2 The law of Life 1 love,
And would its path pursue;
Yet often grieve the Heavenly Dove,
And prove to Christ untrue.
3 In dust and ashes bowed,
O Lord, I cry to thee;
With sunlight mercy pierce this cloud,
And set my spirit free.
4 Frail child, thy Savior reigns-
He knows thine utmost need;
His hand shall lay thy foes in chains,
And thee to glory lead.
1 My God! permit me not to be
A stranger to myself and thee;
Amidst a thousand thoughts I rove,
Forgetful of my highest love.
2 Why should my passions mix with earth,
And thus debase my heavenly birth?
Why should I cleave to things below,
And let my God, my Savior, go?
3 Call me away from flesh and sense;
One sovereign word can draw me thence;
I would obey thy voice divine,
And all inferior joys resign.
4 Be earth, with all her strife, withdrawn, Let noise and vanity be
In secret silence of the mind,
My heaven, and there my God, I find.
1 I WANT the spirit of power within,
Of love, and of a healthful mind:
Of power to conquer every sin;
Of love to God and all mankind;
Of health that pain and death defies,
Most vigorous when the body dies.
2 O, that the Comforter would come,
Nor visit as a transient guest,
But fix in me his constant home,
And keep possession of my breast;
And make my soul his loved abode,
The temple of in-dwelling God.
2 I want the first approach to feel
Of pride, or fond desire;
To catch the wandering of my will,
And quench the kindling fire.
3 From Thee that I no more may part,
No more Thy goodness grieve,
The filial awe, the fleshly heart,
The tender conscience give.
4 Quick as the apple of an eye,
O God, my conscience make!
Awake my soul, when sin is nigh,
And keep it still awake.
1 LORD, 1 believe a rest remains,
To all Thy people known;
A rest where pure enjoyment reigns,
And thou art loved alone.
2 A rest, where all our soul's desire
Is fixed on things above;
Where fear, and sin, and grief expire,
Cast out by perfect love.
3 0, that I now that rest might know,
Believe, and enter in ;
Now, Father, now the power bestow,
And let me cease from sin.
4 Remove all hardness from my heart,
All unbelief remove;
To me the rest of faith impart,
The sabbath of Thy love.
10 CEASE, my wandering soul,
On restless wing to roam;
All this wide world, to either pole,
Has not for thee a home.
2 Behold the ark of God,
Behold the open door ;
O, haste to gain that dear abode,
And rove, my soul, no more.
3 There, safe thou shalt abide,
There, sweet shall be thy rest,
And every longing satisfied,
With full salvation blest.
1 GREAT Source of life and light,
Thy heavenly grace impart,
And by thy Holy Spirit write
Thy law upon my heart:
My soul would cleave to thee;
Let nought my purpose move;
O, let my faith more steadfast be,
And more intense my love!
2 Imbue my constant mind
With deep humility,
And let an ardent zeal be joined
With perfect charity;
The grace to me impart,
With meekness to reprove,
To hate the sin with all my heart,
And still the sinner love.
IX. JOY, GRATITUDE, PRAISE.
1 WHEN all thy mercies, O my God,
My rising soul surveys,
Transported with the view, I'm lost
In wonder, love and praise.
2 Unnumbered comforts on my soul
Thy tender care bestowed,
Before my infant heart conceived
From whom those comforts flowed.
3 When in the slippery paths of youth,
With heedless steps I ran,
Thine arm, unseen, conveyed me safe,
And led me up to man.
4 When worn with sickness, oft hast thou
With health renewed my face;
And when in sin and sorrow sunk,
Revived my soul with grace.
5 Through every period of my life,
Thy goodness I'll pursue;
And after death, in distant worlds,
The glorious theme renew.
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