Deuteronomy 6:6 & 7
These words which I command you today shall be in your heart.
You shall teach them diligently to your children,
and shall talk of them when you sit in your house,
when you walk by the way,
when you lie down,
and when you rise up.
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WHEN quiet in my house I sit,
Thy Book be my companion still,
My joy Thy sayings to repeat,
Talk o’er the records of Thy will,
And search the oracles Divine,
Till every heartfelt word be mine.
O may the gracious words Divine
Subject of all my converse be!
So will the Lord His follower join,
And walk and talk Himself with me.
So shall my heart His presence prove,
And burn with everlasting love.
Oft as I lay me down to rest,
O may the reconciling word
Sweetly compose my weary breast !
While, in communion with my Lord,
I sink in blissful dreams away,
And visions of eternal day.
Rising to sing my Saviour’s praise,
Thee may I publish all day long;
And let thy precious word of grace
Flow from my heart, and fill my tongue;
Fill all my life with purest love,
Till called to join Thy saints above.
(Charles Wesley)
Reproduced from
The collected writings of W Hoste Vol. 1
BEHOLD MY SERVANT
Compiled and edited by W M Banks.
