Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion Part 4

1 Great G.o.d! the followers of Thy Son, We bow before Thy mercy-seat, To wors.h.i.+p Thee, the Holy One, And pour our wishes at Thy feet.

2 O, grant Thy blessing here to-day!

O, give Thy people joy and peace!

The tokens of Thy love display, And favor, that shall never cease.

3 We seek the truth which Jesus brought; His path of light we long to tread; Here be his holy doctrines taught, And here their purest influence shed.

4 May faith, and hope, and love abound; Our sins and errors be forgiven; And we, from day to day, be found Children of G.o.d, and heirs of heaven.

25. L. M. Bowring.

Evening Wors.h.i.+p.

1 How shall we praise Thee, Lord of light!

How shall we all Thy love declare!

The earth is veiled in shades of night, But heaven is open to our prayer,-- That heaven, so bright with stars and suns, That glorious heaven which has no bound, Where the full tide of being runs, And life and beauty glow around.

2 We would adore Thee, G.o.d sublime, Whose power and wisdom, love and grace, Are greater than the round of time, And wider than the bounds of s.p.a.ce.

Help us to praise Thee, Lord of light!

Help us Thy boundless love declare; And, while we fill Thy courts to-night, Aid us, and hearken to our prayer.

26. L. M. W. H. Burleigh.

Evening Wors.h.i.+p.

1 O Holy Father! 'mid the calm And stillness of this evening hour, We would lift up our solemn psalm To praise Thy goodness, and Thy power For over us, and over all, Thy tender mercies still extend, Nor vainly shall Thy children call On Thee, our Father and our Friend!

2 Kept by Thy goodness though the day, Thanksgiving to Thy name we pour; Night o'er us, with its stars,--we pray Thy love, to guard us evermore!

In grief, console; in gladness, bless; In darkness, guide; in sickness, cheer; Till, in the Saviour's righteousness, Before Thy throne our souls appear!

27. P. M. Anonymous.

"Teach Us To Pray."

1 Teach us to pray!

O Father, we look up to Thee, And this our one request shall be, Teach us to pray!

2 Teach us to pray!

A form of words will not suffice, The heart must bring its sacrifice: Teach us to pray!

3 Teach us to pray!

To whom shall we Thy children turn?

Teach Thou the lesson we would learn, Teach us to pray!

4 Teach us to pray!

To Thee alone our hearts look up, Prayer is our only door of hope, Teach us to pray!

28. S. M. Montgomery.

"After This Manner Pray Ye."

1 Our Heavenly Father, hear The prayer we offer now: Thy name be hallowed far and near, To Thee all nations bow.

2 Thy kingdom come; Thy will On earth be done in love, As saints and seraphim fulfil Thy perfect law above.

3 Our daily bread supply, While by Thy word we live; The guilt of our iniquity Forgive as we forgive.

4 From dark temptation's power Our feeble hearts defend; Deliver in the evil hour, And guide us to the end.

5 Thine, then, forever be Glory and power divine; The sceptre, throne, and majesty Of heaven and earth are Thine.

29. C. M. C. Wesley.

"Thy Kingdom Come."

1 Father and G.o.d of all mankind, And all the hosts above, Let every understanding mind Unite to praise Thy love.

2 Thy kingdom come, with power and grace, To every heart of man; Thy peace, and joy, and righteousness, In all our bosoms reign.

3 The righteousness that never ends, But makes an end of sin; The joy that human thought transcends, Now to our souls bring in:

4 The kingdom of established peace, Which can no more remove; The perfect powers of G.o.dliness, The omnipotence of Love.

30. 7s. M. *Conder.