800. L. M. Anonymous.

Prayer for Zeal and Love.

1O Lord! whose forming hand one blood

To all the tribes and nations gave,

And giv'st to all their daily food,

Look down in pity on the slave!

2Fetters and chains and stripes remove,

Deliv'rance to the captives give;

And pour the tide of light and love

Upon their souls, and bid them live.

3Oh! kindle in our hearts a flame

Of zeal, thy holy will to do;

And bid each one, who loves thy name,

Love all his bleeding brethren too.

4Through all thy temples, let the stain

Of prejudice each bosom flee;

And, hand in hand, let Afric's train,

With Europe's children, worship thee.

Prayer for the Slave.

1Father, who of old descended

From thy throne above the sky,

And thine Israel's rights defended,

Hear the bondman's anguished cry!

2Hear how Ethiopia crieth,

Kneeling on the blood-stained sod;

And how sable Afric' sigheth,

Lifting up her hands to God!

3From the grasp of strong oppression,

From the tyrant's rusting chain,

And from slavery's deep depression,

With its life-long hours of pain;

4From our country's wide savannas,

Let the cry come up to thee,

Let the prayers become hosannas--

Father, set thy children free!