ad holpen me, and
Ps. 86, 17.
ild of Thine,
the love of Thee,
divine
L.M. one.-Matt. 6, 10. her, while I stray ome, on life's rough
y heart to say, one!
ll me to resign
it ne'er was mine; hat was Thine;one!
should see
ear than life to me. hall be with Thee;
9731 will delight myself in Thy com
mandments.-Ps, 119, 47.
THEN quiet in my house I sit,
Thy book be my companion still:
My joy, Thy sayings to repeat,
Talk o'er the records of Thy will,
And search the oracles divine,
Till every heartfelt word be mine.
2 O may the gracious words divine,
Subject of all my converse be:
So will the Lord His follower join,
And walk and talk Himself with me:
So shall my heart His presence prove.
And burn with everlasting love.
3 Oft as I lay me down to rest,
O may the reconciling word,
Sweetly compose my weary breast!
While, on the bosom of my Lord,
I sink in blissful dreams away,
And visions of eternal day.
4 Rising to sing my Saviour's praise,
Thee may I publish all day long;
And let Thy precious word of grace
Flow from my heart and fill my tongue,
Fill all my life with purest love,
And join me to the church above.
974 Give us day by day our daily
bread.-Luke 11, S.
1 DAY by day the manna fell,
O to learn this lesson well!
Still by constant mercy fed,
Give me, Lord, my daily bread.
2 Day by day, the promise reads;
Daily strength for daily needs:
Cast foreboding fears away,
Take the manna of to-day.
3 Lord! my times are in Thy hand;
All my sanguine hopes have planned
To Thy wisdom I resign,
And would make that promise mine. 4 Thou my daily task shalt give, Day by day to Thee I live; So shall added years fulfil, Not my own, my Father's will.
Yet elate with gratitude;
Strong in faith, exempt from care,
By the energy of prayer.
975 Thou, Lord, had holpen me, and
comforted me.--Ps. 86, 17.
1 LORD, a happy child of Thine,
Patient through the love of Thee,
In the light, the life divine
Lives and walks at liberty.
2 Leaning on Thy tender care,
Thou hast led my soul aright;
Fervent was my morning prayer,
Joyful is my song to-night.
3 O my Saviour, Guardian true,
All my life is Thine to keep:
At Thy feet my work I do,
In Thine arms I fall asleep.
Thy will be done.-Matt. 6, 10.
MY God, my Father, while I stray
Far from my home, on life's rough
way,
O teach me from my heart to say,
Thy will be done!
2 If Thou shouldst call me to resign
What most I prize,-it ne'er was mine;
I only yield Thee what was Thine;-
Thy will be done!
3 E'en if again I ne'er should see
The friend more dear than life to me,
Ere long we both shall be with Thee;-
Thy will be done!
4 Should pining sickness waste away
My life in premature decay,
My Father, still I strive to say,
Thy will be done!
5 If but my fainting heart be blest
With Thy sweet Spirit for its guest,
My God to Thee I leave the rest
Thy will be done!
6 Renew my will from day to day;
Blend it with Thine, and take away,
All that now makes it hard to say,
Thy will be done!
7 Then, when on earth I breathe no more
The prayer, oft mixed with tears before,
I'll sing upon a happier shore ;-
Thy will be done!
977 It is good for me to draw near to
1NFARER, my God, to Thee,—
Nearer to Thee,
E'en though it be a cross
That raiseth me:
Still all my song would be,
Nearer, my God, to Thee,
Nearer to Thee.
2 Though like the wanderer,
Daylight all gone,
Darkness be over me,
My rest a stone;
Yet in my dreams, I'd be,
Nearer, my God, to Thee,
Nearer to Thee.
3. There let the way appear
Steps upto heaven;
All that Thou sendest me,
In mercy given;
Angels to beckon me
Nearer, my God, to Thee,
Nearer to Thee.
4 Then with my waking thoughts
Bright with Thy praise,
Out of my stony griefs
Bethel I'll raise;
So by my woes to be
Nearer, my God, to Thee,
Nearer to Thee.
5 Or if on joyful wing,
Cleaving the sky,
Sun, moon, and stars forgot,
Upwards I fly:
Still all my song shall be,
Nearer, my God, to Thee,
Nearer to Thee.
6 Christ alone beareth me
Where Thou dost shine:
Joint-heir He maketh me
Of the Divine!
In Christ my soul shall be
Nearest, my God, to Thee,
Nearest to Thee.
978 The will of the Lord be done.
NE prayer I have-all prayers in one,
When I am wholly Thine;
Thy will, my God, Thy will be done,
And let that will be mine.
All-wise, Almighty, and All-good!
In Thee I firmly trust;
Thy ways, unknown or understood,
Are merciful and just.
2 Is life with many comforts crowned,
Upheld in peace and health,
With dear affections twined around?-
Lord, in my time of wealth
May I remember, that to Thee
Whate'er I have I owe,
And back, in gratitude from me,
May all Thy bounties flow.
3 Thy gifts are only then enjoyed,
When used as talents lent;
Those talents only well employed,
When in Thy service spent.
And though Thy wisdom takes away,
Shall I arraign Thy will?
No, let me bless Thy name, and say,
The Lord is gracious still.
4 A pilgrim through the earth I roam,
Of nothing long possest;
And all must fail when I go home,
For this is not my rest.
Write but my name upon the roll
Of Thy redeemed above;
Then heart and mind, and strength and
Shall love Thee for Thy love.
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