264 265 1 WHEN, my Saviour, shall I be 2 Only thee content to know, 3 So I may thy Spirit know, 4 Fully in my life express S. M. METHODIST COL. Copying Jesus. 1 JESUS, I fain would find Thy zeal for God in me, 2 In me thy Spirit dwell! 266 7s. M. ANCIENT HYMNS. Rejoicing in Christ. 1 SWEET thy memory, Saviour blest, 2 By the ear or tuneful tongue 3 Thou the contrite sinner's stay, 4 Tongue can speak not their delight, BOWRING. 267 L. M. Progress of Gospel Truth. 1 UPON the gospel's sacred page The gathered beams of ages shine; And, as it hastens, every age But makes its brightness more divine. 2 Truth, strengthened by the strength of thought, Pours inexhaustible supplies, Whence sagest teachers may be taught, 3 More glorious still as centuries roll, 4 Flow to restore, but not destroy; 16 268 Inward Religion. S. M. METHODIST COL. Prayer. 1 THE praying spirit breathe, By worldly thoughts opprest; 2 Swift to my rescue come, Thy own this moment seize; O'er all the earth abroad, Arrest the prisoner of thy love, And shut me up in God. 269 MONTGOMERY. C. M. What is Prayer? 1 PRAYER is the soul's sincere desire, Uttered or unexpressed, The motion of a hidden fire, That trembles in the breast. 2 Prayer is the burden of a sigh, The upward glancing of an eye, 3 Prayer is the simplest form of speech Prayer the sublimest strains that reach 4 Prayer is the Christian's vital breath, The watchword at the gates of death; 5 Prayer is the contrite sinner's voice, While angels in their songs rejoice, 6 In prayer, on earth, the saints are one; When with the Father and the Son |