PART SECOND.

HYMNS

OF

PRAYER AND PRAISE.

THE

CHRISTIAN PSALMIST.

PART II.

PRAYER AND PRAISE.

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130.

For Instruction.

TEACH me, my God and King,

In all things Thee to see;

And what I do in any thing,
To do it as for Thee!

To scorn the Senses' sway,
While still to Thee I tend:
In all I do, be Thou the way,
In all be Thou the end.

All may of Thee partake:
Nothing so small can be,

But draws, when acted for thy sake,
Greatness and worth from Thee.

If done beneath thy laws,

Even servile labours shine;
Hallow'd is toil, if this the cause,
The meanest work divine.

131.

God all in all to the believer.

1 IN Thee I live, and move, and am;
Thou deal'st me out my days:
As Thou renew'st my being, Lord,
Let me renew thy praise.

2 Naked came I into this world,

And nothing with me brought;
And nothing have I here deserved :
Yet have I lacked nought.

3 I do not bless my labouring hand,
My labouring head, or chance;
Thy providence, most gracious God,
Is mine inheritance.

4 Thy bounty gives me bread with peace, A table free from strife;

Thy blessing is the staff of bread,
Which is the staff of life.

5 The daily favours of my God
I cannot sing at large;

Yet let me make this holy boast,—
I am the' Almighty's charge.

6 Lord, in the day, Thou art about
The paths wherein I tread;
And in the night, when I lie down,
Thou art about my bed.

7 A thousand deaths I daily 'scape,
I pass by many a pit,
I sail by many dreadful rocks,
Where others have been split.

8 Whilst others in God's prisons lie,
Bound with affliction's chains,
I walk at large, secure and free,

From sickness and from pains.
9 'Tis not, my God, myself alone,
But mine to Thee I owe;
Thou mad'st me many out of one;
O let thy praises grow!

10 O let my house a temple be !
That I and mine may sing
Hosannahs to thy Majesty,
And praise our heavenly King.

11 'Tis Thou hast crown'd my actions, Lord,
With good success, each day;
This crown, together with myself,
At thy blest feet I lay.

132.

For the continual Help of God. 1 BE with me, Lord, where'er I go,

Teach me what Thou wouldst have me do;
Suggest whate'er I think or say,
Direct me in thy narrow way.

2 Prevent me, lest I harbour pride,
Lest I in mine own strength confide;
Show me my weakness, let me see,
I have my power, my all from Thee.
3 O may I ne'er my silence break,
Unless inspired by Thee to speak!
Then let such power attend my word,
That all who hear, may seek the Lord.
4 Enrich me alway with thy love;
My kind protection ever prove;
Thy signet put upon my breast,
And let thy Spirit on me rest.

5 Assist and teach me how to pray;
Incline my nature to obey;

What Thou abhorr'st, that let me flee,
And only love what pleases Thee.

6 O may I never do my will,
But thine, and only thine, fulfil:
Let all my time, and all my ways,
Be spent and ended to thy praise.
133.

For a Blessing with Food.

1 FOUNTAIN of being, Source of good!
At whose Almighty breath

The creature proves our bane or food,
Dispensing life or death,-