4 Lord, if Thou didst the wish infuse,
A vessel fitted for Thy use

Into Thy hands receive!

Work in me both to will and do ;
And show them how believers true,
And real Christians, live.

5 With all-sufficient grace supply;
And, lo! I come to testify

The wonders of Thy Name,

Which saves from sin, the world, and hell ;
Whose virtue every heart may feel,
And every tongue proclaim.

6 A sinner, saved myself from sin,
I come my family to win,

To preach their sins forgiven;
Children, and wife, and servants seize,
And, through the paths of pleasantness,
Conduct them all to heaven.

For Parents.

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ATHER of all, by whom we are,
For whom was made whatever is;
Who hast entrusted to our care

A candidate for glorious bliss:

2 We tremble at the danger near,

And crowds of wretched parents see, Who, blindly fond, their children rear In tempers far as hell from Thee. 3 Poor worms of earth, for help we cry, For grace to guide what grace has given; We ask for wisdom from on high, To train our infant up for heaven. 4 Him let us tend, severely kind, As guardians of his giddy youth; As set to form his tender mind, By principles of virtuous truth:

5 To fit his soul for heavenly grace;

Discharge the Christian parents' part;
And keep him, till Thy love takes place,
And Jesus rises in his heart.

GOD

NOD only wise, almighty, good,
Send forth Thy truth and light,
To point us out the narrow road,
And guide our steps aright:

2 To steer our dangerous course between
The rocks on either hand;
And fix us in the golden mean,
And bring our charge to land.
3 Made apt, by Thy sufficient grace,
To teach as taught by Thee,
We come to train, in all Thy ways,
Our rising progeny.

4 Their selfish will, in time, subdue,
And mortify their pride;

And lend their youth a sacred clue
To find the Crucified.

5 We would, in every step, look up;
By Thy example taught

To' alarm their fear, excite their hope,
And rectify their thought.

6 We would persuade their hearts t' obey;
With mildest zeal proceed;

And never take the harsher way,
When love will do the deed.

7 For this we ask, in faith sincere,
The wisdom from above,

To touch their hearts with filial fear,
And pure, ingenuous love:

8 To watch their will, to sense inclined;
Withhold their hurtful food;

And, gently, bend their tender mind,
And draw their souls to God.

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9 Unless restrained by grace we are,
In vain the snare we see ;

We see, and rush into the snare
Of blind idolatry.

10 Us from ourselves Thou canst secure,
In nature's slippery ways;

And make our feeble footsteps sure,
By Thy sufficient grace.

11 If on Thy promised grace alone
We faithfully depend,

Thou surely wilt preserve Thy own,
And keep them to the end;
12 Wilt keep us tenderly discreet,
To guard what Thou hast given;
And bring our child with us to meet,
At Thy right hand, in heaven.

THE YOUNG.

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OD of mercy, throned on high,
Listen from Thy lofty seat;

Hear, O hear, our feeble cry;

Guide, O guide, our wand'ring feet!
2 Young and erring travellers, we
All our dangers do not know;
Scarcely fear the stormy sea,
Hardly feel the tempest blow.

3 Jesus, lover of the young,

Cleanse us with Thy blood Divine,
Ere the tide of sin grow strong,
Save us, keep us, make us Thine!
4. When perplex'd in danger's snare,
Thou alone our Guide canst be;
When oppress'd with woe and care,
Whom have we to trust but Thee!

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5 Let us ever hear Thy voice,
Ask Thy counsel every day;
Saints and angels will rejoice,

If we walk in wisdom's way.
6 Saviour, give us faith, and pour
Hope and love on every soul,-
Hope, till time shall be no more;
Love, while endless ages roll!

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EDMESTON. 1820.

EAD us! Heavenly Father, lead us,
O'er the world's tempestuous sea;
Guide us, guard us, keep us, feed us,
For we have no help but Thee;
Yet possessing every blessing,
If our God our Father be.

2 Saviour, breathe forgiveness o'er us;
All our weakness Thou dost know;
Thou didst tread this earth before us,
Thou didst feel its keenest woe;
Lone and dreary, faint and weary,
Through the desert Thou didst go.
3 Spirit of our God, descending,

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Fill our hearts with heavenly joy ;
Love with every passion blending,
Pleasure that can never cloy.
Thus provided, pardoned, guided,
Nothing can our peace destroy.

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ESET with snares on every hand,
life's uncertain path I stand:
Saviour Divine, diffuse Thy light
To guide my doubtful footsteps right.
2 Engage this roving treacherous heart
To fix on Mary's better part;

To scorn the trifles of a day,
For joys, that none can take away.

3 Then let the wildest storms arise,
Let tempests mingle earth and skies;
No fatal shipwreck shall I fear,
But all my treasures with me bear.
4 If Thou, my Jesus, still be nigh,
Cheerful I live, and joyful die:
Secure, when mortal comforts flee,
To find ten thousand worlds in Thee.

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MONG the deepest shades of night,
Can there be One who sees my way?
Yes;-God is like a shining light,
And turns the darkness into day.
2 When every eye around me sleeps,
May I not sin without control?
No; for a constant watch He keeps
On every thought of every soul.
3 If I could find some cave unknown,
Where human foot has never trod,
Yet there I could not be alone :

On every side there would be God.
4 He smiles in heaven, He frowns in hell;
He fills the air, the earth, the sea :-
I must within His presence dwell;
I cannot from His anger flee.

5 Yet I may flee-He shows me where ;
To Jesus Christ He bids me fly:
And while He sees me weeping there,
There's only mercy in His eye.

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FAWCETT. 1782.

ELIGION is the chief concern

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Of mortals here below:

May I its great importance learn ;
Its sovereign virtue know.

2 Religion should our thoughts engage
Amid our youthful bloom: