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2 Should earth against my soul engage,
And hellish darts be hurl'd,
Then I can smile at Satan's rage,
And face a frowning world.

3 Let cares like a wild deluge come,
And storms of sorrow fall,

May I but safely reach my home,
My God, my heaven, my all!
4 There shall I bathe my weary soul
In seas of heavenly rest,
And not a wave of trouble roll
Across my peaceful breast.

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MY God, my Father, whilst I stray

Far from my home on life's rough way,

O, teach me from my heart to say,

Thy will be done!

2 Though dark my path, and sad my lot,
May I be still, and murmur not,
And breathe the prayer divinely taught,
Thy will be done!

3 What though in lonely grief I sigh,
For friends beloved-no longer nigh,
Submissive still I would reply,

Thy will be done!

4 Should pining sickness waste away,
My life in premature decay,
My Father! still I'd strive to say,

Thy will be done!

5 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!

6 And when on earth I breathe no more, The prayer, oft mix'd with tears before, I'll sing upon a happier shore,

Thy will be done!

THE CHRISTIAN LIFE: DESIRES.

C. M.

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GOD of Bethel, by whose hand
Thy people still are fed;

Who through this weary pilgrimage
Hast all our fathers led.

2 Our vows, our prayers, we now present
Before Thy throne of

grace; God of our fathers, be the God

Of their succeeding race.

3 Through each perplexing path of life
Our wand'ring footsteps guide:
Give us, each day, our daily bread,
And raiment fit provide.

4 O spread Thy covering wings around,
Till all our wand'rings cease,
And at our Father's loved abode,
Our souls arrive in peace.

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ALMIGHTY God in humble prayer

Thee souls we

Do Thou our waiting minds prepare
For Thy most needful gift.

2 We ask not golden streams of wealth
Along our path to flow;

We ask not undecaying health,
Nor length of years below.

3 We ask not honours, which an hour
May bring and take away;

We ask not pleasure, pomp, and power,
Lest we should go astray.

4 We ask for wisdom :-Lord, impart
The knowledge how to live;

A wise and understanding heart
To all before Thee give.

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ASK not wealth, nor pomp, nor power,
Nor the vain pleasures of an hour;
My soul aspires to nobler things
Than all the pride and state of kings.
2 One thing I ask; O, wilt Thou hear,
And grant my soul a gift so dear!-
Wisdom descending from above,
The choicest token of Thy love.
3 Wisdom, betimes to know the Lord,
To fear His name, and keep His word;
To lead my feet in paths of truth,

And guide and guard my wand'ring youth.
4 Then, shouldst Thou grant me length of days,
My life shall still proclaim Thy praise;
Or early death, I'll soar away

To realms of everlasting day.

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JESUS, seek Thy wand'ring sheep!
Bring me back, and lead, and keep;
Take on Thee my every care,

Bear me, on Thy bosom bear.

2 Let me know my Shepherd's voice,
More and more in Thee rejoice;
More and more of Thee receive;
Ever in Thy spirit live!

3 Live, till all Thy life I know,
Perfect, through my Lord, below;
Gladly then from earth remove,
Gather'd to the fold above.

4 O that I at last may stand
With the sheep at Thy right hand;
Take the crown so freely given,
Enter in by Thee to heaven!

P. M.

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AVIOUR, sin and want confessing,

would humbly seek Thy blessing:

Rich indeed, if that possessing!

Grant it now, we pray.

All the riches of the earth,
Without this, are nothing worth.
Saviour, sin and want confessing,
We would humbly seek Thy blessing:
Rich indeed, if that possessing!

Send us blest away.

2 Sweet it is to kneel before Thee,

And with prayer and praise adore Thee:
Dwell among us, we implore Thee;

Leave us not alone.

May we lambs of Jesus be:
Saviour, we would follow Thee;
Humbly trusting, kneel before Thee,
And with prayer and praise adore Thee:
Guide and keep us, we implore Thee;

Make us all Thine own.

THE CHRISTIAN LIFE: DUTIES.

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CHARGE to keep I have,
A God to glorify;

A never-dying soul to save,
And fit it for the sky;

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To serve the present age,
My calling to fulfil ;—
O may it all my powers engage
To do my Master's will!

2 Arm me with jealous care,
As in Thy sight to live;
And Q! Thy servant, Lord, prepare
A strict account to give :
Help me to watch and pray,
And on Thyself rely;

Assured, if I my trust betray,
I shall for ever die.

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1 ACH savage beast that roams the wood, Each tenant of the rolling flood,

The reptile, and the bird, hath bent
Beneath man's lordly government:
Before his arm the creatures fall,
Or tamely follow at his call.

2 But fiercer than the beasts of night, More deadly than the serpent's bite, More swift than swallow's wing to fly From reason's hand and wisdom's tie,The tongue of man :-O! who can tame That world of sin, that root of shame?

grace,

3 Great King of glory, God of
Upon my lips a bridle place;
Lest in the Judgment's dreadful day,
My words appear, in dark array,
To speak against my soul, and tell-
This tongue was set on fire of hell.

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