That hand which bears all nature up
Will guide his children well.
3 Why should this anxious load
Press down your weary mind?
Haste to your Heavenly Father's throne,
And sweet refreshment find.
4 His goodness stands approved,
Renewed from day to day;
I'll drop my burden at his feet,
And bear a song away.
HYMN 763, 7s.
Perfect Peace.
PRINCE of Peace, control my will;
Bid this struggling heart be still;
Bid my fears and doubtings cease;
Hush my spirit into peace.
2 Thou hast bought me with thy blood,
Opened wide the gate to God:
Peace I ask-but peace must be,
Lord, in being one with thee.
3 May thy will, not mine, be done;
May thy will and mine be one ;
Chase these doubtings from my heart;
Now thy perfect peace impart.
4 Saviour! at thy feet I fall;
Thou my life, my God, my all!
Let thy happy servant be
One for evermore with thee!
HYMN 764, L. M. 6 Lines.
Christ's Love all-sufficient.
ESUS! thy boundless love to me
No thought can reach, no tongue declare;
aff Oh! knit my thankful heart to thee,
And reign without a rival there!
Thine wholly, only, would I be—
By love constrained, would live to thee.
dol 2 Oh! that I, as a little child,
May follow thee, and never rest,
Till sweetly thou hast breathed thy mild
And lowly mind into my breast!
May I be one, O Lord, with thee,
And never parted may we be.
Still let thy love point out my way:
How wondrous things that love hath wrought!
Still lead me, lest I go astray;
Direct my word, inspire my thought:
And if I fall, soon may I hear
Thy voice, and know thy love is near.
4 In suffering be thy love my peace;
In weakness be thy love my power;
And, when the storms of life shall cease,
Jesus! in that momentous hour,
In death as life be thou my guide,
And save me, who for me hast died.
HYMN 765, L. M.
Trust in Trouble.
1 BE still, my heart! these anxious cares
To thee are burdens, thorns, and snares;
They cast dishonor on thy Lord,
And contradict his gracious word.
2 Brought safely by his hand thus far,
Why wilt thou now give place to fear?
How canst thou want, if he provide,
Or lose thy way with such a guide?
3 Did ever trouble yet befall,
And he refuse to hear thy call?
And has he not his promise past
That thou shalt overcome at last?
4 He who has helped me hitherto,
Will help me all my journey through,
And give me daily cause to raise
New Eben-ezers to his praise.
HYMN 766, L. M.
Thy Will be done.
MY God! my Father! while I stray,
Far from my home on life's rough way
Oh! teach me from my heart to say,
Thy will be done! Thy will be done!
2 Though dark my path, and sad my lot,
Let me be still and murmur not,
But breathe the prayer divinely taught,
Thy will be done!
3 If thou shouldst call me to resign
What most I prize-it ne'er was mine;
I only yield thee what was thine:
Thy will be done!
4 Renew my will from day to day,
Blend it with thine, and take away
All that now makes it hard to say,
Thy will be done!
5 If but my fainting heart be blest
With thy sweet Spirit for its guest,
My God, to thee I leave the rest-
Thy will be done!
HYMN 767, 69.
Thy Will be done.
Jesus, as thou wilt!
Oh! may thy will be mine;
Into thy hand of love
I would my all resign:
Through sorrow, or through joy,
Conduct me as thine own,
And help me still to say,
My Lord, thy will be done!
2 My Jesus, as thou wilt!
All shall be well for me;
Each changing future scene
I gladly trust with thee.
Straight to my home above
I travel calmly on,
And sing, in life or death,
My Lord, thy will be done!
HYMN 768, 10s and 11s.
The Lord will provide.
HO' troubles assail and dangers affright;
Tho' friends should all fail, and foes all unite;
Yet one thing secures us, whatever betide;
The Scripture assures us, the Lord will provide.
2 No strength of our own, or goodness, we claim;
Yet since we have known the Saviour's great name,
In this our strong tower for safety we hide,
The Lord is our power, the Lord will provide.
3 When life sinks apace, and death is in view,
This word of his grace shall comfort us through;
No fearing nor doubting with Christ on our side,
We hope to die shouting, the Lord will provide.
HYMN 769, C. M.
Self-Denial.
AND must I part with all I have,
My dearest Lord, for thee?
It is but right, since thou hast done
Much more than this for me.
2 Yes, let it go-one look from thee
Will more than make amends,
For all the losses I sustain
Of credit, riches, friends.
3 Ten thousand worlds, ten thousand lives,
How worthless they appear,
Compared with thee, supremely good,
Divinely bright and fair!
4 Saviour of souls, could I from thee
A single smile obtain,
Though destitute of all things else,
I'd glory in my gain.
HYMN 770, C. M.
The Covenant of Mercy our confidence.
Y God, the covenant of thy love
Abides forever sure;
And in its matchless grace I feel
My happiness secure.
2 Since thou, the everlasting God,
My Father art become,
Jesus, my guardian and my friend,
And heaven my final home;-
3 I welcome all thy sovereign will,
For all that will is love;
And when I know not what thou dost,
I wait the light above.
4 Thy covenant, in the darkest gloom,
Shall be my strength and stay;
Shall cheer my passage to the tomb,
And guide to endless day.
HYMN 771, 7s.
Confidence in Grace.
BLESSED fountain, full of grace,
Grace for sinners, grace for me,
To this source alone I trace
What I am and hope to be.
2 What I am, as one redeemed,
Saved and rescued by the Lord;
Hating what I once esteemed,
Loving what I once abhorred.
3 What I hope to be ere long,
When I take my place above;
When I join the heavenly throng;
When I see the God of love.
mf 4 Then, I hope like him to be,
Who redeemed his saints from sin,
Whom I now obscurely see,
Through a veil that stands between.
5 Blessed fountain, full of grace!
Grace for sinners, grace for me;
To this source alone I trace
What I am, and hope to be.
HYMN 772, L. M.
Complete in Him.
COMPLETE in thee, no work of mine
May take, dear Lord, the place of thine;
Thy blood has pardon bought for me,
And I am now complete in thee.
2 Complete in thee-each want supplied,
And no good thing to me denied,
Since thou my portion, Lord, wilt be,
I ask no more-complete in thee.
3 Complete in thee, forever blest,
Of all thy fullness, Lord, possessed,
Thy praise throughout eternity—
Thy love I'll sing, complete in theo.
ESUS, I know, hath died for me-
Here is my hope, my joy, my rest,
Hither, when hell assails, I flee,
And look into my Saviour's breast.
Away, sad doubts and anxious fear-
Mercy is all that's written there.
2 Though waves and storms go o'er my head,
Though strength, and health, and friends be gone
Though joys be withered all and dead,
And every comfort be withdrawn;
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