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2 Jesus, vouchsafe my heart and will
With Thy meek lowliness to fill;
No more her power let nature boast,
But in Thy will let mine be lost.
3 In life's short day let me yet more
Of Thy enlivening power implore:
My mind must deeper sink in Thee,
My foot stand firm, from wandering free.
4 One only care my soul shall know,
Father, all Thy commands to do;
Ah, deep engrave it on my breast,
That I in Thee even now am blest.

5 When my warmed thoughts I fix on Thee,
And plunge me in Thy mercy's sea,
Then even on me Thy face shall shine,
And quicken this dead heart of mine.
6 So even in storms my zeal shall grow;
So shall I Thy hid sweetness know;
And feel, what endless age shall prove,
That Thou, my Lord, my God, art Love.
John Wesley. 1739.

Tr. Christian Frederic Ritcher. ab. 1700.

L.M.

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10 THOU who all things canst control,
Chase sloth and slumber from my soul;
With joy and fear, with love and awe,
Give me to keep Thy perfect law.
20 may one beam of Thy blest light
Pierce through, dispel the shades of night;
Touch my cold breast with heavenly fire,
With holy, conquering zeal inspire.

3 With steps unwavering, undismayed,
Give me in all Thy paths to tread.
Rise, Lord, stir up Thy quickening power,
And wake me, that I sleep no more.

4 Single of heart O may I be!
Nothing may I desire but Thee;
Far, far from me the world remove,
And all that holds me from Thy Love!

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John Wesley. 1739. a.
From the German.

10 FOR a heart to praise my God,

A heart from sin set free!

A heart that always feels Thy Blood,
So freely shed for me!

2 A heart resigned, submissive, meek,
My great Redeemer's throne;
Where only Christ is heard to speak,
Where Jesus reigns alone.

3 An 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 renewed,
And full of love divine;

C. M.

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.

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10 FOR a principle within

Of jealous godly fear;

O for a tender dread of sin,
A pain to feel it near!

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1 FATHER of eternal grace,
Glorify Thyself in me!
Meekly beaming in my face,
May the world Thine image see.
2 Happy only in Thy Love,

Poor, unfriended, or unknown,
Fix my thoughts on things above;
Stay my heart on Thee alone.

3 Humble, holy, all resigned

To Thy will,-Thy will be done!
Give me, Lord, the perfect mind
Of Thy well-beloved Son.

4 Counting gain and glory loss,
May I tread the path He trod,
Die with Jesus on the Cross,
Rise with Him to Thee, my God!
James Montgomery. 1825.

422

LOVE TO GOD AND CHRIST.

1 HARK, my soul, it is the Lord!
'Tis thy Savior, hear His word:
Jesus speaks, and speaks to thee:
"Say, poor sinner, lovest thou Me?
2 "I delivered Thee, when bound,
And when wounded healed thy wound;
Sought thee wandering, set thee right,
Turned thy darkness into light.

3 "Can a woman's tender care
Cease towards the child she bare?
Yes, she may forgetful be,
Yet will I remember thee.

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4 "Mine is an unchanging Love,
Higher than the heights above,
Deeper than the depths beneath,
Free and faithful, strong as death.
5 "Thou shalt see My glory soon,
When the work of grace is done;
Partner of My throne shalt be;
Say, poor sinner, lovest thou Me?"
6 Lord, it is my chief complaint,
That my love is weak and faint:
Yet I love Thee and adore;
O for grace to love Thee more!

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William Couper. 1779.

Liebe, die Du mich zum Bilde. 8,7,7.

1 LORD, Thine image Thou didst lend me,
In Thy never-fading Love;

When I fell, yet Thou didst send me
Full Redemption from above.
Sacred Love, I long to be

Thine to all eternity!

2 Love, who hast for me enduréd
All the pains of death and hell;
Love, whose sufferings have procuréd
More for me than tongue can tell;
Love almighty and divine,

I would be forever Thine!

3 Love, my Life and my Salvation,
Light and Truth, eternal Word!
Thou alone dost consolation
To my sinking soul afford.
Sacred Love, I long to be
Thine to all eternity!

4 Love, who will hereafter raise me

From the grave and bed of dust;
Love, whose final zeal arrays me

Desire in vain its depths to see;
They cannot reach the mystery,

The length, and breadth, and height.
3 God only knows the Love of God;
O that it now were shed abroad

In this poor stony heart!
For love I sigh, for love I pine;
This only portion, Lord, be mine,
Be mine this better part.

4 0 that I could forever sit
With Mary at the Master's feet!
Be this my happy choice;
My only care, delight, and bliss,
My joy, my heaven on earth, be this,
To hear the Bridegroom's voice.

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C. Wesley. 1749. a.

1 My God, my Portion, and my Love,
My everlasting All!

I've none but Thee in heaven above,
Or on this earthly ball.

2 In vain the bright meridian sun
Scatters his feeble light;

Thy brighter beams create my noon;
If Thou withdraw, 'tis night.

C. M.

3 To Thee I owe my wealth and friends,
And health, and safe abode.
Thanks to Thy Name for meaner things;
But they are not my God.

4 If I possessed the spacious earth,
And called the stars my own;
Without Thy graces and Thyself,
I were a wretch undone.

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