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3 Power o'er the world, the flesh, and sin, We through thy gracious Spirit feel: Full power the victory to win,

And answer all thy righteous will.

4 Pure love to God thy members find;
Pure love to every soul of man;
And in thy sober, spotless mind,
Saviour, our heaven on earth we gain.

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COMP

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The witness of entire consecration.
1OME, Holy Ghost, all-quick'ning fire,
Come, and in me delight to rest;
Drawn by the lure of strong desire,
O come and consecrate my breast;
The temple of my soul prepare,
And fix thy sacred presence there.
2 If now thine influence I feel,
If now in thee begin to live,
Still to my heart thyself reveal;
Give me thyself, forever give:
A point my good, a drop my store,
Eager I ask, I pant for more.

3 Eager for thee I ask and pant,
So strong the principle divine.
Carries me out with sweet constraint,

Till all my hallow'd soul is thine;
Plunged in the Godhead's deepest sea,
And lost in thy immensity.

4 My peace, my life, my comfort thou,
My treasure and my all thou art;
True witness of my sonship, now
Engraving pardon on my heart :
Seal of my sins in Christ forgiven,
Earnest of love, and pledge of heaven.

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RAYER is appointed to convey

The blessings God designs to give: Long as they live should Christians pray; They learn to pray when first they live. 2 If pain afflict, or wrongs oppress; If cares distract, or fears dismay; If guilt deject; if sin distress;

In every case, still watch and pray. 3 'Tis prayer supports the soul that's weak: Though thought be broken, language lame, Pray, if thou canst or canst not speak; But pray with faith in Jesus' name.

4 Depend on him; thou canst not fail; Make all thy wants and wishes known; Fear not; his merits must prevail :

Ask but in faith, it shall be done.

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What is prayer?

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PRAYER is the soul's sincere desire,

or unexpress'd;

The motion of a hidden fire

That trembles in the breast.

2 Prayer is the burden of a sigh,-
The falling of a tear,-
The upward glancing of an eye,
When none but God is near.

3 Prayer is the simplest form of speech
That infant lips can try;

Prayer, the submest strains that reach
The Majesty on high.

4 Prayer is the Christian's vital breath,
The Christian's native air;

His watchword at the gates of death,-
He enters heaven with prayer.

5 Prayer is the contrite sinner's voice,
Returning from his ways;

While angels, in their songs, rejoice,
And cry,-Behold, he prays!

6 O Thou, by whom we come to God,
The Life, the Truth, the Way,-
The path of prayer thyself hast trod:-
Lord, teach us how to pray!

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The mercy-seat.

L. M.

FROM every stormy wind that blows,

From every swelling tide of woes,

There is a calm, a sure retreat;
"Tis found beneath the mercy-seat.

2 There is a place, where Jesus sheds
The oil of gladness on our heads;
A place than all besides more sweet,-
It is the blood-bought mercy-seat.

3 There is a scene, where spirits blend,
Where friend holds fellowship with friend;
Though sunder'd far, by faith they meet,
Around one common mercy-seat.

4 Ah! whither could we flee for aid,
When tempted, desolate, dismay'd?
Or how the hosts of hell defeat,
Had suff'ring saints no mercy-seat?

5 There, there on eagles' wings we soar,
And sin and sense molest no more;
And heaven comes down our souls to greet,
While glory crowns the mercy-seat.

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Lord, teach us to pray.

ESUS, thou sov'reign Lord of all.
The same through one eternal day,-.
Attend thy feeblost foll'wer's call,
And O, instruct us how to pray!
Pour out the supplicating grace,
And stir us up to seek thy face.

2 We cannot think a gracious thought,
We cannot feel a good desire,
Till thou, who callest worlds from naught,
The power into our hearts inspire;
And then we in the Spirit groan,
And then we give thee back thine own.

3 Come in thy pleading Spirit down
To us who for thy coming stay;
Of all thy gifts we ask but one,-
We ask the constant power to pray:
Indulge us, Lord, in this request,
Thou canst not then deny the rest.

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Pray without ceasing.

C. M.

SHEE

HEPHERD Divine, our wants reliev
In this our evil day;

To all thy tempted foll'wers give
The power to watch and pray.

2 Long as our fiery trials last,-
Long as the cross we bear,-
O let our souls on thee be cast
In never-ceasing prayer.

3 Till thou thy perfect love impart;
Till thou thyself bestow,

Be this the cry of every heart,

I will not let thee go;

4 I will not let thee go, unless
Thou tell thy name to me;
With all thy great salvation bless,
And make me all like thee.

5 Then let me on the mountain-top
Behold thy open face;

Where faith in sight is swallow'd up,
And prayer in endless praise.

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The Lord's Prayer.

C. M.

UR Father, God, who art in heaven,
All hallow'd be thy name;
Thy kingdom come; thy will be done
In heaven and earth the same.
2 Give us this day our daily bread;
And as we those forgive

Who sin against us, so may we
Forgiving grace receive.

3 Into temptation lead us not;
From evil set us free;

And thine the kingdom, thine the power, And glory, ever be.

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The Lord's Prayer.

UR heavenly Father, hear
The prayer we offer now;

S. M.

Thy name be hallow'd far and near;
To thee all nations bow.

2 Thy kingdom come; thy will
On earth be done in love,
As saints and seraphim fulfil
Thy perfect law above.
3 Our daily bread supply

While by thy word we live;

The guilt of our iniquity
Forgive, as we forgive.

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