41.C. M.H. Ware, Jr.For God’s Presence.1Father in heaven, to whom our heartsWould lift themselves in prayer,Drive from our souls each earthly thought,And show Thy presence there.2Each moment of our lives renewsThe mercies of the Lord;Each moment is itself a giftTo bear us on to God.3Help us to break the galling chainsThis world has round us thrown;Each passion of our hearts subdue,Each cherished sin disown.4O Father! kindle in our soulsA never-dying flameOf holy love, of grateful trust,In Thine almighty name.42.C. M.Doddridge.Doing All to God.1Shine on our souls, Eternal God,With rays of beauty shine;O, let Thy favor crown our days,And all their round be Thine!2Did we not raise our hands to Thee,Our hands might toil in vain;Small joy success itself could giveIf Thou Thy love restrain.3With Thee let every week begin,With Thee each day be spent,For Thee each fleeting hour improved,Since each by Thee is lent.4Midst hourly cares may love presentIts incense at Thy throne;And while the world our hands employs,Our hearts be Thine alone.43.C. M.Montgomery.Prayer for Wisdom.1Almighty God, in humble prayerTo Thee our souls we lift;Do Thou our waiting minds prepareFor Thy most needful gift.2We ask not golden streams of wealthAlong our path to flow;We ask not undecaying health,Nor length of years below:3We ask not honors, which an hourMay bring and take away;We ask not pleasure, pomp, or power,Lest we should go astray:4We ask for wisdom: Lord, impartThe knowledge how to live:A wise and understanding heartTo all before Thee give.5The young remember Thee in youth,Before the evil days!The old be guided by Thy truthIn wisdom’s pleasant ways!44.L. M.H. Moore.Manliness and Freedom.1Supreme and universal Light!Fountain of reason! Judge of right!Parent of good! whose blessings flowOn all above, and all below:2Assist us, Lord, to act, to be,What nature and Thy laws decree;Worthy that intellectual flame,Which from Thy breathing spirit came.3Our moral freedom to maintain,Bid passion serve, and reason reign,Self-poised and independent stillOn this world’s varying good or ill.4No slave to profit, shame, or fear,O, may our steadfast bosoms bearThe stamp of heaven,—an upright heart,Above the mean disguise of art!5May our expanded souls disclaimThe narrow view, the selfish aim;But with a Christian zeal embraceWhate’er is friendly to our race.6O Father! grace and virtue grant;No more we wish, no more we want:To know, to serve Thee, and to love,Is peace below,—is bliss above.45.C. M.Methodist.Made Perfect in Love.1Father, united by Thy grace,And each to each endeared,With confidence we seek Thy face,And know our prayer is heard.2Touched by the loadstone of Thy love,Let all our hearts agree;And ever towards each other move,And ever move towards Thee.3Grant this, and then from all belowInsensibly remove!Our souls their change shall scarcely know,Made perfect first in love.4To us the ministry be given,Which angels have above;For love can make on earth a heaven,And heaven is only love.46.11 & 10s. M.*J. F. Clarke.Prayer for Strength.1Father, to us Thy children, humbly kneeling,Conscious of weakness, ignorance, sin and shame,Give such a force of holy thought and feeling,That we may live to glorify Thy name:2That we may conquer base desire and passionThat we may rise from selfish thought and will,O’ercome the world’s allurement, threat, and fashion,Walk humbly, gently, leaning on Thee still.3Let all Thy goodness by our minds be seen,Let all Thy mercy on our souls be sealed,Lord, if Thou wilt, Thy power can make us clean,O, speak the word! Thy servants shall be healed.47.8 & 7s. M.Ancient Hymns.Thrice Holy.1“Lord, Thy glory fills the heaven;Earth is with its fulness stored;Unto Thee be glory given,Holy, holy, holy Lord!”Heaven is still with anthems ringing;Earth takes up the angels’ cry,“Holy, holy, holy,” singing,“Lord of hosts, the Lord most High!”2Ever thus in God’s high praises,Brethren, let our tongues unite,Whilst our thoughts His greatness raises,And our love His gifts excite.With His seraph train before Him,With His holy church below,Thus unite we to adore Him,Bid we thus our anthem flow:—3“Lord, Thy glory fills the heaven;Earth is with its fulness stored;Unto Thee be glory given,Holy, holy, holy Lord!Thus, Thy glorious name confessing,We adopt the angels’ cry,‘Holy, holy, holy,’—blessingThee, the Lord our God most High!”48.7s. M.*Montgomery.Songs of Praise.1Songs of praise the angels sang,Heaven with hallelujahs rang,When, Creation’s work begun,Spake the Lord, and it was done.2Songs of praise awoke the morn,When the Prince of Peace was born;Songs of praise arose, when heCaptive led captivity.3Heaven and earth must pass away,Songs of praise shall crown that day;God will make new heavens and earth,Songs of praise shall hail their birth.4And shall man alone be dumb,Till that glorious kingdom come?No; his heart delights to raisePsalms and hymns and songs of praise.5Saints below, with heart and voice,Still in songs of praise rejoice,Learning here, by faith and love,Songs of praise to sing above.49.P. M.Heber.Thrice Holy.1Holy, holy, holy Lord God Almighty!Early in the morning our song shall rise to Thee;Holy, holy, holy! merciful and mighty!All Thy works shall praise Thy name in earth, sky, and sea.2Holy, holy, holy! all the saints adore Thee,Casting down their golden crowns around the glassy sea;Cherubim and seraphim falling down before Thee,Thou who wast, and art, and evermore shalt be!3Holy, holy, holy! Though the darkness hide Thee,Though the eye of sinful man Thy glory may not see,Only Thou art holy, there is none beside Thee,Infinite in power, in love, and purity!50.C. M.Patrick.Te Deum.1O God! we praise Thee, and confessThat Thou the only LordAnd everlasting Father art,By all the earth adored.2To Thee all angels cry aloud;To Thee the powers on high,Both cherubim and seraphim,Continually do cry:3“O holy, holy, holy Lord,Whom heavenly hosts obey,The world is with the glory filledOf Thy majestic sway.”4The apostles’ glorious company,And prophets crowned with light,With all the martyrs’ noble host,Thy constant praise recite.5The holy church throughout the world,O Lord, confesses Thee,That Thou the Eternal Father art,Of boundless majesty.51.8 & 7s. M.Dublin Coll.Praise Ye the Lord.1Praise the Lord! ye heavens adore Him!Praise Him, angels in the height;Sun and moon rejoice before Him;Praise Him, all ye stars of light!Praise the Lord, for He hath spoken;Worlds His mighty voice obeyed;Laws, which never can be broken,For their guidance He hath made.2Praise the Lord! for He is glorious;Never shall His promise fail;God hath made His saints victorious,Sin and death shall not prevail:Praise the God of our salvation,Hosts on high His power proclaim;Heaven and earth, and all creation,Praise and magnify His name!52.P. M.*Bowring.Glad Homage.1Father of Spirits! humbly bent before Thee,Songs of glad homage unto Thee we bring;Touched by Thy spirit, O, teach us to adore Thee;Let Thy light attend us,Let Thy love befriend us,Father of our spirits, Everlasting King!2Send forth Thy mandate, gather in the nations,Through the wide universe Thy name be known,Millions of voices shall join in adorations,Every soul invited,Every voice united,Joining to adore Thee, Everlasting One!53.7s. M.J. Taylor.Glory to God.1Glory be to God on high,God whose glory fills the sky!Peace on earth to man forgiven,Man, the well-beloved of heaven!2Favored mortals, raise the song;Endless thanks to God belong;Hearts o’erflowing with His praise,Join the hymns your voices raise.3Mark the wonders of His hand;Power, no empire can withstand;Wisdom, angels’ glorious theme;Goodness, one eternal stream!4Gracious Being! from Thy throneSend Thy promised blessings down;Let Thy light, Thy truth, Thy peace,Bid our selfish passions cease.54.7s. M.Bowring.Lowly Praise.1Lord, in heaven, Thy dwelling-place,Hear the praises of our race,And, while hearing, let Thy graceDews of sweet forgiveness pour;While we know, benignant King,That the praises which we bringAre a feeble offering,Till Thy blessing makes it more.2More of truth, and more of might,More of love, and more of light,More of reason, and of rightFrom Thy pardoning grace be given!This can make the humblest songSweet, acceptable, and strong,As the strains the angels’ throngPour around the throne of heaven.55.P. M.Hogg.Praise to the God of Nature.1Blessed be Thy name forever,Thou of life the Guard and Giver!Thou who slumberest not nor sleepest,Blest are they Thou kindly keepest!God of stillness and of motion,Of the rainbow, and the ocean,Of the mountain, rock, and river,Blessed be Thy name forever!2God of evening’s peaceful ray!God of every dawning day,Rising from the distant seaBreathing of eternity;Thine the flaming sphere of light,Thine the darkness of the night!God of life, that fade shall never!Glory to Thy name forever!56.L. M.Anonymous.Perpetual Praise.1My God! in morning’s radiant hourTo Thee will I lift up my heart;The shades of night obey Thy power,And at Thy sun’s bright beams depart.2Father and Guardian! to Thy shrineThe life Thou shieldest will I bring;All, great Creator! all is Thine;The heart my noblest offering!3The morning light shall see my prayer,The noonday calm shall know my praise;And evening’s still and fragrant airMy grateful hymn to Thee shall raise.4So shall sweet thoughts and hopes sublimeMy constant inspirations be;And every shifting scene of timeReflect, my God, a light from Thee!57.7s. M.Gaskell.Doxology.Father! glory be to Thee,Source of all the good we see!Glory for the blessed LightRising on the ancient night!Glory for the hopes that comeStreaming through the silent tomb!Glory for Thy spirit given,Guiding us in peace to heaven!58.8 & 7s. M.Bickersteth.Closing Hymn.1Israel’s Shepherd, guide us, feed us,Through our pilgrimage below,And beside the waters lead us,Where Thy flock rejoicing go.2Lord, Thy guardian, presence ever,Meekly kneeling, we implore;We have found Thee, and would never,Never wander from Thee more.59.L. M.Chr. Psalmist.The Heavenly Guardian.1As every day Thy mercy sparesWill bring its trials or its cares,O Father, till my life shall end,Be Thou my counsellor and friend!Teach me Thy statutes all divine,And let Thy will be always mine!2When each day’s scenes and labors close,And wearied nature seeks repose,With pardoning mercy, richly blest,Guard me, my Father, while I rest;And as each morning sun shall rise,O, lead me onward to the skies!60.8 & 7s. M.Sarah F. Adams.Peace be with You.1Part in peace! is day before us?Praise His name for life and light;Are the shadows lengthening o’er us?Bless His care who guards the night.2Part in peace! with deep thanksgiving,Rendering, as we homeward tread,Gracious service to the living,Tranquil memory to the dead.3Part in peace! such are the praisesGod, our Maker, loveth best;Such the worship that upraisesHuman hearts to heavenly rest.61.8 & 7s. M.Anonymous.The Peace of God.Peace of God, which knows no measure,Heavenly sunlight of the soul,Peace beyond all earthly treasure,Come and all our hearts control!Come, almighty to deliver!Naught shall make us then afraid;We will trust in Thee forever,Thou on whom our hope is stayed!62.7s. M.Beard’s Coll.Prayer for Guidance.1Guide us, Lord! while, hand in hand,Journeying toward the better land;Foes we know are to be met,Snares the pilgrim’s path beset;Clouds upon the valley rest,Rough and dark the mountain’s breast;And our home may not be gained,Save through trials well sustained.2Guide us, while we onward move,Linked in closest bonds of love,Striving for the holy mind,And the soul from sense refined;That when life no longer burns,And the dust to dust returns,With the strength which Thou hast givenWe may rise to Thee and heaven.3God of mercy! on Thee, allHumbly for Thy guidance call;Save us from the evil tongue,From the heart that thinketh wrong,From the sins, whate’er they be,That divide the soul from Thee.God of grace! on Thee we rest;Bless us, and we shall be blest.63.L. M.Watts.Doxology.1From all that dwell below the skiesLet the Creator’s praise arise!Let the Redeemer’s name be sung,Through every land, by every tongue!2Eternal are Thy mercies, Lord!Eternal truth attends Thy word;Thy praise shall sound from shore to shore,Till suns shall rise and set no more.64.8 & 7s. M.Anonymous.Go in Peace.1Go in peace!—serene dismissionTo the loving heart made known,When it pours in deep contritionPrayer before the eternal throne.2Go in peace! thy sins forgiven,Christ hath healed thee, set thee freeEvery spirit-fetter riven,Go in peace, and liberty!3Saviour! breathe this benedictionO’er our spirits while we pray;Let us part in sweet convictionThou hast blessed our souls to-day.65.C. M.Heber.The Seed of the Word.1O God, by whom the seed is given,By whom the harvest blest;Whose word, like manna showered from heaven,Is planted in our breast;2Preserve it from the passing feet,And plunderers of the air;The sultry sun’s intenser heat,And weeds of worldly care!3Though buried deep, or thinly strewn,Do Thou Thy grace supply;The hope, in earthly furrows sown,Shall ripen in the sky.66.L. M.Gaskell.Walking with God.1Through all this life’s eventful road,Fain would I walk with Thee, my God,And make Thy presence light around,And every step on holy ground.2Each blessing would I trace to Thee,In every grief Thy mercy see;And through the paths of duty move,Conscious of Thine encircling love.3And when the angel Death stands by,Be this my strength, that Thou art nigh;And this my joy, that I shall beWith those who dwell in light with Thee.67.L. M.Doddridge.Christian Farewell.1Thy presence, ever living God!Wide through all nature spreads abroad;Thy watchful eyes, which never sleep,In every place Thy children keep.2While near each other we remain,Thou dost our lives and powers sustain;When separate, we rejoice to shareThy counsels, and Thy gracious care.3To Thee we now commit our ways,And still implore Thy heavenly grace;Still cause Thy face on us to shine,And guard and guide us still as Thine.4Give us within Thy house to raiseAgain united songs of praise;Or, if that joy no more be known,Give us to meet around Thy throne.68.C. M.Anonymous.For Guidance and Protection.1God of our fathers! by whose handThy people still are blest,Be with us through our pilgrimage,Conduct us to our rest.2Through each perplexing path of lifeOur wandering footsteps guide;Give us each day our daily bread,And raiment fit provide.3O, spread Thy sheltering wings around,Till all our wanderings cease,And at our Fathers loved abodeOur souls arrive in peace.4To Thee, our Father and our God,We our whole souls resign;And thankful own, that all we areAnd all we have is Thine.69.7s. M.*Newton.God Ever Near.1As the sun’s enlivening eyeShines on every place the same;So the Lord is always nighTo the souls that love His name.2When they move at duty’s call,He is with them by the way;He is ever with them all,Those who go and those who stay.3From His holy mercy-seatNothing can their souls confine;Still in spirit they may meet,And in sweet communion join.4Father, hear our humble prayer!Tender Shepherd of Thy sheep,Let Thy mercy and Thy careAll our souls in safety keep.5In Thy strength may we be strong;Sanctify each cross and pain;Give us, if Thou wilt, ere longHere to meet in peace again.70.8, 7, & 4s. M.Anonymous.Dismission.1Lord! dismiss us with Thy blessing,Hope and comfort from above;Let us each, Thy peace possessing,Triumph in redeeming love:Still support usWhile in duty’s path we move.2Thanks we give, and adoration,For the gospel’s joyful sound;May the fruits of Thy salvationIn our hearts and lives abound;May Thy presenceWith us evermore be found!II. GOD.71.L. M.Lange.The Most High God.1Unchangeable, all-perfect Lord!Essential life’s unbounded sea!What lives and moves, lives by Thy word;It lives and moves and is, from Thee!Whate’er in earth, or sea, or sky,Or shuns, or meets, the wandering thought,Escapes, or strikes, the searching eye,By Thee was to existence brought.2High is Thy power above all height,Whate’er Thy will decrees is done;Thy wisdom, holiness and mightCan by no finite mind be known.What our dim eyes could never see,Is plain and naked in Thy sight;What thickest darkness veils, to TheeShines clearly as the morning light;3Thine, Lord, is holiness, alone:Justice and Truth before Thee stand:Yet, nearer to Thy sacred throne,Love ever dwells at Thy right hand.And to Thy love and ceaseless care,Father!this light, this breath, we owe;And all we have, and all we areFrom Thee, great Source of Life! doth flow.72.7s.M. Gaskell.The All-Seeing God.1Mighty God! the first, the last!What are ages, in Thy sight,But as yesterday when past,Or a watch within the night?2All that being ever knew,Far, far back, ere time had birth,Stands as clear within Thy viewAs the present things of earth.3All that being e’er shall knowOn, still on, through farthest years,All eternity can show,Bright before Thee now appears.4In Thine all-embracing sight,Every change its purpose meets,Every cloud floats into light,Every woe its glory greets.5Whatsoe’er our lot may be,Calmly in this thought we’ll rest,—Could we see as Thou dost see,We should choose it as the best.73.8 & 7s.M. Bowring.God is Truth and Love.1God is love; His mercy brightensAll the path in which we move;Bliss He wakes, and woe He lightens;God is wisdom, God is love.2Chance and change are busy ever;Man decays, and ages move;But His mercy waneth never;God is wisdom, God is love.3E’en the hour that darkest seemethWill His changeless goodness prove;From the gloom His brightness streameth;God is wisdom, God is love.4He with earthly cares entwinethHope and comfort from above;Everywhere His glory shineth;God is wisdom, God is love.74.P. M.Anonymous.God is Love.1I cannot always trace the wayWhere Thou, almighty One, dost move,But I can always, always sayThat God is love.2When fear her chilling mantle throwsO’er earth, my soul to heaven above,As to her native home, upsprings,For God is love.3When mystery clouds my darkened path,I’ll check my dread, my doubts reprove;In this my soul sweet comfort hath,That God is love.4Yes, God is love;—a thought like thisCan every gloomy thought remove,And turn all tears, all woes, to bliss,For God is love.75.L. M.Sterling.Love Supreme in God.1O Source divine, and Life of all,The Fount of being’s wondrous sea!Thy depth would every heart appall,That saw not Love supreme in Thee.2We shrink before Thy vast abyss,Where worlds on worlds eternal brood;We know Thee truly but in this,That Thou bestowest all our good.3And so, ’mid boundless time and space,O, grant us still in Thee to dwell,And through the ceaseless web to traceThy presence working all things well!4Nor let Thou life’s delightful playThy truth’s transcendent vision hide;Nor strength and gladness lead astrayFrom Thee, our nature’s only guide.5Bestow on every joyous thrillThy deeper tone of reverent awe;Make pure Thy children’s erring will,And teach their hearts to love Thy law!76.L. M.*God Known Through Love.1No human eyes Thy face may see;No human thought Thy form may know;But all creation dwells in Thee,And Thy great life through all doth flow!2And yet, O strange and wondrous thought!Thou art a God who hearest prayer,And every heart with sorrow fraughtTo seek Thy present aid may dare.3And though most weak our efforts seemInto one creed these thoughts to bind,And vain the intellectual dream,To see and know the Eternal Mind,—4Yet Thou wilt turn them not aside,Who cannot solve Thy life divine,But would give up all reason’s prideTo know their hearts approved by Thine.5And Thine unceasing love gave birthTo our dear Lord, Thy holy Son,Who left a perfect proof on earth,That Duty, Love, and Truth are one.6So, though we faint on life’s dark hill,And Thought grow weak, and Knowledge flee,Yet Faith shall teach us courage still,And Love shall guide us on to Thee!77.10s. M.Jones Very.God’s Fatherly Care.1Father! there is no change to live with Thee;Save that in Christ I grow from day to day;In each new word I hear, each thing I see,I but rejoicing hasten on my way.2The morning comes, with blushes overspread,And I, new-wakened, find a morn within;And in its modest dawn around me shed,Thou hear’st the prayer and the ascending hymn.3Hour follows hour, the lengthening shades descend;Yet they could never reach as far as me.Did not Thy love its kind protection lend,That I, Thy child, might sleep in peace with Thee.78.L. M.Bryant.Loving-Kindness of God.1Father, to Thy kind love we oweAll that is fair and good below;Bestower of the health that liesOn tearless cheeks and cheerful eyes!2Giver of sunshine and of rain!Ripener of fruits on hill and plain!Fountain of light, that rayed afar,Fills the vast urns of sun and star!3Who send’st Thy storms and frosts to bindThe plagues that rise to waste mankind;Then breathest, o’er the naked scene,Spring gales, and life, and tender green.4Yet deem we not that thus alone,Thy mercy and Thy love are shown;For we have learned, with higher praise,And holier names, to speak Thy ways.5In woe’s dark hour, our kindest stay!Sole trust when life shall pass away!Teacher of hopes that light the gloomOf death, and consecrate the tomb!79.10s. M.Jones Very.God Not Afar Off.1Father! Thy wonders do not singly stand,Nor far removed where feet have seldom strayed;Around us ever lies the enchanted land,In marvels rich to Thine own sons displayed.2In finding Thee are all things round us found!In losing Thee are all things lost beside!Ears have we, but in vain sweet voices sound,And to our eyes the vision is denied.3Open our eyes that we that world may see!Open our ears that we Thy voice may hear!And in the spirit-land may ever be,And feel Thy presence with us always near;4No more to wander ’mid the things of time,No more to suffer death or earthly change;But-with the Christian’s joy and faith sublime,Through all Thy vast, eternal scenes to range.80.C. M.Montgomery.The Earth Full of God1God, in the high and holy place,Looks down upon the spheres;Yet in His providence and graceTo every eye appears.2He bows the heavens; the mountains stand,A highway for our God:He walks amidst the desert-land;’Tis Eden where He trod.3The forests in His strength rejoice;Hark! on the evening breeze,As once of old, the Lord God’s voiceIs heard among the trees.4In every stream His bounty flows,Diffusing joy and wealth;In every breeze His Spirit blows,—The breath of life and health.5His blessings fall in plenteous showersUpon the lap of earth,That teems with foliage, fruits, and flowers,And rings with infant mirth.6If God hath made this world so fair,Where sin and death abound,How beautiful beyond compareWill Paradise be found!81.L. M.Pierpont.Every Place a Temple.1O Thou, to whom, in ancient time,The lyre of Hebrew bards was strung;Whom kings adored in songs sublime,And prophets praised with glowing tongue:2Not now on Zion’s height aloneThy favored worshippers may dwell;Nor where, at sultry noon, Thy SonSat weary, by the Patriarch’s well.3From every place below the skies,The grateful song, the fervent prayer,—The incense of the heart,—may riseTo heaven, and find acceptance there.4To Thee shall age, with snowy hair,And strength, and beauty, bend the knee;And childhood lisp, with reverent air,Its praises and its prayers to Thee!5O Thou, to whom, in ancient time,The lyre of prophet bards was strung,To Thee, at last, in every clime,Shall temples rise, and praise be sung!
41.C. M.H. Ware, Jr.For God’s Presence.1Father in heaven, to whom our heartsWould lift themselves in prayer,Drive from our souls each earthly thought,And show Thy presence there.2Each moment of our lives renewsThe mercies of the Lord;Each moment is itself a giftTo bear us on to God.3Help us to break the galling chainsThis world has round us thrown;Each passion of our hearts subdue,Each cherished sin disown.4O Father! kindle in our soulsA never-dying flameOf holy love, of grateful trust,In Thine almighty name.
C. M.
H. Ware, Jr.
1Father in heaven, to whom our heartsWould lift themselves in prayer,Drive from our souls each earthly thought,And show Thy presence there.
1Father in heaven, to whom our hearts
Would lift themselves in prayer,
Drive from our souls each earthly thought,
And show Thy presence there.
2Each moment of our lives renewsThe mercies of the Lord;Each moment is itself a giftTo bear us on to God.
2Each moment of our lives renews
The mercies of the Lord;
Each moment is itself a gift
To bear us on to God.
3Help us to break the galling chainsThis world has round us thrown;Each passion of our hearts subdue,Each cherished sin disown.
3Help us to break the galling chains
This world has round us thrown;
Each passion of our hearts subdue,
Each cherished sin disown.
4O Father! kindle in our soulsA never-dying flameOf holy love, of grateful trust,In Thine almighty name.
4O Father! kindle in our souls
A never-dying flame
Of holy love, of grateful trust,
In Thine almighty name.
42.C. M.Doddridge.Doing All to God.1Shine on our souls, Eternal God,With rays of beauty shine;O, let Thy favor crown our days,And all their round be Thine!2Did we not raise our hands to Thee,Our hands might toil in vain;Small joy success itself could giveIf Thou Thy love restrain.3With Thee let every week begin,With Thee each day be spent,For Thee each fleeting hour improved,Since each by Thee is lent.4Midst hourly cares may love presentIts incense at Thy throne;And while the world our hands employs,Our hearts be Thine alone.
C. M.
Doddridge.
1Shine on our souls, Eternal God,With rays of beauty shine;O, let Thy favor crown our days,And all their round be Thine!
1Shine on our souls, Eternal God,
With rays of beauty shine;
O, let Thy favor crown our days,
And all their round be Thine!
2Did we not raise our hands to Thee,Our hands might toil in vain;Small joy success itself could giveIf Thou Thy love restrain.
2Did we not raise our hands to Thee,
Our hands might toil in vain;
Small joy success itself could give
If Thou Thy love restrain.
3With Thee let every week begin,With Thee each day be spent,For Thee each fleeting hour improved,Since each by Thee is lent.
3With Thee let every week begin,
With Thee each day be spent,
For Thee each fleeting hour improved,
Since each by Thee is lent.
4Midst hourly cares may love presentIts incense at Thy throne;And while the world our hands employs,Our hearts be Thine alone.
4Midst hourly cares may love present
Its incense at Thy throne;
And while the world our hands employs,
Our hearts be Thine alone.
43.C. M.Montgomery.Prayer for Wisdom.1Almighty God, in humble prayerTo Thee our souls we lift;Do Thou our waiting minds prepareFor Thy most needful gift.2We ask not golden streams of wealthAlong our path to flow;We ask not undecaying health,Nor length of years below:3We ask not honors, which an hourMay bring and take away;We ask not pleasure, pomp, or power,Lest we should go astray:4We ask for wisdom: Lord, impartThe knowledge how to live:A wise and understanding heartTo all before Thee give.5The young remember Thee in youth,Before the evil days!The old be guided by Thy truthIn wisdom’s pleasant ways!
C. M.
Montgomery.
1Almighty God, in humble prayerTo Thee our souls we lift;Do Thou our waiting minds prepareFor Thy most needful gift.
1Almighty God, in humble prayer
To Thee our souls we lift;
Do Thou our waiting minds prepare
For Thy most needful gift.
2We ask not golden streams of wealthAlong our path to flow;We ask not undecaying health,Nor length of years below:
2We ask not golden streams of wealth
Along our path to flow;
We ask not undecaying health,
Nor length of years below:
3We ask not honors, which an hourMay bring and take away;We ask not pleasure, pomp, or power,Lest we should go astray:
3We ask not honors, which an hour
May bring and take away;
We ask not pleasure, pomp, or power,
Lest we should go astray:
4We ask for wisdom: Lord, impartThe knowledge how to live:A wise and understanding heartTo all before Thee give.
4We ask for wisdom: Lord, impart
The knowledge how to live:
A wise and understanding heart
To all before Thee give.
5The young remember Thee in youth,Before the evil days!The old be guided by Thy truthIn wisdom’s pleasant ways!
5The young remember Thee in youth,
Before the evil days!
The old be guided by Thy truth
In wisdom’s pleasant ways!
44.L. M.H. Moore.Manliness and Freedom.1Supreme and universal Light!Fountain of reason! Judge of right!Parent of good! whose blessings flowOn all above, and all below:2Assist us, Lord, to act, to be,What nature and Thy laws decree;Worthy that intellectual flame,Which from Thy breathing spirit came.3Our moral freedom to maintain,Bid passion serve, and reason reign,Self-poised and independent stillOn this world’s varying good or ill.4No slave to profit, shame, or fear,O, may our steadfast bosoms bearThe stamp of heaven,—an upright heart,Above the mean disguise of art!5May our expanded souls disclaimThe narrow view, the selfish aim;But with a Christian zeal embraceWhate’er is friendly to our race.6O Father! grace and virtue grant;No more we wish, no more we want:To know, to serve Thee, and to love,Is peace below,—is bliss above.
L. M.
H. Moore.
1Supreme and universal Light!Fountain of reason! Judge of right!Parent of good! whose blessings flowOn all above, and all below:
1Supreme and universal Light!
Fountain of reason! Judge of right!
Parent of good! whose blessings flow
On all above, and all below:
2Assist us, Lord, to act, to be,What nature and Thy laws decree;Worthy that intellectual flame,Which from Thy breathing spirit came.
2Assist us, Lord, to act, to be,
What nature and Thy laws decree;
Worthy that intellectual flame,
Which from Thy breathing spirit came.
3Our moral freedom to maintain,Bid passion serve, and reason reign,Self-poised and independent stillOn this world’s varying good or ill.
3Our moral freedom to maintain,
Bid passion serve, and reason reign,
Self-poised and independent still
On this world’s varying good or ill.
4No slave to profit, shame, or fear,O, may our steadfast bosoms bearThe stamp of heaven,—an upright heart,Above the mean disguise of art!
4No slave to profit, shame, or fear,
O, may our steadfast bosoms bear
The stamp of heaven,—an upright heart,
Above the mean disguise of art!
5May our expanded souls disclaimThe narrow view, the selfish aim;But with a Christian zeal embraceWhate’er is friendly to our race.
5May our expanded souls disclaim
The narrow view, the selfish aim;
But with a Christian zeal embrace
Whate’er is friendly to our race.
6O Father! grace and virtue grant;No more we wish, no more we want:To know, to serve Thee, and to love,Is peace below,—is bliss above.
6O Father! grace and virtue grant;
No more we wish, no more we want:
To know, to serve Thee, and to love,
Is peace below,—is bliss above.
45.C. M.Methodist.Made Perfect in Love.1Father, united by Thy grace,And each to each endeared,With confidence we seek Thy face,And know our prayer is heard.2Touched by the loadstone of Thy love,Let all our hearts agree;And ever towards each other move,And ever move towards Thee.3Grant this, and then from all belowInsensibly remove!Our souls their change shall scarcely know,Made perfect first in love.4To us the ministry be given,Which angels have above;For love can make on earth a heaven,And heaven is only love.
C. M.
Methodist.
1Father, united by Thy grace,And each to each endeared,With confidence we seek Thy face,And know our prayer is heard.
1Father, united by Thy grace,
And each to each endeared,
With confidence we seek Thy face,
And know our prayer is heard.
2Touched by the loadstone of Thy love,Let all our hearts agree;And ever towards each other move,And ever move towards Thee.
2Touched by the loadstone of Thy love,
Let all our hearts agree;
And ever towards each other move,
And ever move towards Thee.
3Grant this, and then from all belowInsensibly remove!Our souls their change shall scarcely know,Made perfect first in love.
3Grant this, and then from all below
Insensibly remove!
Our souls their change shall scarcely know,
Made perfect first in love.
4To us the ministry be given,Which angels have above;For love can make on earth a heaven,And heaven is only love.
4To us the ministry be given,
Which angels have above;
For love can make on earth a heaven,
And heaven is only love.
46.11 & 10s. M.*J. F. Clarke.Prayer for Strength.1Father, to us Thy children, humbly kneeling,Conscious of weakness, ignorance, sin and shame,Give such a force of holy thought and feeling,That we may live to glorify Thy name:2That we may conquer base desire and passionThat we may rise from selfish thought and will,O’ercome the world’s allurement, threat, and fashion,Walk humbly, gently, leaning on Thee still.3Let all Thy goodness by our minds be seen,Let all Thy mercy on our souls be sealed,Lord, if Thou wilt, Thy power can make us clean,O, speak the word! Thy servants shall be healed.
11 & 10s. M.
*J. F. Clarke.
1Father, to us Thy children, humbly kneeling,Conscious of weakness, ignorance, sin and shame,Give such a force of holy thought and feeling,That we may live to glorify Thy name:
1Father, to us Thy children, humbly kneeling,
Conscious of weakness, ignorance, sin and shame,
Give such a force of holy thought and feeling,
That we may live to glorify Thy name:
2That we may conquer base desire and passionThat we may rise from selfish thought and will,O’ercome the world’s allurement, threat, and fashion,Walk humbly, gently, leaning on Thee still.
2That we may conquer base desire and passion
That we may rise from selfish thought and will,
O’ercome the world’s allurement, threat, and fashion,
Walk humbly, gently, leaning on Thee still.
3Let all Thy goodness by our minds be seen,Let all Thy mercy on our souls be sealed,Lord, if Thou wilt, Thy power can make us clean,O, speak the word! Thy servants shall be healed.
3Let all Thy goodness by our minds be seen,
Let all Thy mercy on our souls be sealed,
Lord, if Thou wilt, Thy power can make us clean,
O, speak the word! Thy servants shall be healed.
47.8 & 7s. M.Ancient Hymns.Thrice Holy.1“Lord, Thy glory fills the heaven;Earth is with its fulness stored;Unto Thee be glory given,Holy, holy, holy Lord!”Heaven is still with anthems ringing;Earth takes up the angels’ cry,“Holy, holy, holy,” singing,“Lord of hosts, the Lord most High!”2Ever thus in God’s high praises,Brethren, let our tongues unite,Whilst our thoughts His greatness raises,And our love His gifts excite.With His seraph train before Him,With His holy church below,Thus unite we to adore Him,Bid we thus our anthem flow:—3“Lord, Thy glory fills the heaven;Earth is with its fulness stored;Unto Thee be glory given,Holy, holy, holy Lord!Thus, Thy glorious name confessing,We adopt the angels’ cry,‘Holy, holy, holy,’—blessingThee, the Lord our God most High!”
8 & 7s. M.
Ancient Hymns.
1“Lord, Thy glory fills the heaven;Earth is with its fulness stored;Unto Thee be glory given,Holy, holy, holy Lord!”Heaven is still with anthems ringing;Earth takes up the angels’ cry,“Holy, holy, holy,” singing,“Lord of hosts, the Lord most High!”
1“Lord, Thy glory fills the heaven;
Earth is with its fulness stored;
Unto Thee be glory given,
Holy, holy, holy Lord!”
Heaven is still with anthems ringing;
Earth takes up the angels’ cry,
“Holy, holy, holy,” singing,
“Lord of hosts, the Lord most High!”
2Ever thus in God’s high praises,Brethren, let our tongues unite,Whilst our thoughts His greatness raises,And our love His gifts excite.With His seraph train before Him,With His holy church below,Thus unite we to adore Him,Bid we thus our anthem flow:—
2Ever thus in God’s high praises,
Brethren, let our tongues unite,
Whilst our thoughts His greatness raises,
And our love His gifts excite.
With His seraph train before Him,
With His holy church below,
Thus unite we to adore Him,
Bid we thus our anthem flow:—
3“Lord, Thy glory fills the heaven;Earth is with its fulness stored;Unto Thee be glory given,Holy, holy, holy Lord!Thus, Thy glorious name confessing,We adopt the angels’ cry,‘Holy, holy, holy,’—blessingThee, the Lord our God most High!”
3“Lord, Thy glory fills the heaven;
Earth is with its fulness stored;
Unto Thee be glory given,
Holy, holy, holy Lord!
Thus, Thy glorious name confessing,
We adopt the angels’ cry,
‘Holy, holy, holy,’—blessing
Thee, the Lord our God most High!”
48.7s. M.*Montgomery.Songs of Praise.1Songs of praise the angels sang,Heaven with hallelujahs rang,When, Creation’s work begun,Spake the Lord, and it was done.2Songs of praise awoke the morn,When the Prince of Peace was born;Songs of praise arose, when heCaptive led captivity.3Heaven and earth must pass away,Songs of praise shall crown that day;God will make new heavens and earth,Songs of praise shall hail their birth.4And shall man alone be dumb,Till that glorious kingdom come?No; his heart delights to raisePsalms and hymns and songs of praise.5Saints below, with heart and voice,Still in songs of praise rejoice,Learning here, by faith and love,Songs of praise to sing above.
7s. M.
*Montgomery.
1Songs of praise the angels sang,Heaven with hallelujahs rang,When, Creation’s work begun,Spake the Lord, and it was done.
1Songs of praise the angels sang,
Heaven with hallelujahs rang,
When, Creation’s work begun,
Spake the Lord, and it was done.
2Songs of praise awoke the morn,When the Prince of Peace was born;Songs of praise arose, when heCaptive led captivity.
2Songs of praise awoke the morn,
When the Prince of Peace was born;
Songs of praise arose, when he
Captive led captivity.
3Heaven and earth must pass away,Songs of praise shall crown that day;God will make new heavens and earth,Songs of praise shall hail their birth.
3Heaven and earth must pass away,
Songs of praise shall crown that day;
God will make new heavens and earth,
Songs of praise shall hail their birth.
4And shall man alone be dumb,Till that glorious kingdom come?No; his heart delights to raisePsalms and hymns and songs of praise.
4And shall man alone be dumb,
Till that glorious kingdom come?
No; his heart delights to raise
Psalms and hymns and songs of praise.
5Saints below, with heart and voice,Still in songs of praise rejoice,Learning here, by faith and love,Songs of praise to sing above.
5Saints below, with heart and voice,
Still in songs of praise rejoice,
Learning here, by faith and love,
Songs of praise to sing above.
49.P. M.Heber.Thrice Holy.1Holy, holy, holy Lord God Almighty!Early in the morning our song shall rise to Thee;Holy, holy, holy! merciful and mighty!All Thy works shall praise Thy name in earth, sky, and sea.2Holy, holy, holy! all the saints adore Thee,Casting down their golden crowns around the glassy sea;Cherubim and seraphim falling down before Thee,Thou who wast, and art, and evermore shalt be!3Holy, holy, holy! Though the darkness hide Thee,Though the eye of sinful man Thy glory may not see,Only Thou art holy, there is none beside Thee,Infinite in power, in love, and purity!
P. M.
Heber.
1Holy, holy, holy Lord God Almighty!Early in the morning our song shall rise to Thee;Holy, holy, holy! merciful and mighty!All Thy works shall praise Thy name in earth, sky, and sea.
1Holy, holy, holy Lord God Almighty!
Early in the morning our song shall rise to Thee;
Holy, holy, holy! merciful and mighty!
All Thy works shall praise Thy name in earth, sky, and sea.
2Holy, holy, holy! all the saints adore Thee,Casting down their golden crowns around the glassy sea;Cherubim and seraphim falling down before Thee,Thou who wast, and art, and evermore shalt be!
2Holy, holy, holy! all the saints adore Thee,
Casting down their golden crowns around the glassy sea;
Cherubim and seraphim falling down before Thee,
Thou who wast, and art, and evermore shalt be!
3Holy, holy, holy! Though the darkness hide Thee,Though the eye of sinful man Thy glory may not see,Only Thou art holy, there is none beside Thee,Infinite in power, in love, and purity!
3Holy, holy, holy! Though the darkness hide Thee,
Though the eye of sinful man Thy glory may not see,
Only Thou art holy, there is none beside Thee,
Infinite in power, in love, and purity!
50.C. M.Patrick.Te Deum.1O God! we praise Thee, and confessThat Thou the only LordAnd everlasting Father art,By all the earth adored.2To Thee all angels cry aloud;To Thee the powers on high,Both cherubim and seraphim,Continually do cry:3“O holy, holy, holy Lord,Whom heavenly hosts obey,The world is with the glory filledOf Thy majestic sway.”4The apostles’ glorious company,And prophets crowned with light,With all the martyrs’ noble host,Thy constant praise recite.5The holy church throughout the world,O Lord, confesses Thee,That Thou the Eternal Father art,Of boundless majesty.
C. M.
Patrick.
1O God! we praise Thee, and confessThat Thou the only LordAnd everlasting Father art,By all the earth adored.
1O God! we praise Thee, and confess
That Thou the only Lord
And everlasting Father art,
By all the earth adored.
2To Thee all angels cry aloud;To Thee the powers on high,Both cherubim and seraphim,Continually do cry:
2To Thee all angels cry aloud;
To Thee the powers on high,
Both cherubim and seraphim,
Continually do cry:
3“O holy, holy, holy Lord,Whom heavenly hosts obey,The world is with the glory filledOf Thy majestic sway.”
3“O holy, holy, holy Lord,
Whom heavenly hosts obey,
The world is with the glory filled
Of Thy majestic sway.”
4The apostles’ glorious company,And prophets crowned with light,With all the martyrs’ noble host,Thy constant praise recite.
4The apostles’ glorious company,
And prophets crowned with light,
With all the martyrs’ noble host,
Thy constant praise recite.
5The holy church throughout the world,O Lord, confesses Thee,That Thou the Eternal Father art,Of boundless majesty.
5The holy church throughout the world,
O Lord, confesses Thee,
That Thou the Eternal Father art,
Of boundless majesty.
51.8 & 7s. M.Dublin Coll.Praise Ye the Lord.1Praise the Lord! ye heavens adore Him!Praise Him, angels in the height;Sun and moon rejoice before Him;Praise Him, all ye stars of light!Praise the Lord, for He hath spoken;Worlds His mighty voice obeyed;Laws, which never can be broken,For their guidance He hath made.2Praise the Lord! for He is glorious;Never shall His promise fail;God hath made His saints victorious,Sin and death shall not prevail:Praise the God of our salvation,Hosts on high His power proclaim;Heaven and earth, and all creation,Praise and magnify His name!
8 & 7s. M.
Dublin Coll.
1Praise the Lord! ye heavens adore Him!Praise Him, angels in the height;Sun and moon rejoice before Him;Praise Him, all ye stars of light!Praise the Lord, for He hath spoken;Worlds His mighty voice obeyed;Laws, which never can be broken,For their guidance He hath made.
1Praise the Lord! ye heavens adore Him!
Praise Him, angels in the height;
Sun and moon rejoice before Him;
Praise Him, all ye stars of light!
Praise the Lord, for He hath spoken;
Worlds His mighty voice obeyed;
Laws, which never can be broken,
For their guidance He hath made.
2Praise the Lord! for He is glorious;Never shall His promise fail;God hath made His saints victorious,Sin and death shall not prevail:Praise the God of our salvation,Hosts on high His power proclaim;Heaven and earth, and all creation,Praise and magnify His name!
2Praise the Lord! for He is glorious;
Never shall His promise fail;
God hath made His saints victorious,
Sin and death shall not prevail:
Praise the God of our salvation,
Hosts on high His power proclaim;
Heaven and earth, and all creation,
Praise and magnify His name!
52.P. M.*Bowring.Glad Homage.1Father of Spirits! humbly bent before Thee,Songs of glad homage unto Thee we bring;Touched by Thy spirit, O, teach us to adore Thee;Let Thy light attend us,Let Thy love befriend us,Father of our spirits, Everlasting King!2Send forth Thy mandate, gather in the nations,Through the wide universe Thy name be known,Millions of voices shall join in adorations,Every soul invited,Every voice united,Joining to adore Thee, Everlasting One!
P. M.
*Bowring.
1Father of Spirits! humbly bent before Thee,Songs of glad homage unto Thee we bring;Touched by Thy spirit, O, teach us to adore Thee;Let Thy light attend us,Let Thy love befriend us,Father of our spirits, Everlasting King!
1Father of Spirits! humbly bent before Thee,
Songs of glad homage unto Thee we bring;
Touched by Thy spirit, O, teach us to adore Thee;
Let Thy light attend us,
Let Thy love befriend us,
Father of our spirits, Everlasting King!
2Send forth Thy mandate, gather in the nations,Through the wide universe Thy name be known,Millions of voices shall join in adorations,Every soul invited,Every voice united,Joining to adore Thee, Everlasting One!
2Send forth Thy mandate, gather in the nations,
Through the wide universe Thy name be known,
Millions of voices shall join in adorations,
Every soul invited,
Every voice united,
Joining to adore Thee, Everlasting One!
53.7s. M.J. Taylor.Glory to God.1Glory be to God on high,God whose glory fills the sky!Peace on earth to man forgiven,Man, the well-beloved of heaven!2Favored mortals, raise the song;Endless thanks to God belong;Hearts o’erflowing with His praise,Join the hymns your voices raise.3Mark the wonders of His hand;Power, no empire can withstand;Wisdom, angels’ glorious theme;Goodness, one eternal stream!4Gracious Being! from Thy throneSend Thy promised blessings down;Let Thy light, Thy truth, Thy peace,Bid our selfish passions cease.
7s. M.
J. Taylor.
1Glory be to God on high,God whose glory fills the sky!Peace on earth to man forgiven,Man, the well-beloved of heaven!
1Glory be to God on high,
God whose glory fills the sky!
Peace on earth to man forgiven,
Man, the well-beloved of heaven!
2Favored mortals, raise the song;Endless thanks to God belong;Hearts o’erflowing with His praise,Join the hymns your voices raise.
2Favored mortals, raise the song;
Endless thanks to God belong;
Hearts o’erflowing with His praise,
Join the hymns your voices raise.
3Mark the wonders of His hand;Power, no empire can withstand;Wisdom, angels’ glorious theme;Goodness, one eternal stream!
3Mark the wonders of His hand;
Power, no empire can withstand;
Wisdom, angels’ glorious theme;
Goodness, one eternal stream!
4Gracious Being! from Thy throneSend Thy promised blessings down;Let Thy light, Thy truth, Thy peace,Bid our selfish passions cease.
4Gracious Being! from Thy throne
Send Thy promised blessings down;
Let Thy light, Thy truth, Thy peace,
Bid our selfish passions cease.
54.7s. M.Bowring.Lowly Praise.1Lord, in heaven, Thy dwelling-place,Hear the praises of our race,And, while hearing, let Thy graceDews of sweet forgiveness pour;While we know, benignant King,That the praises which we bringAre a feeble offering,Till Thy blessing makes it more.2More of truth, and more of might,More of love, and more of light,More of reason, and of rightFrom Thy pardoning grace be given!This can make the humblest songSweet, acceptable, and strong,As the strains the angels’ throngPour around the throne of heaven.
7s. M.
Bowring.
1Lord, in heaven, Thy dwelling-place,Hear the praises of our race,And, while hearing, let Thy graceDews of sweet forgiveness pour;While we know, benignant King,That the praises which we bringAre a feeble offering,Till Thy blessing makes it more.
1Lord, in heaven, Thy dwelling-place,
Hear the praises of our race,
And, while hearing, let Thy grace
Dews of sweet forgiveness pour;
While we know, benignant King,
That the praises which we bring
Are a feeble offering,
Till Thy blessing makes it more.
2More of truth, and more of might,More of love, and more of light,More of reason, and of rightFrom Thy pardoning grace be given!This can make the humblest songSweet, acceptable, and strong,As the strains the angels’ throngPour around the throne of heaven.
2More of truth, and more of might,
More of love, and more of light,
More of reason, and of right
From Thy pardoning grace be given!
This can make the humblest song
Sweet, acceptable, and strong,
As the strains the angels’ throng
Pour around the throne of heaven.
55.P. M.Hogg.Praise to the God of Nature.1Blessed be Thy name forever,Thou of life the Guard and Giver!Thou who slumberest not nor sleepest,Blest are they Thou kindly keepest!God of stillness and of motion,Of the rainbow, and the ocean,Of the mountain, rock, and river,Blessed be Thy name forever!2God of evening’s peaceful ray!God of every dawning day,Rising from the distant seaBreathing of eternity;Thine the flaming sphere of light,Thine the darkness of the night!God of life, that fade shall never!Glory to Thy name forever!
P. M.
Hogg.
1Blessed be Thy name forever,Thou of life the Guard and Giver!Thou who slumberest not nor sleepest,Blest are they Thou kindly keepest!God of stillness and of motion,Of the rainbow, and the ocean,Of the mountain, rock, and river,Blessed be Thy name forever!
1Blessed be Thy name forever,
Thou of life the Guard and Giver!
Thou who slumberest not nor sleepest,
Blest are they Thou kindly keepest!
God of stillness and of motion,
Of the rainbow, and the ocean,
Of the mountain, rock, and river,
Blessed be Thy name forever!
2God of evening’s peaceful ray!God of every dawning day,Rising from the distant seaBreathing of eternity;Thine the flaming sphere of light,Thine the darkness of the night!God of life, that fade shall never!Glory to Thy name forever!
2God of evening’s peaceful ray!
God of every dawning day,
Rising from the distant sea
Breathing of eternity;
Thine the flaming sphere of light,
Thine the darkness of the night!
God of life, that fade shall never!
Glory to Thy name forever!
56.L. M.Anonymous.Perpetual Praise.1My God! in morning’s radiant hourTo Thee will I lift up my heart;The shades of night obey Thy power,And at Thy sun’s bright beams depart.2Father and Guardian! to Thy shrineThe life Thou shieldest will I bring;All, great Creator! all is Thine;The heart my noblest offering!3The morning light shall see my prayer,The noonday calm shall know my praise;And evening’s still and fragrant airMy grateful hymn to Thee shall raise.4So shall sweet thoughts and hopes sublimeMy constant inspirations be;And every shifting scene of timeReflect, my God, a light from Thee!
L. M.
Anonymous.
1My God! in morning’s radiant hourTo Thee will I lift up my heart;The shades of night obey Thy power,And at Thy sun’s bright beams depart.
1My God! in morning’s radiant hour
To Thee will I lift up my heart;
The shades of night obey Thy power,
And at Thy sun’s bright beams depart.
2Father and Guardian! to Thy shrineThe life Thou shieldest will I bring;All, great Creator! all is Thine;The heart my noblest offering!
2Father and Guardian! to Thy shrine
The life Thou shieldest will I bring;
All, great Creator! all is Thine;
The heart my noblest offering!
3The morning light shall see my prayer,The noonday calm shall know my praise;And evening’s still and fragrant airMy grateful hymn to Thee shall raise.
3The morning light shall see my prayer,
The noonday calm shall know my praise;
And evening’s still and fragrant air
My grateful hymn to Thee shall raise.
4So shall sweet thoughts and hopes sublimeMy constant inspirations be;And every shifting scene of timeReflect, my God, a light from Thee!
4So shall sweet thoughts and hopes sublime
My constant inspirations be;
And every shifting scene of time
Reflect, my God, a light from Thee!
57.7s. M.Gaskell.Doxology.Father! glory be to Thee,Source of all the good we see!Glory for the blessed LightRising on the ancient night!Glory for the hopes that comeStreaming through the silent tomb!Glory for Thy spirit given,Guiding us in peace to heaven!
7s. M.
Gaskell.
Father! glory be to Thee,Source of all the good we see!Glory for the blessed LightRising on the ancient night!Glory for the hopes that comeStreaming through the silent tomb!Glory for Thy spirit given,Guiding us in peace to heaven!
Father! glory be to Thee,
Source of all the good we see!
Glory for the blessed Light
Rising on the ancient night!
Glory for the hopes that come
Streaming through the silent tomb!
Glory for Thy spirit given,
Guiding us in peace to heaven!
58.8 & 7s. M.Bickersteth.Closing Hymn.1Israel’s Shepherd, guide us, feed us,Through our pilgrimage below,And beside the waters lead us,Where Thy flock rejoicing go.2Lord, Thy guardian, presence ever,Meekly kneeling, we implore;We have found Thee, and would never,Never wander from Thee more.
8 & 7s. M.
Bickersteth.
1Israel’s Shepherd, guide us, feed us,Through our pilgrimage below,And beside the waters lead us,Where Thy flock rejoicing go.
1Israel’s Shepherd, guide us, feed us,
Through our pilgrimage below,
And beside the waters lead us,
Where Thy flock rejoicing go.
2Lord, Thy guardian, presence ever,Meekly kneeling, we implore;We have found Thee, and would never,Never wander from Thee more.
2Lord, Thy guardian, presence ever,
Meekly kneeling, we implore;
We have found Thee, and would never,
Never wander from Thee more.
59.L. M.Chr. Psalmist.The Heavenly Guardian.1As every day Thy mercy sparesWill bring its trials or its cares,O Father, till my life shall end,Be Thou my counsellor and friend!Teach me Thy statutes all divine,And let Thy will be always mine!2When each day’s scenes and labors close,And wearied nature seeks repose,With pardoning mercy, richly blest,Guard me, my Father, while I rest;And as each morning sun shall rise,O, lead me onward to the skies!
L. M.
Chr. Psalmist.
1As every day Thy mercy sparesWill bring its trials or its cares,O Father, till my life shall end,Be Thou my counsellor and friend!Teach me Thy statutes all divine,And let Thy will be always mine!
1As every day Thy mercy spares
Will bring its trials or its cares,
O Father, till my life shall end,
Be Thou my counsellor and friend!
Teach me Thy statutes all divine,
And let Thy will be always mine!
2When each day’s scenes and labors close,And wearied nature seeks repose,With pardoning mercy, richly blest,Guard me, my Father, while I rest;And as each morning sun shall rise,O, lead me onward to the skies!
2When each day’s scenes and labors close,
And wearied nature seeks repose,
With pardoning mercy, richly blest,
Guard me, my Father, while I rest;
And as each morning sun shall rise,
O, lead me onward to the skies!
60.8 & 7s. M.Sarah F. Adams.Peace be with You.1Part in peace! is day before us?Praise His name for life and light;Are the shadows lengthening o’er us?Bless His care who guards the night.2Part in peace! with deep thanksgiving,Rendering, as we homeward tread,Gracious service to the living,Tranquil memory to the dead.3Part in peace! such are the praisesGod, our Maker, loveth best;Such the worship that upraisesHuman hearts to heavenly rest.
8 & 7s. M.
Sarah F. Adams.
1Part in peace! is day before us?Praise His name for life and light;Are the shadows lengthening o’er us?Bless His care who guards the night.
1Part in peace! is day before us?
Praise His name for life and light;
Are the shadows lengthening o’er us?
Bless His care who guards the night.
2Part in peace! with deep thanksgiving,Rendering, as we homeward tread,Gracious service to the living,Tranquil memory to the dead.
2Part in peace! with deep thanksgiving,
Rendering, as we homeward tread,
Gracious service to the living,
Tranquil memory to the dead.
3Part in peace! such are the praisesGod, our Maker, loveth best;Such the worship that upraisesHuman hearts to heavenly rest.
3Part in peace! such are the praises
God, our Maker, loveth best;
Such the worship that upraises
Human hearts to heavenly rest.
61.8 & 7s. M.Anonymous.The Peace of God.Peace of God, which knows no measure,Heavenly sunlight of the soul,Peace beyond all earthly treasure,Come and all our hearts control!Come, almighty to deliver!Naught shall make us then afraid;We will trust in Thee forever,Thou on whom our hope is stayed!
8 & 7s. M.
Anonymous.
Peace of God, which knows no measure,Heavenly sunlight of the soul,Peace beyond all earthly treasure,Come and all our hearts control!Come, almighty to deliver!Naught shall make us then afraid;We will trust in Thee forever,Thou on whom our hope is stayed!
Peace of God, which knows no measure,
Heavenly sunlight of the soul,
Peace beyond all earthly treasure,
Come and all our hearts control!
Come, almighty to deliver!
Naught shall make us then afraid;
We will trust in Thee forever,
Thou on whom our hope is stayed!
62.7s. M.Beard’s Coll.Prayer for Guidance.1Guide us, Lord! while, hand in hand,Journeying toward the better land;Foes we know are to be met,Snares the pilgrim’s path beset;Clouds upon the valley rest,Rough and dark the mountain’s breast;And our home may not be gained,Save through trials well sustained.2Guide us, while we onward move,Linked in closest bonds of love,Striving for the holy mind,And the soul from sense refined;That when life no longer burns,And the dust to dust returns,With the strength which Thou hast givenWe may rise to Thee and heaven.3God of mercy! on Thee, allHumbly for Thy guidance call;Save us from the evil tongue,From the heart that thinketh wrong,From the sins, whate’er they be,That divide the soul from Thee.God of grace! on Thee we rest;Bless us, and we shall be blest.
7s. M.
Beard’s Coll.
1Guide us, Lord! while, hand in hand,Journeying toward the better land;Foes we know are to be met,Snares the pilgrim’s path beset;Clouds upon the valley rest,Rough and dark the mountain’s breast;And our home may not be gained,Save through trials well sustained.
1Guide us, Lord! while, hand in hand,
Journeying toward the better land;
Foes we know are to be met,
Snares the pilgrim’s path beset;
Clouds upon the valley rest,
Rough and dark the mountain’s breast;
And our home may not be gained,
Save through trials well sustained.
2Guide us, while we onward move,Linked in closest bonds of love,Striving for the holy mind,And the soul from sense refined;That when life no longer burns,And the dust to dust returns,With the strength which Thou hast givenWe may rise to Thee and heaven.
2Guide us, while we onward move,
Linked in closest bonds of love,
Striving for the holy mind,
And the soul from sense refined;
That when life no longer burns,
And the dust to dust returns,
With the strength which Thou hast given
We may rise to Thee and heaven.
3God of mercy! on Thee, allHumbly for Thy guidance call;Save us from the evil tongue,From the heart that thinketh wrong,From the sins, whate’er they be,That divide the soul from Thee.God of grace! on Thee we rest;Bless us, and we shall be blest.
3God of mercy! on Thee, all
Humbly for Thy guidance call;
Save us from the evil tongue,
From the heart that thinketh wrong,
From the sins, whate’er they be,
That divide the soul from Thee.
God of grace! on Thee we rest;
Bless us, and we shall be blest.
63.L. M.Watts.Doxology.1From all that dwell below the skiesLet the Creator’s praise arise!Let the Redeemer’s name be sung,Through every land, by every tongue!2Eternal are Thy mercies, Lord!Eternal truth attends Thy word;Thy praise shall sound from shore to shore,Till suns shall rise and set no more.
L. M.
Watts.
1From all that dwell below the skiesLet the Creator’s praise arise!Let the Redeemer’s name be sung,Through every land, by every tongue!
1From all that dwell below the skies
Let the Creator’s praise arise!
Let the Redeemer’s name be sung,
Through every land, by every tongue!
2Eternal are Thy mercies, Lord!Eternal truth attends Thy word;Thy praise shall sound from shore to shore,Till suns shall rise and set no more.
2Eternal are Thy mercies, Lord!
Eternal truth attends Thy word;
Thy praise shall sound from shore to shore,
Till suns shall rise and set no more.
64.8 & 7s. M.Anonymous.Go in Peace.1Go in peace!—serene dismissionTo the loving heart made known,When it pours in deep contritionPrayer before the eternal throne.2Go in peace! thy sins forgiven,Christ hath healed thee, set thee freeEvery spirit-fetter riven,Go in peace, and liberty!3Saviour! breathe this benedictionO’er our spirits while we pray;Let us part in sweet convictionThou hast blessed our souls to-day.
8 & 7s. M.
Anonymous.
1Go in peace!—serene dismissionTo the loving heart made known,When it pours in deep contritionPrayer before the eternal throne.
1Go in peace!—serene dismission
To the loving heart made known,
When it pours in deep contrition
Prayer before the eternal throne.
2Go in peace! thy sins forgiven,Christ hath healed thee, set thee freeEvery spirit-fetter riven,Go in peace, and liberty!
2Go in peace! thy sins forgiven,
Christ hath healed thee, set thee free
Every spirit-fetter riven,
Go in peace, and liberty!
3Saviour! breathe this benedictionO’er our spirits while we pray;Let us part in sweet convictionThou hast blessed our souls to-day.
3Saviour! breathe this benediction
O’er our spirits while we pray;
Let us part in sweet conviction
Thou hast blessed our souls to-day.
65.C. M.Heber.The Seed of the Word.1O God, by whom the seed is given,By whom the harvest blest;Whose word, like manna showered from heaven,Is planted in our breast;2Preserve it from the passing feet,And plunderers of the air;The sultry sun’s intenser heat,And weeds of worldly care!3Though buried deep, or thinly strewn,Do Thou Thy grace supply;The hope, in earthly furrows sown,Shall ripen in the sky.
C. M.
Heber.
1O God, by whom the seed is given,By whom the harvest blest;Whose word, like manna showered from heaven,Is planted in our breast;
1O God, by whom the seed is given,
By whom the harvest blest;
Whose word, like manna showered from heaven,
Is planted in our breast;
2Preserve it from the passing feet,And plunderers of the air;The sultry sun’s intenser heat,And weeds of worldly care!
2Preserve it from the passing feet,
And plunderers of the air;
The sultry sun’s intenser heat,
And weeds of worldly care!
3Though buried deep, or thinly strewn,Do Thou Thy grace supply;The hope, in earthly furrows sown,Shall ripen in the sky.
3Though buried deep, or thinly strewn,
Do Thou Thy grace supply;
The hope, in earthly furrows sown,
Shall ripen in the sky.
66.L. M.Gaskell.Walking with God.1Through all this life’s eventful road,Fain would I walk with Thee, my God,And make Thy presence light around,And every step on holy ground.2Each blessing would I trace to Thee,In every grief Thy mercy see;And through the paths of duty move,Conscious of Thine encircling love.3And when the angel Death stands by,Be this my strength, that Thou art nigh;And this my joy, that I shall beWith those who dwell in light with Thee.
L. M.
Gaskell.
1Through all this life’s eventful road,Fain would I walk with Thee, my God,And make Thy presence light around,And every step on holy ground.
1Through all this life’s eventful road,
Fain would I walk with Thee, my God,
And make Thy presence light around,
And every step on holy ground.
2Each blessing would I trace to Thee,In every grief Thy mercy see;And through the paths of duty move,Conscious of Thine encircling love.
2Each blessing would I trace to Thee,
In every grief Thy mercy see;
And through the paths of duty move,
Conscious of Thine encircling love.
3And when the angel Death stands by,Be this my strength, that Thou art nigh;And this my joy, that I shall beWith those who dwell in light with Thee.
3And when the angel Death stands by,
Be this my strength, that Thou art nigh;
And this my joy, that I shall be
With those who dwell in light with Thee.
67.L. M.Doddridge.Christian Farewell.1Thy presence, ever living God!Wide through all nature spreads abroad;Thy watchful eyes, which never sleep,In every place Thy children keep.2While near each other we remain,Thou dost our lives and powers sustain;When separate, we rejoice to shareThy counsels, and Thy gracious care.3To Thee we now commit our ways,And still implore Thy heavenly grace;Still cause Thy face on us to shine,And guard and guide us still as Thine.4Give us within Thy house to raiseAgain united songs of praise;Or, if that joy no more be known,Give us to meet around Thy throne.
L. M.
Doddridge.
1Thy presence, ever living God!Wide through all nature spreads abroad;Thy watchful eyes, which never sleep,In every place Thy children keep.
1Thy presence, ever living God!
Wide through all nature spreads abroad;
Thy watchful eyes, which never sleep,
In every place Thy children keep.
2While near each other we remain,Thou dost our lives and powers sustain;When separate, we rejoice to shareThy counsels, and Thy gracious care.
2While near each other we remain,
Thou dost our lives and powers sustain;
When separate, we rejoice to share
Thy counsels, and Thy gracious care.
3To Thee we now commit our ways,And still implore Thy heavenly grace;Still cause Thy face on us to shine,And guard and guide us still as Thine.
3To Thee we now commit our ways,
And still implore Thy heavenly grace;
Still cause Thy face on us to shine,
And guard and guide us still as Thine.
4Give us within Thy house to raiseAgain united songs of praise;Or, if that joy no more be known,Give us to meet around Thy throne.
4Give us within Thy house to raise
Again united songs of praise;
Or, if that joy no more be known,
Give us to meet around Thy throne.
68.C. M.Anonymous.For Guidance and Protection.1God of our fathers! by whose handThy people still are blest,Be with us through our pilgrimage,Conduct us to our rest.2Through each perplexing path of lifeOur wandering footsteps guide;Give us each day our daily bread,And raiment fit provide.3O, spread Thy sheltering wings around,Till all our wanderings cease,And at our Fathers loved abodeOur souls arrive in peace.4To Thee, our Father and our God,We our whole souls resign;And thankful own, that all we areAnd all we have is Thine.
C. M.
Anonymous.
1God of our fathers! by whose handThy people still are blest,Be with us through our pilgrimage,Conduct us to our rest.
1God of our fathers! by whose hand
Thy people still are blest,
Be with us through our pilgrimage,
Conduct us to our rest.
2Through each perplexing path of lifeOur wandering footsteps guide;Give us each day our daily bread,And raiment fit provide.
2Through each perplexing path of life
Our wandering footsteps guide;
Give us each day our daily bread,
And raiment fit provide.
3O, spread Thy sheltering wings around,Till all our wanderings cease,And at our Fathers loved abodeOur souls arrive in peace.
3O, spread Thy sheltering wings around,
Till all our wanderings cease,
And at our Fathers loved abode
Our souls arrive in peace.
4To Thee, our Father and our God,We our whole souls resign;And thankful own, that all we areAnd all we have is Thine.
4To Thee, our Father and our God,
We our whole souls resign;
And thankful own, that all we are
And all we have is Thine.
69.7s. M.*Newton.God Ever Near.1As the sun’s enlivening eyeShines on every place the same;So the Lord is always nighTo the souls that love His name.2When they move at duty’s call,He is with them by the way;He is ever with them all,Those who go and those who stay.3From His holy mercy-seatNothing can their souls confine;Still in spirit they may meet,And in sweet communion join.4Father, hear our humble prayer!Tender Shepherd of Thy sheep,Let Thy mercy and Thy careAll our souls in safety keep.5In Thy strength may we be strong;Sanctify each cross and pain;Give us, if Thou wilt, ere longHere to meet in peace again.
7s. M.
*Newton.
1As the sun’s enlivening eyeShines on every place the same;So the Lord is always nighTo the souls that love His name.
1As the sun’s enlivening eye
Shines on every place the same;
So the Lord is always nigh
To the souls that love His name.
2When they move at duty’s call,He is with them by the way;He is ever with them all,Those who go and those who stay.
2When they move at duty’s call,
He is with them by the way;
He is ever with them all,
Those who go and those who stay.
3From His holy mercy-seatNothing can their souls confine;Still in spirit they may meet,And in sweet communion join.
3From His holy mercy-seat
Nothing can their souls confine;
Still in spirit they may meet,
And in sweet communion join.
4Father, hear our humble prayer!Tender Shepherd of Thy sheep,Let Thy mercy and Thy careAll our souls in safety keep.
4Father, hear our humble prayer!
Tender Shepherd of Thy sheep,
Let Thy mercy and Thy care
All our souls in safety keep.
5In Thy strength may we be strong;Sanctify each cross and pain;Give us, if Thou wilt, ere longHere to meet in peace again.
5In Thy strength may we be strong;
Sanctify each cross and pain;
Give us, if Thou wilt, ere long
Here to meet in peace again.
70.8, 7, & 4s. M.Anonymous.Dismission.1Lord! dismiss us with Thy blessing,Hope and comfort from above;Let us each, Thy peace possessing,Triumph in redeeming love:Still support usWhile in duty’s path we move.2Thanks we give, and adoration,For the gospel’s joyful sound;May the fruits of Thy salvationIn our hearts and lives abound;May Thy presenceWith us evermore be found!
8, 7, & 4s. M.
Anonymous.
1Lord! dismiss us with Thy blessing,Hope and comfort from above;Let us each, Thy peace possessing,Triumph in redeeming love:Still support usWhile in duty’s path we move.
1Lord! dismiss us with Thy blessing,
Hope and comfort from above;
Let us each, Thy peace possessing,
Triumph in redeeming love:
Still support us
While in duty’s path we move.
2Thanks we give, and adoration,For the gospel’s joyful sound;May the fruits of Thy salvationIn our hearts and lives abound;May Thy presenceWith us evermore be found!
2Thanks we give, and adoration,
For the gospel’s joyful sound;
May the fruits of Thy salvation
In our hearts and lives abound;
May Thy presence
With us evermore be found!
II. GOD.71.L. M.Lange.The Most High God.1Unchangeable, all-perfect Lord!Essential life’s unbounded sea!What lives and moves, lives by Thy word;It lives and moves and is, from Thee!Whate’er in earth, or sea, or sky,Or shuns, or meets, the wandering thought,Escapes, or strikes, the searching eye,By Thee was to existence brought.2High is Thy power above all height,Whate’er Thy will decrees is done;Thy wisdom, holiness and mightCan by no finite mind be known.What our dim eyes could never see,Is plain and naked in Thy sight;What thickest darkness veils, to TheeShines clearly as the morning light;3Thine, Lord, is holiness, alone:Justice and Truth before Thee stand:Yet, nearer to Thy sacred throne,Love ever dwells at Thy right hand.And to Thy love and ceaseless care,Father!this light, this breath, we owe;And all we have, and all we areFrom Thee, great Source of Life! doth flow.
L. M.
Lange.
1Unchangeable, all-perfect Lord!Essential life’s unbounded sea!What lives and moves, lives by Thy word;It lives and moves and is, from Thee!Whate’er in earth, or sea, or sky,Or shuns, or meets, the wandering thought,Escapes, or strikes, the searching eye,By Thee was to existence brought.
1Unchangeable, all-perfect Lord!
Essential life’s unbounded sea!
What lives and moves, lives by Thy word;
It lives and moves and is, from Thee!
Whate’er in earth, or sea, or sky,
Or shuns, or meets, the wandering thought,
Escapes, or strikes, the searching eye,
By Thee was to existence brought.
2High is Thy power above all height,Whate’er Thy will decrees is done;Thy wisdom, holiness and mightCan by no finite mind be known.What our dim eyes could never see,Is plain and naked in Thy sight;What thickest darkness veils, to TheeShines clearly as the morning light;
2High is Thy power above all height,
Whate’er Thy will decrees is done;
Thy wisdom, holiness and might
Can by no finite mind be known.
What our dim eyes could never see,
Is plain and naked in Thy sight;
What thickest darkness veils, to Thee
Shines clearly as the morning light;
3Thine, Lord, is holiness, alone:Justice and Truth before Thee stand:Yet, nearer to Thy sacred throne,Love ever dwells at Thy right hand.And to Thy love and ceaseless care,Father!this light, this breath, we owe;And all we have, and all we areFrom Thee, great Source of Life! doth flow.
3Thine, Lord, is holiness, alone:
Justice and Truth before Thee stand:
Yet, nearer to Thy sacred throne,
Love ever dwells at Thy right hand.
And to Thy love and ceaseless care,
Father!this light, this breath, we owe;
And all we have, and all we are
From Thee, great Source of Life! doth flow.
72.7s.M. Gaskell.The All-Seeing God.1Mighty God! the first, the last!What are ages, in Thy sight,But as yesterday when past,Or a watch within the night?2All that being ever knew,Far, far back, ere time had birth,Stands as clear within Thy viewAs the present things of earth.3All that being e’er shall knowOn, still on, through farthest years,All eternity can show,Bright before Thee now appears.4In Thine all-embracing sight,Every change its purpose meets,Every cloud floats into light,Every woe its glory greets.5Whatsoe’er our lot may be,Calmly in this thought we’ll rest,—Could we see as Thou dost see,We should choose it as the best.
7s.
M. Gaskell.
1Mighty God! the first, the last!What are ages, in Thy sight,But as yesterday when past,Or a watch within the night?
1Mighty God! the first, the last!
What are ages, in Thy sight,
But as yesterday when past,
Or a watch within the night?
2All that being ever knew,Far, far back, ere time had birth,Stands as clear within Thy viewAs the present things of earth.
2All that being ever knew,
Far, far back, ere time had birth,
Stands as clear within Thy view
As the present things of earth.
3All that being e’er shall knowOn, still on, through farthest years,All eternity can show,Bright before Thee now appears.
3All that being e’er shall know
On, still on, through farthest years,
All eternity can show,
Bright before Thee now appears.
4In Thine all-embracing sight,Every change its purpose meets,Every cloud floats into light,Every woe its glory greets.
4In Thine all-embracing sight,
Every change its purpose meets,
Every cloud floats into light,
Every woe its glory greets.
5Whatsoe’er our lot may be,Calmly in this thought we’ll rest,—Could we see as Thou dost see,We should choose it as the best.
5Whatsoe’er our lot may be,
Calmly in this thought we’ll rest,—
Could we see as Thou dost see,
We should choose it as the best.
73.8 & 7s.M. Bowring.God is Truth and Love.1God is love; His mercy brightensAll the path in which we move;Bliss He wakes, and woe He lightens;God is wisdom, God is love.2Chance and change are busy ever;Man decays, and ages move;But His mercy waneth never;God is wisdom, God is love.3E’en the hour that darkest seemethWill His changeless goodness prove;From the gloom His brightness streameth;God is wisdom, God is love.4He with earthly cares entwinethHope and comfort from above;Everywhere His glory shineth;God is wisdom, God is love.
8 & 7s.
M. Bowring.
1God is love; His mercy brightensAll the path in which we move;Bliss He wakes, and woe He lightens;God is wisdom, God is love.
1God is love; His mercy brightens
All the path in which we move;
Bliss He wakes, and woe He lightens;
God is wisdom, God is love.
2Chance and change are busy ever;Man decays, and ages move;But His mercy waneth never;God is wisdom, God is love.
2Chance and change are busy ever;
Man decays, and ages move;
But His mercy waneth never;
God is wisdom, God is love.
3E’en the hour that darkest seemethWill His changeless goodness prove;From the gloom His brightness streameth;God is wisdom, God is love.
3E’en the hour that darkest seemeth
Will His changeless goodness prove;
From the gloom His brightness streameth;
God is wisdom, God is love.
4He with earthly cares entwinethHope and comfort from above;Everywhere His glory shineth;God is wisdom, God is love.
4He with earthly cares entwineth
Hope and comfort from above;
Everywhere His glory shineth;
God is wisdom, God is love.
74.P. M.Anonymous.God is Love.1I cannot always trace the wayWhere Thou, almighty One, dost move,But I can always, always sayThat God is love.2When fear her chilling mantle throwsO’er earth, my soul to heaven above,As to her native home, upsprings,For God is love.3When mystery clouds my darkened path,I’ll check my dread, my doubts reprove;In this my soul sweet comfort hath,That God is love.4Yes, God is love;—a thought like thisCan every gloomy thought remove,And turn all tears, all woes, to bliss,For God is love.
P. M.
Anonymous.
1I cannot always trace the wayWhere Thou, almighty One, dost move,But I can always, always sayThat God is love.
1I cannot always trace the way
Where Thou, almighty One, dost move,
But I can always, always say
That God is love.
2When fear her chilling mantle throwsO’er earth, my soul to heaven above,As to her native home, upsprings,For God is love.
2When fear her chilling mantle throws
O’er earth, my soul to heaven above,
As to her native home, upsprings,
For God is love.
3When mystery clouds my darkened path,I’ll check my dread, my doubts reprove;In this my soul sweet comfort hath,That God is love.
3When mystery clouds my darkened path,
I’ll check my dread, my doubts reprove;
In this my soul sweet comfort hath,
That God is love.
4Yes, God is love;—a thought like thisCan every gloomy thought remove,And turn all tears, all woes, to bliss,For God is love.
4Yes, God is love;—a thought like this
Can every gloomy thought remove,
And turn all tears, all woes, to bliss,
For God is love.
75.L. M.Sterling.Love Supreme in God.1O Source divine, and Life of all,The Fount of being’s wondrous sea!Thy depth would every heart appall,That saw not Love supreme in Thee.2We shrink before Thy vast abyss,Where worlds on worlds eternal brood;We know Thee truly but in this,That Thou bestowest all our good.3And so, ’mid boundless time and space,O, grant us still in Thee to dwell,And through the ceaseless web to traceThy presence working all things well!4Nor let Thou life’s delightful playThy truth’s transcendent vision hide;Nor strength and gladness lead astrayFrom Thee, our nature’s only guide.5Bestow on every joyous thrillThy deeper tone of reverent awe;Make pure Thy children’s erring will,And teach their hearts to love Thy law!
L. M.
Sterling.
1O Source divine, and Life of all,The Fount of being’s wondrous sea!Thy depth would every heart appall,That saw not Love supreme in Thee.
1O Source divine, and Life of all,
The Fount of being’s wondrous sea!
Thy depth would every heart appall,
That saw not Love supreme in Thee.
2We shrink before Thy vast abyss,Where worlds on worlds eternal brood;We know Thee truly but in this,That Thou bestowest all our good.
2We shrink before Thy vast abyss,
Where worlds on worlds eternal brood;
We know Thee truly but in this,
That Thou bestowest all our good.
3And so, ’mid boundless time and space,O, grant us still in Thee to dwell,And through the ceaseless web to traceThy presence working all things well!
3And so, ’mid boundless time and space,
O, grant us still in Thee to dwell,
And through the ceaseless web to trace
Thy presence working all things well!
4Nor let Thou life’s delightful playThy truth’s transcendent vision hide;Nor strength and gladness lead astrayFrom Thee, our nature’s only guide.
4Nor let Thou life’s delightful play
Thy truth’s transcendent vision hide;
Nor strength and gladness lead astray
From Thee, our nature’s only guide.
5Bestow on every joyous thrillThy deeper tone of reverent awe;Make pure Thy children’s erring will,And teach their hearts to love Thy law!
5Bestow on every joyous thrill
Thy deeper tone of reverent awe;
Make pure Thy children’s erring will,
And teach their hearts to love Thy law!
76.L. M.*God Known Through Love.1No human eyes Thy face may see;No human thought Thy form may know;But all creation dwells in Thee,And Thy great life through all doth flow!2And yet, O strange and wondrous thought!Thou art a God who hearest prayer,And every heart with sorrow fraughtTo seek Thy present aid may dare.3And though most weak our efforts seemInto one creed these thoughts to bind,And vain the intellectual dream,To see and know the Eternal Mind,—4Yet Thou wilt turn them not aside,Who cannot solve Thy life divine,But would give up all reason’s prideTo know their hearts approved by Thine.5And Thine unceasing love gave birthTo our dear Lord, Thy holy Son,Who left a perfect proof on earth,That Duty, Love, and Truth are one.6So, though we faint on life’s dark hill,And Thought grow weak, and Knowledge flee,Yet Faith shall teach us courage still,And Love shall guide us on to Thee!
L. M.
*
1No human eyes Thy face may see;No human thought Thy form may know;But all creation dwells in Thee,And Thy great life through all doth flow!
1No human eyes Thy face may see;
No human thought Thy form may know;
But all creation dwells in Thee,
And Thy great life through all doth flow!
2And yet, O strange and wondrous thought!Thou art a God who hearest prayer,And every heart with sorrow fraughtTo seek Thy present aid may dare.
2And yet, O strange and wondrous thought!
Thou art a God who hearest prayer,
And every heart with sorrow fraught
To seek Thy present aid may dare.
3And though most weak our efforts seemInto one creed these thoughts to bind,And vain the intellectual dream,To see and know the Eternal Mind,—
3And though most weak our efforts seem
Into one creed these thoughts to bind,
And vain the intellectual dream,
To see and know the Eternal Mind,—
4Yet Thou wilt turn them not aside,Who cannot solve Thy life divine,But would give up all reason’s prideTo know their hearts approved by Thine.
4Yet Thou wilt turn them not aside,
Who cannot solve Thy life divine,
But would give up all reason’s pride
To know their hearts approved by Thine.
5And Thine unceasing love gave birthTo our dear Lord, Thy holy Son,Who left a perfect proof on earth,That Duty, Love, and Truth are one.
5And Thine unceasing love gave birth
To our dear Lord, Thy holy Son,
Who left a perfect proof on earth,
That Duty, Love, and Truth are one.
6So, though we faint on life’s dark hill,And Thought grow weak, and Knowledge flee,Yet Faith shall teach us courage still,And Love shall guide us on to Thee!
6So, though we faint on life’s dark hill,
And Thought grow weak, and Knowledge flee,
Yet Faith shall teach us courage still,
And Love shall guide us on to Thee!
77.10s. M.Jones Very.God’s Fatherly Care.1Father! there is no change to live with Thee;Save that in Christ I grow from day to day;In each new word I hear, each thing I see,I but rejoicing hasten on my way.2The morning comes, with blushes overspread,And I, new-wakened, find a morn within;And in its modest dawn around me shed,Thou hear’st the prayer and the ascending hymn.3Hour follows hour, the lengthening shades descend;Yet they could never reach as far as me.Did not Thy love its kind protection lend,That I, Thy child, might sleep in peace with Thee.
10s. M.
Jones Very.
1Father! there is no change to live with Thee;Save that in Christ I grow from day to day;In each new word I hear, each thing I see,I but rejoicing hasten on my way.
1Father! there is no change to live with Thee;
Save that in Christ I grow from day to day;
In each new word I hear, each thing I see,
I but rejoicing hasten on my way.
2The morning comes, with blushes overspread,And I, new-wakened, find a morn within;And in its modest dawn around me shed,Thou hear’st the prayer and the ascending hymn.
2The morning comes, with blushes overspread,
And I, new-wakened, find a morn within;
And in its modest dawn around me shed,
Thou hear’st the prayer and the ascending hymn.
3Hour follows hour, the lengthening shades descend;Yet they could never reach as far as me.Did not Thy love its kind protection lend,That I, Thy child, might sleep in peace with Thee.
3Hour follows hour, the lengthening shades descend;
Yet they could never reach as far as me.
Did not Thy love its kind protection lend,
That I, Thy child, might sleep in peace with Thee.
78.L. M.Bryant.Loving-Kindness of God.1Father, to Thy kind love we oweAll that is fair and good below;Bestower of the health that liesOn tearless cheeks and cheerful eyes!2Giver of sunshine and of rain!Ripener of fruits on hill and plain!Fountain of light, that rayed afar,Fills the vast urns of sun and star!3Who send’st Thy storms and frosts to bindThe plagues that rise to waste mankind;Then breathest, o’er the naked scene,Spring gales, and life, and tender green.4Yet deem we not that thus alone,Thy mercy and Thy love are shown;For we have learned, with higher praise,And holier names, to speak Thy ways.5In woe’s dark hour, our kindest stay!Sole trust when life shall pass away!Teacher of hopes that light the gloomOf death, and consecrate the tomb!
L. M.
Bryant.
1Father, to Thy kind love we oweAll that is fair and good below;Bestower of the health that liesOn tearless cheeks and cheerful eyes!
1Father, to Thy kind love we owe
All that is fair and good below;
Bestower of the health that lies
On tearless cheeks and cheerful eyes!
2Giver of sunshine and of rain!Ripener of fruits on hill and plain!Fountain of light, that rayed afar,Fills the vast urns of sun and star!
2Giver of sunshine and of rain!
Ripener of fruits on hill and plain!
Fountain of light, that rayed afar,
Fills the vast urns of sun and star!
3Who send’st Thy storms and frosts to bindThe plagues that rise to waste mankind;Then breathest, o’er the naked scene,Spring gales, and life, and tender green.
3Who send’st Thy storms and frosts to bind
The plagues that rise to waste mankind;
Then breathest, o’er the naked scene,
Spring gales, and life, and tender green.
4Yet deem we not that thus alone,Thy mercy and Thy love are shown;For we have learned, with higher praise,And holier names, to speak Thy ways.
4Yet deem we not that thus alone,
Thy mercy and Thy love are shown;
For we have learned, with higher praise,
And holier names, to speak Thy ways.
5In woe’s dark hour, our kindest stay!Sole trust when life shall pass away!Teacher of hopes that light the gloomOf death, and consecrate the tomb!
5In woe’s dark hour, our kindest stay!
Sole trust when life shall pass away!
Teacher of hopes that light the gloom
Of death, and consecrate the tomb!
79.10s. M.Jones Very.God Not Afar Off.1Father! Thy wonders do not singly stand,Nor far removed where feet have seldom strayed;Around us ever lies the enchanted land,In marvels rich to Thine own sons displayed.2In finding Thee are all things round us found!In losing Thee are all things lost beside!Ears have we, but in vain sweet voices sound,And to our eyes the vision is denied.3Open our eyes that we that world may see!Open our ears that we Thy voice may hear!And in the spirit-land may ever be,And feel Thy presence with us always near;4No more to wander ’mid the things of time,No more to suffer death or earthly change;But-with the Christian’s joy and faith sublime,Through all Thy vast, eternal scenes to range.
10s. M.
Jones Very.
1Father! Thy wonders do not singly stand,Nor far removed where feet have seldom strayed;Around us ever lies the enchanted land,In marvels rich to Thine own sons displayed.
1Father! Thy wonders do not singly stand,
Nor far removed where feet have seldom strayed;
Around us ever lies the enchanted land,
In marvels rich to Thine own sons displayed.
2In finding Thee are all things round us found!In losing Thee are all things lost beside!Ears have we, but in vain sweet voices sound,And to our eyes the vision is denied.
2In finding Thee are all things round us found!
In losing Thee are all things lost beside!
Ears have we, but in vain sweet voices sound,
And to our eyes the vision is denied.
3Open our eyes that we that world may see!Open our ears that we Thy voice may hear!And in the spirit-land may ever be,And feel Thy presence with us always near;
3Open our eyes that we that world may see!
Open our ears that we Thy voice may hear!
And in the spirit-land may ever be,
And feel Thy presence with us always near;
4No more to wander ’mid the things of time,No more to suffer death or earthly change;But-with the Christian’s joy and faith sublime,Through all Thy vast, eternal scenes to range.
4No more to wander ’mid the things of time,
No more to suffer death or earthly change;
But-with the Christian’s joy and faith sublime,
Through all Thy vast, eternal scenes to range.
80.C. M.Montgomery.The Earth Full of God1God, in the high and holy place,Looks down upon the spheres;Yet in His providence and graceTo every eye appears.2He bows the heavens; the mountains stand,A highway for our God:He walks amidst the desert-land;’Tis Eden where He trod.3The forests in His strength rejoice;Hark! on the evening breeze,As once of old, the Lord God’s voiceIs heard among the trees.4In every stream His bounty flows,Diffusing joy and wealth;In every breeze His Spirit blows,—The breath of life and health.5His blessings fall in plenteous showersUpon the lap of earth,That teems with foliage, fruits, and flowers,And rings with infant mirth.6If God hath made this world so fair,Where sin and death abound,How beautiful beyond compareWill Paradise be found!
C. M.
Montgomery.
1God, in the high and holy place,Looks down upon the spheres;Yet in His providence and graceTo every eye appears.
1God, in the high and holy place,
Looks down upon the spheres;
Yet in His providence and grace
To every eye appears.
2He bows the heavens; the mountains stand,A highway for our God:He walks amidst the desert-land;’Tis Eden where He trod.
2He bows the heavens; the mountains stand,
A highway for our God:
He walks amidst the desert-land;
’Tis Eden where He trod.
3The forests in His strength rejoice;Hark! on the evening breeze,As once of old, the Lord God’s voiceIs heard among the trees.
3The forests in His strength rejoice;
Hark! on the evening breeze,
As once of old, the Lord God’s voice
Is heard among the trees.
4In every stream His bounty flows,Diffusing joy and wealth;In every breeze His Spirit blows,—The breath of life and health.
4In every stream His bounty flows,
Diffusing joy and wealth;
In every breeze His Spirit blows,—
The breath of life and health.
5His blessings fall in plenteous showersUpon the lap of earth,That teems with foliage, fruits, and flowers,And rings with infant mirth.
5His blessings fall in plenteous showers
Upon the lap of earth,
That teems with foliage, fruits, and flowers,
And rings with infant mirth.
6If God hath made this world so fair,Where sin and death abound,How beautiful beyond compareWill Paradise be found!
6If God hath made this world so fair,
Where sin and death abound,
How beautiful beyond compare
Will Paradise be found!
81.L. M.Pierpont.Every Place a Temple.1O Thou, to whom, in ancient time,The lyre of Hebrew bards was strung;Whom kings adored in songs sublime,And prophets praised with glowing tongue:2Not now on Zion’s height aloneThy favored worshippers may dwell;Nor where, at sultry noon, Thy SonSat weary, by the Patriarch’s well.3From every place below the skies,The grateful song, the fervent prayer,—The incense of the heart,—may riseTo heaven, and find acceptance there.4To Thee shall age, with snowy hair,And strength, and beauty, bend the knee;And childhood lisp, with reverent air,Its praises and its prayers to Thee!5O Thou, to whom, in ancient time,The lyre of prophet bards was strung,To Thee, at last, in every clime,Shall temples rise, and praise be sung!
L. M.
Pierpont.
1O Thou, to whom, in ancient time,The lyre of Hebrew bards was strung;Whom kings adored in songs sublime,And prophets praised with glowing tongue:
1O Thou, to whom, in ancient time,
The lyre of Hebrew bards was strung;
Whom kings adored in songs sublime,
And prophets praised with glowing tongue:
2Not now on Zion’s height aloneThy favored worshippers may dwell;Nor where, at sultry noon, Thy SonSat weary, by the Patriarch’s well.
2Not now on Zion’s height alone
Thy favored worshippers may dwell;
Nor where, at sultry noon, Thy Son
Sat weary, by the Patriarch’s well.
3From every place below the skies,The grateful song, the fervent prayer,—The incense of the heart,—may riseTo heaven, and find acceptance there.
3From every place below the skies,
The grateful song, the fervent prayer,—
The incense of the heart,—may rise
To heaven, and find acceptance there.
4To Thee shall age, with snowy hair,And strength, and beauty, bend the knee;And childhood lisp, with reverent air,Its praises and its prayers to Thee!
4To Thee shall age, with snowy hair,
And strength, and beauty, bend the knee;
And childhood lisp, with reverent air,
Its praises and its prayers to Thee!
5O Thou, to whom, in ancient time,The lyre of prophet bards was strung,To Thee, at last, in every clime,Shall temples rise, and praise be sung!
5O Thou, to whom, in ancient time,
The lyre of prophet bards was strung,
To Thee, at last, in every clime,
Shall temples rise, and praise be sung!