3. Thy mild, thy wise, and righteous reign, Let ev'ry being own:

And in our minds, thy work divine,
Erect thy gracious throne.

4. As angels in the heav'nly worlds
Thy bless'd commands fulfil;
So may thy creatures here below
Perform thy holy will.

5. On thee we day by day depend:
Our daily wants supply;

With truth and virtue feed our souls,
That they may never die.

6. Extend thy grace to ev'ry fault;
O! let thy love forgive.
Teach us divine forgiveness too,
Nor let resentments live.

7. Where tempting snares bestrew the way, Permit us not to tread;

Or turn all real evil far

From our unguarded head.

8. Thy sacred name we would adore With cheerful humble mind;

And praise thy goodness, pow'r and truth, Eternal, unconfin'd!

HYMN 212. c. M.

1. AUTHOR of good! we rest on thee:

Thine ever-watchful eye

Alone our real wants can see,
Thy hand alone supply.

2. Oh! let thy pow'r within us dwell,
Thy love our footsteps guide!
That love shall vainer loves expel,
That fear all fears beside.

3. And since, by passion's force subdu❜d,
Too oft, with stubborn will,

We blindly shun the latent good,
And grasp the specious ill:

4. Not what we wish, but what we want,
Let mercy still supply:

1.

The good, unask'd, let mercy grant,
The ill, though ask'd, deny.

HYMN 213. c. M.

God of Jacob, by whose hand
Thy people still are fed ;

Who, through his weary pilgrimage,
Hast all our fathers led!

2. To thee our humble vows we raise,
To thee address our pray'r;
And in thy kind and faithful breast
Deposit all our care.

3. Through each perplexing path of life
Our wand'ring footsteps guide;
Give us by day our daily bread,
And raiment fit provide.

4. O! spread thy cov'ring wings around,
Till all our wand'rings cease;
And at our Father's lov'd abode
Our souls arrive in peace!

5. To thee, as to our cov'nant-God,
We'll our whole selves resign;
And thankful own, that all we are,
And all we have is thine.

HYMN 214. c. M.

1. FATHER of all! whose cares extend/

To earth's remotest shore:

Through ev'ry age let praise ascend,
And ev'ry clime adore.

2. If I am right, thy grace impart,
Still in the right to stay;

If I am wrong, O teach my heart,
To find that better way!

3. What conscience dictates to be done,
Or warns me not to do:

This, teach me more than hell to shun;
That, more than heav'n pursue.

4. Save me alike from foolish pride,
Or impious discontent

At aught thy wisdom has deny'd,
Or aught thy goodness lent.

5. Let not this weak unknowing hand
Presume thy bolts to throw,

And deal damnation round the land
On each I judge thy foe.

6. Teach me to feel another's wo,
To hide the fault I see.
That mercy I to others show,
That mercy show to me.

7. This day be bread and peace my lot:-
All else beneath the sun,
Thou know'st if best bestow'd or not;
And let thy will be done.

S. To thee, whose temple is all space;
Whose altar, earth, sea, skies;
One chorus let all beings raise,
All nature's incense rise!

1.

A

HYMN 215. s. M.

LMIGHTY Lord of all!
Of life the only spring!
Creator of unnumber'd worlds!
Supreme, eternal King!

2. Preserve me from deceit,
Impenitence and pride;
Nor let me in forbidden paths,
With thoughtless sinners, glide.

3. What thine unerring eye

Sees for thy creature fit!
I'll bless the good, and to the ill
Contentedly submit.

4. With pleasure let me view

The prosp'rous and the great;
Malignant envy let me fly,
And odious selfconceit.

5. Let no despair, revenge,

Be to my bosom known:

Oh! give me tears for others' woes,
And patienee for my own.

6. Feed me with needful food:

ask not wealth or fame. Give me an eye to see thy will, A heart to bless thy name. 7. Still let my days be past Without remorse or care; And growing holiness my soul For life's last hour prepare!

I.

HYMN 216. c. M.

FATHER of mercies! God of love!

My Father and my God!

I'll sing the honours of thy name,
And spread thy praise abroad.

2. In ev'ry period of my life,
Thy thoughts of love

appear:

Thy mercies gild the transient scene,
And crown each passing year.

3. In all these mercies may my soul
A Father's bounty see;

Nor let the gifts thy grace bestows,
Estrange my heart from thee.

4. Teach me, in times of deep distress,
To own thy hand, O God!
And in submissive silence hear
The lessons of thy rod.

5. Through ev'ry changing state of life,
Each bright, each clouded scene,
Give me a meek and humble mind,
Still equal and serene.

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6. Then may I close my eyes in death,
Free from all anxious fear:
For death itself is life, my God!
If thou art with me there.

HYMN 217. c. M.

1.TO thee, O God! my pray'r ascends, But not for golden stores;

Nor covet I the brightest gems

On the rich eastern shores:

2. Nor that deluding empty joy

Men call a mighty name,

Nor greatness with its pride and state,
My restless thoughts inflame :-
3. Nor pleasure's fascinating charms
My fond desires allure:

But nobler things than these, from thee,
My wishes would secure,

4. The faith and hope of joys to come
My best affections move;

Thy light, thy favour, and thy smiles,
Thine everlasting love.

5. These are the blessings I desire:
Lord, be these blessings mine!
And all the glories of the world
I cheerfully resign."

1.

MY

HYMN 218. c. M.

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

I've none but thee in heav'n above,
Or on this earthly ball,

2. In vain the bright meridian sun
Scatters his feeble light:

Thy brighter beams create my noon;
If thou withdraw, 'tis night.

3. And while upon my restless bed,
Amongst the shades I roll;

If God his light around me shed,
'Tis morning with my soul.

4. 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.

5. If I possess'd the spacious earth,
And call'd the stars my own:
Without thy mercy and thy love,
I were a wretch undone.

6. Let others stretch their arms like seas, And grasp in all the shore: