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JESUS, we now devote to thee Our body, soul, and spirit, Since thou to us prosperity. Impartest thro' thy merit. In thought und deed we wish to be Like thee, that each who sees us May in us some resemblance see, Of our great Pattern, Jesus.
DEAREST brethren be this our desire That our Saviour:||: us with love inspire, By his cross, his wounds and pain May we all true freedom gain, Then to serve him :|: he'll of us require. 2 Chains of darkness, :|: wherewith men are bound,
Now are broken,:||: anda help is found; They who gladly would be free May by Christ deliver'd be ; This to sinners :||: is a joyful sound. 3 Noughtbut blessings::hé for us intends And his mercy :||: never, never ends;
Let us look unto the cross, Where he dy'd to ransom us, On that off'ring :||: faith alone depends. 4 As thy chosen, :: blood-bought property,
We'll know nothing, :||: slaughter'd Lamb, but thee;
Thou shalt be our Lord and God, And redemption in thy blood
D. For Girls.
829.*. T. 14.”
OUR Lord and Saviour doth attend To all our tears and sighs, And us his maidens will defend From vain perplexities.
2 Blest Mary, with a cheerful voice, To all around declar'd: "In God my Saviour I rejoice, For he my sighs hath heard. "The Lord hath highly favor'd me; He hath regarded graciously, His handmaid's low estate The poor he doth elate."
4 Thus all who wait upon the Lord, And seek for peace and rest, In him, according to his word,
Shall be consol'd and blest.
5 We're poor and needy; but thro' grace, His Spirit teacheth us
Shall our doctriue :||: to all nations be. To look, with all our sinfulness,
In faith to Jesus' cross.
6 When simply we obey his voice, And to our Lord appeal,
In God our Saviour we rejoice, Since pard'ning grace we feel.
UNTO thee, most gracious Saviour, We ourselves anew commend! Look on us in grace and favor,
To our pray'rs and wants attend; Grant us all a tender feeling Of thy love and gracious dealing,. That our hearts may truly be Fill'd with fervent love to thee.
2 This alone can keep us steady In the simple path of grace, And when any thing seems ready To disturb our happiness, Lord, in mercy us deliver, Yea protect and keep us ever From the world and sin secure, And in soul and body pure!
WHEN bemoaning our undone condition,
Weeping for redeeming grace, We with heart-felt and sincere contrition
Pant for peace and happiness, Which is only found by faith in Jesus, Who was slain, from sorrow to release us, We find then most certainly Life, and true felicity.
2 Then, renew'd by grace, the heart desireth
To be Jesus' property;
Yea his dying love our souls inspireth Him to love most fervently; We remain his maidens poor and needy,
Yet to give him joy are ever ready, Thinking always how we may Love unfeign'd to him display.
O BE mindful :: of us gracious Lord, 'Midst our weakness :: aid to us af- ford;
Human frailty well thou know'st; We of nothing else can boast But the blessings :: which thy death procur❜d.
2 Lord, assist us:||: in the needful hour, In temptation | grant us help and pow'r;
We in thee alone confide,
In this world be thou our Guide, Keep us humble, :||: and in spirit poor. 3 From each rival :||: O deliver us, Make us willing:||: to take up our cross; Our diseases kindly heal, To our hearts thy love reveal; All besides thee :||: may we count but dross.
834. T. 168. BLESSED are we, if believing In the Lord our Righteousness, And in lowliness receiving From his fulness grace for grace; When we find in him salvation, Happiness and consolation, And obey the Shepherd's voice; Then we truly can rejoice.
2 Tho' we feel that soul and body Are corrupt and void of good, Yet the Lord is ever ready
To apply his cleansing blood; With our weaknesses he beareth, All our pray'rs he kindly heareth, And we daily may increase In his knowledge and in grace.
E. For unmarried Women. 14 If we thyrich forgiveness daily prove, This will unite us, Lord, to thee in love, O make us all devoted unto thee;
WOULD you know the grace and peace enjoyed
By a child of God, thro' faith; See a virgin, who alone employed With her Saviour and his death, Vanity and worldly ways despiseth, While the converse with her Lord she prizeth,
And thus, on this side the grave, Foretaste sweet of heav'n may have. 2 Therefore, this be our concernforever, Since we're with this knowledge blest, To have our eternal Bridegroom's favor, Then we find true peace and rest; But indeed it is from each expected, That the heart be by his grace,directed, Nor have any other aim,
Than to love the slaughter'd Lamb. 3 Happy they who feel the healing power Of Christ's blood in ev'ry case! May we follow him, and seek each hour To preserve ourselves thro' grace; May the virtue of our Saviour's passion, Sanctify our walk and conversation; We ourselves to him commend, May his aim with us be gain'd.
Let us thy chaste and faithful virgins be. 837. T. 16.
HAPPY they, who oft for Jesus Weep, from need as well as love, They experience him propitious, And his favor richly prove.
2 Happy they, who are excited, Him to follow ev'ry where, And are with his ways delighted, He to such is truly dear. Happy is each virgin's station Whom he kindly owns as his, And, who counts his great salvation As her highest good and bliss. 4 Happy she, who finds in Jesus All her wishes satisfy'd; Ah, to her how dear and precious Is that Friend who for her dy'd! 838. T. 16. BLEST are they, who human nature But who know each fallen creature Feel as vile, corrupt and base, May be heal'd by Jesus' grace. 2 Mourning souls are truly blessed, They that seek will surely find; Jesus comforts the distressed,
Our sole intention is to yield him joy. When in our hearts his love is shed abroad, [God. We then, like Mary, favor find with 3 Lord, may thy love with gratitude: inspire
Our souls, and to thy name be our desire! We thee intreat to form us to thy praise, And all that's carnal wholly to erase.
To the contrite he is kind.
3 Christthe Bread, that came from heaDoth the hungry soul revive, [ven, Unto those who thirst, is given
Water from the well of life.
4 Blest are they, who, thro' his favor, Are in heart here purify'd; They shall once behold our Saviour Who by faith in him abide.
5 Blest are they, who in his merits Have a share, tho' here despis'd, All is theirs; what flesh inherits They renounce, he's only priz'd. Blest are they, who, fell'wing Jesus, Virgins are in deed and truth; They have cause to give him praises; Both the aged and the youth.
THE source, whence ev'ry sin doth . spring,
Is that we turn from Christ our King; And hence it is, the giddy eye Imagines bliss in vanity:
2 Pleasure in things producing smart, And cleanness in an impure heart; Knowledge in blindest ignorance, And plenty in deep indigence; 3 Wevirgins have great cause to praise Thee, Lord, and grateful songs to raise, That, from the world's delusion free, We wish to be made clean by thee; 4 That they, who weep because of sin, May be absolv'd and washed clean; Since thou wast in the flesh reveal'd, That by thy stripes we might be heal'd,
O preserve us,:: Lord, from ev'ry snare; May our hearts and senses be Fix'd, in true simplicity,
On the suff'rings:||:thou for us didst bear. 2 Us deliver :|: from the world and sin, Let thy Spirit :||: rule alone within, Ev'ry vain desire control, And in spirit, body, soul, Sanctify us :: by thy grace divine. 3. In temptation:||: may we firmly stand, Everwatchful::as thou dost command: Without thee we nought can do, Strengthen and support us too In all trials, :||: by thy mighty hand. 4Fix thy temple::Saviour in each breast, Undisturbed :: be our peace and rest! Let us on thy merits feed, In the path of grace proceed, Be, in union :: with thee, ever blest.
2 Unto us thy name's sweet savor
Is as ointment poured forth; In thine eyes we have found favor, Tho' deprav'd and void of worth; And thy banner :||:
Over us is love divine.
3 Now the conflict is decided, We count all things else but loss, What with thee our hearts divided Now is nailed to thy cross,
Nought can please us :||: But the wounded Lamb of God.,
4. We will dwell on Calv'ry's moun- tain,
Where the flocks of Zion feed; Oft resort, unto the fountain,
Open'd when the Lord did bleed, Thence deriving :||:.
Grace, and life, and holiness. 5 There with trimmed lamps we'll tarry,
Till the Lord comes from on high, Watch in pray'r and ne'er be weary, But await the midnight cry:
Haste to meet him, :||: Lo! the Bridegroom draweth nigh. 6 On that day of consummation,
May we sinners mercy find, Saved with complete salvation, And not one be left behind, As wise virgins :||: May we then before thee stand!
THY virgins, Lord, 'fore thee appear, Conscious of their depravity, Yet longing to be heal'd by thee; Each mourning sinner deign to cheer: 2 From all false love cleanse ev'ry soul, And us with sacred love inspire, O quench in us each base desire, And bear the sway without control. 3 In mutual love and harmony,, Our virgin-cov'nant we renew, Say thou in grace Amen thereto; We give our hearts and hands to thee.
THOU Bridegroom of the soul! behold This part of thy beloved fold; Thy virgins, who before thee met Here to perceive thy presence wait. 2 Give us, O Lord, to feel thy peace, And let the sanctifying grace Which flows from thy humanity,.. Make us well-pleasing unto thee. 3 O may we feel thy healing pow'r And influence, ev'ry day and hour; Thus all thy mercies which we prove, Will us excite to praise and love.
F. For married People. 844. T. 22.
LORD, who ordain'dst the married
When thou didst man at first create, Thou who thy body's Saviour art, To all of us thy grace impart. 2 The husbands sanctify and bless, Thy mind upon their hearts impress, Teach them thy Spirit to obey In all they do, we humble pray. 3 Unto the wives that grace dispense, To cleave to thee with confidence, Grant they may love thee fervently, And walk in true humility.
4 Wisdom and faithfulness afford, To train our children, gracious Lord, That in thy knowledge they may grow, Themselves & thee their Saviour know. 5 Lord Jesus! may each married pair In all their walk thy praise declare; O'may their rule in all things be, The union of thy church with thee.
WE humbly thee adore, O Lord, For thy unbounded grace; Astonish'd, in thy sacred word Thy love divine we trace: Thou hast the church in love redeem'd, Thou gav'st thyself for us; We know we are by thee esteem'd, When we behold thy cross.
2 Grant unto ev'ry married pair, By chaste unfeigned love,
By meekness, patience, faith and pray?r, And all we do to prove,
That we, united unto thee, Are truly one in heart;
Thus we shall live eternally
With thee, and never part. 847. T. 580.
TO marry, led by fleshly schemes, And poison'd nature's foolish dreams,
Christians a curse esteem; They wish to marry in the Lord, Direct their marriage by his word, And in this state to live to him.
848. T. 166. To be a happy married pair,
Approv'd by Jesus in their course, Comes not from nature e'er so fair,
But love to him must be the source; Good sense and prudence, with a mind To lead a virtuous life, is far From answering God's purpose kind, For which we all ordained are.
2 His Spirit teacheth us to know,
That we are sinners vile and base, And Jesus doth on us bestow Remission of our sins, thro' grace: Thus we in all things richly prove The Shepherd's care, and faithfulness, And, actuated by his love, [praise. In our whole walk show forth his
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