength, propitious hear.

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