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5 Lead me in all Thy righteous ways,
Nor suffer me to slide,

Point out the path before my face;
My God, be Thou my Guide!

6 All those who put their trust in Thee
Thy mercy shall proclaim;
And sing, with cheerful melody,
Their dear Redeemer's name.

7 Protected by Thy guardian grace,
They shall extol Thy power,

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Rejoice, give thanks, and shout Thy praise,
And triumph evermore.

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IGHT of Life, seraphic fire,
Love Divine, Thyself impart !
Every fainting soul inspire,

Shine in every drooping heart!
Every mournful sinner cheer;
Scatter all our guilty gloom;
Son of God, appear, appear!
To Thy human temples come.
2 Come, in this accepted hour;
Bring Thy heavenly kingdom in!
Fill us with the glorious power,
Rooting out the seeds of sin:
Nothing more can we require,

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We will covet nothing less;
Be Thou all our heart's desire,
All our joy, and all our peace!

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EE, Jesus, Thy disciples see,
The promised blessing give!
Met in Thy name, we look to Thee,
Expecting to receive.

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2 Thee we expect, our faithful Lord,
Who in Thy name are joined ;
We wait, according to Thy word,
Thee in the midst to find.

3 With us Thou art assembled here;
But, O, Thyself reveal!
Son of the living God, appear !
Let us Thy presence feel.

4 Breathe on us, Lord, in this our day,
And these dry bones shall live;
Speak peace into our hearts, and say,·
"The Holy Ghost receive!"

5 Whom now we seek, O may we meet !
Jesus, the Crucified;

Show us Thy bleeding hands and feet,
Thou who for us hast died.

6 Cause us Thy record to receive :
Speak, and the tokens show:
'O be not faithless, but believe
In Me, who died for you!'

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ONG have I sat beneath the sound
Of Thy salvation, Lord;
But still how weak my faith is found,
And knowledge of Thy word!

2 My gracious Saviour and my God,
How little art Thou known
By all the judgments of Thy rod,
Or blessings of Thy throne!

3 How cold and feeble is my love!
How negligent my fear!

How low my hope of joys above!
How few affections there!

4 Great God! Thy sovereign power impart,
To give Thy word success;

Write Thy salvation on my heart,
And make me learn Thy grace.

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5 Show my forgetful feet the way
That leads to joys on high,

Where knowledge grows without decay,
And love shall never die.

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SUN of Righteousness, arise;
With healing in Thy wing!

To my diseased, my fainting soul,
Life and salvation bring.

2 These clouds of pride and sin dispel,
By Thy all-piercing beam;
Lighten my eyes with faith, my heart
With holy hope inflame.

3 My mind, by Thy all-quickening power,
From low desires set free ;
Unite my scattered thoughts, and fix
My love entire on Thee.

4 Father, Thy long-lost son receive,
Saviour, Thy purchase own;
Blest Comforter, with peace and joy
Thy new-made creature crown.

5 Eternal, undivided Lord,

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Co-equal One and Three,

On Thee, all faith, all hope be placed,
All love be paid to Thee!

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YOME, gracious Lord, descend and dwell
By faith and love in every breast;

Then shall we know, and taste, and feel,
The joys that cannot be expressed.

2 Come, fill our hearts with inward strength,
Make our enlarged souls possess,

And learn the height, and breadth, and length Of Thine immeasurable grace.

3 Now to the God, whose power can do More than our thoughts or wishes know, Be everlasting honours done,

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By all the Church, through Christ His Son.
MOIR. (1852.)

C.M.

H! who is like the Mighty One,
Whose throne is in the sky,

Who compasseth the universe
With His all-searching eye;
At whose creative word appeared
The dry land and the sea!
My spirit thirsts for Thee, O Lord,
My spirit thirsts for Thee!

2 Around Him suns and systems swim
In harmony and light;
Beside Him harps angelic hymn
His praises day and night;
Yet to the contrite, day and night,
In mercy turneth He:

My spirit thirsts for Thee, O Lord,
My spirit thirsts for Thee!

3 Yes! though unlimited His works,
His power upholds them all;
He clothes the lilies of the field,
And marks the sparrows fall;
Who listens to the raven's cry,
Will bend His ear to me;
My spirit thirsts for Thee, O Lord,
My spirit thirsts for Thee!

Praying for a Blessing on the Word.

L.M. 6 lines.

C. WESLEY. 1767. !

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We seem agreed to seek Thy face;
But every soul assembled here
Doth naked in Thy sight appear:
Thou know'st who only bows the knee;
And who in heart approaches Thce.

2 Thy Spirit hath the difference made
Betwixt the living and the dead;
Thou now dost into some inspire
The pure, benevolent desire:
O that, even now, Thy powerful call
May quicken and convert us all!

3 The sinners suddenly convince,
O'erwhelmed beneath their load of sins:

To-day, while it is call'd to-day,

Awake, and stir them up to pray,
Their dire captivity to own,

And from the iron furnace groan.

4 Then, then acknowledge, and set free
The people bought, O Lord, by Thee,
The sheep for whom their Shepherd bled,
For whom we in Thy Spirit plead :
Let all in Thee redemption find,
And not a soul be left behind.

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HEPHERD of souls, with pitying eye
The thousands of our Israel see:
To Thee, in their behalf, we cry,
Ourselves but newly found in Thee.

2 See, where o'er desert wastes they err,
And neither food nor feeder have,
Nor fold, nor place of refuge near ;

For no man cares their souls to save.

3 Thy people, Lord, are sold for nought;
Nor know they their Redeemer nigh;
They perish, whom Thyself hast bought;
Their souls for lack of knowledge die.

4 The pit its mouth hath open'd wide,
To swallow up its careless prey;

Why should they die, when Thou hast died,-
Hast died to bear their sins away?

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