While our eternal Rock's forsook, And Israel's God forgot.

3 The living spring neglected flows Full in our daily view,

Yet we, with anxious, fruitless toil, Our broken cisterns hew.

4 These fatal errors, gracious God,
With gentle pity see;

To thee our roving eyes direct,
And fix our hearts on thee.

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Forgiveness of Sin upon Confession. Psalm 82.

O BLESSED Souls are they, Whose sins are covered o'er! Divinely blest, to whom the Lord Imputes their guilt no more!

2 They mourn their follies past, And keep their hearts with care; Their lips and lives, without deceit, Shall prove their faith sincere.

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While I concealed my guilt,
I felt the festering wound;
Till I confessed my sins to thee,
And ready pardon found.

4 Let sinners learn to pray,

Let saints keep near the throne; Our help in times of deep distress Is found in God alone.

Freedom from Sin and Misery in Heaven.

1 OUR sins, alas! how strong they be!
And, like a violent sea,

They break our duty, Lord, to thee,
And hurry us away.

2 The waves of trouble, how they rise!
How loud the tempests roar!
But death shall land our weary souls
Safe on the heavenly shore.

3 There, to fulfil his sweet commands,
Our speedy feet shall move;
No sin shall clog our winged zeal,
Or cool our burning love.

4 There shall we sit, and sing, and tell,
The wonders of his grace;

Till heavenly raptures fire our hearts,
And smile in every face.

L. M.

408.

Devout Penitence.

MORAVIAN.

1 My soul before thee prostrate lies;
To thee, her source, my spirit flies;
My wants I mourn, my chains I see;
Olet thy presence set me free.

2 In life's short day, let me yet more
Of thy enlivening power implore;
My mind must deeper sink in thee,
My foot stand firm, from wandering free.

One only care my soul should know,
Father, all thy commands to do;
O deep engrave it on my breast,
That I in thee alone am blest.

C. M.

409.

FURNESS.

The Penitent Son.

1 O RICHLY, Father, have I been

Blest evermore by thee!

And morning, noon, and night thou hast
Preserved me tenderly.

2 And yet the love which thou shouldst claim
To idols I have given;

Too oft have bound to earth the hopes

That know no home but heaven.

3 Unworthy to be called thy son,
I come with shame to thee,
Father! O more than Father thou
Hast always been to me!

4 Help me to break the heavy chains
The world has round me thrown,
And know the glorious liberty
Of an obedient son.

5 That I may henceforth heed whate'er
Thy voice within me saith,
Fix deeply in my heart of hearts
A principle of faith,—

Faith that, like armor to my soul,
Shall keep all evil out,

More mighty than an angel host,
Encamping round about.

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78. M.

410.

MILMAN.

Prayer for Mercy in Spiritual Need.

1 LORD, have mercy when we pray
Strength to seek a better way;
When our wakening thoughts begin
First to loathe their cherished sin;
When our weary spirits fail,
And our aching brows are pale;
When our tears bedew thy word;
Then, O then have mercy, Lord!

2 Lord, have mercy when we lie
On the restless bed, and sigh,
Sigh for death, yet fear it still,
From the thought of former ill;
When the dim, advancing gloom
Tells us that our hour has come;
When is loosed the silver cord;
Then, O then have mercy, Lord!

3 Lord, have mercy, when we know
First how vain this world below;
When its darker thoughts oppress,
Doubts perplex, and fears distress;
When the earliest gleam is given
Of the bright but distant heaven;
Then thy fostering grace afford;
Then, O then have mercy, Lord!

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1 THROUGH thee, O Lord, we own
A new and heavenly birth,
Kindred to spirits round thy throne,
Though sojourners of earth.

2 How glorious is the hour

When first our souls awake,

And, through thy Spirit's quickening power,
Of the new life partake.

3 With richer beauty glows
The world before so fair;
Her holy light religion throws,
Reflected everywhere.

4 Amid repentant tears

We feel sweet peace within;
We know the God of mercy hears,
And pardons every sin.