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2 My soul would cleave to thee;
Let naught my purpose move;
Oh, let my faith more steadfast be,
And more intense my love!

3

Thy grace to me impart,

With meekness to reprove,

To hate the sin with all my heart,
And still the sinner love.

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Oh, let my soul on thee be cast
In confidence and prayer!

Conduct me to the shore

Of everlasting peace,

Where storm and tempest rise no more,
Where sin and sorrow cease.

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"I will bless the Lord at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth."-Ps. xxxiv. 1.

1

THEE will I love, O Lord! my strength,
My rock, my tower, my high defence;

Thy mighty arm shall be my trust,

For I have found salvation thence.

2 Tired with the burdens of the day,
To thee I raised my evening cry;
Thou heard'st when I began to pray,
And thine almighty help was nigh.

3 Supported by thy heavenly aid,

I laid me down, and slept secure;
Not death should make my heart afraid,
Though I should wake and rise no more.

4 But God sustained me all the night;
Salvation doth to God belong;
He raised my head to see the light,
And make his praise my morning song.

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April 14. 8s & 7s.

Greenville.

GOD'S GUIDANCE IMPLORED.

"Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory."-Ps. lxxiii. 24.

1

GE

ENTLY, Lord, oh! gently lead us,
Through this lonely vale of tears;
Through the changes that await us,
Till our last great change appears.
2 When temptation's darts assail us,
When in devious paths we stray,
Let thy goodness never fail us,
Lead us in thy perfect way.

3 In the hour of pain and anguish,

In the hour when death draws near,
Suffer not our hearts to languish,
Suffer not our souls to fear.

4 When our mortal life is ended,
Bid us in thine arms to rest,
Till, by angel bands attended,
We awake among the blest.

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April 15. L. M.

Hebron.

GOD OUR SHEPHERD.

"He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righte ousness for his name's sake."-Ps. xxiii. 3.

1

MY shepherd is the living Lord;

Now shall my wants be well supplied:

His providence and holy word

Become my safety and my guide.

2 In pastures where salvation grows,
He makes me feed, he makes me rest;
There living water gently flows,
And all the food's divinely blest.

3 My wandering feet his ways mistake;
But he restores my soul to peace,
And leads me, for his mercy's sake,
In the fair paths of righteousness.

4 Though I walk through the gloomy vale,
Where death and all his terrors are;
My heart and hope shall never fail,
For God, my shepherd's with me there.

107 April 16.

C. M.

Lanesborough.

HEAVEN ANTICIPATED.

"Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens, and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness."— 2 Pet. iii. 13.

1

THERE
is an hour of peaceful rest,
To mourning wanderers given:
There is a joy for souls distressed,
A balm for every wounded breast,
'Tis found above-in heaven.

2 There is a home for weary souls,
By sin and sorrow driven;

When tossed on life's tempestuous shoals,
Where storms arise and ocean rolls,
And all is drear but heaven.

3 There, faith lifts up her cheerful eye,
To brighter prospects given;
And views the tempest passing by,
The evening shadows quickly fly,
And all serene in heaven.

4 There, fragrant flowers immortal bloom,
And joys supreme are given;

There, rays divine disperse the gloom ;-
Beyond the confines of the tomb,
Appears the dawn of heaven.

108

April 17. L. M.

Alfreton.

THE REDEEMING POWER OF LOVE.

"If thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head."-Rom. xii. 20.

1 WHAT precept, Jesus, is like thine,

Forgive, as ye would be forgiven!

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In this we see the power divine,

Which shall transform our earth to heaven.

2 'Tis not the harsh and scornful word

That victory over sin can gain,

'Tis not the prison, or the sword,
The shackle, or the weary chain.

3 But from our spirits there must flow
A love that will the wrong outweigh;
Our lips must only blessings know,

And wrath and sin shall die away.

4 'Twas heaven that formed the holy plan
To win the wanderer back by love;
Thus let us save our brother, man,
And imitate our God above.

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April 18.

L. M..

Missionary Chant.

GOD EVERYWHERE TO BE WORSHIPPED.

"From the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same, my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering."-Mal. i. 11.

1 THOU, to whom, in ancient time,

The lyre of Hebrew bards was strung; Whom kings adored in songs sublime, And prophets praised with glowing tongue:

2 Not now on Zion's height alone

Thy favored worshippers may dwell;
Nor where, at sultry noon, thy Son
Sat weary, by the patriarch's well.

3 From every place below the skies,

The grateful song, the fervent prayer,-
The incense of the heart,-may rise
To heaven, and find acceptance there.

4 To thee shall age, with snowy hair,
And strength, and beauty, bend the knee;
And childhood lisp, with reverent air,
Its praises and its prayers to thee!

5 0 thou, to whom, in ancient time,

The lyre of prophet bards was strung, To thee, at last, in every clime,

Shall temples rise, and praise be sung!

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April 19. L. M.

SELF-EXAMINATION.

Alfreton.

"Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still."-Ps. iv. 4.

1

RETURN, my roving heart, return,

And life's vain shadows chase no more; Seek out some solitude to mourn,

And thy forsaken God implore.

2 Wisdom and pleasure dwell at home;
Retired and silent seek them there:
True conquest is ourselves to o'ercome;
True strength, to break the tempter's snare.
3 0 thou great God, whose piercing eye
Distinctly marks each deep retreat,
In these sequestered hours draw nigh,
And let me here thy presence meet.
4 Through all the windings of my heart,
My search let heavenly wisdom guide;
And still its radiant beams impart,
Till all be searched and purified.

5 Then with the visits of thy love,
Vouchsafe my inmost soul to cheer;
Till every grace shall join to prove
That God hath fixed his dwelling there.

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April 20. C. M.

Mear.

GOD'S ETERNAL DOMINION.

"Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God."-Ps. xc. 2.

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REAT God! how infinite art thou!

GRE

What worthless worms are we!

Let the whole race of creatures bow,
And pay their praise to thee.

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