Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion Part 35

2 Thou, G.o.d, wilt hear; these pangs are meant To heal the spirit, not destroy; And even remorse, for chastening sent, When Thou commandest, works for joy.

207. C. M. *Wreford.

Prayer for Increase of Faith.

1 Lord! I believe; Thy power I own Thy word I would obey; I wander comfortless and lone, When from Thy truth I stray.

2 Lord! I believe; but gloomy fears Sometimes bedim my sight; I look to Thee with prayers and tears, And cry for strength and light.

3 Lord! I believe; but oft, I know, My faith is cold and weak; Make strong my weakness, and bestow The confidence I seek!

4 Yes, I believe; and only Thou Canst give my soul relief; Lord! to Thy truth my spirit bow, Help Thou my unbelief!

208. C. M. Bartrum.

My G.o.d, Remember Me.

1 O, from these visions dark and drear, Kind Father, set me free; I struggle yet with darkness here,-- My G.o.d, remember me!

2 Refresh my drooping soul with grace And quickening energy; Still running, toiling in the race,-- My G.o.d, remember me!

3 Some cheering ray of hope impart, Sweet influence from Thee; And raise this feeble, drooping heart,-- My G.o.d, remember me!

4 For the inheritance in light, On trembling wings I flee; With sins, and doubts, and fears, I fight,-- My G.o.d, remember me!

209. C. M. Milman.

Prayer for Help.

1 O, help us, Lord! each hour of need Thy heavenly succor give; Help us in thought, in word, in deed, Each hour on earth we live.

2 O, help us, when our spirits bleed, With doubt and anguish sore; And when our hearts are cold and dead, O, help us, Lord, the more.

3 O, help us, through the prayer of faith, More firmly to believe; For still the more the servant hath, The more shall he receive.

4 O, help us, Father! from on high; We know no help but Thee; O, help us so to live and die, As Thine in heaven to be!

210. 7s. M. Russian.

In Doubt.

1 Why, thou never-setting Light, Is thy brightness veiled from me?

Why does this unwonted night Cloud thy blest benignity?

2 I am lost without thy ray; Guide my wandering footsteps, Lord!

Light my dark and erring way To the noontide of Thy word.

211. C. M. Humphries.

Good Lord, Remember Me.

1 O Thou, from whom all goodness flows, I lift my soul to Thee; In all my sorrows, conflicts, woes, Good Lord, remember me!

2 When on my aching, burdened heart My sins lie heavily, Thy pardon grant, new peace impart; Good Lord, remember me!

3 When trials sore obstruct my way, And ills I cannot flee, O, let my strength be as my day; Good Lord, remember me!

4 When worn with pain, disease, and grief, This feeble body see; Grant patience, rest, and kind relief; Good Lord, remember me!

5 When in the solemn hour of death I wait Thy just decree, Be this the prayer of my last breath,-- Good Lord, remember me!

6 And when before Thy throne I stand, And lift my soul to Thee, Then, with the saints at Thy right hand, Good Lord, remember me!

212. P. M. Mrs. Follen.

Lord, to Whom Shall We Go?

1 When, with error bewildered, our path becomes dreary, And tears of despondency flow, When the whole head is sick, and the whole heart is weary, Despairing,--to whom shall we go?

2 When the thirsting soul turneth away from the springs Of the pleasures this world can bestow, And sighs for another, and flutters its wings, Impatient,--to whom shall it go?

3 O, blest be that light which has parted the clouds, And a path to the wanderer can show; That pierces the veil which the future enshrouds, And tells us to whom we should go!