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3 Through each perplexing path of life
Our wandering footsteps guide;
Give us each day our daily bread,
And raiment fit provide.

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

5 Such blessings from Thy gracious hand
Our humble prayers implore;
And Thou shalt be our chosen God,
Our Portion evermore.

Confession of Faith.

PEOPLE of the living God,

I have sought the world around,

Paths of sin and sorrow trod,

Peace and comfort nowhere found.

2 Now to you my spirit turns,
Turns, a fugitive unblest;
Brethren, where your altar burns,
Oh receive me into rest.

3 Lonely I no longer roam,

Like the cloud, the wind, the wave;
Where you dwell shall be my home,
Where you die shall be my grave.
4 Mine the God whom you adore,
Your Redeemer shall be mine;
Earth can fill my heart no more,
Every idol I resign.

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5 Tell me not of gain or loss,
Ease, enjoyment, pomp, and power;
Welcome, poverty and cross,

Shame, reproach, affliction's hour.

6 "Follow me!"-I know Thy voice!
Jesus, Lord! Thy steps I see:
Now I take Thy yoke by choice;
Light Thy burden now to me.

OH, sweetly breathe the lyres above,

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When angels touch the quivering string,
And wake, to chant Immanuel's love,
Such strains as angel-lips can sing!

2 And sweet on earth the choral swell,

From mortal tongues, of gladsome lays,
When pardoned souls their raptures tell,

And, grateful, hymn Immanuel's praise.

3 Jesus, Thy name our souls adore;

We own the bond that makes us Thine; And carnal joys, that charmed before,

For Thy dear sake we now resign.

4 Our hearts, by dying love subdued,
Accept Thine offered grace to-day;
Beneath the cross, with blood bedewed,
We bow and give ourselves away.

5 In Thee we trust, on Thee rely;

Though we are feeble, Thou art strong;

Oh, keep us till our spirits fly

To join the bright, immortal throng!

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OME, ever-blesséd Spirit, come,

COME,

And make Thy servants' hearts Thy home;

Thus consecrated, Lord, to Thee,

May each a living temple be.

2 Enrich that temple's holy shrine

With sevenfold gifts of grace divine;
With Wisdom, Light, and Knowledge bless,
Strength, Counsel, Fear, and Godliness.

3 Arm these, Thy youthful soldiers, Lord,
With shield of faith and Spirit's sword;
Forth to the battle may they go,
And boldly fight against the foe.

With banner of the cross unfurled,
Oh may they overcome the world;
And so, at last, receive from Thee
The palm and crown of victory.

5 O Trinity in Unity,

One only God and Persons Three!

In Whom, through Whom, by Whom we live,
To Thee we praise and glory give.

6 Oh grant us so to use Thy grace,
That we may see Thy glorious Face;
And ever, with the heavenly host,
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.

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HILE in the hours of blooming youth,
My God, I've felt and owned Thy truth;

Thy mercies, with increasing age,
Shall still my grateful heart engage.

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2 No human power shall e'er control
This settled purpose
of my soul;
Or urge my constant mind to stray,
But where Thy wisdom points the way.
3 To Thee, O Lord, myself I give ;
'Tis to Thy glory I would live :

My God, my Strength, my Hope, my Joy,
Thy praise shall all my powers employ.

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E men and angels, witness now!
Before the Lord we speak ;
To Him we make our solemn vow,

A vow we dare not break:

2 That, long as life itself shall last,
Ourselves to Christ we yield;
Nor from His cause will we depart,
Nor ever quit the field.

3 We trust not in our native strength,
But on His grace rely;

May He, with our returning wants,
All needful aid supply.

4 Oh guide our doubtful feet aright,
And keep us in Thy ways;

And while we turn our vows to prayers,
Turn Thou our prayers to praise.

PLANTED in Christ, the living Vine,

This day, with one accord,

Ourselves, with humble faith and joy,
We yield to Thee, O Lord!

2 Joined in one body may we be:
One inward life partake;

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One be our heart, one heavenly hope
In every bosom wake.

3 In prayer, in effort, tears, and toils,
One wisdom be our guide;
Taught by one Spirit from above,
In Thee may we abide.

4 Then, when among the saints in light
Our joyful spirits shine,

Shall anthems of immortal praise,
O Lamb of God be Thine!

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C. M.

PPRESSED with noon-day's scorching heat,
To yonder cross I flee,

Beneath its shelter take my seat:

No shade like this for me!

2 Beneath that cross clear waters burst,
A fountain sparkling free;

And there I quench my desert thirst:
No spring like this for me!

3 A stranger here, I pitch my tent
Beneath this spreading tree;
Here shall my pilgrim life be spent:
No home like this for me!

4 For burdened ones a resting-place
Beside that cross I see;

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I here cast off my weariness:
No rest like this for me!

LORD, I am Thine, entirely Thine,

Purchased and saved by blood divine;

With full consent Thine I would be,

And own Thy sovereign right in me.

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