308. I. God our Refuge. To Thine eternal arms, O God, Take us, Thine erring children, in ; From dangerous paths too boldly trod, L.M. From wandering thoughts and dreams of sin. 2. Those arms were round our childish ways, A guard through helpless years to be ; O leave not our maturer days, We still are helpless without Thee! 3. We trusted hope and pride and strength; Our strength proved false, our pride was vain, Our dreams have faded all at length— We come to Thee, O Lord, again. 4. A guide to trembling steps yet be! Give us of Thine eternal powers! So shall our paths all lead to Thee, And life smile on like childhood's hours. T. W. Higginson. 309. Self-Scrutiny. I. SHOW me myself, O holy Lord; I will not turn me from the sight 2. Not mine, the purity of heart Not mine, the following in the steps 3. Not mine, the life I thought to live Mine, but the right to weep and grieve 8.6.8.4. 4. Yet, Lord! I thank Thee for the sight And humbled to the dust I shrink 5. And if Thy love will not disown Chasten and cleanse it as Thou wilt, 310. 1. WHY But keep it Thine! In God's sight. 8.6.10.4. should we vex our foolish minds With what an idle world concerning us 2. Do we not know there sits a Judge, Our inmost hidden being cleft in twain 3. O my omniscient Lord and God! Enough, enough for me, That Thou the evil in me and the good 4. Let others please to think of me Such as I am before Thy judgment-seat, 5. Praise they my good beyond desert, That am I which in Thy pure sight I am, 6. Decry they all my good, and blame That am I which in Thy pure sight I am, 311. I. 312. I. The Confidence of the Penitent. 1. OPPRESSED with sin and woe, A burdened heart I bear; 2. With this polluted heart Holy and mighty as Thou art- 3. I feel that I am weak And prone to every sin; E. Caswall. But Thou who giv'st to those who seek, 4. I need not fear my foes; I need not yield to care; I need not sink beneath my woes, 5. In my Redeemer's name, I give myself to Thee; And, all unworthy as I am, Lord have Mercy. S.M. Anne Bronte. LORD! have mercy when we pray Q 75. 313. When our wakening thoughts begin 2. Lord! have mercy when we lie 3. Lord! have mercy when we know 1 The Need of Pity. 1. SHOW pity, Lord, For we are frail and faint; O list to our complaint! We fade away Like flowers in the sun; We just begin, And then our work is done. H. H. Milman. 4.6.4.6. D. 314. 2. Show pity, Lord, Our souls are sore distressed; As troubled seas, Our natures have no rest; As troubled seas That surging beat the shore, We throb and heave, Ever and evermore. 3. Show pity, Lord, Our grief is in our sin; O make us pure within! We would be cleansed, For this we cry to Thee, Thy word of love Can make the conscience free. 4. Show pity, Lord, Inspire our hearts with love; That holy love Which draws the soul above; That holy love Which makes us one with Thee, Through all eternity. D. Thomas. Blessed are they that Mourn. I. SPEAK to our hearts, O Father, say What we have been to Thee; How we have wandered far away, C.M. |