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Lord, teach us how to pray aright

Author: James Montgomery Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 225 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Lord, teach us how to pray aright With reverence and with fear; Though dust and ashes in Thy sight, We may, we must draw near. 2 Burdened with guilt, convinced with sin, In weakness, want, and woe, Fightings without, and fears within, Lord, whither shall we go? 3 God of all grace, we come to Thee With broken, contrite hearts; Give, what Thine eye delights to see, Truth in the inward parts. 4 Give deep humility; the sense Of godly sorrow give; A strong desire, with confidence, To hear Thy voice and live; 5 Faith in the only Sacrifice That can for sin atone; To cast our loves, to fix our eyes, On Christ, on Christ alone; 6 Give these, and then Thy will be done; Thus strengthened with all might, We, through Thy Spirit and Thy Son, Shall pray, and pray aright. Amen. Used With Tune: ST. JAMES

In token that thou shalt not fear

Appears in 67 hymnals Topics: Holy Baptism Used With Tune: ST. JAMES

Fountain of Mercy, God of Love

Author: Alice Flowerdew Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 155 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Fountain of mercy, God of love, Whose gifts all creatures share, The rolling seasons as they move Proclaim Thy constant care. 2. When in the bosom of the earth The sower hid the grain, Thy goodness marked its secret birth, And sent the early rain. 3. The spring’s sweet influence, Lord, was Thine, The seasons knew Thy call; Thou mad’st the summer sun to shine, The summer dews to fall. 4. The gifts of mercy from above Matured the swelling grain; And now the harvest crowns Thy love, And plenty fills this plain. 5. O ne’er may our forgetful hearts O’erlook Thy bounteous care, But what our Father’s hand imparts Still own in praise and prayer. 6. To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, The God whom we adore, Be glory, as it was, is now, And shall be evermore. Used With Tune: ST. JAMES Text Sources: Poems on Moral and Religious Subjects, third edition, 1811

The race that long in darkness pined

Author: J. Morison, 1749-98 Appears in 224 hymnals Used With Tune: ST. JAMES

My God, the covenant of Thy love

Author: Philip Doddridge Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 142 hymnals Topics: The Christian Life Trust and Resignation Scripture: Habakkuk 3:17 Used With Tune: ST. JAMES

Come, let us to the Lord our God

Author: John Morrison Appears in 108 hymnals Used With Tune: ST. JAMES

Pray that Jerusalem may have

Appears in 16 hymnals Used With Tune: ST. JAMES Text Sources: Scottish Psalter (1650)

For All Thy Saints, a Noble Throng

Author: Cecil F. Alexander Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 14 hymnals Lyrics: 1. For all Thy saints, a noble throng, Who fell by fire and sword, Who soon were called, or waited long, We praise Thy name, O Lord! 2. For him who left his father’s side, Nor lingered by the shore, When, softer than the weltering tide, Thy summons glided o’er. 3. Who stood beside the maiden dead, Who climbed the mount with Thee, And saw the glory round Thy head, One of Thy chosen three. 4. Who knelt beneath the olive shade, Who drank Thy cup of pain, And passed from Herod’s flashing blade To see Thy face again. 5. Lord, give us grace, and give us love, Like him to leave behind Earth’s cares and joys, and look above With true and earnest mind. 6. So shall we learn to drink Thy cup, So meek and firm be found, When Thou shalt come to take us up Where Thine elect are crowned. Used With Tune: ST. JAMES