Heb. 12:9
Amy from busy care and strife,
Let me pursue my simple life,
Thy holy will, O God, be mine,
Perfect alone, because divine!
Then all shell be my gain.|Psalm 37.
Psalm 52:2.
Song of Solomon 1:7, 8.
Psalm 40; Heb. &c.
Matthew 4:10. &c.
Rom 8:98.|
Murmur and discontent, away,
I would begin a brighter day;
No more my path I wish to choose,
What to desire or to refuse,
But self in Thee to lose.|Philippians 2:14; 4:5.
1 Corinthians 10:10.
Song of Solomon 2:10-13.
Psalm 47:4.
Isaiah 26:13.
Isaiah 30:21.
Isaiah 56:10.
Isaiah 58:16,19.
Romans 6:16.
Psalm 32:8.|
Like pliant clay I would to Thee
In thought and every action be:
“Thy will be done,” my heart doth say,
As on I journey, day by day,
Across the desert way.|Jeremiah 18; Isaiah 64:8
Matthew 6:10.
Deuteronomy 32:10|
To live for others, O my God
Yes, ‘twas the path that Jesus trod;
But best of all to live for Thee!
May this my highest honor be,
This service sweet and free.|Acts 10:38, &c.
John 4:34; 8:36.
John 15:8.
Romans 1:14.
Romans 6:22
1 Corinthians 7:22.
1 Corinthians 9:19
Galatians 5:13.
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The spirit quiet, gentle, meek,
My longing soul doth daily seek,
And always in Thy sight to live;
‘Tis this my Father loves to give,
‘Tis this I now would crave.|Psalm 149:4.
Proverbs 16:19; Isaiah 53:7.
Matthew 5:5: 2 Timothy 2:34
1 Peter 3:4
Genesis 5:22, 24; 17:1.
Genesis 48:15.
1 Kings 2:4 &c.
Psalm 18:31, &c.
Psalm 5.|
Though sin and nature will oppose,
Though many be my mighty foes;
The broken, contrite heart, O Lord,
To fear Thy name, to love Thy word,
Thou wilt to me afford.
|Galatians 5:17.
Ephesians 6:12, Romans 8:38.
Psalm 51:10, 17; Isaiah 66:2.
Hebrews 12:28; 1 Peter 1:17.
&c.
Romans 15:4; 2 Timothy 3:15. Psalm 119.
Psalm 149:4.|
Then praise or blame shall equal be,
No tongue of slander troubles me,
If God and Christ my ways approve:
My life is in that perfect love,
Which comes from Heaven above!|Psalm 119. 165, margin
Proverbs 3:23-26.
Proverbs 22:4.
1 Peter 2:21-23
1 Peter 3:13-17.
Proverbs 16:7.
Proverbs 29:23, 25.
Romans 8:31.|
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