410 1 BE Filial Obedience. EHOLD what wondrous grace On sinners of a mortal race, To call them sons of God! 2 'Tis no surprising thing That we should be unknown; The Jewish world knew not their King, 3 Nor doth it yet appear How great we must be made; But when we see our Saviour here, 4 A hope so much divine May trials well endure; May purge our souls from sense and sin, 5 If in my Father's love I share a filial part, Send down thy Spirit, like a dove, 6 We would no longer lie Like slaves beneath the throne; S. M. Watts. 411 Choosing the Service of God. Josh. xxiv. 15. L. M. 1 A H wretched souls who strive in vain, A nobler toil may I sustain, A nobler satisfaction win. 2 May I resolve with all my heart, With all my powers, to serve the Lord; 3 Oh, be his service all my joy; 4 Be this the purpose of my soul, My solemn, my determined choice To yield to his supreme control, And in his kind commands rejoice. 5 Oh may I never faint nor tire, Nor, wandering, leave his sacred ways; Great God, accept my soul's desire, And give me strength to live thy praise. 1 H, could I find, from day to day, A nearness to my God, Mrs. Steele. Then should my hours glide sweet away, 2 Lord, I desire with thee to live In joys the world can never give, 3 O Jesus, come and rule my heart, 4 Thus, till my last expiring breath, And when my flesh dissolves in death, 413 1 S Holy Life. Titus ii. 10, 13. 2 Thus shall we best proclaim abroad 4 Religion bears our spirits up, C. M. L. M. Watts. 414 1 Christ our Pattern. AND is the gospel peace and love? Such let our conversation be; 2 Whene'er the angry passions rise, L. M. And tempt our thoughts and tongues to strife, To Jesus let us lift our eyes, Bright pattern of the Christian life. 3 Dispensing good where'er he came, 4 Oh, how benevolent and kind! And these the rules by which we live. 415 1 GRA The Children of God. RACE, like an uncorrupted seed, Immortal principles forbid The sons of God to sin. 2 Not by the terrors of a slave But with the noblest powers they have 3 They find access, at every hour, Hence they derive a quickening power, 4 Oh happy souls! oh glorious state To dwell so near their Father's seat, 5 Lord, I address thy heavenly throne: Send down the Spirit of thy Son 6 There shed thy choicest loves abroad, Mrs. Steele. C. M. Then shall I say, "My Father God," 416 1 1MY Christ our Pattern. Y dear Redeemer and my Lord, 2 Such was thy truth, and such thy zeal, 4 Be thou my pattern; make me bear Then God, the Judge, shall own my name 417 Walking with God. Watts. L. M. Watts. C. M. 1 THRICE happy souls, who, born of heaven, Humbly begin their days with God, 2 So may our eyes with holy zeal 3 'Midst hourly cares may love present And, while the world our hands employs, 4 At night we lean our weary heads 5 In solid, pure delights, like these, Doddridge. 418 1 NOW Rising to God. OW let our souls, on wings sublime, 2 Born by a new celestial birth, 4 Welcome, sweet hour of full discharge, 419 1 The broad and the narrow Way. BROAD is the road that leads to death, thousands walk together there; And makes his own destruction sure., 420 1 WH Vanity of worldly Good. THEN in the light of faith divine L. M. Gibbons. L. M. Watts. C. M. |