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BOOK OF HYMNS FOB

YOUNG PERSONS.

" The fineness which a Is

when

hymn or psalm affords,

the soul unto the lines accords."

George Herbert.

CAMBRIDGE:

JOHN BARTLETT. 1854.

3V:353

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1853, by

John Baetlett, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.

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Almighty Father I am weak Almighty Father Thou hast many a blessing Almighty God, in humble prayer Another day its course hath run As every day thy mercy spares

13

!

!

Awake,

my

soul

!

stretch every nerve

.

.

.

the

is

man who

fears the

81

....

71

cool Siloam's shady

Calm on the listening Come to God's altar !

.

Father

!

!

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.

.

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.

.

36

ear of night

thy

draw near .

light,

4

.

thy love

I love to read of thee

Father! whate'er of earthly

37 60

Eternal and immortal King

Father and Friend

.

.

rill

0,

79

47

Lord

Bright was the guiding star that led

By

15

....

Behold, where, in a mortal form Blest

18

bliss

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.

....

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6

16

Forth went the heralds of the cross

93

From

27

the recesses of a lowly spirit

INDEX.

IV

.67

Give to the winds thy fears

my

Glory to thee,

God God

who madest

!

Have

good that he

so

is

God, this night

faith in

53

earth and heaven

80

man, thy brother

Hark, the glad sound

He came

78

will hear

to bid the

94

the Saviour comes

!

weary

.

.

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.

.87

46

rest

How blest are they whose transient years How gentle God's commands How happy is he bom or taught How sweetly flowed the Gospel's sound How sweet to be allowed to pray .

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and

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66

.... .24 73

43

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.

.

our fears

84

If love, the noblest, purest, best

45

If all our hopes

In holy books

we

all

read

.... .33

how God hath spoken

In silent sorrow, from the gates of Nain

.

.

-

.

41

In sleep's serene oblivion laid Israel's It

77

Shepherd, guide me, feed

me

61

was no path of flowers

Kneel,

my

child, for

God

50

is

here

...... .....

Like shadows gliding o'er the plain

Lord

!

teach us children

how

to

pray

Mere human power shall fast decay Mortals, awake with angels join My dear Eedeemer, and my Lord My Father, and my Heavenly Friend My God accept my heart this day

.

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!

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God,

how

God,

I

endless

thank thee

is !

thy love

may

no thought

88 9

74

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10 '

7

!

My My

5

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82

19

V

INDEX. None loves me, Father, with thy love Not for the "childish things" of life God, alone Not on this day, Now in the dawning of my youth Now in the season of thy youth Now that our journey 's just begun

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0, help us, Lord each hour of need Lord best desires fulfil !

!

my

I have, all prayers in

On

the

Christian Sabbath eve

0,

when

first

the hours of

life

25 21

one

are past

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.

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!

!

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72

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.... .

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who

a book,

There

is

a world above

runs

may

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29

read

...

...

The spacious firmament on high The truth from God, which Jesus brought The year begins with promises Though lonely be thy path, fear not, for He .

44

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is

40

.48 63

Teach us to pray The Bridegroom at an hour unknown The Lord my pasture shall prepare The Lord my Shepherd is There

52

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....

from on high, a fight divine . how he loved " exclaimed the Jews See the kind Shepherd, Jesus, stands Shine on our souls, Eternal God

See,

" See

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Press on, press on, ye sons of light

69 75

God I thank thee that the night God to thee our hearts would pay God while frequent dangers rise 0, happy is the child who hears

One prayer

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INDEX.

VI

Thou, Lord, who

Thy Thy

will

'T

not the

To

is

will be done

learn

rear'st the !

be done! gift,

mountain's height

In devious

23

but

't is

22 95

the spirit

will

.

.

uplifted hearts,

we

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are,

and

in the

woe prime

.

....

65

91

42 34

kneel

for those, frail child of

.

56

While shepherds watched their flocks by night While thee I seek, protecting Power

Young though we

.8

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Weak and irresolute is man mat, 'mid the doubtful paths of life When all thy mercies, my God When arise the thoughts of sin When children give their hearts to God When Israel, of the Lord beloved When power divine in mortal form When up to nightly stars we gaze

Why weep

.31

.

I will not fear

and do thy

When, with

.

way

...

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35

20 86

58

;

GOD.

L. M.

1. " The Lord

is

— Psalm cxlv.

good to

all

;

and

BOWRING.

his tender mercies are over all his works."

9.

Father and Friend thy light, thy Beaming through all thy works, we Thy glory gilds the heavens above, !

And

all

the earth

is full

love,

see

;

of thee.

"We think not in what hallowed part Of the wide heavens thy throne may be But this we know, that where thou art, Power, wisdom, goodness, dwell with thee, l

;

2

;

!

GOD.

Thy

children shall not faint nor fear,

Sustained by

this delightful thought,

—

Since thou, their God, art everywhere,

They cannot be where thou

S.

L. M.

art not.

Doddridge.

" He that cometh to God must belieye that he

warder of them that diligently seek him."

is,

and that he

— Hebrews

xi. 6.

Eternal and immortal King

Thy

peerless splendors

But darkness

When God

none can bear

veils seraphic eyes,

with

all his

glory

Yet

faith can pierce the

The

great Invisible can see

And

with

its

's

there.

awful gloom,

tremblings mingle joy,

In fixed regard, great

God

!

to thee.

Then every tempting form of sin, Shamed in thy presence, disappears

And

all

The

likeness

the glowing, raptured soul it

contemplates wears.

;

is

a

re-

!

; !!

3

GOD.

O

ever conscious to

Witness to

my

heart

supreme desire Behold, it presseth on to thee, For it hath caught the heavenly

fire.

This one petition would

—

To In

its

bear thee ever in life,

Its

its

it

sight

in death, in worlds

unknown,

only portion and delight

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C

M.

" Surely goodness and mercy shall follow

— Psalm

urge,

Addison. me

all

the days of

xxiii. 6.

When all thy mercies, O my My rising soul surveys,

God,

Transported with the view, I 'm lost In wonder, love, and praise.

Unnumbered comforts on

Thy

my

soul

tender care bestowed,

my infant heart conceived From whom those comforts flowed.

Before

my life."

4

GOD.

Ten thousand thousand

My

daily thanks

precious gifts

employ

;

Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts with joy. Through every period of

my

life,

Thy goodness I '11 pursue And after death, in distant worlds, The glorious theme renew. ;

L. M.

4.

" 0, come, let us worship and bow down Let us kneel before the Lord our Maker."

Psalm xcv.

Come

to God's altar!

O, draw near,

In trusting love, in humble fear

He calls you now his face to meet Come bow and worship at his feet. O, draw near, Come to God's altar And gladly come, for God is here Come at the call of that kind voice, !

That bids you

in his love rejoice.

6.

\

GOD.

Come

to God's altar

O, draw near

!

With grateful praises gather here Your Father calls, your Heavenly Friend ;

O, come, and in his presence bend

5. " Thou shalt

Thou

call,

shalt cry 5

7s.

M.

and the Lord shall answer and he shall say, Here I am." Isaiah

Kneel,

Bend

my

child, for

God

is

here

in love, but not in fear

Kneel before him

Thank him

now

lviii. 9.

;

in prayer

for his constant care.

Praise him for his bounties shed Every moment on thy head

know

Ask Ask

for light to

Ask

for faith to lead thee

for love

his will;

thy heart to

fill

;

—

on

Son Ask his spirit still to guide thee Through the ills that may betide

In the steps of Christ, his

thee

;

—

;

!

GOD.

6

Ask

for

peace to put to rest

Every tumult of thy breast

;

Ask

:

in awe, but not in fear

Kneel,

my

child, for

6.

God

C.

is

M.

" Seek ye out of the book of the Lord, and read."

Father

!

I love to

here

— Isaiah xxxiy. 16.

read of thee,

And learn of heaven above To hear what thou hast done for me ;

By To

thy unceasing love.

think that

all this

world contains

Was made

and formed by thee And yet the power which all sustains Has thought and care for me. That thou

art ever

;

kind and good,

My constant blessings prove My home, my friends, my daily Speak thy unfailing

love.

food,

;

7

GOD.

Father

I

!

know each

living thing

Should sing its Maker's praise O, let me, then, my tribute bring,

My little

7.

offering raise

M.

C.

" Let us haye grace whereby we xii.

!

Lyra Cath.

may

serve

God acceptably."

— Hebrews

28.

My God

!

accept

And make That

I

it

my

heart this day,

always thine,

from thee no more may from thee decline.

stray,

No more

Let every thought, and work, and word, To thee be ever given, Then life shall be thy service, Lord!

And

death the gate of heaven.

;

s

GOD.

8. %t

Teach

me

to

To

O

do thy will

learn

;

for

S.

thou art

and do thy

M. my

God."

— Psalm

cxliii. 10.

will,

Lord, our hearts incline

:

And o'er the paths of future life Command thy light to shine. While taught thy word of that word receive

truth,

May we

And when we In that blest

;

hear of Jesus' name,

name

9.

believe.

C.

M.

" Hear thou in heaven, and teach us the good way wherein we should walk."

— 1 Kings Lord

!

And Thou

viii.

36.

teach us children listen to

hearest

For thou

all

how

to pray,

our prayer the words

art everywhere.

we

say,

;

;

;

!

GOD.

A little sparrow cannot fall Unnoticed, Lord, by thee

And, though

Thy

we

are but

;

young and

small,

constant care are we.

Teach us

to

When we

do whate'er is right do wrong, forgive ;

And make it our sincere delight To serve thee while we live. Whatever trouble we

To

thee for help

are in,

we '11

call

But keep us more than all from For that is worse than all.

L. M.

10. " Hear, Lord,

sin,

Lord, and have mercy upon me Psalm xxx. 10. thou my helper " :

"be

!

—

My Father, and my Heavenly Friend Who gavest life and health to me Before thee

Seeking

now

in prayer I bend,

for help

from thee.

GOD.

10

Teach me to pray with soul sincere, Teach me to love with holy fear, Teach me with thankful heart to know The source whence all my blessings flow.

P.M.

11. "Lord, teach us

to pray."

Teach us

O

Father,

And

this

we

— Luke

xi. 1.

to pray!

look up to thee,

our one request shall be,

Teach us

to pray

Teach us to pray words will not suffice, The heart must bring its sacrifice Teach us to pray

A form

of

!

Teach us

To whom

shall

to pray

we, thy children, turn

Teach thou the lesson we would Teach us to pray

?

learn,

;

!

!

;

GOD.

Teach us

To

to pray

thee alone our hearts look up

Prayer

is for

us the door of hope

Teach us

12. "

11

Watch and

O God

to pray

C.

!

M.

pray, lest ye enter into temptation."

!

:

— Matthew xxvi.

while frequent dangers

41.

rise,

While snares beset my way, To thee let me lift up mine eyes, And hourly watch and pray.

O

gracious God, in

My Help

whom

feeble efforts aid

me

to watch,

and pray, and

Though trembling and

When

I live!

strive,

afraid.

strong temptations fright

my

Or lure my feet aside, My God thy powerful aid impart, My Guardian and my Guide !

heart,

GOD.

12

keep me in the heavenly way, And bid temptation flee And never let me go astray From happiness and thee. Still

;

13. " God

is

my

C.

strength and power, and

lie

M. maketh

my way

perfect."

2 Samuel xxii. 33.

Almighty Father! I am weak, But thou wilt strengthen me, If, from my heart, I humbly seek For help and

light

from

thee.

When

I am tempted to do wrong, Then, Father, pity me,

And make my failing virtue Help me to think of thee.

strong,

—

Let Christian courage guard my youth That courage give to me, Which ever speaks and acts the truth,

And

puts

its trust in thee.

—

;

;

;

13

GOD.

14.