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And Jesus, thou thy smiles will deign, 



As we before thee pray : 

 For thou didst bless the infant train, 



And we are less than they. 



let thy grace perform its part, 

 And let contention cease ; 



And shed abroad in every heart 

 Thine everlasting peace ! 



Thus chasten'd, cleans'd, entirely thine, 



A flock by Jesus led : 

 The sun of Holiness shall shine 



In glory on our head. 



And thou wilt turn our wandering feet, 



And thou wilt bless our way ; 

 'Till worlds shall fade, and faith shall greet 



The dawn of lasting day. 



A HYMN. 



O Lord, my God, in mercy turn, 

 In mercy hear a sinner mourn ! 

 To thee I call, to thee I cry, 



leave me, leave me not to die ! 



1 strove against thee, Lord, I know, 



I spurn'd thy grace, I mock'd thy law 

 The hour is past— the day's gone by, 

 And I am left alone to die. 



