2. When on my aching, burdened heart
My sins lie heavily,

My pardon speak, Thy peace impart;
Good Lord, remember me !

3. When trials sore obstruct my way,
And ills I cannot flee,

Then let my strength be as my day;
Good Lord, remember me!

4. If worn with pain, disease, and grief,
This feeble frame should be,

Grant patience, rest, and kind relief;
Good Lord, remember me !

5. And O! when in the hour of death
I bow to Thy decree,

To Thee commend my parting breath;
Good Lord, remember me !

473.

I.

Thos. Haweis.

Walking with God.

OH for a closer walk with God,

A calm and heavenly frame,

A light to shine upon the road

That leads me to the Lamb.

2. Where is the blessedness I knew
When first I saw the Lord?
Where is the soul-refreshing view
Of Jesus and His word?

3. What peaceful hours I once enjoyed!
How sweet their memory still!

But they have left an aching void
The world can never fill.

C.M.

4. Return, O holy Dove, return,
Sweet messenger of rest;

I hate the sins that made Thee mourn,

And drove Thee from my breast.

5. The dearest idol I have known,
Whate'er that idol be,

Help me to tear it from Thy throne,
And worship only Thee.

6. So shall my walk be close with God,
Calm and serene my frame;

So purer light shall mark the road
That leads me to the Lamb.

William Cowper.

6.10.

474.

I.

2.

3.

4.

Divine Visitation.

WILT Thou not visit me?

The plant beside me feels Thy gentle dew;
Each blade of grass I see

From Thy deep earth its quickening moisture drew.

Will Thou not visit me?

The morning calls on me with cheering tone,

And every hill and tree

Has but one voice, the voice of Thee alone.

Come! for I need Thy love

More than the flower the dew, or grass the rain:
Come, like Thy holy dove,

And, swift-descending, bid me live again.

Yes! Thou wilt visit me ;

Nor plant nor tree Thine eye delights so well,

As when, from sin set free,

Man's spirit comes with Thine in peace to dwell.

Jones Very.

475.

476.

I.

7.7.7.6.

I.

A Litany.

HEN the world around us throws

WHI

All its proud, deceiving shows,
Yet the heart no danger knows,

Help us, Lord most holy !

2. When like sheep we go astray,
When we cast Thy gifts away,
When we only seem to pray,
Help us, Lord most holy !

3. By the joys that look above,
By the pains our faith to prove,
By the conquering power of love,
Help us, Lord most holy !

4. To our sinful selves to die,
Bad desires to crucify,

And to set our hearts on high,
Help us, Lord most holy !

5. Thus to do Thy will below,
Daily in Thy grace to grow,

More and more Thy love to know,
Help us, Lord most holy !

Theodore C. Williams.

Spiritual Declension.

L.M.D.

OW dare we pray Thee dwell within

Ho

These hearts defiled by wilful sin?

Yet, Holy Ghost, do not depart,
Leave not to earth our earthly heart;
But if Thou seest us erring still,
Oh bend to Thine our stubborn will,

And bring us to the fold again,
If need, by chastisement and pain.

2. Bring us, by all the powers of sense,
By all the course of providence,
By inmost conscience, not yet dumb,
By all the past, by all to come :
By God's best gifts-His Son to die,
And Thee our hearts to sanctify;
Bring us, before our sun go down,
To bear the cross, to win the crown.

John Keble.

477.

I.

478.

Need of Help.

NOT only for some task sublime

Thy help do I implore;

Not only at some solemn time

Thy Holy Spirit pour !

2. But for each daily task of mine
I need Thy quickening power;
I need Thy presence everywhere,
I need Thee every hour.

3. Each action finds in Thee its spring,
Each joy Thy love makes bright,
Each footstep is Thine ordering,
Each grief shines in Thy light.

My Heaven in Thee.

C.M.

T. H. Gill.

IO.IO.IO.IO.

1. FATHER divine, this deadening power control,

Which to the senses binds the immortal soul; Oh, break this bondage, Lord! I would be free, And in my soul would find my heaven in Thee.

2. My heaven in Thee !-O God! no other heaven,
To the immortal soul, can e'er be given :
Oh, let Thy kingdom now within me come,
And as above, so here, Thy will be done!
3. My heaven in Thee, O Father! let me find,—
My heaven in Thee, within a heart resigned;
No more of heaven and bliss, my soul, despair ;
For where my God is found, my heaven is there.

J. Tuckerman.

479.

I.

Divine Companionship.

NE gift, my God, I seek,—

ONE

To know Thee always near;

To feel Thy hand, to see Thy face,
Thy blessed voice to hear.

2. Where'er I go, my God,

Oh, let me find Thee there;

Where'er I stay, stay Thou with me,

A presence everywhere.

3. And if Thou bringest peace,

Or if Thou bringest pain,

6.6.8.6.

Come but Thyself with all that comes,

And all shall be for gain.

4. To walk with Thee, my God,

O blessed, blessed grace;

My earthly features then shall shine

With looking in Thy face.

5. Long listening to Thy words,

My voice shall catch Thy tone;

And near to Thine, my heart shall grow
All loving like Thine own.