By A Collection of Hymns

      8s & 6s. Mark xiii. 37.
      1 MASTER, thy grace vouchsafe to me,
      The loving firm fidelity,
      That mindful of thy word
      I may, with all my skill and might,
      Perform my every work aright,
      And please my heavenly Lord.

      2 My heart, thy meanest house, I keep,
      If thou whose eyelids never sleep
      The watchful power bestow;
      I mark the thoughts that thence proceed,
      Not one shall pass into a deed
      Before thy mind I know.

      3 Cautious the door of sense I close,
      And keep it shut against my foes,
      Who press to enter in;
      All commerce with the world preclude,
      Nor let the tempting fiend intrude,
      Or the besetting sin.

      4 No unexamined thought or word
      Shall pass, but such as serve my Lord,
      And execute his will;
      I only live to watch and pray,
      And for thy second coming stay,
      And all thy mind fulfil.

      5 Happy, if, watching to the end,
      I see thee gloriously descend,
      The man thou dost approve;
      Enter into my Master's joy,
      And all eternity employ
      In ecstasies of love.