3 She guides the young with innocence
In pleasure's path to tread ;
A crown of glory she bestows
Upon the hoary head.

4 According as her labours rise,
So her rewards increase;
Her ways are ways of pleasantness,
And all her paths are peace.

5* To praise the Father and the Son,
And Spirit all Divine,

The One in Three, and Three in One,
Let young and old combine. Amen.
F Logan.

Twenty-second Sunday after Trinity.

215.

I DEARER, Lord, Thy statutes far

Than the world's best treasures are.
Gold or honey I esteem

Dross and dust compared with them.

2 Like a lamp, whene'er I stray,

Shining bright upon my way,
Let Thy pure and lively word
Still its quickening light afford.

3 Humble, teachable, and mild,
Meekly, like a little child,
At my gracious Saviour's feet
Let me take my daily seat.

4 Save, O save me, I am Thine, To Thy ways my heart incline; Ever let Thy holy Word

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Light, and life, and peace afford. Amen.

216.

ALMIGHTY God, in humble prayer

To Thee our souls we lift;

Do Thou our waiting minds prepare

For Thy most needful gift.

We ask not golden streams of wealth
Along our path to flow;

We-ask not undecaying health,

Nor length of years below.

3 We ask not honours, which an hour
May bring and take away;

We ask not pleasure, pomp, and power,
Lest we should go astray.

4 We ask for Wisdom: Lord, impart
The knowledge how to live;
A wise and understanding heart
To all before Thee give.

O may the young be Thine in youth,
Before the evil days,

The old be guided by Thy Truth

In wisdom's pleasant ways! Amen.

J. Montgomery.*

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217.

LET me be with Thee where Thou art,

My Saviour, my eternal Rest!
Then only will this longing heart

Be fully and for ever blest!

Let me be with Thee where Thou art,
Thy unveiled glory to behold ;
Then only will this wandering heart
Cease to be treacherous, faithless, cold!

3 Let me with Thee where Thou art,
Where spotless saints Thy Name adore ;
Then only will this sinful heart
Be evil and defiled no more!

4 Let me be with Thee where Thou art,
Where none can die, where none remove;
There neither death nor life will part
Me from Thy presence and Thy love!

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C. Elliott.

THE Lord of Might from Sinai's brow

Gave forth His voice of thunder;
And Israel lay on earth below,

Outstretched in fear and wonder:
Beneath His feet was pitchy night,
And at His left hand and His right
The rocks were rent asunder.

2 The Lord of Love on Calvary,

A meek and suffering stranger,
Upraised to heaven His languid eye
In nature's hour of danger;
For us He bore the weight of woe,
For us He gave His blood to flow,
And met His Father's anger.

3 The Lord of Love, the Lord of Might,
The King of all created,

Shall back return to claim His right
On clouds of glory seated;

With trumpet-sound, and angel-song

And hallelujahs loud and long,

O'er death and hell defeated.

Amen.

Bp. R. Heber.

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Twenty-fourth Sunday after Trinity.
OH! for a closer walk with God,

A calm and heavenly frame!

A light to shine upon the road

That leads me to the Lamb!

2 Return, O holy Dove! return,
Sweet messenger of rest!

I hate the sins that made Thee mourn,
And drove Thee from my breast.

3 The dearest idol I have known,
Whate'er that idol be,

Help me to tear it from Thy throne,
And worship only Thee!

4 So shall my walk be close with God,
Calm and serene my frame;

So purer light shall mark the road
That leads me to the Lamb. Amen.
W. Cowper.

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220.

FRIENDS and parents lingered weeping

Round her body where it lay;
Was she dead or only sleeping?
Had the spirit left the clay?

2 By her side the Saviour standeth ; Minstrels, mourners, all have fled (So the Lord of life commandeth) From the chamber of the dead.

3 Gently now her hand He taketh,
Saith unto her, "Maid, arise;
Lo, she stirreth, she awaketh,
Fixeth on the Lord her eyes.

4 He the word divine hath spoken

Which both death and hell obey ;
He the captive's chain hath broken,
Spoiled the spoiler of his prey.

5 He shall by His Cross demolish
Sin's dominion, Satan's might,
Death and all his reign abolish,
Bring eternal life to light. Amen.