in endless praise.

524. 7 & 6s. M. Wesleyan.

Longing for Rest in God.

1 O almighty God of love!
Thy holy arm display;
Send us succor from above,
Against the evil day;
Arm our weakness with Thy power;
Put Thy strength our hearts within;
Be our stronghold and our tower
Against the assaults of sin.

2 Could we of Thy strength take hold,
And always feel Thee near,
Confident, divinely bold,
Our souls would know no fear.
Nothing could their firmness shock;
Though the gates of hell assail,
Were we built upon the rock
They never could prevail.

3 Thou would'st, in the trying hour,
A sure protection be,
Guard us from temptation's power,
And fix our souls on Thee.
Lord, on Thee our trust is placed;
Never thence may we remove;
In the arms of love embraced,
Thine everlasting love.

525. S. M. *

Why Art Thou Cast Down, My Soul?

1 We pray for truth and peace;
With weary hearts we ask
Some rest in which our souls may cease
From life's perplexing task.
We weep--yet none is found;
We weep--yet hope grows faint;--
And deeper in its mournful sound
Goes up our wild complaint.

2 Only to living faith
The promises are shown;
And by the love that passes death
The rest is won alone.
Be ours the earnest heart,
Be ours the steady will,
To work in silent trust our part;
For God is working still.

3 Then newer lights shall rise
Above these clouds of sin,
And heaven's unfolding mysteries
To glad our souls begin.
Our hearts from fear and wrong
Shall win their full release,
With God's own might forever strong,
And calm with God's own peace.

526. C. M. Anonymous.

Prayer for Faith.

1 That might of faith, O Lord! bestow,
Which cannot ask in vain;
Which will not let the angel go
Until the prayer it gain.

2 On me the faith divine bestow
Which doth the mountain move;
And all my spotless life shall show
The omnipotence of love.

3 And, Father, when I doubt that I
Can live, and sin no