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2 The law of Life 1 love,
And would its path pursue;
Yet often grieve the Heavenly Dove,
And prove to Christ untrue.

3 In dust and ashes bowed,
O Lord, I cry to thee;

With sunlight mercy pierce this cloud,
And set my spirit free.

4 Frail child, thy Savior reigns-
He knows thine utmost need;
His hand shall lay thy foes in chains,
And thee to glory lead.

131.

L. M.

WATTS.

1 My God! permit me not to be
A stranger to myself and thee;
Amidst a thousand thoughts I rove,
Forgetful of my highest love.

2 Why should my passions mix with earth,
And thus debase my heavenly birth?
Why should I cleave to things below,
And let my God, my Savior, go?

3 Call me away from flesh and sense;
One sovereign word can draw me thence;
I would obey thy voice divine,

And all inferior joys resign.

4 Be earth, with all her strife, withdrawn, Let noise and vanity be

gone;

In secret silence of the mind,

My heaven, and there my God, I find.

132.

L. M. 61.

C. WESLEY.

1 I WANT the spirit of power within,
Of love, and of a healthful mind:
Of power to conquer every sin;
Of love to God and all mankind;
Of health that pain and death defies,
Most vigorous when the body dies.

2 O, that the Comforter would come,
Nor visit as a transient guest,
But fix in me his constant home,
And keep possession of my breast;
And make my soul his loved abode,
The temple of in-dwelling God.

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2 I want the first approach to feel

Of pride, or fond desire;

To catch the wandering of my will,
And quench the kindling fire.

3 From Thee that I no more may part,
No more Thy goodness grieve,
The filial awe, the fleshly heart,
The tender conscience give.

4 Quick as the apple of an eye,

O God, my conscience make!
Awake my soul, when sin is nigh,
And keep it still awake.

134.

C. M.

C. WESLEY.

1 LORD, 1 believe a rest remains,
To all Thy people known;
A rest where pure enjoyment reigns,
And thou art loved alone.

2 A rest, where all our soul's desire
Is fixed on things above;

Where fear, and sin, and grief expire,
Cast out by perfect love.

3 0, that I now that rest might know,
Believe, and enter in ;

Now, Father, now the power bestow,
And let me cease from sin.

4 Remove all hardness from my heart,
All unbelief remove;

To me the rest of faith impart,
The sabbath of Thy love.

135.

S. M.

EPISCOPAL COL.

10 CEASE, my wandering soul,
On restless wing to roam;
All this wide world, to either pole,

Has not for thee a home.

2 Behold the ark of God,

Behold the open door ;

O, haste to gain that dear abode,
And rove, my soul, no more.

3 There, safe thou shalt abide,
There, sweet shall be thy rest,
And every longing satisfied,
With full salvation blest.

136.

S. M.

WESLEYAN.

1 GREAT Source of life and light,
Thy heavenly grace impart,
And by thy Holy Spirit write
Thy law upon my heart:
My soul would cleave to thee;
Let nought my purpose move;
O, let my faith more steadfast be,
And more intense my love!

2 Imbue my constant mind
With deep humility,

And let an ardent zeal be joined
With perfect charity;

The grace to me impart,

With meekness to reprove,
To hate the sin with all my heart,

And still the sinner love.

137.

IX. JOY, GRATITUDE, PRAISE.

C. M.

ADDISON.

1 WHEN all thy mercies, O my God,
My rising soul surveys,

Transported with the view, I'm lost
In wonder, love and praise.

2 Unnumbered comforts on my soul
Thy tender care bestowed,
Before my infant heart conceived

From whom those comforts flowed.

3 When in the slippery paths of youth,
With heedless steps I ran,

Thine arm, unseen, conveyed me safe,
And led me up to man.

4 When worn with sickness, oft hast thou
With health renewed my face;
And when in sin and sorrow sunk,
Revived my soul with grace.

5 Through every period of my life,
Thy goodness I'll pursue;
And after death, in distant worlds,
The glorious theme renew.

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