Hymns for the Use of Families, 53

Lord, I magnify Thy power,
Thy love and faithfulness,
Kept to my appointed hour
In safety and in peace:
Let Thy providential care
Still my sure protection be,
Till a living child I bear,
A sacrifice to Thee.

Who so near the birth hast brought,
(Since I on Thee rely,)
Tell me, Saviour, wilt Thou not
Thy farther help supply?
Whisper to my listening soul,
Wilt Thou not my strength renew,
Nature's fears and pangs control,
And bring Thy handmaid through?

Father, in the name I pray
Of Thine incarnate Love,
Humbly ask, that as my day
My suffering strength may prove:.
When my sorrows most increase,
Let Thy strongest joys be given;
Jesus come with my distress,
And agony is heaven.

Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
For good remember me,
Me whom Thou hast caused to trust
For more than life in Thee:
With me in the fire remain,
Till like burnish'd gold I shine,
Meet, through consecrated pain,
To see the face Divine.