YOUR Father knoweth that ye have need of these things. LUKE xii. 30. O Lord, how happy should we be, HYMNS OF THE AGES. LORD, increase our faith, and pardon our unbelief, and still renew thy mercies to us; teaching us to live upon thy inexhaustible fulness for all things pertaining to this world, and that which is to come. ask it for Christ's sake. Amen. We FEAR not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom. LUKE xii. 32. O THOU pure light of souls that love, Our Saviour and Redeemer blest! Be thou our Guide, be thou our goal: BREVIARY. WE beseech thee, O Lord, to look upon thy servants, whom thou hast enabled to put their trust in thee; and grant them both to ask such things as shall please thee, and also to obtain what they ask; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. TRUST in the Lord, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. PSALM XXXvii. 3. LORD, for thy rich salvation hear our prayer, CHRISTIAN GREGOR. WE beseech thee, O Lord, to purify our consciences by thy daily visitation: that when thy Son our Lord cometh, he may find in us a mansion prepared for himself; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. HE that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast. PROV. XV. 15. BE merry, man, and take not sair to mind How oft with wise men it has been said aforow, WM. DUNBAR, 1479. HEAVENLY FATHER, fill me with a lively faith, profound humility, pure affections, and universal charity raise in my soul all that zeal and devotion, that joy and delight, which becometh thy children, and make me by my life to glorify thee, through Jesus Christ my Lord. Amen. BLESSED are they that have not seen, and yet have believed. JOHN XX. 29. THOUGH Vexing thoughts may seem to last, Soon will He show thee all His wounds KEBLE. BE present, O Lord, to thy faithful people: and as thou dost in thy compassion vouchsafe them a hearty desire to pray, grant them, O most loving, the aid of thy comfort, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. |