2 Help us, through good report and ill,
Our daily cross to bear;

Like thee to do our Father's will,
Our brethren's grief to share.
3 Let grace our selfishness expel,
Our earthliness refine,

And kindness in our bosoms dwell,
As free and true as thine.

4 If joy shall at thy bidding fly,
And grief's dark day come on,
We, in our turn, would meekly cry,
Father, thy will be done.

5 Should friends misjudge, or foes defame.
Or brethren faithless prove,

Then, like thine own, be all our aim
To conquer them by love.

6 Kept peaceful in the midst of strife,
Forgiving and forgiven,

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O may we lead the pilgrim's life,
And follow thee to heaven.c

They gave their own selves to the Lord.
2 Cor. viii. 5.

1 I GAVE my life for thee,

My precious blood I shed,
That thou might'st ransom'd be,
And quicken'd from the dead.
I gave my life for thee;
What hast thou given for me?

2 I spent long years for thee,
În weariness and woe,
That an eternity

Of joy thou mightest know.
I spent long years for thee;
Hast thou spent one for me?
3 My Father's home of light,

My rainbow-circled throne,

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I left for earthly night,

For wanderings sad and lone.
I left it all for thee;

Hast thou left aught for me?
4 I suffer'd much for thee,

More than thy tongue can tell,
Of bitterest agony,

To rescue thee from hell.
I suffer'd much for thee;
What canst thou bear for me?
5 And I have brought to thee,

Down from my home above,
Salvation full and free,

My pardon and my love.
Great gifts I brought to thee;
What hast thou brought to me?
6 Oh, let thy life be given,

Thy years for me be spent,
World-fetters all be riven,
And joy with suffering blent.
I gave myself for thee;

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
So freely shed for me:

2 A heart resign'd, submissive, meek,
My dear Redeemer's throne;
Where only Christ is heard to speak,
Where Jesus reigns alone:

3 A humble, lowly, contrite heart,
Believing, true, and clean;

Which neither life nor death can part
From him that dwells within:

4 A heart in every thought renew'd,
And full of love divine,

Perfect, and right, and pure, and good,
A copy, Lord, of thine.

5 Thy nature, gracious Lord, impart :
Come quickly from above;

Write thy new name upon my heart,
Thy new best name of love.

306 I am the way, the truth, and the life.--John xiv. 6. [C.M.
1 THOU art the way,-to thee alone
From sin and death we flee;

And he, who would the Father seek,
Must seek him, Lord, by thee.

2 Thou art the truth,-thy word alone
True wisdom can impart;

Thou only canst inform the mind,
And purify the heart.

3 Thou art the life, the rending tomb
Proclaims thy conquering arm;

And those, who put their trust in thee,
Nor death nor hell shall harm.

4 Thou art the way, the truth, the life;
Grant us that way to know,

That truth to keep, that life to win
Whose joys eternal flow.

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 art form'd within;

Till thou hast calm'd our troubled breast,
And crush'd the power of sin.

2 O may we gaze upon thy cross,

Until the wondrous sight

Makes earthly treasures seem but dross,
And earthly sorrows light.

3 Until, released from carnal ties,
Our spirit upward springs,

And sees true peace above the skies,
True joy in heavenly things.

4 There, as we gaze, may we become
United, Lord, to thee;

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And in a fairer happier home
Thy perfect beauty see.

My soul thirsteth for thee.-Ps. lxiii. 1.

1 THE dove let loose in eastern skies,
Returning fondly home,

Ne'er stoops to earth her wing, nor flies
Where idler warblers roam :

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2 But high she shoots through air and light Above each low delay,

Where nothing earthly bounds her flight,
Nor shadow dims her way.

3 So grant me, God, from earthly care,
From pride and passion free,
Aloft through faith and love's pure air
To hold my course to thee.

4 No lure to tempt, no art to stay
My soul as home she springs;
Thy sunshine on her joyful way,
Thy freedom on her wings.

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,
If thou wouldst my disciple be;
Deny thyself, the world forsake,
And humbly follow after me.

2 Take up thy cross; let not its weight
Fill thy weak spirit with alarm:

My strength shall bear thy spirit up,

And brace thine heart and nerve thine arm.

3 Take up thy cross, nor heed the shame,
Nor let thy foolish pride rebel;
Thy Lord for thee the cross endured,

To save thy soul from death and hell.
4 Take up thy cross then in his strength,
And calmly every danger brave;
'Twill guide thee to a better home,
And lead to victory o'er the grave.

5 Take up thy cross and follow him,
Nor think till death to lay it down;
For only he who bears the cross

May hope to wear the glorious crown.
6 To Thee, O God, the One in Three,
All praise for evermore ascend;
O grant us in our home to see

The heavenly life that knows no end."

310 Put on the whole armour of God.-Eph. vi. 11. [D.S.M.

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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,
Almighty to renew.

I want a sober mind,

A self-renouncing will,

That tramples down and casts behind
The baits of pleasing ill;

A soul inured to pain,

To hardship, grief, and loss,
Bold to take up, firm to maintain
The consecrated cross.

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