SUNDAYS AFTER TRINITY: HOLINESS.

When we wrongly suffer pain, May we Jesus' spírit gain, And from angry thoughts refrain; Hear us, we beseech Thee. Give the love divinely strong, Moved not though it suffer long, Kind to those who do the wrong; Hear us, we beseech' Thee. Give the love that envies none, For the joy of work well done, Or the good which they have won; Hear us, we beseech Thee.

Give the love in kindness shown, Living not for self alone, Making others' good her own; Hear us, we beseech Thee.

Give the love that thinks no ill, And with power of gentle will Can the voice of slander still; Hear us, we beseech Thee. Give the love that will abide True and firm however tried, And a brother's faults will hide; Hear us, we beseech Thee. Give the love that foe or friend, Slight or wrong cannot offend, True, enduring to the end;

Hear us, we beseech Thee. Give the love for which we pray, Love that never can decay, Never fail or pass away;

Hear us, we beseech Thee. Give the charity divine, That in all our lives may shine, Proving us that we are Thine; Hear us, we beseech Thee. Loving man, and loving Thee, May we here Thy children be, And prepare Thy face to see; Hear us, we beseech Thee.

Amen.

Sundays after Trinity: Holiness.

331 BLESS'D are the pure in heart,

For they shall see our God: The secret of the Lord is theirs, Their soul is Christ's abode. The Lord, who left the heavens Our life and peace to bring, To dwell in lowliness with men, Their pattern and their King:

He to the lowly soul Doth still Himself impart, And for His dwelling and His throne Chooseth the pure in heart.

Lord, we Thy presence seek; May ours this blessing be; Give us a pure and lowly heart,

A temple meet for Thee. Amen. 80

332 OH for a heart to praise my

God,

A heart from sin set free:[ blood A heart that's sprinkled with the So freely shed for me:

A heart resign'd, submissive, meek, My dear Redeemer's throne; Where only Christ is heard to speak, Where Jesus reigns alone:

A humble, lowly, contrite heart, Believing, true, and clean; Which neither life nor death can part From Him that dwells within: A heart in every thought renew'd, And full of love divine, Perfect, and right, and pure, and .A copy, Lord, of Thine.

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Thy nature, gracious Lord, impart: Come quickly from above; Write Thy new name upon my heart, Thy new best name of love. Amen.

333 0, the bitter shame and

sorrow,

That a time could ever be, When I let the Saviour's pity Plead in vain, and proudly answer'd, " All of self, and none of Thee." Yet He found me; I beheld Him Bleeding on the accursèd tree, Heard Him pray:" Forgive them, Father,'

And my wistful heart said faintly, " Some of self, and some of Thee." Day by day His tender mercy,

Healing, helping, full and free, Sweet and strong, and ah! so patient, Brought me lower, while I whisper'd, " Less of self, and more of Thee." Higher than the highest heavens, Deeper than the deepest sea, Lord, Thy love at last hath conquer'd; Grant me now my spirit's longing, " None of self, and all of Thee.

Amen.

334 NEARER, My God, to Thee,

Nearer to Thee; Even though it be a cross, That raiseth me;

Still all my song shall be, Nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer to Thee.

Though night steal over me, My rest a stone,

As o'er the patriarch Weary and lone;

Yet in my dreams I'd be Nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer to Thee.

There let the way appear Steps unto heaven;

All that Thou sendest me In mercy given;