2 Help us, through good report and ill, Like thee to do our Father's will, And kindness in our bosoms dwell, 4 If joy shall at thy bidding fly, 5 Should friends misjudge, or foes defame. Then, like thine own, be all our aim 6 Kept peaceful in the midst of strife, 304 O may we lead the pilgrim's life, They gave their own selves to the Lord. 1 I GAVE my life for thee, My precious blood I shed, 2 I spent long years for thee, Of joy thou mightest know. My rainbow-circled throne, [SIX 69. I left for earthly night, For wanderings sad and lone. Hast thou left aught for me? More than thy tongue can tell, To rescue thee from hell. Down from my home above, My pardon and my love. Thy years for me be spent, Give thou thyself to me. 305 A new heart will I give you, and a new spirit [C.M. will I put within you.-Ezek. xxxvi. 26. 1 0 FOR a heart to praise my God, A heart from sin set free: A heart that's sprinkled with the blood 2 A heart resign'd, submissive, meek, 3 A humble, lowly, contrite heart, Which neither life nor death can part 4 A heart in every thought renew'd, Perfect, and right, and pure, and good, 5 Thy nature, gracious Lord, impart : Write thy new name upon my heart, 306 I am the way, the truth, and the life.--John xiv. 6. [C.M. And he, who would the Father seek, 2 Thou art the truth,-thy word alone Thou only canst inform the mind, 3 Thou art the life, the rending tomb And those, who put their trust in thee, 4 Thou art the way, the truth, the life; That truth to keep, that life to win 307 Changed into the same image from glory to glory. [C.M. 2 Cor. iii. 18. 1 O SAVIOUR, may we never rest Till thou hast calm'd our troubled breast, 2 O may we gaze upon thy cross, Until the wondrous sight Makes earthly treasures seem but dross, 3 Until, released from carnal ties, And sees true peace above the skies, 4 There, as we gaze, may we become 308 And in a fairer happier home My soul thirsteth for thee.-Ps. lxiii. 1. 1 THE dove let loose in eastern skies, Ne'er stoops to earth her wing, nor flies [C.M. 2 But high she shoots through air and light Above each low delay, Where nothing earthly bounds her flight, 3 So grant me, God, from earthly care, 4 No lure to tempt, no art to stay 309 If any man will come after me, let him take up [L.M. his cross daily, and follow me.—Luke ix. 23. 1 TAKE up thy cross, the Saviour said, 2 Take up thy cross; let not its weight My strength shall bear thy spirit up, And brace thine heart and nerve thine arm. 3 Take up thy cross, nor heed the shame, To save thy soul from death and hell. 5 Take up thy cross and follow him, May hope to wear the glorious crown. The heavenly life that knows no end." 310 Put on the whole armour of God.-Eph. vi. 11. [D.S.M. 1 2 JESU, my strength, my hope, On thee I cast my care; With humble confidence look up, And know thou hear'st my prayer. Give me on thee to wait Till I can all things do; On thee, almighty to create, I want a sober mind, A self-renouncing will, That tramples down and casts behind A soul inured to pain, To hardship, grief, and loss, 3 I want a godly fear, |