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GUIDE

HYMN 14. 8, 7-4.

Divine Guidance.

UIDE me, O thou great Jehovah!
Pilgrim through this barren land

I am weak, but thou art mighty,
Hold me with thy powerful hand:
Bread of heaven!

Feed me now and evermore.

2 Open now the crystal fountain,
Whence the healing streams do flow;
Let the fiery, cloudy pillar

Lead me all my journey through:
Strong Deliverer,

Be thou still my strength and shield.

3 When I tread the verge of Jordan,
Bid my anxious fears subside:
Thou of death and hell the conqueror,
Land me safe on Canaan's side:
Songs of praises
I will ever give to thee.

HYMN 15. C. M.

God's Blessing Asked.

1 THAT the Lord would guide my ways To keep his statutes still;

O that my God would grant me grace
To know and do his will.

2 O send thy Spirit down to write.
Thy law upon my heart;

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Nor let my tongue indulge deceit,
Nor act the liar's part.

3 Conduct my footsteps by thy word,
And make my heart sincere;
Let sin have no dominion, Lord,
But keep my conscience clear.

4 Make me to walk in thy commands;
'Tis a delightful road;

Nor let my head, nor heart, nor hands,
Offend against my God.

HYMN 16. 7's.

An Infant's Prayer.

HOLY Father, please to hear

Infant praise and humble prayer;

Him who gav'st us parents kind,
Teach us ever them to mind.

2 Food and raiment, home, and friends,
All we have thy goodness sends;
And for these our hearts shall raise
Grateful thanks and humble praise.

3 Guide our lives in peace and truth,
Through the tempting scenes of youth,
And when here our trials cease,
O, receive our souls in peace.

HYMN 17. 7's.

The Child's Prayer.

1 JESUS, see a little child Humbly at thy footstool stay;

Thou who art so meek and mild.
Stoop, and teach me what to say.

2 Though thou art so great and high,
Thou dost view, with smiling face,
Little children when they cry,
"Saviour! guide us by thy grace."

3 Show me what I ought to be,
Make me every evil shun;
Thee in all things may I see,
In thy holy footsteps run.

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4 Jesus! all my sins forgive,
Make me lowly, pure in heart,
For thy glory may I live,

Then be with thee where thou art.

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HYMN 18. C. M.

Sabbath Scholar's Prayer.

THAT the Lord would teach my tongue
The heavenly song to raise;

O that the Lord my heart would fill
With love, and joy, and praise!

20 that the Lord my steps would guide
In paths of righteousness;
O that the Lord my lips would teach
His ways and works to bless!

30 that the Lord would give me faith,
The blessed Christ to see;

O that he now would give me grace,
That I to him may flee!

4 0 that the Lord would make me know
The riches of his grace;
Then should I live and please him too,
And dying see his face.

HYMN 19. S. M.

How to Pray Aright.

11 OFTEN say my prayers,
But do I ever pray ?
Or do the wishes of my heart
Suggest the words I say?

2 'Tis useless to implore,

Unless I feel my need;

Unless 'tis from a sense of want
That all my prayers proceed.

3 I may as well kneel down
And worship gods of stone,
As offer to the living God
of words alone.

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4 For words without the heart
The Lord will never hear;
Nor will he ever those regard
Whose prayers are insincere.

5 Lord, teach me what I want,
And teach me how to pray;
Nor let me e'er implore thy grace,
Not feeling what I say,

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HYMN 20. 7's.

Prayer for a very Little Child.
ENTLE Jesus, meek and mild
Look
upon a little child;

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Pity my simplicity,

Suffer me to come to thee.

2 Fain would I to thee be brought;
Gracious God, forbid it not;
In the kingdom of thy grace,
Give a little child a place.

3 0 supply my every want,

Feed the young and tender plant;
Day and night my keeper be,
Every moment watch round me.

HYMN 21. C. M.

What is Prayer?

PRAYER is the soul's sincere desire,
Unuttered or expressed;

The motion of a hidden fire

That trembles in the breast.

2 Prayer is the burden of a sigh,
The falling of a tear;

The upward glancing of an eye,
When none but God is near.

3 Prayer is the simplest form of speech That infant lips can try;

Prayer the sublimest strains that reach The Majesty on high.

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