Sanctify, we beseech Thee, this Thy fatherly correction to him. A PRAYER. NICHOLAS BRETON. PLANT, Lorde, in me the tree of godly lyfe, Let, Lord! this tree be set within Thy garden-wall Sanctify, we beseech Thee, this Thy fatherly correction to him. JOB X. 2. O THOU! whose gently chastening hand I ask Thee not the rod to spare, Some message, Lord, from Thee! E. M. Perhaps an erring wish I knew And Thou would'st say-" Thy days are few, And vain thy best estate!" Perhaps Thy glory seemed my choice, And thus my kind Reprover's voice Tells me He works alone! O silence Thou this murmuring will, Sanctify, we beseech Thee, this Thy fatherly correction to him. FRANCIS QUARLES. My soul, thy gold is true, but full of dross ; J. S. GOD only smites, that through the wounds of woe The healing balm He gives may inlier flow! That the sense of his weakness may add strength to his faith, FROM THE ITALIAN. WORDSWORTH. THE prayers I make will then be sweet indeed, That of its native self can nothing feed: By which such virtue may in me be bred, That the sense of his weakness may add strength to his faith, SPENSER. WHAT man is he that boasts of fleshly might, Which all so soone as it doth come to fight Against spirituall foes, yields by and by, Or from the fielde most cowardly doth flie? That thorough grace hath gained victory : But all the good is God's, both powre and eke BISHOP KEN. SUBMIT yourself to God, and you shall find, Chat the sense of his weakness may add strength to his faith, and seriousness to his repentance. HYMNS OF THE PRIMITIVE CHURCH.' O God of our salvation, Lord Of wond'rous power and love! 'Tis faith that gives us strength to fight, And with the shield of faith we quench By faith we make our prayers to Thee, In that most holy Name, On which, for mercy and for peace, Hope rests her stedfast claim. For that Name's sake, assist us, Lord, To run our heavenward race; To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, That, after this painful life ended, he may dwell with Thee. in life everlasting. II COR. V. 4. IN health, O Lord! and prosperous days, In sickness, sorrow, or in shame, |