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XC. THE SAME.
Hymn 7.
[Jesus, bestow the power]
Jesus, bestow the power,
Who gavest the command:
Unwearied on Thyself, my tower,
Enable me to stand;
Cheerful to undergo
Whole nights of sweet distress,
And watch against my threefold foe,
Till all my conflicts cease.
Who gavest the command:
Unwearied on Thyself, my tower,
Enable me to stand;
Cheerful to undergo
Whole nights of sweet distress,
And watch against my threefold foe,
Till all my conflicts cease.
Bid me of men beware,
And to my ways take heed,
Discern their every secret snare,
And circumspectly tread.
O might I calmly wait
Thy succours from above,
And stand against their open hate,
And well-dissembled love.
And to my ways take heed,
Discern their every secret snare,
And circumspectly tread.
O might I calmly wait
Thy succours from above,
And stand against their open hate,
And well-dissembled love.
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My spirit, Lord, alarm,
When men and devils join,
Against the wiles of Satan, arm
In panoply Divine.
O may I fix my face
His onsets to repel,
Quench all his fiery darts, and chase
The fiend to his own hell.
When men and devils join,
Against the wiles of Satan, arm
In panoply Divine.
O may I fix my face
His onsets to repel,
Quench all his fiery darts, and chase
The fiend to his own hell.
But above all afraid
Of my own bosom foe,
Still let me sue to Thee for aid,
To Thee my weakness show,
Hang on Thine arm alone
With self-mistrusting care,
And deeply in the Spirit groan
The never-ceasing prayer.
Of my own bosom foe,
Still let me sue to Thee for aid,
To Thee my weakness show,
Hang on Thine arm alone
With self-mistrusting care,
And deeply in the Spirit groan
The never-ceasing prayer.
Give me a sober mind,
A quick-discerning eye
The first approach of sin to find,
And all occasions fly.
Still may I cleave to Thee,
And never more depart,
But watch with godly jealousy
Over my evil heart.
A quick-discerning eye
The first approach of sin to find,
And all occasions fly.
Still may I cleave to Thee,
And never more depart,
But watch with godly jealousy
Over my evil heart.
Thus let me pass my days
Of sojourning beneath,
And languish to conclude my race,
And render up my breath,
In humble love and fear,
Thine image to regain,
And see Thee in the clouds appear,
And rise with Thee to reign.
Of sojourning beneath,
And languish to conclude my race,
And render up my breath,
In humble love and fear,
Thine image to regain,
And see Thee in the clouds appear,
And rise with Thee to reign.
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