Assist me still my course to run,
And still direct my paths to thee.
3 I have no skill the snare to shun,
But thou, O God! my wisdom art;
I ever into ruin run;

But thou art greater than my heart.
4 Foolish, and impotent, and blind,
Lead me a way I have not known;
Bring me where I my heaven may find,
The heaven of loving thee alone.

570. s. M.

The preaching of the Gospel.

1

GOD of the prophet's power!

2

3

God of the Gospel's sound!

Wesley's Col.

Ride glorious on,-send out thy voice
To all the nations round.

With heart and lips unfeigned,

We bless thee for thy word;

We praise thee for the joyful news
Of our ascended Lord.

O may we treasure well

The counsels that we hear,

Till righteousness and solemn joy

In all our hearts appear.

And give it large increase;

May neither fowls, nor rocks, nor thorns,

Prevent the fruits of peace.

5 And though we sow in tears,

Our souls at last shall come

And gather in our sheaves with joy,
At heaven's great harvest-home.
Oo 2

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Dyer's Col.

571. 61. 7s M.

Christ our example in suffering.

1 Go to dark Gethsemane,

Ye that feel temptation's power;
Your Redeemer's conflict see;
Watch with him one bitter hour:
Turn not from his griefs away,
Learn of Jesus Christ to pray.
2 Follow to the judgment-hall;
View the Lord of life arraigned;
O the wormwood and the gall !
O the pangs his soul sustained!
Shun not suffering, shame, or loss,
Learn of him to bear the cross.
3 Calvary's mournful mountain climb;
There, admiring at his feet,
Mark that miracle of time,
God's own sacrifice complete:
"It is finished!" hear him cry;
Learn of Jesus Christ to die.

4 Early hasten to the tomb,

1

Where they laid his breathless clay;
All is solitude and gloom;-

Who hath taken him away?

Christ is risen; he meets our eyes;

Saviour! teach us so to rise.

572. s. M.

For a holy heart.

GREAT source of life and light,
Thy heavenly grace impart,

And by thy Holy Spirit write
Thy law upon my heart:

Montgomery.

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;

That grace to me impart,

With meekness to reprove,

To hate the sin with all my heart,
And still the sinner love.

3

Long as my trials last,

Long as the cross I bear,

O, let my soul on thee be cast
In confidence and prayer!
Conduct me to the shore

Of everlasting peace,

Where storm and tempest rise no more,

Where sin and sorrow cease.

573. 7s M.

Wesley's Coll.

"Leave me not in temptation,-but deliver me from evil."

1 HEAVENLY Father, to whose eye

Future things unfolded lie!

Through the desert where I stray,
Let thy counsels guide my way.
2 Leave me not, in darkened hour,
To withstand temptation's power;
Let thy rod and staff impart
Strength and courage to my heart.
3 Lord! uphold me day by day;
Shed a light upon my way:

Guide me through perplexing snares:
Care for me in all my cares.

4 Should thy wisdom, Lord, decree
Trials long and sharp for me,-
Pain or sorrow, loss or shame,—
Father! glorify thy name.

5 Let me never faint nor fear,
Feeling still that thou art near;
In the course my Saviour trod,
Tending still to thee, my God!

574. s. M.

† Conder, alt'd.

'My soul thirsteth for God."

1 HERE in a world of doubt, A sorrowful abode,

2

3

O, how my heart and flesh cry out,
For thee, the living God!

As for the water-brooks,
The hart, expiring, pants,
So for my God my spirit looks,
Yea, for his presence faints.

I know thy joys, O Earth!
The sweetness of thy cup;
Oft have I mingled in thy mirth,
And trusted in thy hope.

4 But, ah, how woes and fears
Those hollow joys succeed!

That cup of mirth is mixed with tears,

That hope is but a reed.

Thee, thee, O Father, would I know,

And, in thee, live and die!

Furness.

575. L. M.

Preparation for heaven.

1 HEAVEN is a state of rest from sin;
But all who hope that state to share,
Must here that holy course begin,
Which shall their souls for rest prepare.

2 Clean hearts, O God! in us create,
Right spirits, Lord, in us renew;
Commence we now that higher state,
Now do thy will as angels do.

3 In Jesus' footsteps may we tread,
Learn every lesson of his love;
And be from grace to glory led,
From heaven below to heaven above.

576. C. M.

For mutual edification

1 HELP us to help each other, Lord,
Each other's cross to bear;
Let each his friendly aid afford,
And feel his brother's care.

2 Help us to build each other up,
That, banded into one,

Montgomery

To our high calling's glorious hope,
We hand in hand go on.

3 Up into thee, our living head,
Let us in all things grow,

Till thou hast made us free indeed,
And spotless here below.

Wesley's Coll