2 Hast thou not said, 'seek ye my face?' The invitation I embrace; I'll seek thy face, thy Spirit give, O let me see thy face and live. 3 I'll wait, perhaps my Lord may come; If back I turn, hell is my doom; Here begging in his way I'll lie, Till christ, the Saviour, passeth by. 4 I'll seek his face, with cries and tears, With secret sighs and fervent prayers; And if not heard, I'll waiting sit, And perish at his sacred feet. 5 But canst thou, Lord, see all my pain, And bid me seek thy face in vain? Thy word has said-it can't deceive'Seek thou my face, and thou shalt live.' P PRAYER. 323. C. M. Montgomery. The nature of Prayer. RAYER is the soul's sincere desire The strugglings that to God aspire 2 Prayer is the simplest form of speech, Prayer, the sublimest strains that reach The Majesty on high. 3 Prayer is the contrite sinner's voice Returning from his ways; While angels in their songs rejoice, And cry, behold, he prays!" 4 Prayer is the Christian's vital breath, His watch-word at the gate of death- 5 0 Thou! by whom we come to God, 324. 7's. Relief Hymns. Intercession of the Spirit. HOLY Spirit, from on high, Come, thy aid to us supply; Thought and speech of our's may err, 325. C. M. The Efficacy of Prayer. OME, let us lift the voice of prayer, No trembling sinner need despair- 2 Prayer's not confin'd by walls of stone, Nor bound by iron chains; It rises to th' eternal throne, The throne where Jesus reigns. 3 The prayer of faith the sick shall heal, The broken heart shall bind; The hidden truth of God reveal 4 The prayer of faith makes rebels shake, And seek to be forgiven; The cords of sin asunder break,- I 5 'Twas prayer that lock'd the lions' jaws, 6 Yet, not on our poor prayers alone, 326. C. M. The Request.. THOU, who didst for sinners die, For ever at thy feet to lie, Or lean upon thy breast. 2 No strength have I to walk or stand, O hold me, Saviour, with thy hand, 327. 7's. Fervent Prayer to the Trinity. FATHER, in the dust we lie, Upwards send the ardent cry, 2 Shed the Holy Spirit down, 328. L. M. Prayer and Pleading. P to the throne where Jesus reigns, To God, who all the world sustains, 2 He sweetens every heaving sigh, 3 Perfum❜d with sacred, heavenly blood, 4 His blood I plead, for nought I know To ease the heart opprest with woe, 329. S. M. Wesley's Coll. HE praving spirit breathe, 2 My feeble mind sustain, By worldly thoughts opprest; 3 Swift to my rescue come, Thine own this moment seize, 4 Suffer'd no more to rove O'er all the earth abroad; 330. L. M. Cowper. WHAT various hindrances we meet, In coming to the mercy-seat! Yet who, that knows the worth of prayer, 2 Prayer makes the darken'd cloud withdraw, 3 Restraining prayer we cease to fight: Prayer makes the Christian's armour bright, And Satan trembles when he sees The weakest saint upon his knees. 4 Were half the breath that's vainly spent, To heaven in supplication sent, Our cheerful song would oftener be, TH 331. C. M. Medley. At opening a Prayer Meeting. HE hour of prayer once more is come; Thanks to thy name, there yet is room, 2 The faith and hope, the joy and love, 3 The sick, the weak, and those confin'd, May they be to thy will resign'd, 4 Father! assist their souls, who may 332. C. M Wesley's Coll. HEPHERD Divine, our wants relieve In this our evil day; To all thy tempted followers give The power to watch and pray. |