Free me from every weight: nor fear Nor sin can come, if thou art here. 2 From all eternity, with love
Unchangeable thou hast me viewed; Ere knew this beating heart to move, Thy tender mercies me pursued; Ever with me may they abide, And close me in on every side.
3 In suffering be thy love my peace; In weakness be thy love my power; And when the storms of life shall cease, My God, in that important hour,
In death as life be thou my Guide, And bear me through death's whelming tide.
For Guardianship and Guidance.
1 O THOU, to whose all-searching sight The darkness shineth as the light, Search, prove my heart; it pants for thee: Q, burst these bonds, and set it free!
2 If in this darksome wild I stray, Be thou my light, be thou my way; No foes, no violence I fear,
No fraud, while thou, my God, art near.
3 When rising floods my soul o'erflow, When sinks my heart in waves of woe, O God, thy timely aid impart,
And raise my head, and cheer my heart.
4 If rough and thorny be the way, My strength proportion to my day; Till toil, and grief, and pain shall cease, Where all is calm, and joy, and peace.
Joy in the Presence of God.
1 SHINE on our souls, eternal God, With rays of beauty shine; O, let thy favor crown our days, And all their round be thine.
2 Did we not raise our hands to thee, Our hands might toil in vain ; Small joy success itself could give, If thou thy love restrain.
3 With thee let every week begin, With thee each day be spent, For thee each fleeting hour improved, Since each by thee is lent.
4 Thus cheer us through this desert road, Till all our labors cease,
And Heaven refresh our weary souls With everlasting peace.
1 COME, blessed Spirit, Source of light, Whose power and grace are unconfined, Dispel the gloomy shades of night, The thicker darkness of the mind.
2 To mine illumined eyes display The glorious truth thy word reveals; Cause me to run the heavenly way; The book unfold, unloose the seals.
3 Thine inward teachings make me know, The mysteries of redeeming love, The emptiness of things below, The excellence of things above.
4 While through this dubious maze I stray, Spread, like the sun, thy beams abroad, To show the dangers of the way, And guide my feeble steps to God.
The Want within.
1 I FEEL within a want
Forever burning there; What I so thirst for, grant, O Thou who hearest prayer.
2 This is the thing I crave A likeness to thy Son; This would I rather have
Than call the world my own. 3 Like him, now in my youth, I long, O God, to be, In tenderness and truth, In sweet humility.
4 'Tis my most fervent prayer; Be it more fervent still;
Be it my highest care; Be it my settled will.
10 THAT the Lord would guide my ways
To keep his statutes still!
O that my God would grant me grace To know and do his will!
2 O, send thy Spirit down to write Thy law upon my heart!
Nor let my tongue indulge deceit, Nor act the liar's part.
3 From vanity turn off mine eyes; Let no corrupt design, Nor covetous desires, arise Within this soul of mine.
4 Order my footsteps by thy word, And make my heart sincere; Let sin have no dominion, Lord, But keep my conscience clear.
5 Make me to walk in thy commands; "Tis a delightful road;
Nor let my head, or heart, or hands, Offend against my God.
1 GOD, who is just and kind, Will those who err instruct, And to the paths of righteousness Their wandering steps conduct.
2 The humble soul he guides, Teaches the meek his way; Kindness and truth he shows to all Who his just laws obey.
3 Give me the tender heart That mixes fear with love,
And lead me through whatever path Thy wisdom shall approve.
4 O, ever keep my soul From error, shame, and guilt; Nor suffer the fair hope to fail, Which on thy truth is built.
Subjection to the Father of our Spirits.
1 ETERNAL Source of life and thought, Be all beneath thyself forgot:
Whilst thee, great Parent-mind, we own, In prostrate homage round thy throne.
2 Whilst in themselves our souls survey Of thee some faint reflected ray,
They wondering to their Father rise; His power how vast! his thoughts how wise!
3 0, may we live before thy face,
The willing subjects of thy grace; And through each path of duty move With filial awe and filial love.
Prayer for divine direction.
1 ETERNAL Source of life and light, Supremely good and wise,
To thee we bring our grateful vows, To thee lift up our eyes.
2 Our dark and erring minds illume With truth's celestial rays; Inspire our hearts with sacred love, And tune our lips to praise.
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