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MONTGOMERY.

7s. M. 61.

The Soul panting for God. Ps. 42.
1 As the hart, with eager looks,
Panteth for the water-brooks,
So my soul, athirst for thee,
Pants the living God to see;
When, O when, with filial fear,
Lord, shall I to thee draw near?

2 Why art thou cast down, my soul? God, thy God, shall make thee whole : Why art thou disquieted?

God shall lift thy fallen head,
And his countenance benign
Be the saving health of thine.

404.

L. M. CHRISTIAN PSALMIST.

For the continual Help of God.

1 BE with me, Lord, where'er I go;
Teach me what thou wouldst have me do;
Suggest whate'er I think or say;
Direct me in thy narrow way.

2 Prevent me, lest I harbor pride,
Lest I in mine own strength confide;
Show me my weakness, let me see
I have my power, my all from thee.
3 Enrich me alway with thy love;
My kind protection ever prove;
Thy signet put upon my breast,
And let thy Spirit on me rest.

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4 Assist and teach me how to pray;
Incline my nature to obey;

What thou abhorr'st, that let me flee,
And only love what pleases thee.
5 O may I never do my will,
But thine and only thine fulfil;
Let all my time and all my ways
Be spent and ended to thy praise.

405. C. M.

MONTGOMERY.

Solomon's Prayer for Wisdom.

1 ALMIGHTY God, in humble prayer
To thee our souls we lift;
Do thou our waiting minds prepare
For thy most needful gift.

2 We ask not golden streams of wealth
Along our path to flow;
We ask not undecaying health,
Nor length of years below.

3 We ask not honors, which an hour
May bring and take away;

We ask not pleasure, pomp, and power,
Lest we should go astray.

4 We ask for wisdom :-Lord, impart
The knowledge how to live;
A wise and understanding heart
To all before thee give.

5 The young remember thee in youth,
Before the evil days!

The old be guided by thy truth
In wisdom's pleasant ways!

CAPPE'S SELECTION.

406. C. M.

Prayer for Divine Direction.

1 ETERNAL Source of life and light,
Supremely good and wise,

To thee we bring our grateful vows,
To thee lift up our eyes.

2 Our dark and erring minds illume
With truth's celestial rays;
Inspire our hearts with sacred love,
And tune our lips to praise.

3 Safely conduct us, by thy grace,
Through life's perplexing road;

And place us, when that journey's o'er,
At thy right hand, O God!

407. L. M.

DODDRIDGE.

Choosing the better Part.

1 BESET with snares on every hand,
In life's uncertain path I stand :
Father divine! diffuse thy light,
To guide my doubtful footsteps right.

2 Engage this roving, treacherous heart,
Wisely to choose the better part;
To scorn the trifles of a day,
For joys that none can take away.

3 Then let the wildest storms arise;
Let tempests mingle earth and skies;
No fatal shipwreck shall I fear,
But all my treasures with me bear.

4 If thou, my Father, still be nigh, Cheerful I live, and joyful die; Secure, when mortal comforts flee, To find ten thousand worlds in thee.

408.

C. M.

EPISCOPAL COL.

For Guidance and Protection.

1 God of our fathers! by whose hand
Thy people still are blessed,

Be with us through our pilgrimage,
Conduct us to our rest.

2 Through each perplexing path of life
Our wandering footsteps guide:
Give us each day our daily bread,
And raiment fit provide.

3 0 spread thy sheltering wings around,
Till all our wanderings cease,
And at our Father's loved abode
Our souls arrive in peace.

4 Such blessings from thy gracious hand Our humble prayers implore;

And thou, the Lord, shalt be our God,
And portion evermore.

409.

C. M.

ANONYMOUS.

Aspiration after a holy Life.

1 ALMIGHTY Maker! Lord of all!
Of life the only spring!

Creator of unnumbered worlds!
Supreme, eternal King!

2 Drive from the confines of my heart
Impenitence and pride;
Nor let me, in forbidden paths,
With thoughtless sinners glide.

3 Whate'er thine all-discerning eye
Sees for thy creature fit,
I'll bless the good, and to the ill
Contentedly submit.

4 With generous pleasure let me view The prosperous and the great; Malignant envy let me fly,

And odious self-conceit.

5 Let not despair, nor fell revenge,
Be to my bosom known:
Oh! give me tears for others woes,
And patience for my own.

6 Feed me with necessary food:
I ask not wealth or fame:
Give me an eye to see thy will,
A heart to bless thy name.

7 May still my days serenely pass,
Without remorse or care;

And growing holiness my soul
For life's last hour prepare.

410. L. M.

Living Waters.

DODDRIDGE,

1 BLEST Spirit! source of grace divine!
What soul-refreshing streams are thine:
O bring these healing waters nigh,
Or we must droop, and fall, and die.

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