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In this our evil day:

To all Thy tempted followers give
The power to trust and pray.

2 Long as our fiery trials last,
Long as the Cross we bear,

O let our souls on Thee be cast
In never-ceasing prayer.
3 The Spirit's interceding grace
Give us the faith to claim;

To wrestle till we see Thy face,
And know Thy hidden Name.

4 Till Thou the Father's love impart,
Till Thou Thyself bestow,
Be this the cry of every heart-
I will not let Thee go:

5 I will not let Thee go, unless
Thou tell Thy Name to me;
With all Thy great salvation bless,
And say,-I died for Thee. AMEN.

PRAYER is the soul's sincere desire,

Uttered or unexpressed;

The motion of a hidden fire
That trembles in the breast.

2 Prayer is the burden of a sigh,
The falling of a tear;

The upward glancing of an eye
When none but God is near.

3 Prayer is the simplest form of speech That infant lips can try;

Prayer, the sublimest strains that reach
The Majesty on high.

4 Prayer is the contrite sinner's voice,
Returning from his ways;
While angels in their songs rejoice,
cry, "Behold, he prays!"

And

5 Prayer is the Christian's vital breath,
The Christian's native air;
His watchword at the gates of death,-
He enters heaven with prayer.

6 The saints, in prayer, appear as one
In word, and deed, and mind;
While with the Father and the Son
Sweet fellowship they find.

7 Nor prayer is made by man alone;
The Holy Spirit pleads;

And Jesus on the eternal throne
For sinners intercedes.

8 O Thou, by Whom we come to God,
The Life, the Truth, the Way,
The path of prayer Thyself hast trod;
Lord, teach us how to pray. AMEN.

PRAISE ye the Lord,

Prepare your glad voice

His praise in the great

Assembly to sing:

In their great Creator
Let Israel rejoice;
And children of Sion

Be glad in their King.

2 Let them His great Name
Extol in their songs,
With hearts well attuned
His praises express;

Who always takes pleasure
To hear their glad tongues,
And waits with salvation
The humble to bless.
3 With glory adorned,

His people shall sing
To God, who their heads
With safety doth shield;
Such honour and triumph
His favour shall bring:
O therefore for ever

All praise to Him yield! AMEN.

MAGNIFY Jehovah's Name;

For His mercies ever sure,

From eternity the same,

To eternity endure.

2 Let His ransom'd flock rejoice,
Gather'd out of every land,
As the people of His choice,
Pluck'd from the destroyer's hand.

3 In the wilderness astray.

In the lonely waste they roam,
Hungry, fainting by the way,
Far from refuge, shelter, home:

4 To the Lord their God they cry;
He inclines a gracious ear,
Sends deliverance from on high,
Rescues them from all their fear.
5 Them to pleasant lands he brings,
Where the vine and olive grow;
Where from verdant hills, the springs
Through luxuriant valleys flow.

60 that men would praise the Lord,
For His goodness to their race;
For the wonders of His word,

And the riches of His grace! AMEN.