4 Let every thought and word accord With thy most holy will;

Each deed the precepts of thy word
With pious aim fulfil.

1 BLEST Instructor! from thy ways Who can tell how oft he strays? Save from error's growth our mind; Leave not, Lord, one root behind.

2 Purge us from the guilt that lies Wrapt within our hearts' disguise; Let us hence, by thee renewed, Each presumptuous sin exclude.

3 Let our tongues, from error free,
Speak the words approved by thee:
To thine all-observing eyes
Let our thoughts accepted rise.

4 While we thus thy name adore, And thy healing grace implore, Blest Instructor! bow thine ear; God our strength! propitious hear.

17. 8 & 7s. M.

1 GRACIOUS God, our Heavenly Father!
Meet and bless our school, we pray;
As in humble trust we gather,
Teachers, scholars, here to-day.
Every joy, and every blessing,
From thy bounteous hand we own;
May thy love, our souls possessing,
Draw us nearer to thy throne.

2 Weak, imperfect, tempted, erring,

From thy precepts, Lord, we stray; Let thy spirit, from our wandering,

Bring us back to virtue's way.
Humble, penitent, confiding,

May we rest our hope in thee;
In thy favor, Lord, abiding,
In thy peace and purity.

18. 8 & 7s. M.

1 IN the duties now before us Let us faithfully engage; Spirit of all truth! be o'er us,

As we search the sacred page:

May the lessons Christ has taught us
All our minds and hearts improve;
And the blessings he has brought us
Wake a strong and holy love.

2 Thankful for the kind protection

Which has blessed us through the week, Still imploring thy direction,

While we heavenly wisdom seek, Father! thus, in pure devotion,

Every thought inspired by love,

Gratitude in each emotion,

Would we lift our souls above.

19. C. M.

1 FATHER! thy children bend the knee; Give ear unto our prayer!

Let our thanksgiving rise to thee
Upon the morning air.

2 We come, O God, while yet the flower Of life is but half blown,

To pray thee that its opening hour
May bloom for thee alone!

3 Then, when it fadeth from the earth,
It may in beauty rise,

To bloom where angels have their birth,
In bowers of Paradise.

20. 7 & 6s. M.

1 Go when the morning shineth;
Go when the noon is bright;
Go when the eve declineth;
Go in the hush of night;
Go with pure heart and feeling;
Drive earthly thought away;
And in thy chamber kneeling,
To God in secret pray.

2 Oh! not a joy or blessing

With this can we compare,
The power that he hath given

To pour our souls in
prayer.
Whene'er you meet with sadness,

Before his footstool fall;
Remember, in thy gladness,

His love who gave thee all.

21. 7s. M.

1 SAFELY through another week
God has brought us on our way;

Let us now a blessing seek,
Waiting in his courts to-day!
Day of all the week the best,
Emblem of eternal rest!

2 Lord, we pray for pardoning grace
In our dear Redeemer's name;
Sin remove, and, in its place,

Give us virtue's purest flame;
Thus from all our sins set free,
May we rest at last with thee.

22. L. M.

1 GREAT God! and wilt thou condescend
To be my Father and my friend?
I but a child, and thou so high,
The Lord of earth, and air, and sky!

Let me be

2 Art thou my Father?
A meek, obedient child to thee;
And try, in every deed and thought,
To serve and please thee as I ought.

3 Art thou my Father? I'll depend
Upon the care of such a friend;
And only wish to do and be
Whatever seemeth good to thee.

4 Art thou my Father? Then, at last, When all my days on earth are past, Send down, and take me, in thy love, To be thy better child above.