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5 When gladness wings my favored hour,
Thy love my thoughts shall fill;
Resigned, when storms of sorrow lower,
My soul shall meet thy will.

6 My lifted eye, without a tear,
The gathering storm shall see;
My steadfast heart shall know no fear;
That heart shall rest on thee.

22. C. M.

1 FATHER of me and all mankind,
And all the hosts above,
Let every understanding mind
Unite to praise thy love.

2 Thy kingdom come, with power and grace, To every heart of man;

Thy peace, and joy, and righteousness,
In all our bosoms reign.

3 The righteousness that never ends,
But makes an end of sin;

The joy that human thought transcends,
Now to our souls bring in.

4 The kingdom of established peace,
Which can no more remove;
The perfect powers of godliness,
The omnipotence of love.

23. 7s. M.

1 LIGHT of life, seraphic fire!
Love divine, thyself impart :
Every fainting soul inspire;
Enter every drooping heart:
Every mournful sinner cheer,
Scatter all our guilty gloom;
Father! in thy grace appear,

To thy human temples come.

2 Come, in this accepted hour,
Bring thy heavenly kingdom in;
Fill us with thy glorious power,
Rooting out the seeds of sin:
Nothing more can we require,
We will covet nothing less:
Be thou all our heart's desire,
All our joy, and all our peace.

24. L. M.

1 RETURN, my soul, unto thy rest,

From vain pursuits and maddening cares; From lonely woes that wring thy breast, The world's allurements, toils, and snares.

2 Return unto thy rest, my soul,

From all the wanderings of thy thought; From sickness unto death made whole; Safe through a thousand perils brought.

3 Then to thy rest, my soul, return,
From passions every hour at strife;
Sin's works, and ways, and wages spurn;
Lay hold upon eternal life.

4 God is thy rest; with heart inclined
To keep his word, that word believe,
Christ is thy rest; with lowly mind,
His light and easy yoke receive.

25. L. M.

1 FATHER! adored in worlds above,

Thy glorious name be hallowed still; Thy kingdom come with power and love, And earth, like heaven, obey thy will.

2 Lord! make our daily wants thy care;
Forgive the sins which we forsake;
And, as we in thy kindness share,
Let fellow-men of ours partake.

3 Evils beset us every hour;

Thy kind protection we implore; Thine is the kingdom, thine the power, Be thine the glory evermore!

26. L. M.

1 Lo, God is here! Let us adore,

And humbly bow before his face;
Let all within us feel his power,
Let all within us seek his

grace.

2 Lo, God is here! Him, day and night,
Únited choirs of angels sing:
To him, enthroned above all height,
Heaven's host their noblest homage bring.

3 Being of beings! may our praise

Thy courts with grateful fragrance fill:
Still may we stand before thy face,
Still hear and do thy sovereign will.

27. S. M.

1 COME to the house of prayer,
O ye afflicted, come:

The God of peace shall meet you there,-
He makes that house his home.

2 Come to the house of praise,
Ye who are happy now;
In sweet accord your voices raise,
In kindred homage bow.

3 Ye aged, hither come,

For ye have felt his love:

Soon shall your trembling tongues be dumb, Your lips forget to move.

4 Ye young, before his throne,

Come, bow; your voices raise;

Let not your hearts his praise disown,
Who gives the power to praise.

5 Thou, whose benignant eye In mercy looks on all,Who seest the tear of misery,

And hear'st the mourner's call,

6 Up to thy dwelling-place
Bear our frail spirits on,

Till they outstrip time's tardy pace,
And heaven on earth be won.

28. 8 & 7s. M.

1 Love divine, all love excelling,
Joy of heaven, to earth come down'
Fix in us thy humble dwelling,
All thy faithful mercies crown.
Father! thou art all compassion,
Pure, unbounded love thou art;
Visit us with thy salvation,

Enter every longing heart.

2 Breathe, O, breathe thy loving spirit Into every troubled breast;

Let us all in thee inherit,

Let us find thy promised rest.

Come, almighty to deliver,

Let us all thy life receive;

Graciously come down, and never,
Never more thy temples leave.

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