2 Lord, on thee our souls depend;
In compassion now descend;
Fill our hearts with heavenly grace,
Tune our lips to sing thy praise.
3 In thine own appointed way,
Now we seek thee,-here we stay:
Lord, we know not how to go,
Till a blessing thou bestow.

55

Lord, remember me.

C. M.

THOU, from whom all goodness flows,
I lift my heart to thee;

In all my sorrows, conflicts, woes,
Dear Lord, remember me!

2 When on my guilty, burdened heart
My sins lie heavily,

My pardon speak, new peace impart,
In love, remember me!

3 Temptations sore obstruct my way,
And ills I cannot flee;

Oh! give me strength, Lord, as my day. And still remember me!

4 Distressed with pain, disease, and grief,
This feeble body see;

Grant patience, rest, and kind relief;
Hear, and remember me!

5 If on my face, for thy dear name,
Shame and reproaches be,

I'll hail reproach, and welcome shame,
If thou remember me.

6 The hour is near, the hour of death,
I own the just decree:

And when I draw my parting breath,
Saviour, remember me!

56

Child's Prayer.

GOD! I am a little child

C. M.

Who fain to thee would pray;

But am so lost in folly's wild,

I know not what to say.

20 teach my light and erring tongue To render thanks to thee;

And mould my simple heart, while young, To deep humility.

3 For thou hast made me what I am,
With brightest hopes before;

And put a reasoning soul within,
To live for evermore.

4 That thou art kind, and great, and good, I joyfully believe;

But, O thy boundless love to man,

My mind cannot conceive.

5 That thou shouldst send thine only Son
From regions of the sky,

For this whole sinful race of mine
A dreadful death to die,

6 I cannot grasp. But teach me, Lord,
With grateful heart to bow;

And be that reverenced and adored,
Which none conceives but Thou.

57

The Request.

C. M.

FATHER, whate'er of carthly bliss

sovereign will denies,

Accepted at thy throne of grace
Let this petition rise:-

2 Let the sweet hope that thou art mine
My life and death attend;

Thy presence through my journey shine,
And crown my journey's end.

58

God's Blessing asked.

C. M.

THAT the Lord would guide my ways
To keep his statutes still:

O that my God would grant me grace
To know and do his will.

20 send thy Spirit down to write
Thy law upon my heart;

Nor let my tongue indulge deceit,
Nor act the liar's part.

3 Conduct my footsteps by thy word,
And make my heart sincere;
Let sin have no dominion, Lord,
But keep my conscience clear.

4 Make me to walk in thy commands;
'Tis a delightful road;

Nor let my head, nor heart, nor hands
Offend against my God.

59

An Infant's Prayer.

7's.

HOLY Father, please to hear

Infant praise and humble prayer;
Thou, who gavest us parents kind,
Teach us ever them to mind.

2 Food and raiment, home and friends,
All we have, thy goodness sends;
And for these our hearts shall raise
Grateful thanks and humble praise.

3 Guide our lives in grace and truth,
Through the tempting scenes of youth;
And when here our trials cease,
O receive our souls in peace.

C. M.

60 Prayer for Guidance. PERMIT me, Lord, to seek thy face,

Obedient to thy call;

To seek the presence of thy grace,
My strength, my life, my all.
All I can wish is thine to give:
My God, I ask thy love;
That greatest bliss I can receive,
The bliss of heaven above.

3 To heaven my restless heart aspires;
O for a quickening ray,

To wake and warm my faint desires,
And cheer the tiresome way!

4 The path to thy divine abode
Through a wild desert lies;
A thousand snares beset the road,
A thousand terrors rise.

5 Satan and sin unite their art

To keep me from my Lord;

Dear Saviour, guard my trembling heart,
And guide me by thy word.

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A childlike Spirit.

1 JESUS, make my sinful heart

Humble, teachable, and mild; Upright, simple, free from art, Like a little infant child.

2 Every little child relies

On a care beyond his own;

Knows he's neither strong nor wise,
Fears to stir a step alone.

7'8.

3 From all pride and envy free,
Teach me to obey thy will;
Pleased with all that pleases thee,
Love, and praise, and bless thee still.
4 What thou shalt to-day provide,
Let me as a child receive;
What to-morrow may betide,
Calmly to thy wisdom leave.

5 Let me then on thee rely,
While my heart to thee I give;
Happy when I come to die,
If I die with thee to live.

62

MER

Prayer for Mercy,

ERCY alone can meet my case;
For mercy, Lord, I cry:

Jesus, Redeemer, show thy face
In mercy, or I die.

2 Save me for none besides can save;
At thy command I tread,

C. M

With failing step, life's stormy wave;-
The wave goes o'er my head.

3 I perich, and my doom were just;
But wilt thou leave me? No:

I hold thee fast, my hope, my trust;
I will not let thee go.

4 Still sure to me thy promise stands,
And ever must abide;

Behold it written on thy hands,
And graven in thy side.

5 To this, this only, will I cleave;
Thy word is all my plea;

That word is truth, and I believe;-
Have mercy, Lord, on me!