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Prayer for Preservation from Sin

Author: W. G. Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: Lord, let me feel the unction of thy love Lyrics: 1 Lord, let me feel the unction of thy love, To cheer my heart, and set my mind above; Give me a precious glimpse of thy sweet face, And make me gladly all thy will embrace. 2 Draw me from all forbidden toil and care, >From lust, and pride, and every hurtful snare; Make Satan and his hellish powers to flee, And let me have true intercourse with thee. 3 Subdue that monstrous host that dwells within, That cursèd train of unbelief and sin; Let faith be active in the Lamb once slain, And all my soul adore, and love his name.

Christ the Christian's only Help

Author: Hart Appears in 5 hymnals First Line: Gracious God, thy children keep Lyrics: 1 Gracious God, thy children keep; Jesus, guide thy silly sheep; Fix, O fix our fickle souls; Lord, direct us; we are fools. 2 Bid us in thy care confide; Keep us near thy wounded side; From thee let us never stir, For thou know’st how soon we err. 3 Lay us low before thy feet, Safe from pride and self-conceit; Be the language of our souls, “Lord, protect us; we are fools.” 4 [O defend thy purchased flock; See, the insulting Ishmaels mock, Guard us from a world of sin; Foes without, and worse within. 5 Look upon the unequal war; Saviour, do not go too far; Crafty is the foe, and strong; Saviour, do not tarry long.] 6 By thy word we fain would steer, Fain thy Spirit’s dictates hear; Save us from the rocks and shelves, Save us chiefly from ourselves. 7 Never, never may we dare, What we’re not to say we are; Make us well our vileness know; Keep us very, very low.

Christ, the Way to God

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: Jesus, how heavenly is the place Lyrics: 1 Jesus, how heavenly is the place, Where thy dear people wait for thee! Where the rich fountain of thy grace Stands ever open, full, and free. 2 Hungry, and poor, and lame, and blind, Hither the blood-bought children fly; In thy deep wounds a balsam find, And live while they behold thee die. 3 Here they forget their doubts and fears, While thy sharp sorrows meet their eyes; And bless the hand that dries their tears, And each returning want supplies. 4 O the vast mysteries of thy love! How high, how deep, how wide it rolls! Its fountain springs in heaven above, Its streams revive our drooping souls.

The Fear of the Lord

Author: Hart Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 5 hymnals First Line: The men that fear the Lord Lyrics: 1 The men that fear the Lord, In every state are blest; The Lord will grant whate’er they want; Their souls shall dwell at rest. 2 [His secrets they shall share, His covenant shall learn; Guided by grace, shall walk his ways, And heavenly truths discern.] 3 [He pities all their griefs; When sinking, makes them swim; He dries their tears, relieves their fears, And bids them trust in him.] 4 In his remembrance-book The Saviour sets them down, Accounting each a jewel rich, And calls them all his own. 5 This fear’s the spirit of faith, A confidence that’s strong; An unctuous light to all that’s right, A bar to all that’s wrong. 6 It gives religion life To warm, as well as light; Makes mercy sweet, salvation great, And all God’s judgments right.

Praying for Fruitfulness

Author: Hart Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Lord, if with thee part I bear Lyrics: 1 Lord, if with thee part I bear; If I through thy word am clean; In thy mercy if I share; If thy blood has purged my sin; To my needy soul impart Thy good Spirit from above, To enrich my barren heart With humility and love. 2 Lord, my heart, a desert vast, Thy reviving hand requires; Sin has laid my vineyard waste, Overgrown with weeds and briars. Thou canst make this desert bloom; Breathe, O breathe, celestial Dove, Till it blow with rich perfume Of humility and love. 3 Vanquish in me lust and pride; All my stubbornness subdue; Smile me into fruit, or chide, If no milder means will do. Ah! compassionate my case; Let the poor thy pity move; Give me of thy boundless grace, Give humility and love. 4 [Why should one that bears thy name, Why should thy adopted child, Be in rags, exposed to shame, Like a savage, fierce and wild? With thy children I would sit, And not like an alien rove; Clothe my soul and make it fit, With humility and love.] 5 [Greatest sinners, greatly spared, Love much, and themselves abase; Mine’s a paradox too hard – Rich of mercy, poor of grace; Me thou hast forgiven much; (This my sins too plainly prove). Give me what thou givest such – Much humility and love.]

There is a Friend, who sticketh fast

Author: Berridge Meter: 8.8.6 Appears in 4 hymnals Lyrics: 1 There is a Friend, who sticketh fast, And keeps his love from first to last, And Jesus is his name; An earthly brother drops his hold, Is sometimes hot and sometimes cold, But Jesus is the same. 2 He loves his people, great and small, And, grasping hard, embraces all, Nor with a soul will part; No tribulations which they feel, No foes on earth, or fiends of hell, Shall tear them from his heart. 3 His love before all time began, And through all time it will remain, And evermore endure; Though rods and frowns are sometimes brought, And man may change, he changes not; His love abideth sure. 4 [A method strange this Friend has shown, Of making love divinely known To rebels doomed to die; Unasked, he takes our humblest form, And condescends to be a worm, To lift us up on high.] 5 [The law demanded blood for blood, And out he lets his vital flood To pay the mortal debt; He toils through life, and pants through death, And cries, with his expiring breath, “’Tis finished,” and complete!] 6 [Let all the ransomed of the Lord Exalt his love with one accord, And hallelujah sing; Adore the dying Friend of man, And bless him highly as you can; He is your God and King.] Topics: Offices and Characters of Christ Scripture: Proverbs 18:24

The Privileges of Adoption

Author: Humphreys Appears in 207 hymnals First Line: Blessed are the sons of God Lyrics: 1 Blessed are the sons of God, They are bought with Jesus’ blood; They are ransomed from the grave Life eternal they shall have. 2 God did love them in his Son Long before the world began; They the seal of this receive, When in Jesus they believe. 3 They are justified by grace; They enjoy a solid peace; All their sins are washed away; They shall stand in God’s great day! 4 [They produce the fruits of grace, Clothed in Jesus’ righteousness; Born of God, they hate all sin; God’s pure seed remains within!] 5 They have fellowship with God, Through the Mediator’s blood; One with God, through Jesus one, Glory is in them begun! 6 Though they suffer much on earth, Strangers to the worldling’s mirth, Yet they have an inward joy, Pleasures which can never cloy. Topics: Adoption

Christ's Example

Author: Burnham Meter: 8.7 Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: Jesus, Source of our salvation Lyrics: 1 Jesus, Source of our salvation, May we now thy nature know; Then more bowels of compassion We to thy dear saints shall show. May the grace thou hast imparted, In relieving our complaints, Make us kind and tender-hearted To the feeblest of thy saints. 2 When they are severely tempted, We their sorrows would assuage, Knowing we are not exempted From the tempter’s furious rage. If by sin they’re overtaken, We’d their faults to them declare; But in strains of much compassion, Lest we drive them to despair. 3 Keep us from a proud appearance, In whate’er we do or say; Fill us with divine forbearance; Then how happy we shall be! Hand in hand we would be walking, Eyeing Jesus’ new command; Of his love we’d e’er be talking, Till we reach fair Canaan’s land. Topics: Fruits of the Spirit Humility

"A peculiar people"

Author: W. Gadsby Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: Peculiar are the saints Lyrics: 1 Peculiar are the saints, And God does them esteem; Though numerous are their wants, They all things have in him; He is their treasure and their joy, Nor can they ever starve or die. 2 [Loved from eternity, And chosen in the Lamb, The eternal One-in-Three, Jehovah, Great I AM, Himself has bound, by holy ties, To take them up beyond the skies.] 3 [Peculiar is the grace, Which makes their bliss secure; Its beauties none can trace, Nor know its saving power; None but this little favoured few Can know what endless love can do.] 4 Bought with the blood of Christ, (Peculiar price indeed!) Their God becomes their Priest, And they from sin are freed; Peculiar must the blessing be, Which makes insolvent wretches free. 5 [Their birth is from above; Peculiar indeed; Begotten, not of blood, But of immortal seed; From Christ, their Head, their life proceeds, And to him it most surely leads.] 6 They live, and live to God, A life that’s known by few; Their Father’s staff and rod, Support and comfort too; Christ is their Life, nor can they die, For hell can ne’er their life destroy. Topics: Salvation and Free Grace

Prayer for Nearness unto the Lord

Author: W. G. Meter: 8.7 Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: O thou lovely, loving Sviour Lyrics: 1 O thou lovely, loving Saviour, Bless us with a solemn frame, Teach us now, henceforth, and ever, To adore thy matchless name. Give us, blessed Jesus, give us, A sweet glimpse of thy sweet face; From all carking care relieve us; Fill us with thy boundless grace. 2 [Let the unction of redemption Supple every conscience well; Give us now a sweet exemption From the rage of sin and hell. Tell us, Lord, and make us feel it, We are thine, for ever thine. Take each wounded heart and heal it, Let thy glory in us shine.] 3 Plunge us in that crimson ocean, Thy atonement made for sin; Freed from trusting empty notion, May we feel thy power within. With thy presence, Lord, refresh us, Aid and keep us by thy power; May we ever be ambitious Thee to love, crown, and adore.

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