Love Rest in God

I depend wholly on thee,
wean me from all other dependencies,
Thou art my all
and delight in me.

Service and Equipment

O that I could be a flame of fire in thy service,
always burning out in one continual blaze.

Fullness

With thee I can live without other things,
for thou are God all-sufficient,
and the glory, peace, rest joy of the world
is a creaturely, perishing thing
in comparison with thee.

Contentment

Heavenly Father...

When thy Son, Jesus, came into my soul
instead of sin, he became more dear to me
than sin had formerly been;
but kindly rule replaced sin's tyranny.

Love

Thy infinite love is a mystery of mysteries,
and my eternal rest lies
in the eternal enjoyment of it.

A Colloquy on Rejoicing

Art thou grieving under a sense of indwelling sin?
Let godly sorrow work repentance,
as the true spirit which the Lord blesses
and creates fullest joy;
Sorrow for self opens rejoicing in God,
Self-loathing draws down divine thoughts.

Hast thou sought joys in some creature comfort?
Look not below God for happiness,
fall not asleep in Delilah's lap.

Let God be all in all to thee,
and joy in the fountain that is always full.