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Text:Hail, best Instructor! Thee, my Thought
Author:Mr. Merrick

45. Hail, best Instructor! Thee, my Thought

1 Hail, best Instructor! Thee, my Thought
With full Desire, great God has sought:
O let me not, by Error's Sway
Impell'd from ty Direction stray.

2 Thy Precept, in my Breast conceal'd,
From Sin's Assault my Heart shall shield:
Blest is thy Name, Eternal Lord!
O, write within my Mind thy Word.

3 Thy Dictates still, my constant Joy,
My Soul's Attention shall employ;
Not aught shall from my Sight withdraw
Thy Path; or, from my Thought thy Law.

4 O let me lesson'd in thy Way,
The Wonders of thy Grace survey;
While on my Soul, that melts with Woe,
That Grace its Succours shall bestow.

Text Information
First Line: Hail, best Instructor! Thee, my Thought
Author: Mr. Merrick
Language: English
Publication Date: 1793
Scripture: ; ;
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