4 The world is managed by thy hands; 294 October 20. C. M. ACCEPTABLE WORSHIP. Warwick. "Bring no more vain oblations: wash ye, make you clean: put away the evil of your doings: cease to do evil, learn to do well: seek judgment; relieve the oppressed."-Isa. i. 13, 16. 1 W HEREWITH shall we approach the Lord, And bow before his throne? Oh! how procure his kind regard, And for our guilt atone? 2 Shall altars flame, and victims bleed, Will these our earnest wish succeed? 3 Oh! no, 'twere vain and fruitless all, No presents from the field or stall 4 To men their rights we must allow, To God with humble reverence bow, 5 Hands that are clean, and hearts sincere, 295 October 21. L.M. Ward. CHOOSING THE BETTER PART. "But one thing is needful; and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her."-Luke x. 42. 1 BESET with snares on every hand, In life's uncertain path I stand; Father divine, diffuse thy light, 2 Engage this weak and erring heart 3 Then, should the wildest storms arise, But all my treasures with me bear. 4 If thou, my Father, still art nigh, 296 October 22. C. M. Medfield MAN FRAIL-BUT GOD ETERNAL. "Our soul waiteth for the Lord; he is our help and our shield."-Ps. xxxiii. 20. 1 GOD, our help in ages past, Our hope for years to come; Our shelter from the stormy blast, And our eternal home. 2 Beneath the shadow of thy throne, Sufficient is thine arm alone, 3 A thousand ages, in thy sight, 4 Time, like an ever-rolling stream, 5 O God, our help in ages past, Be thou our guard while troubles last, 297 October 23. 7s. WORSHIP. Pleyel's Hymn. "God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth."-John iv. 24. 1 ORD of Hosts, what heavenly bliss, E'en on earth, thy worship is! Here may we, thy children, see Much of heaven and much of thee. 2 From thy gracious presence flows Warms our hearts with pure desire. 298 October 24. C. M. CHILDREN OF LIGHT. Rochester. "For ye were sometime darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light."-Eph. v. 8. 1 WALK in the light! so shalt thou know That fellowship of love His Spirit only can bestow Who reigns in light above. 2 Walk in the light! and thou shalt find Who dwells in cloudless light enshrined, 8 Walk in the light! and thou shalt own Because that light on thee hath shone 4 Walk in the light! and e'en the tomb For Christ hath conquered there. 5 Walk in the light! and thou shalt be 299 October 25. C. M. St. Martin's. A MORNING PSALM. "For thou, Lord, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield."-Ps. v. 12. 1 LORD, in the morning thou shalt hear To thee will I direct my prayer, 2 Thou art a God, before whose sight 30 may thy Spirit guide my feet 4 The men who love and fear thy name, 300 October 26. C. M. THE LORD'S PRAYER. Lanesborough. "And all things whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive."-Matt. xxi. 22. 1 OUR Father, God, to thee alone May all subjection yield; Here, as in heaven, thy will be known; 2 With bread sufficient for the day, And feed our souls along their way, 3 While, conscious of the debt we owe, 4 Do thou our erring feet secure,- 301 October 27. L. M. 6lines. FAITH. Eaton. "Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed."-John xx. 29. HAT though we never saw thee tread 1 WH This bright and cheerful world of ours; Nor heard thy voice recall the dead Yet we believe-for all things are 2 We did not see thee tread the wave; We did not hear the voice from heaven, That God's own Son for us was given! 3 We were not with the chosen few Who saw thee through the clouds ascend; "Light of the world," in mercy shine, |