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5 Help us our steps to order right:
Help us thy name to fear;

And give us grace to watch and pray,
And strength to persevere.

6 Then may we close our eyes in death,
Free from distracting care:
For death is life, and labour rest,
If Thou art with us there.
HYMN 75.

(C. M. SUBMISSION.)

Every good and perfect gift is from God.
1 FATHER! to Thee our souls we lift;
On Thee our hope depends:
For every good and perfect gift*
From Thee in heaven descends.
2 We cannot speak one useful word,
One holy thought conceive,
Unless in answer to our Lord
Thyself the blessing give.

3 The poor returns that sinners make
They first from Thee obtain ;+
And 'tis of grace that Thou wilt take
Such poor returns again.

4 Oh! let it then our glory be,
(Whoe'er may boast their store)

In time, and to eternity,

To owe Thee more and more.

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The Lord's Prayer.

1 FATHER of all! to Thee we bow,

Who dwell'st in heaven adored,

* 1 Jam. i. 17.

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+1 Chron. xxix. 14.

But present still through all thy works, The universal Lord.

2 For ever hallow'd be thy name
By all beneath the skies:

And may thy kingdom still advance
Till grace to glory rise.

3 To Thee, O Father! may each heart
In filial love be given:
And let thy blessed will be done
On earth as 'tis in heaven.

4 Give us each day our daily bread:
The bread of life bestow:

As we our brother's faults forgive,
To us forgiveness shew.

5 Direct our life, and guard our feet
From every evil way,

Lest in temptation's fatal path
Our wandering footsteps stray.

6 Thine is the power, the kingdom thine,
The glory due to Thee:
Thine from eternity they were;
And thine shall ever be !

HYMN 77.

(C. M. TRURO.)

The prayer of Jabez. 1 Chron. iv. 9, 10. 1 JESUS, who bought us with his blood, And makes our souls his care, Was known of old as Israel's God, And answer'd Jabez's prayer.

2 Teach us, O Lord! like him, to plead For mercies from above:

O come, and bless our souls indeed
With light, and joy, and love.

3 The Gospel's promised land is wide;
We fain would enter in :

But we are press'd on every side
With unbelief and sin.

4 Arise, O Lord! enlarge our coast;
Let us possess the whole;
That Satan may no longer boast,
He can thy work control.

5 Oh! may thy hand be with us still;
Our Guide and Guardian be,
To keep us safe from every ill,
Till death shall set us free.

6 Help us on Thee to cast our care,
And on thy word to rest;
Then Israel's God, who hearest prayer,
Will grant us our request.

HYMN 78.

(C. M. BROMSGROVE.)

Joy in heaven over the penitent sinner. Luke xv. 6. 7. I WHEN his lost sheep the Shepherd finds, He calls his friends around:

"Rejoice with me, my friends," He cries,

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My wandering sheep is found."

2 Far more exalted joys arise,
When a lost sinner turns,
And, in the anguish of his soul,
His past transgressions mourns.

3 The saints on earth in songs of praise
Their raptured tongues employ:
The glorious tidings rend the skies
And heaven is fill'd with joy.
4 Transports of unexpected bliss
Pervade the' angelic choir;
"Another wanderer's found!" they sing,
And sweep the sounding lyre.

5 The reconciled Father joys
To see the sinner weep;
And Jesus, with extended arms,
Welcomes his ransom'd sheep.

6 Lord! we like sheep have gone astray; Restore us to thy fold:

And there, that we no more may rove,
Thy helpless wanderers hold."

HYMN 79.

(L. M. PANCRAS.)

For a fast-day.

1 O MAY the power which melts the rock Be felt by all assembled here!

Or else our service will but mock That God, whom we profess to fear. 2 How long hath He bestow'd his care On this indulged, ungrateful land! How oft, in times of danger near, Preserved us by his sovereign hand! 3 Here peace and liberty have dwelt; The glorious Gospel brightly shone; And oft our mightiest foes have felt That God has made our cause his own.

4 But ah! both heaven and earth have heard Our vile requital of his love:

We, whom like children He has rear'd,
For all his care unthankful prove.

5 See! He uplifts his chastening rod;-
Oh! where are now the faithful few,
Who tremble for the ark of God,
And know what Israel ought to do?*
6 Lord! hear thy people every where,
Who meet this day to weep and
pray :
Our sinful land in mercy spare,
And let thy wrath be turn'd away.

HYMN 80.

(C. M. ST. JAMES's.)

In times of national distress.
1 LORD! look on all assembled here,
Who in thy presence stand,
To offer up united prayer,

For this our sinful land.

2 Oh! may we all, with one consent,
Fall low before thy throne:

With tears the nation's sins lament,
The church's, and our own!

3 Ye saints! unite in wrestling prayer,
If yet there may be hope;

Who knows, but mercy yet may spare,
And bid the angel stop?+

4 Great God of hosts! deliverance bring: Guide those who rule the helm ;

1 Chron. xii. 32.

† 2 Sam. xxiv. 16.

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