2 In me thy Spirit dwell! 266 7s. M. ANCIENT HYMNS. Rejoicing in Christ. 1 SWEET thy memory, Saviour blest, 2 By the ear or tuneful tongue 3 Thou the contrite sinner's stay, 4 Tongue can speak not their delight, BOWRING. 267 L. M. Progress of Gospel Truth. 1 UPON the gospel's sacred page The gathered beams of ages shine; And, as it hastens, every age But makes its brightness more divine. 2 Truth, strengthened by the strength of thought, Pours inexhaustible supplies, Whence sagest teachers may be taught, 3 More glorious still as centuries roll, 4 Flow to restore, but not destroy; 16 2 Swift to my rescue come, Thy own this moment seize; O'er all the earth abroad, Arrest the prisoner of thy love, 269 MONTGOMERY. C. M. What is Prayer? 1 PRAYER is the soul's sincere desire, Uttered or unexpressed, The motion of a hidden fire, That trembles in the breast. 2 Prayer is the burden of a sigh, The upward glancing of an eye, 3 Prayer is the simplest form of speech Prayer the sublimest strains that reach 4 Prayer is the Christian's vital breath, The watchword at the gates of death; 5 Prayer is the contrite sinner's voice, While angels in their songs rejoice, 6 In prayer, on earth, the saints are one; When with the Father and the Son Sweet fellowship they find. 7 0 thou, by whom we come to God, 270 C. M. H. H. MILMAN. Praying for Divine Help. 1 O HELP US, Lord! each hour of need Help us in thought, and word, and deed, 2 O help us, when our spirits bleed, And when our hearts are cold and dead, 3 O help us, through the prayer of faith For still the more the servant hath, 4 O help us, Father! from on high; O! help us so to live and die, As thine in heaven to be. |