After Safe Delivery
1 LOVE the Lord, tit;cause He hath heard my voice, and my supplication. Consider, O my soul, how greatly thou art indebted to the divine goodness. Look back, and retiect on thy former fears and anxieties; look up and bless God that they are gone, and that their cause is removed. I found trouble and sorrow. Then called I upon the name of the Lord, and said, O Lord, I beseech Thee, deliver my soul. Gracious is the Lord and righteous; yea our God is merciful I was brought low, and He helped me. Return unto thy rest, O my soul, for the Lord hath dealt bountifully with thee.
O, my God, I sincerely thank thee for thy great goodness to me and mine. By supporting me in the hour of pain, by granting me proper assistance, by blessing the means which thy providence afforded me, by making me the living mother of a living child, by strengthening me thus far, and by giving me the prospect of a speedy recovery and confirmed health. Thou hast dissipated our fears, calmed owr minds, gladdened our hearts, and made a family happy. Thou hast exchanged our face of care for a bosom full of joy, a.id turned our earnest cries, into hymns of ardent praise. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits. Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases. Who redeemeth thy liie from destruction; who crownelh thee with loving kindness and tender mercies.
What shall I render unto the Lord for all His benefits towards me? I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the Lord.
I will cheerfully devote myself, and all I have, unto the God of my life. Oh! never may I forget the mercies I have received. Never may I be unthankful fop them May a lively sense pf them dwell on my mind, and be ever visible in my actions may it be my daily care to pay unti
God Jnose vows which I made when my soul was in trouble I hope my g-oodness will not be as a morning cloud, and go away as the early dew. But, by the grace of God, I trust I shall continue in faith and charity, and holiness with sobriety. Because he hath inclined His ear unto me, therefore will I cull upon Him as long as I live, I will walk before the Lord in the land of the living.
O Thou whose goodness to them that fear Thee knows no bounds, with my whole heart I praise Thee for thy loving-kindness unto me, thine unworthy creature. Thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling. To Thee I owe myself, and every blessing I possess To thee I dedicate this inf mt. Lord take it for thine own. On the soul of this dear child draw thine holy image, and keep it for ever from the pollutions of this wicked world. Give me and its father grace to set it a constant, good example, and may we bring it uj) in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. While we pray that its life may be spared, we also pray for entire resignation to thy blessed will; but, shouldest Thou, as we hope, be pleased to allot to it the years of man, we earnestly beseech Tlee to make it a pillar in thy church, a blessing to the wcild, and a lasting comfort to its parents. Give them, O God, a heart to love and fear Thee at all times, and may all their future days be spent with the greatest sincerity and faithfulness in thy service, and to thine honour, through faith in Jesus Christ, for whom may their souls most ardently thank Thee. To Him with thy blessed self, O Father, and the Holy Spirit, 1 desire to ascribe everlasting praises. Jmen,
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