WHOLLY RESIGNED.

"For he maketh sore, and bindeth up; he woundeth, and his hands make whole." - Job v. 18.

My whole, though broken heart, O Lord,

From henceforth shall be thine,

And here I do my vow record,

This hand, these words, are mine.
All that I have, without reserve
I offer here to thee,

Thy will and honor all shall serve
That thou bestow'dst on me.

Now it belongs not to my share,
Whether I die or live,

To love and serve thee is my share,

And this thy grace must give.
If life be long, I will be glad,
That I may long obey;

If short, yet why should I be sad,
That shall have the same pay?

If death shall bruise this springing seed,
Before it comes to fruit,

The will with thee goes for the deed,

Thy life was in the root.

Long life is a long grief and toil,

And multiplieth faults;

In long wars, he may have the foil,
That 'scapes in short assaults.

Christ leads us through no darker rooms
Than he went through before.

He that into God's kingdom comes,

Must enter by this door.

Come, Lord, when grace hath made me meet

Thy blessed face to see,

For if thy work on earth be sweet,

What will thy glory be!

Then I shall end my sad complaints,
And weary, sinful days,

And join with the triumphant saints,
That sing Jehovah's praise.
My knowledge of that life is small,
The eye of faith is dim,

But 't is enough that Christ knows all,

And I shall be with him.

BAXTER.

SELF-RENUNCIATION.

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"That the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and in him, according to the grace of our God, and the Lord Jesus Christ."2 Thess. i. 12.

WHEN, my Saviour, shall I be

Perfectly resigned to thee?

Poor and blind in my own eyes,
Only in thy wisdom wise?

Only thee content to know,
Ignorant of all below?
Only guided by thy light,
Only mighty in thy might?

So I may thy Spirit know,
Let him as he listeth blow;
Let the manner be unknown,
So I may with thee be one.

Fully in my life express
All the heights of holiness;

Sweetly let my spirit prove

All the depths of humble love.

WESLEY.

CHRIST'S SYMPATHY WITH THE SUFFERER.

"For we have not an high-priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin." -Heb. iv. 15.

WHERE high the heavenly temple stands,
The house of God not made with hands
A great high-priest our nature wears,
The guardian of mankind appears.

Though now ascended up on high,
He bends on earth a brother's eye;

Partaker of the human name,
He knows the frailty of our frame.

Our fellow-sufferer yet retains
A fellow-feeling of our pains,
And still remembers, in the skies,
His tears, his agonies, and cries.

In every pang that rends the heart,
The Man of Sorrows had a part;
He sympathizes with our grief,
And to the sufferer sends relief.

With boldness, therefore, at the throne,
Let us make all our sorrows known,
And ask the aids of heavenly power
To help us in the evil hour.

LOGAN.

CONFORMITY TO CHRIST.

"Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus.” — Phil. ii. 5.

EVER patient, gentle, meek,

Holy Saviour! was thy mind;

Vainly in myself I seek

Likeness to my Lord to find;
Yet that mind which was in thee
May be, must be, formed in me.

Though such griefs were thine to bear,
For each sufferer thou couldst feel;
Every mourner's burden share,

Every wounded spirit heal;
Saviour, let thy grace in me

Form that mind which was in thee.

When my pain is most intense,

Let thy cross my lesson prove;
Let me hear thee, e'en from thence,
Breathing words of peace and love;
Saviour, let thy grace in me

Form that mind which was in thee.

LITANY.

"I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also. -1 Cor. xiv. 15.

FROM the recesses of a lowly spirit,

My humble prayer ascends; O Father, hear it,
Upsoaring on the wings of fear and meekness,
Forgive its weakness.

know, I feel, how mean and how unworthy
The trembling sacrifice I pour before thee,
What can I offer in thy presence holy,
But sin and folly?