Hymns for the Use of Families, 137

I and my house will serve the Lord.
But first, obedient to His word
I must myself appear,
By actions, words, and tempers show
That I my heavenly Master know.
And serve with heart sincere.

I must the fair example
From those who on my pleasure wait
The stumbling-block remove;
Their duty by my life explain,
And still in all my works maintain
The dignity of love.

Easy to be entreated, mild,
Quickly appeased and reconciled,
A follower of my God,
A saint indeed I long to be,
And lead my faithful family
In the celestial road.

Lord, if Thou didst the wish infuse,
A vessel fitted for Thy use
Into Thy hands receive;
Work in me both to will, and do,
And show them how believers true,
And real Christians live.

With all-sufficient grace supply,
And lo, I come to testify
The wonders of Thy name,
Which saves from sin, the world, and hell,
Whose virtue every heart may feel,
And every tongue proclaim.

A sinner saved myself from sin,
I come my relatives to win,
To preach their sins forgiven;
Children, and wife, and servants seize,
And through the ways of pleasantness
Conduct them all to heaven.