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Prayer for Direction. (L. M.)

E with me, Lord, where'er I go,
Teach me what thou wouldst have lo
Suggest whate'er I think or say,
Direct me in the narrow way.

2 Prevent me lest I harbour pride,
Lest I in my own strength confide;
Show me my weakness, let me see
I have my pow'r, my all, from thee.
3 Enrich me alway with thy love,
My kind protector ever prove;
Thy signet put upon my breast,
And let thy Spirit on me rest.
4 Assist, and teach me how to pray,
Incline my nature to obey;

What thou abhorr'st, that may I flee,
And love alone what pleases thee.

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I never do my will,

But thine, and only thine fulfil;
Let all my time, and all my ways,
Be spent, and ended to thy praise.

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Surrender of Heart. (C.M.)

1 TAKE my poor heart just as it is, Set up therein thy throne;

So shall I love thee above all,

And live to thee alone.

2 Complete thy work, and crown thy grace That I may faithful prove;

And listen to that small still voice,
Which only whispers love.

3 Which teaches me what is thy will,
And tells me what to do;

Which covers me with shame when I
Do not thy will pursue.

4 This unction may I ever feel,
This teaching from my Lord;
And learn obedience to thy voice,
Thy soul reviving word.

12. Our own Weakness, and Christ our Strength. 2 Cor. xii. 7-10. (L. M.)

LET me but hear my Saviour say,

"Strength shall be equal to thy day;"

Then I rejoice in deep distress,
Leaning on all-sufficient grace.

I glory in infirmity,

That Christ's own power may rest on me;
When I am weak, then am I strong,
Grace is my shield, and Christ my song.
I can do all things, or can bear
All sufferings, if my Lord be there;
Sweet pleasures mingle with the pains,
While his left hand my head sustains.
But if the Lord be once withdrawn,
And we attempt the work alone,
When new temptations spring and rise,
We find how great our weakness is.

13. Parting with Carnal Joys. (L. M.)
SEND the joys of earth away;
Away, ye tempters of the mind;
False as the smooth deceitful sea,
And empty as the whistling wind.

2 Your streams were floating me along
Down to the gulf of black despair;
And whilst I listen'd to your song,
Your streams had e'en convey'd me there.
3 Lord, I adore thy matchless grace,
That warn'd me of that dark abyss,
That drew me from those treach'rous seas,
And bid me seek superior bliss.

4 Now to the shining realms above,
I stretch my hands, and glance mine eyes;
O for the pinions of a dove,

To bear me to the upper skies.

5 There, from the bosom of my God,
Oceans of endless pleasure roll;
There would I fix my last abode,
And drown the sorrows of my soul,

614. God's Presence is Light in Darkness. (C.

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Y God, the spring of all my joys,
The life of my delights,

The glory of my brightest days,
And comfort of my nights.

2 In darkest shades, if he appear,
My dawning is begun;

He is my soul's sweet morning-star,
And he my rising sun.

3 The opening heav'ns around me shine,
With beams of sacred bliss,

While Jesus shows his heart is mine,
And whispers, "I am his !"

4 My soul would leave this heavy clay,
At that transporting word,
Run up with joy the shining way,
To embrace my dearest Lord,

5 Fearless of hell and ghastly death,
I'd break through every foe;

The wings of love, and arms of faith,
Should bear me conqueror through.

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Christ the Believer's Support. (C. M.) N all my troubles sharp and strong, My soul to Jesus flies;

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My anchor-hold is firm in him,
When swelling billows rise.

2 His comforts bear my spirits up;
I trust a faithful God;

The sure foundation of my hope,
Is in a Saviour's blood.

3 Loud Hallelujahs sing my soul
To thy Redeemer's name;

In joy and sorrow, life and death,
His love is still the same.

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Consolation. (C. M.)

HEN langour and disease invade
This trembling house of clay,
"Tis sweet to look beyond our cage,
And long to fly away.

2 Sweet to look inward, and attend
The whispers of his love;

Sweet to look upward to the place,
Where Jesus pleads above.

3 Sweet to look back, and see my name,
In life's fair book set down:
Sweet to look forward, and behold
Eternal joys my own.

4 Sweet to reflect, how grace divine
My sins on Jesus laid;

Sweet to remember that his blood
My debt of suff'ring paid.

5 Sweet in his righteousness to stand,
Which saves from second death:
Sweet to experience, day by day,
His Spirit's quick'ning breath.
6 Sweet on his faithfulness to rest,
Whose love can never end;
Sweet on his covenant of grace,
For all things to depend.

Sweet, in the confidence of faith,
To trust his firm decrees;
Sweet to lie passive in his hands,
And know no will but his.

8 If such the sweetness of the streams,
What must the fountain be?

Where saints and angels draw their bliss,
Immediately from thee!

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The same. (P. M.)

MY God, I am thine; what a comfort divi

What a blessing to know that my Jesu mine!

In the heavenly Lamb, thrice happy I am, And my heart it doth dance at the sound of

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