4 Nor shall I through eternal days A restless pilgrim roam;

Thy hand, that now directs my course,
Shall soon convey me home.

5 I ask not Enoch's rapturous flight
To realms of heavenly day;
Nor seek Elijah's fiery steeds
To bear this flesh away.

6 Joyful my spirit will consent
To drop its mortal load;

And hail the sharpest pangs of death
That break its way to God.

L.M.

439 with him also that is of a contrite

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and humble spirit.-Isa. 57, 15.
WO temples doth Jehovah prize,
Nor will from either e'er depart;
One is above the starry skies,
The other is the lowly heart.

2 In that He dwelleth as a Sun,
Radiant with majesty divine;

In this His beams are felt, but none
May tell how He is in the shrine.
3 Enough, if He in very deed

His presence there in grace accord;
Enough, the lowly heart can read,
It is a temple of the Lord.

4 Such heart, O God, be ever mine!
Let lowliness so deep be there,
That hoping, trusting it is Thine,
Thy glory it may humbly bear.

440

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Looking unto Jesus.-Heb. 12, 2

OBJECT of my first desire!

Jesus crucified for me;

All to happiness aspire,
Only to be found in Thee:

Thee to praise, and Thee to know,
Constitute my bliss below;
Thee to see, and Thee to love,
Constitute my bliss above.

2 Lord! it is not life to live,
If Thy presence Thou deny;
Lord! if Thou Thy presence give
Tis no longer death to die:

Source and Giver of repose,
Only from Thy smile it flows!
Peace and happiness are Thine,
Mine they are if Thou art mine.
3 Whilst I feel Thy love to me,
Every object teems with joy;
May I ever walk with Thee,
For tis bliss without alloy!
Let me but Thyself possess,
Total sum of happiness;
Perfect peace I then shall prove,
Heaven below and heaven above.

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441 There is none upon earth that I de

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sire beside Thee.-Ps. 78, 25.

Y God, my portion, and my love,
My everlasting all,

I've none but Thee in heaven above,
Or on this earthly ball.

2 To Thee I owe my wealth and friends, And health and safe abode;

Thanks to Thy name for meaner things, But they are not my God.

3 How vain a toy is glittering wealth,
If once compared to Thee!

Or what my safety or my health,
Or all my friends to me?

4 Were I possessor of the earth,
And called the stars my own,
Without Thy grace, without Thyself,
I were a wretch undone.

5 Let others stretch their arms like seas,

And grasp in all the shore,

Grant me the visits of Thy face,
And I desire no more.

L.M.

442 In Him dwelleth all the fulness of

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the Godhead bodily.-Col. 2, 9.
, gracious Lord! when shall
it be

WHEN

That I shall find my all in Thee?
The fulness of Thy promise prove,
The seal of Thine eternal love?

2 Ah! wherefore did I ever doubt?
Thou wilt in no wise cast me out,
A helpless soul that comes to Thee,
With only sin and misery.,

3 Lord! I am sick; my sickness cure:
I want; do Thou enrich the poor:
Under Thy mighty hand I stoop;
O lift the abject sinner up.

4 Lord! I am blind; be Thou my sight: Lord! I am weak; be Thou my might: A helper of the helpless be,

And let me find my all in Thee!

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443 Unto Thee lift I up mine eyes.—

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Ps. 123, 1.

[God:

WOULD commune with Thee, my
E'en to Thy seat I come;
I leave my joys, I leave my sins,
And seek in Thee my home.

2 I stand upon the mount of God,
With sunlight in my soul;

I hear the storms in vales beneath,
I hear the thunders roll.

3 But I am calm with Thee, my God,
Beneath these glorious skies,
And to the height on which I stand,
Nor storms nor clouds can rise.

4 Oh! this is life! oh! this is joy!
My God, to find Thee so!
Thy face to see, Thy voice to hear;
And all Thy love to know

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444 I can do all things through Christ.

-Phil. 4, 13.

1 LORD, let my heart still turn to Thee In all my hours of waking thought. Nor let me ever wish to flee,

Or think, or feel, where Thou art not. 2 In every hour of pain or woe, Icheer. When nought on earth my heart can When sighs will burst, and tears will flow,

Lord, hush the sigh and dry the tear.

3 In every dream of earthly bliss, Do Thou, my Saviour, present be; Nor let me think of happiness

On earth, without the thought of Thee. 4 And when before the throne I kneel, Hear from that throne of grace my prayer;

And let each hope of heaven I feel, Burn with the thought to meet Thee there.

5 Thus teach me, Lord, to look to Thee, In every hour of waking thought; Nor let me ever wish to be,

Or think, or feel, where Thou art not.

445

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Pray without ceasing.-1 Thes. 5, 17. ORD, we must labour, we must care By many things be tried,

But we will ever seek Thine aid;
And in Thy strength confide.

2 As different scenes of life arise,
Our trusting hearts would be
With Thee, amid the social band.
In solitude with Thee.

3 As sanctified to noblest ends

Be each refreshment sought; And by each various providence, Some wise instruction brought.

4 Midst hourly cares, may love present Its incense to Thy throne;

And while the world our hands employs, Our hearts be Thine alone.

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446 Ask, and it shall be given you.

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Matt. 7, 7.

COME, my soul, thy suit prepare;

Jesus loves to answer prayer;
He Himself has bid thee pray,
Therefore will not say thee nay.
2 Thou art coming to a King;
Large petitions with thee bring;
For His grace and power are such,
None can ever ask too much.

3 With my burden I begin:
Lord, remove this load of sin;
Let Thy blood, for sinners spilt,
Set my conscience free from guilt.
4 Lord, I come to Thee for rest;
Take possession of my breast,
There Thy blood-bought right maintain
And without a rival reign.

5 While I am a pilgrim here,
Let Thy love my spirit cheer;
As my Guide, my Guard, my Friend,
Lead me to my journey's end.
6 Show me what I have to do;
Every hour my strength renew:
Let me live a life of faith,

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Let me die Thy people's death.

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447 I commune with mine own heart.—

Ps. 77, 6.

Y God, permit me not to be

MY

A stranger to myself and Thee!
Amidst a thousand thoughts I rove,
Forgetful of my highest love.

2 Why should my soul be chained to earth,
And thus debase its heavenly birth?
Why should I cleave to things below,
And let my God, my Saviour, go?

3 Call me away from flesh and sense;
One sovereign word can draw me
thence:

I would obey the voice Divine,
And all inferior joys resign.

4 Be earth with all her scenes withdrawn: Let noise and vanity be gone:

In secret silence of the mind

My heaven, and there my God I find.

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448 That Christ may dwell in your

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hearts by faith.-Eph. 3, 17. NOME, dearest Lord, descend and dwell

COME

By faith and love in every breast;

Then shall we know, and taste, and feel,
The joys that cannot be exprest.