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Amy from busy care and strife,
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Ps. 37.
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Let me pursue my simple life,
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Ps. 52:2.
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Thy holy will, O God, be mine,
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Song of Solomon 1:7, 8.
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Perfect alone, because divine!
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Ps. 40; Heb. &c.
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Then all shell be my gain.
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Matthew 4:10. &c.
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Rom 8:98.
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Murmur and discontent, away,
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Philippians 2:14; 4:5.[1]
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I would begin a brighter day;
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1 Cor. 10:10.
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No more my path I wish to choose,
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Song of Solomon 2:10-13.
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What to desire or to refuse,
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Ps. 47:4.
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But self in Thee to lose.
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Isaiah 26:13.
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Isaiah 30:21.
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Isaiah 56:10.
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Isaiah 58:16,19.
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Romans 6:16.
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Ps. 32:8.
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Like pliant clay I would to Thee
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Jer. 18; Is. 64:8
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In thought and every action be:
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Matt. 6:10.
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“Thy will be done,” my heart doth say,
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Deu. 32:10
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As on I journey, day by day,
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Across the desert way.
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To live for others, O my God
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Acts 10:38, &c.
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Yes, ‘twas the path that Jesus trod;
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John 4:34; 8:36.
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But best of all to live for Thee!
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John 15:8.
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May this my highest honor be,
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Rom. 1:14.
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This service sweet and free.
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Rom. 6:22
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1 Cor. 7:22.
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1 Cor. 9:19
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Galatians 5:13.
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The spirit quiet, gentle, meek,
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Ps. 149:4.
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My longing soul doth daily seek,
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Proverbs 16:19; Is. 53:7.
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And always in Thy sight to live;
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Matt. 5:5: 2 Timothy 2:34
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‘Tis this my Father loves to give,
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1 Peter 3:4
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‘Tis this I now would crave.
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Gen. 5:22, 24; 17:1.
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Gen. 48:15.
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1 Kings 2:4 &c.
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Ps. 18:31, &c.
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Ps. 5.
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Though sin and nature will oppose,
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Galatians 5:17.
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Though many be my mighty foes;
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Eph. 6:12, Rom. 8:38.
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The broken, contrite heart, O Lord,
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Ps. 51:10, 17; Is. 66:2.
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To fear Thy name, to love Thy word,
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Heb. 12:28; 1 Peter 1:17.
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Thou wilt to me afford.
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&c.
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Rom. 15:4; 2 Tim. 3:15. Ps. 119.
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Ps. 149:4.
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Then praise or blame shall equal be,
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Ps. 119. 165, margin
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No tongue of slander troubles me,
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Pro. 3:23-26.
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If God and Christ my ways approve:
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Pro. 22:4.
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My life is in that perfect love,
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1 Peter 2:21-23
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Which comes from Heaven above!
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1 Peter 3:13-17.
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Pro. 16:7.
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Pro. 29:23, 25.
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Rom. 8:31.
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[1] Yieldingness
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