I wait thy faithfulness to prove,
And give back all to thee.

4 Take when thou wilt into thy hands,
And as thou wilt require;
Resume by the Chaldean bands,
Or the devouring fire.

5 Determined all thy will t' obey,
Thy blessings I restore;

Give, Lord, or take thy gifts away,
I praise thee evermore.

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Resignation-p. 41.]

C. M.

FAT soul on the depends;

ATHER, to thee my soul I lift ;

Convinced that every perfect gift
From thee alone descends.

2 Mercy and grace are thine alone,
And power and wisdom too:
Without the Spirit of thy Son
We nothing good can do.

3 We cannot speak one useful word,
One holy thought conceive,
Unless, in answer to our Lord,

Thyself the blessing give.

4 His blood demands the purchased grace: His blood's availing plea Obtain'd the help for all our race,

And sends it down to me.

5 Thou all our works in us hast wrought; Our good is all divine:

The praise of every virtuous thought,
And righteous word, is thine.

6 From thee, through Jesus, we receive The power on thee to call,

In whom we are, and move, and live;
Our God is ALL in ALL.

376 Monmouth--p. 173.] 2d P. M. 6 lines 8s.

HOU, Jesus, thou my breast inspire, fire,

And loose a stamm'ring infant's tongue : Prepare the vessel of thy grace; Adorn me with the robes of praise, And mercy shall be all my song: Mercy for all who know not God; Mercy for all in Jesus' blood;

Mercy that earth and heaven transcends; Love, that o'erwhelms the saints in light: The length, and breadth, and depth, and height Of love divine, which never ends!

2 A faithful witness of thy grace,
Well may I fill th' allotted space,
And answer all thy great design;
Walk in the works by thee prepared,
And find annex'd the vast reward,

The crown of righteousness divine.
When I have lived to thee alone,
Pronounce the welcome word, "Well done!"
And let me take my place above!

Enter into my Master's joy,

And all eternity employ

In praise, and ecstasy, and love.

TRUSTING IN GRACE AND PROVIDENCE.

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THEN all thy mercies, O my God,
My rising soul surveys,

Transported with the view, I'm lost
In wonder, love, and praise!

2 O how can words with equal warmth
The gratitude declare,

That glows within my ravish'd heart?
But thou canst read it there!

3 Thy providence my life sustain'd,
And all my wants redress'd,
While in the silent womb I lay,
And hung upon the breast.

4 To all my weak complaints and cries
Thy mercy lent an ear,

Ere yet my feeble thoughts had learn'd
To form themselves in prayer.

5 Unnumber'd comforts on my soul
Thy tender care bestow'd,
Before my infant heart conceived

From whom those comforts flow'd.

6 When in the slippery paths of youth
With heedless steps I ran,

Thine arm, unseen, convey'd me safe,
And led me up to man.

7 Through hidden dangers, toils, and deaths, It gently clear'd my way;

And through the pleasing snares of vice,
More to be fear'd than they.

8 Ten thousand thousand precious gifts
My daily thanks employ;
Nor is the least a cheerful heart,
That tastes those gifts with joy.
9 Through every period of my life
Thy goodness I'll pursue;
And after death in distant worlds,
The pleasing theme renew.

10 Through all eternity, to thee
A grateful song I'll raise;
But O! eternity's too short
To utter all thy praise.

378 St. Asaphs-p.282.] 12th P.M.76,76,78,76.

AIN, delusive world, adieu,
With all of creature good!

Only Jesus I pursue,

Who bought me with his blood!
All thy pleasures I forego,

I trample on thy wealth and pride,
Only Jesus will I know,

And Jesus crucified !

2 Other knowledge I disdain,
'Tis all but vanity:

Christ, the Lamb of God, was slain,

He tasted death for me!
Me to save from endless wo
The sin-atoning Victim died!
Only Jesus will I know,

And Jesus crucified!

3 Here will I set up my rest;
My fluctuating heart
From the haven of his breast

Shall never more depart :
Whither should a sinner go?

His wounds for me stand open wide;

Only Jesus will I know,
And Jesus crucified!

4 Him to know is life and peace,
And pleasure without end;
This is all my happiness,
On Jesus to depend;
Daily in his grace to grow,

And ever in his faith abide,
Only Jesus will I know,
And Jesus crucified!

5 O that I could all invite,
This saving truth to prove;
Show the length, the breadth, the height,
And depth of Jesus' love!

Fain I would to sinners show

The blood by faith alone applied!
Only Jesus will I know,

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And Jesus crucified!

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Woodland-p. 13.]

C. M.

ITH joy we meditate the grace
Of our High

Priest above;

His heart is made of tenderness,

His bowels melt with love.

2 Touch'd with a sympathy within,
He knows our feeble frame;
He knows what sore temptations mean,
For he hath felt the same.

3 He in the days of feeble flesh
Pour'd out strong cries and tears;
And in his measure feels afresh
What every member bears.

4 He'll never quench the smoking flax,
But raise to a flame;

The bruised reed he never breaks,

Nor scorns the meanest name.