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Prayer for Divine Aid.
1 Arise, in all thy splendor, Lord;
Let power attend thy gracious word;
Unveil the beauties of thy face,
And show the glories of thy grace.

2 Send forth thy messengers of peace;
Make Satan's reign and empire cease;
Let thy salvation, Lord, be known,
That all the world thy power may own.

Prayer for the World. SAC. LYRICS. 1 Jesus, we bow before thy throne, We lift our eyes to seek thy face: To bleeding hearts thy love make known, On contrite souls bestow thy grace.

2 See, spread beneath thy gracious eye, A world o'erwhelmed in guilt and tears; Where deathless souls in ruin lie,

And no kind voice dispels their fears.

3 Lord, arm thy truth with power diving, Its conquests spread from shore to shore; Till suns and stars forget to shine,

And earth and skies shall be no more 4 O rise, ye ransomed captives, rise, Peal the loud anthem here below; Let earth reflect it to the skies, And heaven with new-born rapture glow

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Penitent Review of the Past.

1 As o'er the past my memory strays,
Why heaves the secret sigh ?-
Tis that I mourn departed days,
Still unprepared to die.

2 The world and worldly things beloved,
My anxious thoughts employed;
And time unhallowed, unimproved,.
Presents a fearful void.

3 Yet, Holy Father, wild despair
Chase from my lab'ring breast,
Thy grace it is which prompts the prayer,
That grace can do the rest.

My life's brief remnant all be thine!
And when thy sure decree
Bids me this fleeting breath resign,
O speed my soul to thee.

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