HIMSELF took our infirmities and bare our MATT. viii. 17. sicknesses. O SAVIOUR Christ, our woes dispel, And none, O Lord, have perfect rest, HYMNS ANCIENT AND MODERN. ALMIGHTY God, may it please thee by the whole some medicine of the doctrine of Christ, to heal all the diseases of our souls, through the merits of the same thy Son Jesus, our only Saviour and Redeemer. Amen. THE Lord redeemeth the soul of his servants; and none of them that trust in him shall be PSALM XXXiv. 22. desolate. FATHER, replenish with thy grace ANGELUS, 1657. MAY thy servants, O Lord, who have been called by thy grace, be unceasingly protected by thy help: that they may never be plucked away from the power of chy kingdom; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. WHEN my father and my mother forsake me, A1 then the Lord will take me up. PSALM Xxvii. 10. Now as long as here I roam, On this earth have house and home, PAUL GERHARDT, 1650. LMIGHTY and most merciful Father, whose paths are always mercy and truth, grant, we beseech thee, that we who are fostered by thy tenderness, may also grow up with an increase of piety, and at last be vouchsafed eternal rest with the righteous; through Christ our Lord. Amen. NOW the God of peace make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is well-pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ. HEB. xiii. 20, 21. O WAY through whom our souls draw near Where perfect love shall cast out fear, And earth's vain toil and wandering cease, In strength or weakness may we see Our heavenward path, O Lord, through thee. HYMNS ANCIENT AND Modern. AL LMIGHTY GOD, bring us, we pray thee, into the fellowship of heavenly joys: vouchsafe us an entrance into thy kingdom by the power of the Holy Ghost, that the lowly flock may reach that place, whither the mighty Shepherd hath gone before; through Christ our Lord. Amen. WALK worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory. I THESS. ii. 12. TEACH me to do thy will! Teach me to do thy will! To toil with patient love; To win earth's weary-hearted ones HETTY BOWMAN. GRACIOUS God, who daily loadeth us with benefits, make us thy true children: give us thy new name, and at last secure for us a place in thy heavenly mansions. We ask it for Christ's sake. Amen. |