Devotional for March 13

 God of Love, who hearest prayer,

Kindly for thy people care,

Who on thee alone depend:

Love us, save us to the end.

 

Save us, in the prosperous hour,

From the flatt’ring tempter’s power;

From his unsuspected wiles,

From the world’s pernicious smiles.

 

Save us from the great and wise,

‘Till they sink in their own eyes,

Tamely to thy yoke submit,

Lay their honour at thy feet.

 

Never let the world break in;

Fix a mighty gulf between;

Keep us little and unknown,

Prized and loved by God alone.

 

Let us still to thee look up,

Thee, thy Israel’s strength and hope;

Nothing know, or seek, beside

Jesus, and him crucified. 

Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church: With Tunes for Congregational Worship (1857, Carlton and Porter, New York).