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[To save my helpless soul from sin]

He will speak peace unto His people, &c. —lxxxv. 8.

To save my helpless soul from sin,
And my backslidings heal,
Set up Thy kingdom, Lord, within,
Thy grace in me reveal.
That all-victorious righteousness,
That fullest joy impart,
And O, inspire Thy perfect peace,
Thyself into my heart.
A few good days I long to live,
A witness of Thy power:
My past iniquities forgive,
That I may sin no more;
May never more to folly turn,
Or weak or faithless prove,
Of Thine almighty Spirit born,
And quite absorb'd in love.