mf My heart to Thee I give for aye,
O Jesu, sweetest, best;

Thy heart to me give Thou, I pray,
O Jesu, loveliest.

Our hearts alone Thou dost require, Our hearts alone Thou dost desire: cres Make me love Thee as Thou dost me,

O Jesu, Fount of Charity. mp What for Thy grace can I repay,

God, Who for me wast born? What for Thy love before Thee lay, Man, Who didst suffer scorn? Thy_heart," Thou sayest, "give Me here":

Take Thou my heart, O Jesu dear, cres Make me love Thee as Thou dost me,

O Jesu, Fount of Charity.

mf For me Thy heart is open wide, That I may entrance find, And there my own within it hide, And close in union bind. Thou, Jesu blest, by love possest, Thyself didst give, that I might live: cres Make me love Thee as Thou dost me,

O Jesu, Fount of Charity.

mf O THOU Who camest from above,
The pure celestial fire to impart,
Kindle a flame of sacred love
On the mean altar of my heart.

mf There let it for Thy glory burn,

With inextinguishable blaze;

And trembling, to its source return In humble prayer and fervent praise.

mp Jesus, confirm my heart's desire To work and speak and think for Thee;

Still let me guard the holy fire, And still stir up Thy gift in me. mf Ready for all Thy perfect will, My acts of faith and love repeat, Till death Thy endless mercies seal, And make the sacrifice complete. C. Wesley.

mf In Thee my trust abideth,
On Thee my hope relies,
O Thou Whose love provideth
For all beneath the skies;
O Thou Whose mercy found me,
From bondage set me free,
And then for ever bound me
With threefold cords to Thee.
mp My grief is in the dulness

With which this sluggish heart
Doth open to the fulness

Of all Thou wouldst impart ; cres My joy is in Thy beauty Of holiness divine, My comfort in the duty That binds my life to Thine. [mpAlas, that I should ever

Have failed in love to Thee,
The only one Who never
Forgot or slighted me!
cres for a heart to love Thee
More truly as I ought,

And nothing place above Thee In deed, or word, or thought.] f O for that choicest blessing Of living in Thy love, And thus on earth possessing The peace of heaven above; mf O for the bliss that by it

The soul securely knows, dim The holy calm and quiet Of faith's serene repose. J. S. B. Monsell.

μ

Who would not his whole soul and mind,

With all his strength, to Thee unite?

[f Thou shin'st with everlasting rays; Before the insufferable blaze dimAngels with both wings veil their

eyes;

cres Yet free as air Thy bounty streams On all Thy works; Thy mercy's beams

Diffusive as Thy sun's arise.

mf Astonished at Thy frowning brow, Earth, hell, and heaven's strong pillars bow;

f Terrible majesty is Thine! [press Who then can that vast love exWhich bows Thee down to me, who

less

dim Than nothing am, till Thou art mine?]

mf Fountain of good! all blessing flowe [knows; From Thee; no want Thy fulness What but Thyself canst Thou desire?

Yet, self-sufficient as Thou art Thou dost desire my worthless heart;

This, only this, dost Thou require.

f O God, of good the unfathomed sea! [Thee? Who would not give his heart to Who would not love Thee with his might?

O Jesu, Lover of mankind, [mind, ff Who would not his whole soul and With all his strength, to Thee unite?

J. Scheffler, tr. J. Wesley.

88.88.88.

298.
f THEE will I love, my strength,
my tower,

Thee will I love, my joy, my crown,
Thee will I love with all my power,
In all Thy works, and Thee alone;
Thee will I love, till the pure fire
Fill my whole soul with chaste
desire.

p In darkness willingly I strayed,

WHOM should we love like Thee,
Our God, our Guide, our King,
The tower to which we flee,
The rock to which we cling?

roved;

Far wide my wandering thoughts were spread,

[loved;

Thy creatures more than Thee I
And now if more at length I see,
'Tis through Thy light, and comes
from Thee.]

f I thank Thee, uncreated Sun,

That Thy bright beams on me have shined;

I thank Thee, Who hast overthrown My foes, and healed my wounded mind;

I thank Thee, Whose enlivening voice

Bids my freed heart in Thee rejoice.

f Give to mine eyes refreshing tears, Give to my heart chaste, hallowed fires,

mf

The mercies which to Thee we owe.

The storm upon us fell,

The floods around us rose ; The depths of death and hell Seemed on our souls to close. dimTo God we cried in strong despair, cres He heard, and came to help our prayer.

mf He came the King of kings, He bowed the sable sky; And on the tempest's wings Walked down serene from high. The earth beneath His footsteps shook, [rebuke. The mountains quaked at His

[might,

f Thee will I love, my joy, my crown; Thee will I love, my Lord, my God; mf Thee will I love, beneath Thy frown,

The mercies which to Thee we owe. H. F. Lyte.

6.-LOVE

78.

300 mf FATHER, to Thy sinful child Though Thy law is reconciled, dimBy Thy pardoning grace I live ; Daily still I cry,-Forgive. [mfThough my ransomed price He paid Upon Whom my guilt was laid, dim Humbly at Thy mercy-seat, Full remission I entreat.]

mp Lord, forgive me, day by day, Debts I cannot hope to pay; Duties I have left undone ; Evils I have failed to shun; mp Trespasses in word or thought; Deeds from evil motive wrought; Cold ingratitude, distrust; Thoughts unhallowed or unjust. mp Pardon, Lord! and are there those Who my debtors are, or foes?" I, who by forgiveness live, Here their trespasses forgive. [mpMay I feel beneath my wrongs Vengeance unto God belongs, Nor a worse requital dare Than the meek revenge of prayer.] mp Much forgiven, may I learn

Love for hatred to return; cres Then assured my heart shall be, ƒ Thou, my God, hast pardoned me. J. Conder.

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PP

6.4.6.4.10.10.

All that I have is now no longer
mine,
[am Thine.
And I am not mine own; Lord, I
How can I, Lord, withhold
Life's brightest hour
From Thee; or gathered gold,
Or any power?
Why should I keep one precious
thing from Thee,
When Thou hast given Thine own
dear Self for me?

I pray Thee, Saviour, keep
Me in Thy love,
Until death's holy sleep

Shall me remove

cresTo that fair realm where, sin and

ƒ O FOR a heart to praise my God; A heart from sin set free; A heart that always feels Thy blood dim So freely spilt for me.

mf A heart resigned, submissive, meek, My dear Redeemer's throne; Where only Christ is heard to speak, Where Jesus reigns alone.

mp A humble, lowly, contrite heart,

Believing, true, and clean, [part Which neither life nor death can From Him that dwells within.

mp A heart in every thought renewed, And filled with love divine; Perfect and right, and pure and good;

A copy, Lord, of Thine.

mf Thy nature, gracious Lord, impart, Come quickly from above; cresWrite Thy new name upon my heart,

Thy new best name of Love.