371. "Whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?” 1. WE E give Thee but Thine own, be: All that we have is Thine alone, 2. Oh! hearts are bruised and dead, 3. To comfort and to bless, 4. The captive to release, To GOD the lost to bring, 5. And we believe Thy word, Tho' dim our faith may be; We do it unto Thee. 6. All might, all praise be Thine, And SPIRIT, Bond of love divine, Amen. 372. "Ye ought to remember the words of the LORD JEsus, how He said, It is more blessed to give than to receive." 1. LORD of glory, Who hast bought us Never grudging for the lost ones 2. Grant us hearts, dear LORD, to yield Thee 3. Warmed by Thee, at length believe Wondrous honour hast Thou given In Thine own mysterious sentence Thou dost deign for alms to sue, : 4. Yes the sorrow and the suffering, Channels are for tithes and offerings 5. LORD of glory, Who hast bought us Give us Faith, to trust Thee boldly, Amen. 373. For Hospitals. "They brought unto Him all that were diseased, and besought Him that they might only touch the hem of His garment; and as many as were touched were made perfectly whole." 1. THIN 'HINE arm, O LORD, in days of old It triumphed o'er disease and death, To Thee they went, the blind, the dumb, The palsied and the lame, The sick with fevered frame. 2. And lo, Thy touch brought life and health, In crowded street, by restless couch, 3. Be Thou our great Deliverer still, 1. that see Give wisdom's heavenly lore, That whole and sick, and weak and strong, May praise Thee evermore. 374. Amen. In time of Cattle Plague. "Thou, LORD, shalt save both man and beast." •AL LL creation groans and travails; For of man and all creation Thou alike art LORD alone. 2. Pity then Thy guiltless creatures, Who, not less, man's sufferings share : For our sins it is they perish; Let them profit by our prayer., eye 3. Cast Thine of love and mercy On the misery of the land: Say to the destroying Angel, 66 ""Tis enough: stay now Thine hand." 4. In our homesteads, in our valleys, 5. Through our pasture-lands give peace : But with deeper, tenderer pity, 6. Hear and grant the supplications, 8. So while these her earnest accents |