Or from nature's solitude- 2. Thou, our fathers' God and ours, Teach us all to love and fear thee: Lead us through life's varied hours, Fixt on heaven and ever near thee; When our little task is done, May our children still revere thee; So thy work shall hasten on, Till assembled worlds shall hear thee. 448. C. M. MONTGOMERY. Prayer. 1. PRAYER is the soul's sincere desire, Uttered, or unexpress'd; The motion of a hidden fire That trembles in the breast. 2. Prayer is the burthen of a sigh, The upward glancing of an eye ཉ་ Prayer is the simplest form of speech Prayer, the sublimest strains that reach 4. Prayer is the Christian's vital breath, His watchword in the hour of death,- 5. O thou, by whom we come to God, 449. C. M. DODDRIDGE. Trust in the divine presence and help. 1. AND art thou with us, gracious Lord, Dost thou proclaim thyself our God, 2. Doth thy right hand, which form'd the earth 3. Dost thou a father's kindness feel 4. On this support my soul shall lean, The gloomy vale of death must smile S 5. While I his gracious succour prove The darkest shades through which I 450. L. M. MRS. ROGERS. 1. pass WHY should I murmur or repine 2. Thy plans, beyond the bounds of time, To form the soul to joys sublime In that blest world which ne'er shall end. 3. Bow then, my soul, submissive bow, 4. This transient scene will soon be o'er, 5. Then shall the goodness of my God 451. c. M. MRS. STEELE. Refuge and strength in the mercy of God. 1. My God, 'tis to thy mercy-seat 2. My cheerful hope can never die, 3. My great protector and my Lord, And let thy kind thy gracious word O never let 4. my soul remove From this divine retreat; Still let me trust thy power and love, 452. C. M. EXETER COLLECTION. 1. BLEST is the man who fears the Lord; His well-establisht mind In every varying scene of life 2. Oft through the deep and stormy sea 3. Though dark his present prospects be, 4. Full in the presence of his God, 5. No dangers can his soul alarm, 453. L. M. BOWRING. [We walk by faith, and not by sight. 2 Cor. v. 7.] 1. WE walk by faith and not by sight; Do thou, O Lord, conduct us right, 2. Onward from earth to heaven we go; And gently guided, Lord, by thee, |