By A Collection of Hymns

      8s & 6s. For the same.
      1 I AND my house will serve the Lord:
      But first obedient to his word
      I must myself appear;
      By actions, words, and tempers show,
      That I my heavenly Master know,
      And serve with heart sincere.

      2 I must the fair example set;
      From those that on my pleasure wait
      The stumbling-block remove;
      Their duty by my life explain;
      And still in all my works maintain
      The dignity of love.

      3 Easy to be entreated, mild,
      Quickly appeased and reconciled,
      A follower of my God,
      A saint indeed, I long to be,
      And lead my faithful family
      In the celestial road.

      4 Lord, if thou didst the wish infuse,
      A vessel fitted for thy use
      Into thy hands receive!
      Work in me both to will and do;
      And show them how believers true
      And real Christians live.

      5 With all-sufficient grace supply;
      And, lo! I come to testify
      The wonders of thy name,
      Which saves from sin, the world, and hell;
      Whose virtue every heart may feel,
      And every tongue proclaim.

      6 A sinner, saved myself from sin,
      I come my family to win,
      To preach their sins forgiven;
      Children, and wife, and servants seize,
      And through the paths of pleasantness
      Conduct them all to heaven.