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; 16 268 Inward Religion. S. M. METHODIST COL. Prayer. 1 THE praying spirit breathe, By worldly thoughts opprest; 2 Swift to my rescue come, Thy own this moment seize; O'er all the earth abroad, Arrest the prisoner of thy love, 269 C. M. What is Prayer? MONTGOMERY. 1 PRAYER is the soul's sincere desire, 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. 270 70 thou, by whom we come to God, C. M. H. H. MILMAN. Praying for Divine Welp. 10 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; 271 C. M. MONTGOMERY. Preparation of the Heart. 1 LORD, teach us how to pray aright, Though dust and ashes in thy sight, 2 Burdened with guilt, convinced of sin, 3 God of all grace, we come to thee, 4 Give deep humility; the sense To hear thy voice and live; 5 Patience, to watch, and wait, and weep, 6 Give these, and then thy will be done; Thus strengthened with all might, We, by thy Spirit and thy Son, |