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.|Ps. 37.
Ps. 52:2.
Song of Solomon 1:7, 8.
Ps. 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 Cor. 10:10.
Song of Solomon 2:10-13.
Ps. 47:4.
Isaiah 26:13.
Isaiah 30:21.
Isaiah 56:10.
Isaiah 58:16,19.
Romans 6:16.
Ps. 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.|Jer. 18; Is. 64:8
Matt. 6:10.
Deu. 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.
Rom. 1:14.
Rom. 6:22
1 Cor. 7:22.
1 Cor. 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.|Ps. 149:4.
Proverbs 16:19; Is. 53:7.
Matt. 5:5: 2 Timothy 2:34
1 Peter 3:4
Gen. 5:22, 24; 17:1.
Gen. 48:15.
1 Kings 2:4 &c.
Ps. 18:31, &c.
Ps. 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.
Eph. 6:12, Rom. 8:38.
Ps. 51:10, 17; Is. 66:2.
Heb. 12:28; 1 Peter 1:17.
&c.
Rom. 15:4; 2 Tim. 3:15. Ps. 119.
Ps. 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!|Ps. 119. 165, margin
Pro. 3:23-26.
Pro. 22:4.
1 Peter 2:21-23
1 Peter 3:13-17.
Pro. 16:7.
Pro. 29:23, 25.
Rom. 8:31.|

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