REST in the Lord, and wait patiently for him. PSALM Xxxvii. 7. GOD doth not bid thee wait A golden promise, fair and great, The dark horizon dim, Thy heart's desire shall be fulfilled, F. R. HAVergal. GUARD thy servants, O Lord, with thy perpetual pro : 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; What other hands shall reap: They lean on thee, entranced 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, 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 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; Dispel our slumbers, gracious Lord! 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. |