58. L. M.

1

ALMIGHTY Author of my frame !
To thee my vital powers belong:
Thy praise, delightful, glorious theme!
Demands my heart, my life, my tongue.

2

My heart, my life, my tongue are thine ;
O be thy praise their best employ !'
And may my song with angels join,
Nor sacred awe forbid the joy!
3

The Almighty Sovereign of the skies
To mortals bends a gracious ear;
Nor the mean tribute will despise,
If offer'd with a heart sincere.

4

Great God! accept the humble praise,
And guide my heart, and guide my tongue,
While to thy name I trembling raise
The grateful, though unworthy, song.

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My Maker and my King!
To thee my all I owe;

Thy sovereign bounty is the spring
Whence all my blessings flow.

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Thou ever good and kind! A thousand reasons move, A thousand obligations bind My heart to grateful love.

Thy goodness, like the sun, Dawn'd on my early days, Ere infant reason had begun To form my lips to praise.

4

The creature of thy hand,
On thee alone I live;

My God! thy benefits demand
More praise than tongue can give.

5

O let thy love inspire

My soul with strength divine; Let all my powers to thee aspire,

And all my days be thine!

60. L. M.

1

SUPREME and universal Light! Fountain of reason! Judge of right! Parent of good! whose blessings flow On all above and all below;-.

2

Without whose kind, directing ray,
In everlasting night we stray,
From passion still to passion tost,
And in a maze of error lost ;-;

3

Assist me, Lord! to act, to be
What thy all holy laws decree;
Worthy that intellectual flame
Which from thy breathing spirit came.

4

May my expanded soul disclaim
The narrow view, the selfish aim;
And with a christian zeal embrace
Whate'er is friendly to my race.

5.

O Father! faith and virtue grant: No more I wish, no more I want: To know, to serve thee, and to love, Is peace below, is bliss above,

WHEN all thy mercies, O my God!
My rising soul surveys,
Transported with the view, I'm lost
In wonder, love, and praise.

2

O how shall words, with equal warmth,
The gratitude declare

That glows in my enraptured heart!
But thou canst read it there.

3

Unnumber'd comforts, gracious God!
Thy tender care bestow'd,
Before my infant heart conceiv'd
From whom those comforts flow'd.

4

Ten thousand thousand precious gifts
My daily thanks employ ;

Nor is the least a cheerful heart,
That tastes those gifts with joy.

5

Through every period of my life,
Thy goodness I'll pursue;

And, after death, in scenes of bliss,
The glorious theme renew.

6

Through all eternity, to thee
A joyful song I'll raise;
But O eternity's too short
To utter all thy praise!

62. C. M.

1

WITH God my friend, the radiant sun Sheds a more lively ray;

Each object smiles; all nature charms 3 I chase my cares away.

2

I cannot doubt his bounteous love,

Immeasurably kind;

To his unerring, gracious will,
Be every wish resign'd.

3

Good, when he gives, supremely good;
Nor less when he denies;

Afflictions, from his gracious hand,
Are blessings in disguise.