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PART SECOND.

HYMNS

OF

PRAYER AND PRAISE.

THE

CHRISTIAN PSALMIST.

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PART II.

PRAYER AND PRAISE.

130.

For Instruction.

TEACH me, my God and King,
In all things Thee to see;

And what I do in any thing,
To do it as for Thee!

To scorn the Senses' sway,
While still to Thee I tend :
In all I do, be Thou the way,
In all be Thou the end.

All may of Thee partake,
Nothing so small can be,

But draws, when acted for thy sake,
Greatness and worth from Thee.

If done beneath thy laws,

Even servile labours shine;

Hallow'd is toil, if this the cause,
The meanest work divine.

131.

God all in all to the believer.

1 IN Thee I live, and move, and am;
Thou deal'st me out my days:
As Thou renew'st my being, Lord,
Let me renew thy praise.

2 Naked came I into this world,

And nothing with me brought;
And nothing have I here deserved:
Yet have I lacked nought.

3 I do not bless my labouring hand,
My labouring head, or chance;
Thy providence, most gracious God,
Is mine inheritance.

4 Thy bounty gives me bread with peace,
A table free from strife:
Thy blessing is the staff of bread,
Which is the staff of life.

5 The daily favours of my God
I cannot sing at large:

Yet let me make this holy boast,
I am the Almighty's charge.

6 Lord, in the day, Thou art about
The paths wherein I tread;

And in the night, when I lie down,
Thou art about my bed.

7 A thousand deaths I daily 'scape,
I pass by many a pit,

I sail by many dreadful rocks,
Where others have been split.

8 Whilst others in God's prisons lie,
Bound with affliction's chains,
I walk at large, secure and free

From sickness and from pains.

9 'Tis not, my God, myself alone,
But mine to Thee I owe;
Thou mad'st me many out of one;
O let thy praises grow.

10 O let my house a temple be;
That I and mine may sing
Hosannahs to thy Majesty,
And praise our heavenly King.

11 'Tis Thou hast crown'd my actions, Lord,
With good success, each day;
This crown, together with myself,
At thy blest feet I lay.

132.

For the continual help of God.

1 BE with me, Lord, where'er I go,
Teach me what Thou would'st have me do;
Suggest whate'er I think or say,
Direct me in thy narrow way.

2 Prevent me, lest I harbour pride,
Lest I in mine own strength confide;
Show me my weakness, let me see,
I have my power, my all from Thee.
30 may I ne'er my silence break,
Unless inspired by Thee to speak;
Then let such power attend my word,
That all who hear, may seek the Lord.
4 Enrich me alway with thy love;
My kind protection ever prove;
Thy signet put upon my breast,
And let thy Spirit on me rest.

5 Assist and teach me how to pray;
Incline my nature to obey;

What Thou abhorr'st, that let me flee,
And only love what pleases Thee.

6 O may I never do my will,
But thine, and only thine, fulfil:
Let all my time, and all my ways,
Be spent and ended to thy praise.

133.

For a blessing with food.

1 FOUNTAIN of being, Source of good! At whose Almighty breath

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