5 My soul, revived by heaven-born day, Thy radiant image shall display; While all my faculties unite

To praise the Lord, who gives me light.

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Growing in Grace.

DODDRIDGE.

1 PRAISE to thy name, eternal God,
For all the grace thou shedd'st abroad;
For all thine influence from above,
To warm our souls with sacred love.

2 Blest be thy hand, which from the skies
Brought down this plant of Paradise,
And gave its heavenly glories birth,
To deck this wilderness of earth.

3 But why does that celestial flower
Open, and thrive, and shine no more?
Where are its balmy odors fled?
And why reclines its beauteous head?

4 Unchanging sun, thy beams display,
To drive the frosts and storms away;
Make all thy potent virtues known,
To cheer a plant so much thy own.

5 And thou, blest Spirit, deign to blow
Fresh gales of heaven on shrubs below;
So shall they grow, and breathe abroad
A fragrance grateful to our God.

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Veni, Creator Spiritus.

DRYDEN.

1 CREATOR Spirit! by whose aid The world's foundations first were laid, Come, visit every pious mind,

Come, pour thy joys on human kind.

2 Thrice holy fount! thrice holy fire!
Our hearts with heavenly love inspire;
Come, and thy sacred unction bring,
To sanctify us while we sing.

3 Plenteous of grace, descend from high, Rich in thy sevenfold energy;

From sin and sorrow set us free,
And make thy temples worthy thee.

4 Refine and purge our earthly parts;
But, O, inflame and fire our hearts;
Our frailties help, our vice control,
Submit the senses to the soul.

5 Chase from our minds the infernal foe,
And peace, the fruit of love, bestow;
And lest our feet should step astray,
Protect and guide us in the way.

6 Make us eternal truths receive,

And practise all that we believe;
Give us thyself, that we may see
The Father and the Son by thee.

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DODDRIDGE.

The Influences of the Spirit desired.

1 GREAT Father of each perfect gift,
Behold, thy servants wait;

With longing eyes and lifted hands,
We flock around thy gate.

2 O, shed abroad that royal gift,
Thy Spirit from above,

To bless our eyes with sacred light,
And fire our hearts with love.

3 With speedy flight may he descend,
And solid comfort bring,

And o'er our languid souls extend
His all-reviving wing.

4 Blest earnest of eternal joy,
Declare our sins forgiven,
And bear with energy divine
Our raptured thoughts to heaven.

5 Diffuse, O God, these copious showers,
That earth its fruit may yield;
And change this barren wilderness
To Carmel's flowery field.

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Breathing after the Holy Spirit.

WATTS.

1 COME, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove, With all thy quickening powers,

Kindle a flame of sacred love

In these cold hearts of ours.

2 Look, how we grovel here below,
Fond of these trifling toys!
Our souls can neither fly nor go
To reach eternal joys.

3 In vain we tune our formal songs,
In vain we strive to rise;
Hosannas languish on our tongues,
And our devotion dies.

4 Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove,
With all thy quickening powers;
Come, shed abroad a Savior's love,
And that shall kindle ours.

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Divine Aid implored.

SALISBURY COL.

1 THINE influence, mighty God, is felt
Through nature's ample round;

In heaven, on earth, through air and skies,
Thy energy is found.

2 Thy sacred influence, Lord, we need,
To form our hearts anew;

O, cleanse our souls from every sin,
And thy salvation show.

3 Father of light, thine aid impart,
To guide our doubtful way;
Thy truth shall scatter every cloud,
And make a glorious day.

4 Supported by thy heavenly grace,
We'll do and bear thy will;

That grace shall make each burden light,
And every murmur still.

5 Cheered by thy smiles, we'll fearless tread The gloomy path of death,

And with the hopes of endless bliss
To thee resign our breath.

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WATTS.

The Presence and Influence of God desired.

1 COME, dearest Lord, descend and dwell
By faith and love in every breast;
Then shall we know, and taste, and feel,
The joys that cannot be expressed.

2 Come, fill our hearts with inward strength,
Make our enlarged souls possess

And learn the height, and breadth, and length, Of thine unmeasurable grace.

3 Now to the God, whose power can do

More than our thoughts or wishes know, Be everlasting honors done

By all the church through Christ his Son.

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CAPPE'S SELECTION.

Prayer for spiritual and eternal Blessings.

1 ETERNAL Source of life and light,
Supremely good and wise,

To thee we bring our grateful vows,
To thee lift up our eyes.

2 Our dark and erring minds illume
With truth's celestial rays;

Inspire our hearts with sacred love,
And tune our lips to praise.