3. Thy mild, thy wise, and righteous reign, Let ev'ry being own: And in our minds, thy work divine, 4. As angels in the heav'nly worlds 5. On thee we day by day depend: With truth and virtue feed our souls, 6. Extend thy grace to ev'ry fault; 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, 2. Oh! let thy pow'r within us dwell, 3. And since, by passion's force subdu❜d, We blindly shun the latent good, 4. Not what we wish, but what we want, 1. The good, unask'd, let mercy grant, HYMN 213. c. M. God of Jacob, by whose hand Who, through his weary pilgrimage, 2. To thee our humble vows we raise, 3. Through each perplexing path of life 4. O! spread thy cov'ring wings around, 5. To thee, as to our cov'nant-God, HYMN 214. c. M. 1. FATHER of all! whose cares extend/ To earth's remotest shore: Through ev'ry age let praise ascend, 2. If I am right, thy grace impart, If I am wrong, O teach my heart, 3. What conscience dictates to be done, This, teach me more than hell to shun; 4. Save me alike from foolish pride, At aught thy wisdom has deny'd, 5. Let not this weak unknowing hand And deal damnation round the land 6. Teach me to feel another's wo, 7. This day be bread and peace my lot:- S. To thee, whose temple is all space; 1. A HYMN 215. s. M. LMIGHTY Lord of all! 2. Preserve me from deceit, 3. What thine unerring eye Sees for thy creature fit! 4. With pleasure let me view The prosp'rous and the great; 5. Let no despair, revenge, Be to my bosom known: Oh! give me tears for others' woes, 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, 2. In ev'ry period of my life, appear: Thy mercies gild the transient scene, 3. In all these mercies may my soul Nor let the gifts thy grace bestows, 4. Teach me, in times of deep distress, 5. Through ev'ry changing state of life, 1 6. Then may I close my eyes in death, 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, But nobler things than these, from thee, 4. The faith and hope of joys to come Thy light, thy favour, and thy smiles, 5. These are the blessings I desire: 1. MY HYMN 218. c. M. God, my portion, and my love! I've none but thee in heav'n above, 2. In vain the bright meridian sun Thy brighter beams create my noon; 3. And while upon my restless bed, If God his light around me shed, 4. To thee I owe my wealth and friends, And health, and safe abode. Thanks to thy name for meaner things; 5. If I possess'd the spacious earth, 6. Let others stretch their arms like seas, And grasp in all the shore: |