2 He formed the deeps unknown
He gave the seas their bound;
The watery worlds are all his own,
And all the solid ground,

3 Come worship at his throne;
Come bow before the Lord;

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We are his works, and not our own;
He formed us by his word.

To-day attend his voice,
Nor dare provoke his rod;

Come, like the people of his choice,
And own your gracious God!

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all that dwell below the skies,
Let the Creator's praise arise;

Let the Redeemer's name be sung,
Through every land, by every tongue,

2 Eternal are thy mercies, Lord;
Eternal truth attends thy word;

Thy praise shall sound from shore to shore, Till suns shall rise and set no more,

PRAYER,

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CHILDREN as young and weak as I,
Did Jesus love, when here below;

And on his Father's throne on high,
O with what love he loves them now!

2 Though I am young, yet I have sinned, Forgotten God, transgressed his laws; And holy angels could not gain

Pardon for me, nor plead my cause. 3 To Jesus then I'll meekly go;

My penitence these tears will prove; And he who wept for human wo, Will take me to his arms of love. 4 Then will I sing, while life shall last, Glory to God for pardoning love; And when the hour of death is passed, Join in immortal praise above.

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Sincerity in Prayer.

C. M.

WHEN daily I kneel down to pray,

As I am taught to do,

God does not care for what I say,
Unless I feel it too.

2 Yet foolish thoughts my heart beguile;
And when I pray or sing,
I'm often thinking all the while
About some other thing.

30 let me never, never dare
To act a trifler's part,

Or think that God will hear a prayer
That comes not from the heart.

4 But if I make his ways my choice,
As holy children do,

Then, while I seek him with my voice, My heart will love him too.

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Y Father, when I come to thee, I would not only bend the knee, But with my spirit seek thy face,With my whole heart desire thy grace.

2 I plead the name of thy dear Son;
All he has said, all he has done;
O may I feel his love for me,
Who died from sin to set me free!

3 To guide me, Lord, be ever nigh;
My sins forgive, my wants supply;
With favour crown my youthful days,
And my whole life shall speak thy praise.
4 Thy Holy Spirit, Lord, impart;
Impress thy likeness on my heart;
Let me obey thy truth in love,

'Till raised to dwell with thee above.

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Child's Prayer.

C. M.

1 LORD, teach a little child to pray;
Thy grace betimes impart;
And grant thy Holy Spirit may
Renew my sinful heart.

2 A fallen creature I was born,
And from my birth I strayed:
I must be wretched and forlorn
Without thy mercy's aid.

3 But Christ can all my sins forgive,
And wash away their stain;
Can fit my soul with him to live,
And in his kingdom reign.

4 To him let little children come,
For he hath said they may;
His bosom then shall be their home,
Their tears he'll wipe away.

5 For all who early seek his face
Shall surely taste his love;

Jesus shall guide them by his grace,
To dwell with him above.

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The Lord's Prayer.

OUR Father, full of grace divine,

L. M.

To thy great name be praises paid; Thy kingdom come, thy glory shine, And be thy will on earth obeyed. 2 Give us our bread from day to day, And all our wants do thou supply; With gospel truths feed us, we pray, That we may never faint or die. 3 Extend thy grace, our hearts renew, Our each offence in love forgive; Teach us divine forgiveness too, And let us free from evil live.

4 For thine's the kingdom, and the power, And all the glory waits thy name;

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Let every land thy grace adore,

And sound a long and loud Amen.

FOR a heart to praise my God,
A heart from sin set free;

C. M.

A heart made clean by thy rich blood,
So freely shed for me!

2 A heart resigned, submissive, meek,
My great Redeemer's throne,-
Where only Christ is heard to speak,
Where Jesus reigns alone.

3 An humble, lowly, contrite heart,
Believing, true, and clean;

Which neither life nor death can part
From him that dwells within.

4 A heart in every thought renewed,
And full of love divine;

Perfect, and right, and pure, and good,
A copy, Lord, of thine.

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Encouragement.

COME, my soul, thy suit prepare,

Jesus loves to answer prayer;
He that bids us humbly pray,
Sends us not unblessed away.
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 Lord, I come to thee for rest,
Take possession of my breast;
There thy sovereign right maintain,
And without a rival reign.

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7'6.

S. M.

GREAT God! with heart and tongue,

all our youth we pray;

O may they learn, while they are young, To walk in wisdom's way!

2 Now, in their early days,

Teach them thy will to know;
O God, thy sanctifying grace
On every heart bestow!

3 Make their defenceless youth
The object of thy care;

Cause them to choose the way of truth, And fly from every snare.

4 Their hearts, to folly prone,

Renew by power divine;
Unite them to thyself alone.
And make them wholly thine.

5 Lord, let thy sacred word

Their warmest thoughts employ; There let them daily find the road Which leads to endless joy.