3 I want a godly fear,
A quick, discerning eye,

That looks to thee when sin is near,
And sees the tempter fly;
A spirit still prepared,

And arm'd with jealous care,
For ever standing on its guard,
And watching unto prayer.

4 I want a heart to pray,

Το pray and never cease,
Never to murmur at thy stay,
Or wish my sufferings less;
This blessing, above all,
Always to pray I want,
Out of the deep on thee to call,
And never, never faint.

5 I want a true regard,

A single, steady aim,
Unmoved by threatening or reward,
To thee and thy great Name;
A jealous, just concern

For thine immortal praise;
A pure desire that all may learn
And glorify thy grace.

6 I rest upon thy word,

The promise is for me;

My succour and salvation, Lord,
Shall surely come from thee:
But let me still abide,

GU

Nor from my hope remove,
Till thou my patient spirit guide
Into thy perfect love.

HYMN 177. III. 3.

Prayer for Guidance.

UIDE me, O thou great Jehovah, Pilgrim through this barren land; I am weak, but thou art mighty; Hold me with thy powerful hand.

2 Open now the crystal fountains Whence the living waters flow, Let the fiery, cloudy pillar,

Lead me all my journey through. 3 Feed me with the heavenly manna In this barren wilderness;

Be my sword, and shield, and banner;
Be the Lord my righteousness.

4 When I tread the verge of Jordan,
Bid
my anxious fears subside;
Death of death, and hell's destruction,
Land me safe on Canaan's side.

HYMN 178. L. M.

Following the Example of Christ.

WHENE'ER the angry passions rise,

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And tempt our thoughts or tongues to strife, To Jesus let us lift our eyes,

Bright pattern of the Christian life.

2 O how benevolent and kind,

How mild, how ready to forgive:
Be this the temper of our mind,

And these the rules by which we live.
3 To do his heavenly Father's will
Was his employment and delight;
Humility and holy zeal

Shone through his life divinely bright.

4 Dispensing good where'er he came,
The labours of his life were love,
Then, if we bear the Saviour's name,
By his example let us move.

5 But, ah, how blind, how weak we are,
How frail, how apt to turn aside;
Lord, we depend upon thy care;
We ask thy Spirit for our guide.

6 Thy fair example may we trace,
To teach us what we ought to be;

Make us, by thy transforming grace,
O Saviour, daily more like thee.

A

HYMN 179. S. M.

Duties.

CHARGE to keep I have,
A God to glorify;

A never-dying soul to save,
And fit it for the sky:

2 From youth to hoary age,
My calling to fulfil :

O may it all my powers engage
To do my Master's will.

3 Arm me with jealous care,
As in thy sight to live,

And, oh! thy servant, Lord, prepare
A strict account to give.

4 Help me to watch and pray,
And on thyself rely;
Assured if I my trust betray,
I shall for ever die.

HYMN 180. C. M.

"Forgetting those things which are behind," &c. Phil. iii. 13, 14.

WAKE, my soul, stretch every nerve,
And press with vigour on;
A heavenly race demands thy zeal,
And an immortal crown.

2 A cloud of witnesses around
Hold thee in full survey;
Forget the steps already trod,
And onward urge thy way.

3 'Tis God's all-animating voice
That calls thee from on high,
'Tis his own hand presents the prize
To thine uplifted eye.

4 Then wake, my soul, stretch every nerve, And press with vigour on;

A heavenly race demands thy zeal,
And an immortal crown.

HYMN 181. C. M.
Doubting.

THE Lord will happiness divine

On contrite hearts bestow:
Then tell me, gracious God, is mine
A contrite heart, or no?

2 I hear, but seem to hear in vain,
Insensible as steel;

If aught is felt, 'tis only pain
To find I cannot feel.

3 My best desires are faint and few,
I fain would strive for more;

But when I cry, "My strength renew,”
Seem weaker than before.

4 I see thy saints with comfort fill'd,
When in thy house of prayer;
But still in bondage I am held,
And find no comfort there.

5 O make this heart rejoice or ache;
Decide this doubt for me;
And if it be not broken, break;
And heal it, if it be.

HYMN 182. C. M.

Desires after renewed Holiness.

OH for a closer walk with God,

A calm and heavenly frame;
A light to shine upon the road
That leads me to the Lamb.

2 Where is the blessedness I knew,
When first I saw the Lord?
Where is the soul-refreshing view
Of Jesus and his word?

3 What peaceful hours I then enjoy'd;
How sweet their memory still:
But now I feel an aching void
The world can never fill.

4 Return, O holy Dove, return,
Sweet messenger of rest;

I hate the sins that made thee mourn, And drove thee from my breast.

5 The dearest idc' I have known,
Whate'er that idol be,

Help me to tear it from thy throne,
And worship only thee.

6 So shall my walk be close with God, Calm and serene my frame;

So purer light shall mark the road
That leads me to the Lamp

HYMN 183. III. 1.

Trials.

"TIS my happiness below

Not to live without the cross;
But the Saviour's power to know,
Sanctifying every loss.

2 Trials must and will befall;
But with humble faith to see
Love inscribed upon them all—–
This is happiness to me.

3 Did I meet no trials here,

No chastisement by the way,
Might I not with reason fear
I should be a cast-away?

4 Trials make the promise sweet;
Trials give new life to prayer;
Bring me to my Saviour's feet,
Lay me low, and keep me there.