4 O Lord, I cast my care on Thee;
I triumph and adore;
My great concern shall ever be
To love and please Thee more.
SWEET the moments, rich in blessing,
Which before the cross I spend ;
Life and health and peace possessing,
From the sinner's dying Friend.
2 Love and grief, my heart dividing,
With my tears His feet I'll bathe;
Constant still, in faith abiding,
Life deriving from His death.
3 Truly blessed is this station,
Low before His cross to lie ;
While I see divine compassion
Beaming in His gracious eye.
4 Here I'll sit, for ever viewing
Mercy streaming in His blood;
Precious drops, my soul bedewing,
Plead, and claim my peace with God.
J. ALLEN, alt. by W. SHIRLEY
THE CHRISTIAN LIFE: ASPIRATION.
I BEHOLD the throne of grace!
The promise calls me near;
There Jesus shows a smiling face,
And waits to answer prayer.
2 That rich atoning blood,
Which sprinkled round I see,
Provides for those who come to God
An all-prevailing plea.
3 My soul! ask what thou wilt;
Thou canst not be too bold:
Since His own blood for thee He spilt,
What else can He withhold?
4 Thine image, Lord, bestow,
Thy presence and Thy love;
I ask to serve Thee here below,
And reign with Thee above.
I COME, dearest Lord, descend and dwell
By faith and love in every breast;
Then shall we know, and taste, and feel,
The joys that cannot be exprest.
2 Come, fill our hearts with inward strength;
Make our enlarged souls possess,
And learn the height and breadth and length
Of Thine unmeasurable grace.
3 Now to the God, whose power can do
More than our thoughts or wishes know,
Be everlasting honours done
By all the Church, through Christ His Son.
I COME, Thou Fount of every blessing,
Tune my heart to sing Thy grace,
Streams of mercy never ceasing
Call for songs of loudest praise.
2 Here I raise my Ebenezer ;
Hither by Thine help I'm come;
And I hope, by Thy good pleasure,
Safely to arrive at home.
3 Jesus sought me when a stranger,
Wandering from the fold of God;
He, to rescue me from danger,
Interposed His precious blood.
4 O to grace how great a debtor
Daily I'm constrained to be!
Let that grace now, like a fetter,
Bind my wandering heart to Thee!
5 Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it;
Prone to leave the God I love-
Here's my heart, O take and seal it,
Seal it from Thy courts above!
I FATHER! whate'er of earthly bliss
Thy sovereign will denies,
Accepted at Thy throne of grace,
Let this petition rise :—
2 "Give me a calm, a thankful heart,
From every murmur free;
The blessings of Thy grace impart,
And make me live to Thee.
"Let the sweet hope that Thou art mine
My life and death attend;
Thy presence through my journey shine,
And crown my journey's end."
I JESUS, merciful and mild,
Lead me as a helpless child;
On no other arm but Thine
Would my weary soul recline;
Thou art ready to forgive,
Thou canst bid the sinner live-
Guide the wanderer day by day,
In the straight and narrow way.
2 Thou canst fit me by Thy grace
For the heavenly dwelling-place;
All Thy promises are sure,
Ever shall Thy love endure.
Then what more could I desire,
How to greater bliss aspire?
All I need, in Thee I see;
Thou art all in all to me.
T. HASTINGS.
6.4.6.4.6.6.6.4.
I JESUS, my Lord, my God,
Redeemer blest;
Who saved me by Thy blood,
And gave me rest.
I lift my heart to Thee,
That I may nearer be,
Lord Jesus, nearer Thee,
Still nearer Thee.
2 Through this rough wilderness,
My pathway leads;
O help me in distress,
Supply my needs.
I trust alone in Thee,
That I may near Thee be,
Saviour, still nearer Thee,
Still nearer Thee.
3 Son of the Living God,
Thou Saviour dear!
While guided by Thy rod
I will not fear:
Though troubles, like the sea,
O'erwhelm me, I will flee,
To Thee, O Lord, to Thee,
I'll flee to Thee.
4 Then to eternity,
Thy name I'll bless;
Thou Lamb of Calvary,
My Righteousness.
Loud as the sounding sea,
Shall swell that song to Thee,
"Nearer, my God, to Thee,
Nearer to Thee."
S. T. RAND, D.D., HANTSPORT, N. S.
1 LIGHT of those whose dreary dwelling
Borders on the shades of death!
Rise on us, Thy love revealing,
Dissipate the clouds beneath :
Thou, of heaven and earth Creator,
In our deepest darkness rise,
Scattering all the night of nature,
Pouring day upon our eyes.
2 Still we wait for Thine appearing,
Life and joy Thy beams impart,
Chasing all our fears, and cheering
Every poor benighted heart:
Come, and manifest Thy favour
To the ransomed, helpless race;
Come, Thou glorious God and Saviour!
Come, and bring the gospel grace.
Save us, in Thy great compassion,
O Thou mild, pacific Prince!
Give the knowledge of salvation,
Give the pardon of our sins;
By Thine all-sufficient merit,
Every burdened soul release;
Every weary, wandering spirit,
Guide into Thy perfect peace.
I LORD, as to Thy dear cross we flee,
And plead to be forgiven,
So let Thy life our pattern be,
And form our souls for heaven.
2 Help us, through good report and ill,
Our daily cross to bear;
Like Thee to do our Father's will,
Our brethren's grief to share.
Let grace our selfishness expel,
Our earthliness refine,
And kindness in our bosoms dwell,
As free and true as Thine.
4 Should friends misjudge, or foes defame,
Or brethren faithless prove,
Then like Thine own, be all our aim
To conquer them by love.
5 Kept peaceful in the midst of strife,
Forgiving and forgiven,
O may we lead the pilgrim's life,
And follow Thee to heaven.
I LOVE divine, all love excelling,-
Joy of heaven, to earth come down!
Fix in us Thy humble dwelling,
All Thy faithful mercies crown :
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