36 Now to heaven our prayer ascending,
God speed the right!

In a noble cause contending,
God speed the right!

Be our zeal in heaven recorded,
With success on earth rewarded,
God speed the right!

Be that prayer again repeated,
God speed the right!

Ne'er despairing, though defeated,
God speed the right!

Like the good and great in story,
If we fail, we fail with glory,
God speed the right!

Patient, firm, and persevering,
God speed the right!
Never loss nor danger fearing,
God speed the right!
Pains nor toils, nor trials heeding,
And in heaven's own time succeeding,
God speed the right!

Still our onward course pursuing,
God speed the right!

Every foe at length subduing,
God speed the right!
Truth, our cause, whate'er delay it,
There's no power on earth can stay it,
God speed the right!

37 Shall this life of mine be wasted?
Shall this vineyard lie untilled?
Shall true joy pass by untasted,
And my soul remain unfilled?
Shall the God-given hours be scattered
Like the leaves upon the plain?
Shall the blossoms lie unwatered
By the drops of heavenly rain?

Shall this heart spend all its treasures
On the things that fade and die ?
Shall it love the hollow pleasures
Of bewildering vanity?

No; I was not born to trifle

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38 Saviour! to the living well

Thou hast brought our little feet;
Where its purest waters swell,
Thou hast made our safe retreat.

Other lambs, to thee as dear,
Wander in the desert bare,
Thirsting for the fountain clear,
Fainting in the sultry air.

We would lead them to thy side,
That, like us, they may be blest;
Tender Shepherd! be their guide
To the pastures of our rest.

We would bring them to the spring
Of thy never failing love;

Let its waters murmuring

All their pain and thirst remove,

Till within their hearts that wave,
Source of hidden life, shall be;
Welling up to bless and save,
Springing to eternity.

39 Praise to God; oh! let us raise
From our hearts a song of praise;
Of that goodness let us sing,
Whence our lives and blessings spring.

Praise to Him who made the light;
Praise to Him who gave us sight;
Praise to Him who formed the ear;
He our humble praise will hear.

Praise Him for our happy hours;
Praise Him for our varied powers;
For these thoughts that soar above;
For these hearts he made for love.

For the voice he placed within,
Bearing witness when we sin;
Praise to Him whose tender care
Keeps the watchful guardian there!

Praise the mercy that did send
Jesus for our guide and friend;
Praise Him, every heart and voice,
Him who makes the world rejoice.

40 Let us, with a gladsome mind,
Praise the Lord, for he is kind;
For his mercy shall endure,

Ever faithful, ever sure.

He with all-commanding might,

Filled the new-made world with light;

For his mercy shall endure,

Ever faithful, ever sure.

All things living he doth feed,

His full hand supplies their need ;

For his mercy shall endure,

Ever faithful, ever sure.

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41 I loved a song-bird of the spring,
I loved its warbling lay;
But, ah! my singer spread his wing,
And rose, and soared away.

I loved a butterfly so fair,
With wings all golden bright;
Among the tulips rich and rare
It wandered from my sight.

I loved a rose, I loved it best
Of all I yet had found;

But when the sun had reached the west,
Its bright leaves strewed the ground.

What can I love that takes not flight,
Nor fades with breeze or blast?

Oh, love the truth! the truth both bright
And beautiful will last.

42 Now that my journey's just begun,
My road so little trod,
I'll come before I farther run,
And give myself to God.

And lest I should be ever led
In sinful paths to stray,
I would at once begin to tread
In virtue's pleasant way.