Never again from Thee remove,
Loved with an everlasting love!
514. 10s. M. Dr. Tuckerman.
My Heaven in Thee.
1 Father divine, this deadening power control,
Which to the senses binds the immortal soul;
O break this bondage, Lord! I would be free,
And in my soul would find my heaven, in Thee.
2 My heaven in Thee! O God, no other heaven
To the immortal soul can e'er be given;
O, let Thy kingdom now within me come,
And as above, so here, Thy will be done!
3 My heaven in Thee, O Father, let me find--
My heaven in Thee, within a heart resigned;
No more, of heaven and bliss, my soul, despair,
For where my God is found, my heaven is there.
515. S. M. Wesleyan.
Watch and Pray, Lest Ye Enter into Temptation.
1 Father, this slumber shake
From off my heavy soul!
Say to me now,--awake! awake!
And I will make thee whole!
2 Touch with Thy strengthening hand;
Arouse me in this hour;
And make me fully understand
The thunder of Thy power.
3 Give me on Thee to call;
Always to watch and pray,
Lest I into temptation fall,
And cast my shield away.
4 For each assault prepared
And watchful may I be,
Forever standing on my guard,
And looking unto Thee.
516. S. M. C. Wesley.
For Help in Temptation.
1 Thou seest my feebleness;
Father! be Thou my power,
My help and refuge in distress,
My fortress and my tower!
2 Give me to trust in Thee;
Be Thou my sure abode;
My helm and sword and buckler be,
My Saviour and my God!
3 Myself I cannot save,
Myself I cannot keep;
But strength in Thee I surely have,
Whose eyelids never sleep.
4 My soul to Thee alone,
For always, I commend;
Thou lovest me, Father, as Thine own,
And lovest to the end.
517. S. M. C. Wesley.
Aspiration.
1 O come and dwell in me,
Spirit of power within!
And bring Thy glorious liberty
From sorrow, fear and sin.
2 The inward, deep disease,
Spirit of Health, remove!
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