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Rise, my soul. Amsterdam, 52.

RISE, my soul, and stretch thy wings,
Thy better portion trace;
Rise from transitory things

Towards heaven, thy native place:
Sun and moon and stars decay,
Time shall soon this earth remove;
Rise, my soul, and haste away
To seats prepared above.

Rivers to the ocean run,

Nor stay in all their course;
Fire, ascending, seeks the sun,—
Both speed them to their source:
So a soul that's born of God

Pants to view his glorious face,
Upward tends to his abode,
To rest in his embrace.

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THOU hidden love of God, whose height,
Whose depth unfathomed, no man knows!
I see from far thy beauteous light;
Inly I sigh for thy repose.

My heart is pained; nor can it be
At rest, till it find rest in thee.

Thy secret voice invites me still
The sweetness of thy yoke to prove;
And fain I would; but though my will
Seem fixed, yet wide my passions rove;
Yet hindrances strew all the way:
I aim at thee, yet from thee stray.

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For a holy mind.

Naomi, 28. Marlow, 27. FATHER in heaven! to whom my heart Would lift itself in prayer,

Drive from my soul each earthly thought,
And show thy presence there.
Each moment of my life renews

The mercies of the Lord;
Each moment is itself a gift,

To bear me on to God.

Help me to break the galling chains

This world has round me thrown:
Each passion of my heart subdue,
Each darling sin disown.
And do thou kindle in my breast
A never-dying flame
Of holy love, of grateful trust
In thine almighty name.

W. H. FURNESS.

7. Conscious of weakness. Whittier, 62. FATHER, to us thy children, humbly kneeling,

Conscious of weakness, ignorance, sin, and shame,

Give such a force of holy thought and feeling,

That we may live to glorify thy name; That we may conquer base desire and passion,

That we may rise from selfish thought and will,

O'ercome the world's allurement, threat, and fashion,

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Walk humbly, gently, leaning on thee still.

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H. K. OLIVER.

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Holy Spirit, Love divine!
Glow within this heart of mine;
Kindle every high desire;
Perish self in thy pure fire.
Holy Spirit, Power divine!
Fill and nerve this will of mine;
By thee may I strongly live,
Bravely bear, and nobly strive.
Holy Spirit, Right divine!
King within my conscience reign;
Be my Law, and I shall be
Firmly bound, forever free.
Holy Spirit, Joy divine!
Gladden thou this heart of mine;
In the desert ways I sing
"Spring, O Well! forever spring."

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10. Strength, love, light. Italian, 57.

O THOU almighty Will!
Faint are thy children till

Thou come with power:

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Strength of our good intents,
In our frail hour Defence,
Calm of faith's confidence,
Come, in this hour!

O thou most tender Love!
Deep in our spirits move:
Tarry, dearGuest!
Quench thou our passion's fire,
Raise thou each low desire,
Deeds of brave love inspire,
Quickener and Rest!

O Light serene and still!
Come and our spirits fill,
Bring in the day:
Guide of our feeble sight,
Star of our darkest night,
Shine on the path of right,
Show us thy way!

Tr. from King Robert of France.

Morning within. Italian, 57

FATHER Of World and soul,
Changeless while ages roll,
Boundiess in grace!

Who, with thy strength and rest,
Quickenest and quietest,
Now in each yearning breast
Unveil thy face!

Word, whose creative thrill
Wakes in all Nature still

Life, light and bloom!
Now, with resistless ray,
Chase all our clouds away,
And with thy heavenly day
Our souls illume!

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Holy One, uplift us, nor forever vainly Stand calling us and waiting at the door.

In the whirling tempest and the storm thou livest,

In the rain, and in the sweetness of the after-glow;

Summer's golden bounty, winter's snow, thou givest,

And blooming meadows where sweet waters flow.

Clearer still and dearer is thy voice appealing,

Deep within the spirit's secret being speaking low:

Enter, O our Father! truth and life revealing;

From every evil free us as we go.

In thee living, moving, unto thee uprearing

All the hope and joyfulness and trust that fill the soul,

Father, we adore thee, asking naught nor fearing;

We cannot wander from thy dear control.

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Thy heaven is mine,-my very soul!
Thy words are sweet and strong;
They fill my inward silences
With music and with song.

They send me challenges to right,
And loud rebuke my ill;
They ring my bells of victory;
They breathe my "Peace, be still!"
They ever seem to say: "My child,
Why seek me so all day?

Now journey inward to thyself,
And listen by the way!"

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W. C. GANNETT.

Indwelling. Autumn, 43

LOVE divine, all love excelling,
Joy of heaven, to earth come down!
Fix in us thy humble dwelling,
All thy faithful mercies crown.
Father, thou art all compassion,
Pure, unbounded love thou art;
Visit us with thy salvation,
Enter every longing heart!
Breathe, O breathe, thy loving spirit
Into every troubled breast;
Let us all in thee inherit,

Let us find thy promised rest.
Come, almighty to deliver,
Let us all thy life receive;
Graciously come down, and never,
Never more thy temples leave!

I hear it often in the dark,

I hear it in the light,

Where is the voice that comes to me
With such a quiet might?

It seems but echo to my thought,
And yet beyond the stars!

It seems a heart-beat in a hush,
And yet the planet jars!

O, may it be that far within
My inmost soul there lies
A spirit-sky, that opens with
Those voices of surprise?

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PEACE be to this congregation!
Peace to every heart herein!
Peace, the earnest of salvation,

Peace, the fruit of conquered sin; Peace, that speaks the heavenly Giver, Peace, to worldly minds unknown, Peace, that floweth, as a river,

From the eternal Source alone.
O thou God of Peace! be near us,
Fix within our hearts thy home;
With thy bright appearing cheer us,
In thy blessed freedom come;
Come, with all thy revelations,

Truth which we so long have sought!
Come, with thy deep consolations,
Peace of God which passeth thought!
C. Wesley.

17. For joy and peace. Autumn, 43.
HOLY Spirit, Source of Gladness!
Come with all thy radiance bright;
O'er our weariness and sadness
Breathe thy life, and shed thy light:
Send us thine illumination;

Banish all our soul's annoy;
Rest upon this congregation,
Spirit of unfailing Joy!

Let the Peace, which knows no measure, Now in quickening showers descend, Bringing us the richest treasure

Man can wish or God can send : Hear our earnest supplication; Every struggling heart release; Rest upon this congregation, Spirit of untroubled Peace!

Tr. from P. Gerhardt.

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O LIFE that makest all things new,

The blooming earth, the thoughts of men!
Our pilgrim feet, wet with thy dew,
In gladness hither turn again:
From hand to hand the greeting flows,
From eye to eye the signals run,
From heart to heart the bright hope glows,
The lovers of the Light are one.

One in the freedom of the Truth,
One in the joy of paths untrod,
One in the soul's perennial youth,
One in the larger thought of God;
The freer step, the fuller breath,
The wide horizon's grander view,
The sense of life that knows no death,-
The Life that maketh all things new!

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O GOD, whose presence glows in all
Within, around us, and above!
Thy word we bless, thy name we call,
Whose word is Truth, whose name is Love.
That Truth be with the heart believed
Of all who seek this sacred place;
With power proclaimed, in peace received,
Our spirits' light, thy Spirit's grace.
That Love its holy influence pour,
To keep us meek, and make us free,
And throw its binding blessing more
Round each with all, and all with thee.

Send down its angel to our side;
Send in its calm upon the breast:
For we would know no other guide,
And we can need no other rest.

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He is with us now and ever,
When we call upon his name,
Aiding every good endeavor,
Guiding every upward aim.
God is in his holy temple,-
In the pure and holy mind;
In the reverent heart and simple;
In the soul from sense refined:
Then let every low emotion

Banished far and silent be, And our souls in pure devotion, Lord, be temples worthy thee.

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ANON.

The pure in heart. Boylston, 32.

BLEST are the pure in heart,
For they shall see our God;

The secret of the Lord is theirs,
Their soul is his abode.

Still to the lowly soul
He doth himself impart,

And for his temple and his throne
Chooseth the pure in heart.

J. KEBLE.

24. The still, small voice. Amsterdam, 52.

OPEN, Lord, my inward ear,
And bid my heart rejoice;
Bid my quiet spirit hear

The comfort of thy voice:
Never in the whirlwind found,
Or where earthquakes rock the place,-
Still and silent is the sound,

The whisper, of thy grace,

From the world of sin and noise
And hurry, I withdraw;

For the small and inward voice

I wait with humble awe:
Silent I am now and still,
Would not in thy presence move;
To my waiting soul reveal
The secret of thy love.

C. WESLEY.

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