WATCH AND PRAY Spirit of Faith! I'll go with Thee, Wilt guide, defend, and strengthen me, Anne Brontë. 191 CH YHRISTIAN, seek not yet repose, 66 "Watch and pray." Gird thy heavenly armour on, Listen to thy sorrowing Lord, "Twas by watching and by prayer Won the palms and crowns they wear; Watch, for thou thy guard must keep; Charlotte Elliott. 192 OY Thine inward consecration BY Make in hed to Thy temple true; Let Thy bright illumination Search our spirit through and through; With Thy eye of love behold us; Keep Thy lamp within us burning, Dr. Bourne. RESIGNATION AND DISCIPLINE 193 I DO not ask, O Lord, that life may be I do not ask that Thou wouldst take from me I do not ask that flowers should always spring Beneath my feet; I know too well the poison and the sting Of things too sweet. For one thing only, Lord, dear Lord, I plead : Lead me aright, Though strength should falter and though heart should bleed, Through peace to light. I do not ask, O Lord, that Thou shouldst shed Give but a ray of peace, that Í may tread I do not ask my cross to understand, Better in darkness just to feel Thy hand, Joy is like restless day; but peace divine Lead me, O Lord, till perfect day shall shine, Adelaide A. Proctor. Where the mourner weeping God will never leave thee, Raise thine eyes to heaven When in grief we languish, All our woe and sadness, We in heaven shall know. Jesu, Holy Saviour, In the realms above, Crown us with Thy favour, F. E. Cox. 195 THE BETTER PART LOVE Divine, how sweet Thou art! My thirsty spirit faints to prove Stronger His love than death and hell; God only knows the love of God; Oh that I could for ever sit, 196 LORD, when we bend before Thy throne, And our confessions pour, Teach us to feel the sins we own, |