3 Give me on Thee to call;
Always to watch and pray,
Lest I into temptation fall,
And cast my shield away.

4 For each assault prepared
And watchful may I be;
Forever standing on my guard,
And looking unto Thee.

516.

1

S. M.

FOR HELP IN TEMPTATION.

THOU Seest my feebleness;
Father! be Thou my power,
My help and refuge in distress,
My fortress and my tower!

C. WESLEY

2 Give me to trust in Thee;
Be Thou my sure abode;
My helm and sword and buckler be,
My Saviour and my God!

3 Myself I cannot save,
Myself I cannot keep;

But strength in Thee I surely have,
Whose eyelids never sleep.

4 My soul to Thee alone,

For always, I commend;

Thou lovest me, Father, as Thine own,
And lovest to the end.

517.

S. M.

C. WESLEY.

ASPIRATION.

1

O COME and dwell in me,
Spirit of power within!
And bring Thy glorious liberty
From sorrow, fear and sin.

2 The inward, deep disease,
Spirit of Health, remove!
Spirit of perfect Holiness!
Spirit of perfect Love!

3 Hasten the joyful day

Which shall all sin consume;

When old things shall be done away,
And all things new become!

DESIRES FOR HOLINESS.

1 O, FOR a heart to praise my God, A heart from sin set free;

WESLEYAN.

A heart that always feels how good,
Thou, Lord, hast been to me.

2 O for an humble, trustful heart,
Believing, true, and clean,

Which neither life nor death can part
From Him who dwells within;-

3 A heart in every thought renewed,
And full of love divine,

Perfect, and right, and pure, and good,
Conformed, O Lord, to Thine.

4 Thy spirit, gracious Lord, impart;
Come quickly from above;
O, write Thy name upon my heart!
Thy name, O God, is love.

519.

S. M.

MRS. HEMANS

FOR HEAVENLY THOUGHTS.

1 COME to me, thoughts of heaven!
My fainting spirit bear

On your bright wings, by morning given,
Up to celestial air,

Away, far, far away,

From thoughts by passion given,
Fold me in pure, still, cloudless day,
O blessed thoughts of heaven!

2 Come in my tempted hour,
Sweet thoughts! and yet again
O'er sinful wish and memory, shower
Your soft effacing rain;

Waft me where gales divine

With dark clouds ne'er have striven;
Where living founts forever shine;
O blessed thoughts of heaven!

520.

C. M.

PRAYER FOR FAITH.

BATH COLL.

1 O, FOR a faith that will not shrink
Though pressed by every foe,
That will not tremble on the brink
Of any earthly woe!

2 A faith that shines more bright and clear
When tempests rage without;
That when in danger knows no fear,
In darkness feels no doubt;-

3 Lord, give us such a faith as this,
And then, whate'er may come,

We'll taste, e'en here, the hallowed bliss
Of an eternal home.

521.

C. M.

PRAYER FOR SUBMISSION.

MONTGOMERY.

1 ONE prayer I have, -all prayers in one,
When I am wholly Thine;
Thy will, my God, Thy will be done,
And let that will be mine.

2 All-wise, almighty, and all-good,
In Thee I firmly trust;
Thy ways, unknown or understood,
Are merciful and just.

3 May I remember that to Thee
Whate'er I have I owe;

And back in gratitude from me
May all Thy bounties flow.

4 Thy gifts are only then enjoyed,
When used as talents lent;
Those talents only well employed,
When in Thy service spent.

5 And though Thy wisdom takes away,
Shall I arraign Thy will?

No, let me bless Thy name, and say
"The Lord is gracious still."

6 A pilgrim through the earth I roam,
Of nothing long possessed,

And all must fail when I go home,
For this is not my rest.

522.

C. M.

C. WESLEY.

FOR THE DIVINE PRESENCE.

1 SPEAK with us, Lord; Thyself reveal,
While here on earth we rove;
Speak to our hearts, and let us feel
The kindlings of Thy love.
2 With Thee conversing, we forget
All toil and time and care;
Labor is rest, and pain is sweet,
If Thou art present there.

3 Here then, our God, be pleased to stay,
And bid our hearts rejoice;

Our bounding hearts shall own Thy sway,
And echo to Thy voice.

4 Thou callest us to seek Thy face;
Thy face, O God, we seek,

Attend the whispers of Thy grace,
And hear Thee inly speak.

523.

C. M.

WESLEYAN.

STRUGGLING UPWARD.

1 FATHER divine, our wants relieve
In this our evil day;

To all Thy tempted children give
The power to watch and pray.