And may this consecrated hour
With better hopes be filled.

2 Thy love the power of thought bestowed;
To thee our thoughts would soar;
Thy mercy o'er our lives has flowed;
That mercy we adore.

3 In each event of life, how clear
Thy ruling hand we see!

Each blessing to our souls more dear,
Because conferred by thee.

4 In every joy that crowns our days,
In every pain we bear,

Our hearts shall find delight in praise,
Or seek relief in prayer.

5 When gladness wings our favored hour,
Thy love our thoughts shall fill;
Resigned, when storms of sorrow lower,
Our souls shall meet thy will.

6 Our lifted eyes without a tear
The gathering storm shall see:
Our steadfast hearts shall know no fear;
Those hearts shall rest on thee!

66.

The Lord's Prayer. s. M.

St. Thomas. Shirland.

1 OUR heavenly Father, hear

The

prayer we offer now:

Thy name be hallowed far and near:

To thee, all nations bow.

2 Thy kingdom come; thy will
On earth be done in love,
As saints and seraphims fulfil
Thy perfect law above.

3 Our daily bread supply,

While by thy word we live;
The guilt of our iniquity
Forgive as we forgive.

4 From dark temptation's power
Our feeble hearts defend;
Deliver in the evil hour,

And guide us to the end.

5 Thine, then, forever be

Glory and power divine;

The sceptre, throne, and majesty
Of heaven and earth are thine.

67.

Prayer. c. M.

Medfield. Clarendon. Arlington.

1 PRAYER is the soul's sincere desire,

Unuttered or expressed;

The motion of a hidden fire,

That glows within the breast.

2 Prayer is the burden of a sigh,
The falling of a tear;

The upward glancing of the eye,
When none but God is near.

3 Prayer is the simplest form of speech
That infant lips can try ;

Prayer the sublimest stains that ch
The ears of God on high.

4 Prayer is the Christian's vital breath,
The Christian's native air,

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His watchword at the gate of death;
He enters heaven by prayer.

68.

Prayer. c. M.

Pratch St. Mear.

WHEN daily I kneel down to pray,
As I am taught to do,

God will not answer what I say,

Unless I feel it too.

2 Some idle play, or childish toy,
Can send my thoughts abroad;
Though it should be my greatest joy
To love and seek the Lord.

3 Oh, let me never, never dare
To act the trifler's part,

Or think that God will hear a prayer,
Which comes not from the heart.

4 But if I make his ways my choice,
As holy children do,

Then while I seek him with my voice;
My heart will love him too.

69.

Prayer. c. M.

p. 4, S. S. S. B. Stevens.

1 WHAT shall we ask of God in prayer?

Whatever good we want;

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 honors, which an hour
May bring and take away;

We ask not pleasure, pòmp, nor 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.

5 The young remember thee in youth,
Before the evil days!

The old be guided by thy truth
In wisdom's pleasant ways!

Stevens. p. 4, S. S. S. B.

1 Soon as my youthful lips can speak

Their feeble prayer to thee,

O let my heart thy favor seek,
Good Lord, remember me.

2 From every sin that wounds the heart

May I be taught to flee;

Oh! bid them all from me depart :
Good Lord, remember me.

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75.

Prayer for Guidance. S. M.

Shirland. Olmutz,

O God! our strength! our hope!
On thee we cast our care;
With humble confidence look up
To thee who hearest prayer:

Grant us on thee to wait,
The work assigned fulfil;

O may it all our powers engage
To do our Father's will.

Grant us a sober mind,
A quick discerning eye,

The first approach of sin to find,
And all temptations fly.

A spirit still prepared,

And armed with jealous care,
Forever standing on its guard,

And watching unto prayer.

And all we think, and say, and do,

Be one great sacrifice.

6 Fill us with godly fear,

As in thy sight to live;

And oh! thy servants, Lord, prepare,
A strict account to give.