8 Thy facred name we thus adore, Liverpool Coll. Hymn LXVII. Common Metre. [*] The Univerfal Prayer. ATHER of all! whofe cares extend Through every age let praife afcend, 2 Yet not to earth's contracted span, 4 One chorus let all beings raife, All nature's incense rife! To thee I pour the fervent prayer, eye. 5 What bleffings thy free bounty gives 6 Save me alike from foolish pride, At aught thy wisdom has 'deny'd, That mercy I to others fhow, 8 Let not this weak unknowing hand And deal deftruction round the land, 9 If I am right, thy grace impart, 10 This day, be bread and peace my lot; Thou know'ft if best bestow'd or not; Altered from POPE. Hymn LXVIII. Common Metre. [* or b】 Prudence. ATHER of light! conduct my feet Let each advancing ftep ftill bring 2 Let heav'n ey'd prudence be my guide, Recal my feet from folly's path, 3 Teach me in ev'ry various scene 4 That heavenly wisdom from above And let it guard, and guide, and warm, 5 Till it fhall lead me to thyfelf, Fountain of blifs and love; And all my darkness be difpers'd, Hymn LXIX. Long Metre. SMART. [*] Praife for Rain and fruitful Seafons. ATHER of light! we fing thy name, Who made the fun to rule the day: Wide as he fpreads his golden flame, His beams thy power and love display. 2 Fountain of good! from thee proceed The copious fhowers of genial rain; Which, o'er the hill and through the mead, Revive the grafs and swell the grain. 3 Through the wide world thy bounties fpread Yet thousands of our guilty race, Though by thy daily goodnefs fed, Tranfgrefs thy law, abufe thy grace. 4 Not fo, fhall our forgetful hearts O'erlook the tokens of thy care; But, what thy liberal hand imparts, Receive with praife, and afk in prayer. 5 So fhall the fun more grateful fhine, And fhowers in welcome drops fhall fall In plenteous fhowers, thy Spirit fend, DODDRIDGE, [*] Long Metre. At the Ordination of a Minifler. Hymn LXX. FA ATHER of mercies! in thy houfe Whilft with a grateful heart we share 3 Hence fprang th' Apoftle's honour'd name, 4 Hence dictates the prophetic fage, ; In lower forms to blefs our eyes, Paftors from hence and Teachers rife Who, though with feebler rays they fhine, Still mark a long extended line. 5 From Chrift their varied gifts derive, And, fed by him, their graces live; Whilft guarded by his potent hand, Amidft the rage of hell they stand. 6 So fhall the bright fucceflion run, Through all the courfes of the fun; Whilft unborn churches, by their care, Shall rife and flourish large and fair. 7 Jefus, our Lord, their hearts fhall know The fpring whence all thefe bleffings flow Paftors and people fhout his praife, Through the long round of endless days. DODDRIDGE. Hymn LXXI. Common Metre. [*] The Excellency and Sufficiency of the Scriptures. FATHER of mercies ! in thy word What endless glory fhines! Forever be thy name ador'd, For thefe celeftial lines, 2 Here may the wretched fons of want Exhauftlefs riches find; Treasures beyond what earth can grant, 3 Here the fair tree of knowledge grows, 4 Here the Redeemer's welcome voice Attend the blissful found. 5 O may thefe heavenly pages be 6 Divine inftructor, gracious Lord, Teach us to love thy facred word, Mrs. STEELE. Hymn LXXII. Common Metre. [or] Love to our Neighbour. ATHER of mercies! fend thy grace, To form, in our obedient fouls, 2 O may our fympathifing breafts Whene'er the helpless fons of want |