James 5:21: Little children, keep yourselves from idols

FaTHER of all, we trust in Thee
Thy children to secure,
From sin to keep our conscience free,
Our heart from idols pure;
While in an evil world we live,
Lest with our God we part,
And basely to the creature give
Our weak unsettled heart.

The honours worldly men admire,
No longer we pursue,
The sensual, covetous desire,
With watchful care eschew:
Yet still we seek ourselves to please,
One moment left by Thee,
And sink into our old disease,
Our self-idolatry.

Ah, do not Thou our souls forsake
Tempted to turn aside,
An idol of Thy grace to make,
And forfeit it by pride;
With vain delight ourselves to' esteem
For that which Thou hast done,
Or of our own perfection dream,
And call Thy good our own.

In pity to Thy children, blast
Our self-exulting joy,
Thrust out our images at last,
And utterly destroy:
Come, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
Our nature to remove,
And self shall be for ever lost
In depths of purest love.

Ty JOHN.
3424. The truth...dwelleth in us, and shall be with, &c.—2.

THE living principle of grace,
The faith producing holiness,
Now in our hearts doth dwell;
And still it shall in us abide,
Till saved, and wholly sanctified,
We all Thy fulness feel.

Jesus, we steadfastly believe
The grace Thou dost this moment give
Thou wilt the next bestow;
Wilt keep us every moment here,
And show Thyself the Finisher,
And never let us go.
3425. Grace be with you, mercy, and peace, from, &c.—3.
FaTHER of Jesus Christ our Lord,

With Jesus Christ for ever one,
To us who hang upon Thy word
Thy mercy, peace, and grace be shown!
By grace our guiltiness remove,
Our wretchedness by mercy heal,
And stablish us in faith and love,
By peace, Thy hallowing Spirit's seal.