3 Counsels, reproofs, and psalms, and

hymns,

With solemn, sacred songs,
To thy unbounded love we owe:
To thee the praise belongs.

4 But what are tuneful, sacred songs,
Or what our measur'd lays?
Unless thy Spirit warm our hearts,
How vain our hymns of praise !

5 Then, gracious God! we humbly ask
Assistance from above;

Our passions shall, by music sooth'd,
Be all attun'd to love!

Want of religious zeal lamented.

1 Long have I sat beneath the sound
Of thy salvation, Lord!

Yet still how weak my faith is found,
And knowledge of thy word!

2 Oft I frequent thy holy place,
And hear almost in vain ;

What faint impressions of thy grace
My languid powers retain!

3 How cold and feeble is

my

How negligent my fear!

love!

How low my hope of joys above!
How few affections there!

4 Great God! thy gracious aid impart
To give thy word success;
Write all its precepts on my heart,
And deep its truths impress.

5 0 speed my progress in the way
That leads to joys on high;
Where knowledge grows without decay,
And love shall never die.

HYMN XXV. L. M.

Prayer for divine influence in worshipping God.
1 Almighty God! before whose throne
The secrets of all hearts are known,
Thou who approv'st the voice sincere,
And hear'st and answer'st all our prayer.

2 Thou who the homage wilt despise
Of lying lips and wand'ring eyes;
And spurn the sacrifice that brings
To heavenly aims, terrestrial things;

3 O grant us in this awful hour,

To feel thy love, to own thy power; And, from the world's allurements free, Raise each exalted thought to thee.

HYMN XXVI. L. M.

The divine blessing implored.

1 Eternal Source of life and thought! Be all beneath thyself forgot,

Whilst thee, great Parent-mind, we own,
In prostrate homage round thy throne.

2 O may we live before thy face,
The willing subjects of thy grace ;
And through each path of duty move
With filial awe and filial love!

HYMN XXVII. L. M.

Seeking for divine assistance.

1 My God! whene'er my longing heart
Its grateful tribute would impart,
In vain my tongue with feeble aim
Attempts the glories of thy name.

2 In vain my boldest thoughts arise,
I sink to earth and lose the skies;
Yet I may still thy grace implore,
And low in dust thy name adore.

3 O let thy grace my heart inspire,
And raise each languid, weak desire;
Thy grace, which condescends to meet
The sinner prostrate at thy feet!

4 With humble fear let love unite, And mix devotion with delight; Then shall thy name be all my joy, Thy praise my constant, blest employ. 5 Thy name inspires the harps above With harmony and praise and love; That grace which tunes th' immortal strings,

Looks kindly down on mortal things.

6 Olet thy grace guide every song,
And fill my heart and tune my tongue!
Then shall the strains harmonious flow,
And heavenly joy begin below.

Divine light and guidance implored.

10 Source of uncreated light!

By whom the worlds were raised from night;

Come, visit every pious mind;

Come, pour thy joys on human kind.

2 Plenteous in grace, descend from high,
Rich in thy matchless energy;
From sin and sorrow set us free,
And make us temples worthy thee.

3 Chase from our path each noxious foe,
And peace, the fruit of love bestow;

And, lest our feet should step astray,
Protect and guide us in our way.

HYMN XXIX. C. M.

Prayer for spiritual and eternal blessings.

1 Eternal Source of life and light!
Supremely good and wise;
To thee we pay our grateful vows,
To thee, lift up our eyes.

2 Our dark and erring minds illume
With truth's celestial rays;
Inspire our hearts with sacred love,
And tune our lips to praise.

3 Conduct us safely by thy grace,
Through life's perplexing road,

And place us, when our journey's o'er,
In heaven,―thy blest abode.

HYMN XXX. P.M.

For the close of public worship.

1 Lord! dismiss us with thy blessing,
Hope and comfort from above;
Let us, each thy peace possessing,
Triumph in redeeming love.
Still support us

While in duty's path we move.