4. Grant while our eyes light slumber take, "Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me; for my soul trusteth in Thee: yea, in the shadow of Thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpast Ps. lvii. 1. 46 LORD, in this Thy mercy's day, Ere it pass from us away, On our knees we fall and pray. 2. Holy Jesu! grant us tears, Fill us with heart-searching fears, Ere that awful doom appears. 3. Prayer's full spirit on us pour, While we kneel at mercy's door, Ere it close for evermore. 4. By Thy night of agony, By Thy supplicating cry, By Thy willingness to die, 5. By Thy tears of bitter woe For Jerusalem below, Let us not Thy love forego. 6. 'Neath Thy Cross let us have place, Lest we lose this day of grace, 7. Lord, Thy love shall stand alone; By the mercy Thou hast shown! Amen "My grace is sufficient for thee."-2 Cor xii. 9. 47 help us, Lord, each hour of need Help us in thought, and word, and deed, 2. O, help us, when our spirits bleed And when our hearts are cold and dead, 3. O, help us through the prayer of faith, For still the more Thy servant hath, 4. O, help us, Jesu, from on high; O, help us so to live and die, As Thine in heav'n to be! Amen. "Thou, O God, art my Refuge and my merciful God."— Ps. lix 17. 48 JESU! Refuge of my soul! Let me to Thy bosom fly, Safe into the haven guide, Hangs my helpless soul on Thee; sin: 3. Plenteous grace with Thee is found, Rise to all eternity! Amen. "A broken and a contrite heart, O God, Thou wilt not despise "-Ps. li. 17. 49 LORD, when we bend before Thy throne, And our confessions pour, Teach us to hate the sins we own, 2. Our contrite spirits, pitying, see, And let a healing ray from Thee 3. When our responsive tongues essay Grant that our souls may join the lay, 4. When we disclose our wants in May we our wills resign, prayer, And not a wish or thought be there 5. In meek submission to Thy will And teach us, Lord, 'tis goodness still 6. Great Three in One, Thy Name we bless, Thy praises ever sing, O grant that fruits of righteousness "For it became Him, for Whom are all things, and by Whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the Captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings."-Heb. ii. 10. 50 SAVIOUR, when in dust to Thee 2. By Thy Birth and early years, 3. By the sacred grief that wept 4. By Thine Agony of grief, Prince and Saviour! hear the cry "Obedient unto death, even the death of the Cross."Phil. ii. 8. 51 IN the Lord's atoning grief Be our rest and sweet relief; 2. Thorns, and Cross, and nails, and lance, Wounds our treasure that enhance, |