REST in the Lord, and wait patiently for him.

PSALM Xxxvii. 7.

GOD doth not bid thee wait
To disappoint at last;

A golden promise, fair and great,
In precept mould is cast.
Soon shall the morning gild

The dark horizon dim,

Thy heart's desire shall be fulfilled,
"Wait patiently for him."

F. R. HAVergal.

GUARD thy servants, O Lord, with thy perpetual pro

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tection that we may serve thee with an undistracted mind, and be quiet from fear of evil under thy shelter; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

AND the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds, PHIL. iv. 7. through Christ Jesus.

IT is thine own, O Lord,

Who toil while others sleep;
Who sow with loving care

What other hands shall reap:

They lean on thee, entranced
In calm and perfect rest.
Give us that peace, O Lord,
Divine and blest,

Thou keepest for those hearts who

Love thee best.

A. A. PROCTER.

Do thou purify our souls and bodies, O Saviour of

body and soul, O loving bestower of eternal happiness, so shall we have peace through Jesus. Amen.

THE Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ. 2 THESS. iii. 5.

LOOK away to Jesus,
Look away from all ;
Then we need not stumble,
Then we shall not fall.
From each snare that lureth,
Foe or phantom grim,
Safety this insureth,
Look away to him!

F. R. HAVERGAL.

WE beseech thee, O Lord, make us subject unto thee

with a ready will, and evermore stir up our souls to make supplication unto thee; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

HE first findeth his own brother. brought him to Jesus.

And he

JOHN i. 41, 42.

HEART and heart together bound
Seek in God your true repose;
In your love the price be found
Of your Saviour's love and woes ;
Each must onward urge his friend,
Helping him in word or deed,
Love's blest pathway to ascend,
Following on where thou dost lead.

ZINZENDORF, 1731.

GRANT to us, Lord, that we, being called by thy holy word, may forthwith give up ourselves obediently to fulfil thy commandments, and endeavor also to draw others unto thee; through Christ our Lord. Amen.

AWAKE, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light. EPH. V. 14.

JESU! to thee our voices rise;
We watch, we pray, we weep!
And our low supplicating cries
Forbid our souls to sleep.

Dispel our slumbers, gracious Lord!
Break all the chains of night!
Loose all the bands of sin abhorred,
And bathe our souls in light!

TRANS. BY BP. WILLIAMS.

STIR up, we beseech thee, O Lord, our hearts to prepare the ways of thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord, that by his coming in our hearts, we may ever serve thee in body and soul, for his Name's sake. Amen.