To the One God.

ANCIENT OF AGES! humbly bent before thee,
Songs of glad homage, Lord, to thee we bring:
Touched by thy spirit, O, teach us to adore thee,
Sole God and Father, everlasting King;
Let thy light attend us,
Let thy grace befriend us!

Eternal, unrivalled, all-directing King!

Send forth thy mandate, gather in the nations;
Through the wide universe thy name be known;
Millions of voices shall join in adorations-
Join to adore thee, undivided One!

Every soul invited,

Every voice united

United to praise thee, undivided One!

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BOWRING.

Inbocation.

O THOU, who hast at thy command
The hearts of all men in thy hand!
Our wayward, erring hearts incline
To have no other will but thine.

Our wishes, our desires control;
Mould every purpose of the soul;
O'er all may we victorious be

That stands between ourselves and thee.

Thrice blest will all our blessings be, When we can look through them to thee, When each glad heart its tribute pays

Of love, and gratitude, and praise.

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MRS. COTTERILL.

Inbocation.

GREAT God, my Father and my Friend,
On whom I cast my constant care,
On whom for all things I depend,
To thee I raise my humble prayer.

Endue me with a holy fear;

The frailty of my heart reveal; Sin and its snares are always near; Thee may I always nearer feel.

O that to thee my constant mind

May with a steady flame aspire; Pride in its earliest motions find,

And check the rise of wrong desire!

O that my watchful soul may fly

The first-perceived approach of sin, Look up to thee when danger's nigh, And feel thy fear control within!

EXETER COLL.

For dibine Strength.

FATHER, in thy mysterious presence kneeling,
Fain would our souls feel all thy kindling love;
For we are weak, and need some deep revealing
Of trust, and strength, and calmness from above.

Lord, we have wandered forth thro' doubt and sorrow,
And thou hast made each step an onward one;
And we will ever trust each unknown morrow;
Thou wilt sustain us till its work is done.

In the heart's depths a peace serene and holy Abides; and when pain seems to have her will, Or we despair, O, may that peace rise slowly, Stronger than agony, and we be still!

Now, Father, now, in thy dear presence kneeling,
Our spirits yearn to feel thy kindling love;
Now make us strong- we need thy deep revealing
Of trust, and strength, and calmness, from above.

ANONYMOUS.

For Strength.

FATHER, to us thy children, humbly kneeling,
Conscious of weakness, ignorance, sin, and shame,
Give such a force of holy thought and feeling,
That we may live to glorify thy name;-

That we may conquer base desire and passion,
That we may rise from selfish thought and will,
O'ercome the world's allurement, threat, and fashion,
Walk humbly, softly, leaning on thee still.

Let all thy goodness by our minds be seen,
Let all thy mercy on our hearts be sealed;
Lord, if thou wilt, thy power can make us clean;
O, speak the word! thy servants shall be healed.

D

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J. F. CLARKE.