IfrtmntmrrHtiirrmmrnTmrnrnrr FROM THE LIBRARY OF REV. LOUIS FITZGERALD BENSON, D. D. BEQUEATHED BY HIM TO THE LIBRARY OF PRINCETON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY Division t3£5 StCtlotr O^.cKib' [ Jf .% * /* €. ' ^ -?<&/&. Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2012 with funding from Calvin College http://www.archive.org/details/schoolhymnbbost APR 22 1936 SCHOOL [YMN-BOOK FOB NORMAL, HIGH, AND GRAMMAR SCHOOLS. BOSTON: WM. CROSBY AND H. P. NICHOLS, 111 Washington Street. 1850. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1850, by Wm. Crosby and H. P. Nichols, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massa- chusetts. CAMBRIDGE: STEREOTYPED AND PRINTED BY METCALF AND COM TAN T, PRINTERS TO THE UNIVERSITY. ADVERTISEMENT. This collection, made at the suggestion of an experienced teacher, is designed to accompany the devotional exercises of schools : it may also be used as a read- ing-book of religious poetry. To comply strictly with the statute of the Common- wealth, forbidding the introduction " of any book favoring the tenets of any sect of Christians into the public schools, ' ; many excellent hymns have been omit- ted, and slight changes, not otherwise justifiable, made in a few of those in- serted. One familiar tune, with others not so well known, but equally or more ap- priate, is named for each hymn. Should this collection meet with a favorable re- ception, a tune-book specially adapted to it may be hereafter published. Boston, July 1st, 1850. We have examined with some care this collection of hymns, and consider it well adapted to be used in our district and other schools, from the variety of the hymns, from their religious character, and from their freedom from sectarianism. N. TILLINGHAST, Principal of State Normal School at Bridgewater. D. S. ROWE, Principal of State Normal School at Westfield. EBEN S. STEARNS, Principal of State Normal School at West Newton. CONTENTS. Table of First Lines .... PAGE vii List of Tunes xvii Index of Subjects .... . XXV I. Commencement and Close of Schooi HYMNS 1-24 II. Morning and Evening . 25-75 III. Prayers and Aspirations 76-104 IV. Praise and Thanksgiving' . 105 - 124 V. God 125-139 VI. Works and Providence of God 140-168 VII. Early Goodness 169-183 VIII. Inward and Outward Life . 184 - 244 IX. Time 245 - 252 X. Death 253 - 263 XL Occasional .... 264 - 283 XII. Miscellaneous . . 284 - 328 TABLE OF FIRST LINES *** The figures in the left hand column refer to tunes, in the list of tunes, appropriate to the hymns to whose first lines they are respec- tively prefixed. TUNES. 2S6. 288. Acquaint thee, O spirit, acquaint thee with God 78, 82. Affliction's faded form draws nigh 94, 146, 170. Again, from calm and sweet repose 245. 246, 254. All around us, fair with flowers . 89, 152. All earthly charms, however dear . 263, 265, 263. All, from the sun's uprise . 102, 133. A little word, in kindness spoken . 227, 233, 237. All ye nations, praise the Lord . 124, 128, 165. Almighty God, in humble prayer . 42, 71, 85. Amidst a world of hopes and fears 293. A minute, — how soon it is flown ! 97, 130. An offering at the shrine of power 100, 110. Another day of life is gone 31, 82. Another fleeting day is gone 154, 180. Another hand is beckoning us 1, 10, 28. As every day thy mercy spares . 230, 234. As the sun's enlivening eye . 281, 283. At first her mother earth she holdeth dear 95, 100, 110. Author of good, we rest on thee 16, 29, 63. Author of good ! whose holy care 44, 47, 79. Awake, my soul, and with the sun HYMN 79 220 . 44 230 . 200 114 . 224 105 . 90 96 . 251 70 66 253 19 16 296 84 68 25 Vlll TABLE OF FIRST LINES. TUNES. 22, 27. Awake, my soul ! lift up thine eyes 108, 109. Awake, my soul ! stretch every nerve 315, 317. A young rose in summer time 250, 253. Beautiful, sublime, and glorious 165, 175. Before I close my eyes in sleep . 20, 77. Before I close my eyes to-night 125, 143, 168. Behold that arch of varied hue ! 9, 86. Behold the lily's silken vest . 89, 93. Be it my only wisdom here 286, 2S5. Be near us, O Father ! through night' 172, 182, 173. Beneath our feet, and o'er our head 94, 95. Beneath Thy trees to-day we meet 63, 65. Beset with snares on every hand 135, 148, 174. Beyond, beyond that boundless sea 279. Blessed, blessed are the dead 187,211. Blest are the pure in heart 88, 161. By cool Siloam's shady rill HYMN 210 . 195 227 . 321 64 . 190 151 . 221 s silent hour 59 197 130 263 193 174 115, 119, 131. Calm on the bosom of thy God 30, 79. Child of the earth, O, lift thy glance 257. Come, thou Almighty King ! . . 291. Come, ye disconsolate, where'er ye languish 257 149 6 213 18, 42, 77. Day unto day doth utter speech 98, 111, 149. Dear as thou wert, and justly dear 160, 165. Death has been here, and borne away 16, 67, 75. Deem not that they are blest alone 93, 149, 183. Delightful is the task to sing . 246, 253. Dewy honeysuckles springing . 53 254 217 39 2S7 226, 239, 241. Earth, with her ten thousand flowers 3. 4, 16. Eternal Source of every joy ! 56, 78, 84. Eternal Source of life and thought 97, 122, 177. Exotic blossoms, brought to grace 133 146 275 11, 322. Father and Friend, thy light, thy love 227, 234. Father ! glory be to thee . 131, 133, 183. Father in heaven, to thee my heart 129 2 91 TABLE OF FIRST LINES. l.\ TUNES. 8S, 90, 94. Father in heaven, to whom our hearts . Father of earth and heaven 96,110,175. Father of light ! conduct my feet . 1, 8, 2S. Father of mercies! God of peace! 292. Father of mercies ! when the day is dawning 232, 235. Father of our feeble race ! . 36, 33, S2. Father, once more let grateful praise 294, 295. Father ! thy children see . 10, 23, 87. Father, thy gentle chastisement . 223, 232. Father ! thy paternal care .... 290, 291. Father, to us, thy children, humbly kneelim 6,31. Father, we bless the gentle care 225, 227. Father ! we look up to thee . 323, 324. Flow on, thou shining river 16, 22. Forgive thy foes ; — nor that alone 110, 112. Fountain of mercy, God of love ! 56. From all that dwell below the skies 55, 74. From Him, who is thy guard, thy shield . 223, 233. Gently fall the dews of eve . 224, 235, 237. Gently glides the stream of life . 242, 243. Gently in the golden west 255, 257. Glad hearts to thee we bring 225, 226, 231. Glory be to God on high ! . . . 255. God bless our native land ! . 144, 170. God, in the high and holy place 141, 165. God is a Spirit just and wise 245, 253. God is love ; his mercy brightens . 133, 143, ISO. God might have made the earth bring forth 25, 30. God of eternity, from thee 114,141. God of my life, my morning song 27, 33, 43. God of the morning, at whose voice 24, 29, 80. God of the ocean, earth, and sky ! 10, 42. God of the year ! with songs of praise . 28, 55. God ! on this lovely autumn morn 255, 256. God's spirit smiles in flowers . 325, 326. God, that madest earth and heaven . 6, 27, 13. God, thou art good ! Each perfumed flower 89, 152. Go forth, my heart, and seek the bliss TABLE OF FIRST LINES. ,253. 42. 77. 25. 38. 59, 72. 152. Good night ! good night ! to all good night Gracious God, our Heavenly Father ! . Great Author of all nature's frame ! Great God ! and wilt thou condescend Great God ! at whose all-powerful call . Great God, 'mid boundless time and space Great God ! my Father and my Friend . Great Source of being Great Source of unexhausted good ! 89 222, 228, 229. Guide us, Lord, while, hand in hand . 23, 82. Happy the meek, whose gentle breast . 245, 254. Hark ! the little birds are singing 245. Hark ! 't is the breeze of twilight, calling Hast thou, 'midst life's empty noises 97, 317. Have faith in man, thy brother 327. Hear thy children's cry 231,234. Heavenly Father ! gracious name ! 245, 254. Heavenly Father ! grant thy blessing 227, 235, 237. Heralds of creation, cry . 133, 166. Here let thy peace, O Father, rest ! . 104, 122, 131. He giveth his beloved sleep . 14, 26. He sendeth sun, he sendeth shower . 321. He who walks in virtue's way 230, 234. Holy, holy, holy Lord ! 222, 227, 240. Hope, though slow she be, and late, 90, 95, 93. How beautiful the setting sun ! . 262, 267. How beautiful the sight Of brethren, &c. 256, 257, 260. How beautiful the sight, This robe, &c. 6, 29. How blest the sacred tie that binds How deep a sleep hath bound thee ! . 105, 111. How glad the tone when summer's sun 12, 17. How happy is he born and taught 13, 36, 85. How many ways the young may find . 18, 68. How shall we praise thee, Lord of light ! 116, 181. How sweet, how heavenly, is the sight . 180, 182. How sweet to be allowed to pray 71, 86. How withered, faded, seems the form . 190, 191, 221. Hush the loud cannon's roar TABLE OF FIRST LINES. TUNES. HYMN 35, 71, 72. If high or low our station be 207 152,162. If solid happiness we prize . . . . 211 *•'— I hear thee speak of the better land . . .305 107, 167. I may not scorn the meanest thing ... 307 96, 123. la all my vast concerns with thee . . . .126 274, 275, 277. la childhood, the spring-time of life . . . 179 108, 141, 144. Indulgent God, whose bounteous care ... 62 9 . 18. In life's gay spring, enchanting hours! . . 293 56, 59, 60. In pleasant lands have fallen the lines . . .263 36,38,43. In sleep's serene oblivion laid .... 37 31 1- I» the green realm of summer, — this pomp of the trees 265 227, 231. In the morning I will pray 46 151, 145. In the soft season of thy youth . . . .171 321- In the thick and grassy wood .... 323 Into the sunshine, full of the light . . . .294 329. I saw the glorious sun arise .... 94 94, 171, 177. I sing the almighty power of God . . . .109 93,104,119. It was our Heavenly Father's love ... 137 102,115. I want a principle within 186 94,134. Jehovah! by thy covenant 104 170, 1S2. Jehovah God ! thy gracious power . . . .131 330. Joyfully, joyfully, sound the grateful strain . 11 294, 296. Joy ! joy ! a year is born 245 245,249. Lauded be thy name for ever ... 113 231,234. Let us, with a gladsome mind . , . .121 223, 233, 23S. Lift your voice and joyful sing . . . . us 11.322. Like shadows gliding o'er the plain . . . 249 46, 51, 82. Like to the modest, tender flower . . . 323 321. Look around thee, — see Decay . . . .261 300, 302, 304. Lord, dismiss us with thy blessing ... 17 224, 229. Lord, in heaven, thy dwelling-place . . .107 96, 145, 165. Lord, in the morning thou shalt hear . . 36 224, 232. Lord of glory ! King of power ! . , . .69 111. 115. 170. Lord of my life! O, may thy praise ... 30 264,266. Lord of the worlds below ! ... • 153 229, 230. Lord ! subdue our selfish will . . . . 1S3 TABLE OF FIRST LINES. TUNES. 92, 165. Lord, thou art good ; all nature shows . 249, 253. Lord, thy glory fills the heaven . 90, 105, 118. Lord, while for all mankind we pray 224, 229, 235. Lo ! the lilies of the field ! . 245, 235, 249. Love divine, all love excelling 255, 258. Lowly and solemn be . 331. Low sinks the setting sun, the day beams 264, 266, 267. 12, 43. 247, 248. 255. 42, 51, 66. 51, 62, 78. 73, 78. 131, 140. 89,93. 32, 36, 86. 3,42. 285, 289. 14, 26. 262, 269. 316, 317. 90, 176. 131, 136. 225, 227. 1, 8, 28. O Father ! lift our souls 239, 243. O, give thanks to Him who made . 16, 41, 38. O God, I thank thee that the night 158, 168. O God ! to thee our hearts would pay 98. O, happy is the man who hears . 115, 118, 119. O, help us, Lord! each hour of need 266, 267. O holy, holy Lord 282, 233. O ignorant, poor man ! what dost thou 134, 136. O, in the morn of life, when youth 189, 193, 214. O, know ye not that ye . 207, 212. O, may we still maintain . Mark the soft-falling snow May I resolve with all my heart . Mighty God ! while angels bless thee My country, 't is of thee My God ! all nature owns thy sway My God ! in morning's radiant hour My God, I thank thee ; may no thought My God, thou mak'st the sun to know My God ! thy boundless love I praise My God ! to thee, in humble prayer My son, be this thy simple plan My soul, praise the Lord ! None loves me, Father, with thy love Now, Lord, we part awhile Now pray we for our country Now that our journey 's just begun Now that the sun is beaming bright . Now the shades of night are gone . bear &c. TABLE OF FIRST LINES. TUNES. 143, 158. 119, 146. 253, 254. 38, 85, 80. 206, 203. 317. 11, B4. 23,74. 20, 322, 85. 230, 232. 4, 27, 30. 6, 24, 47. 332,311. 94, 132. 134, 166. 293. 243,254. 245, 253. 245, 243. 239, 243. 253, 243. 247, 254. 223,237. Once more, my soul, the rising day . One prayer I have, — all prayers in one . On the dewy breath of even O Source of uncreated light . O spirit, freed from earth .... O the pretty way-side well O Thou, at whose dre?d name we bend O Thou ! who bidd'st the cheerful ray . O Thou, who hast at thy command . O Thou, whose power o'er moving worlds presides O Thou, whose presence went before . O, timely happy, timely wise Our Father in heaven Our Fathers, Lord, to seek a spot Our Father ! through the coming year Our Father ! we thank thee for sleep Part in peace ! Is day before us? Peace of God, which knows no measure Poison drops of care and sorrow Praise and thanks and cheerful love Praise the Lord, when blushing morning Praise the Lord ; ye heavens adore him . Praise to God, immortal praise 315, 316. Remember thy Creator 95, 111. 256, 257, 166, 163, 246. 89, 152. 222, 230. 255, 257. 227,240. 197, 193, 83,100. Scorn not the slightest word or deed See how calmly star and star . 260. See how the shining share . See the Northern Light . 169. Shine forth, eternal Source of light Sister, thou wast mild and lovely Soft are the fruitful showers that brin< Softly now the light of day . Sons of renowned sires Source of light and life divine ! Sow in the morn thy seed . Speak gently, — it is better far 6 ■Mji HYMN 33 . 101 50 . 89 297 . 319 273 . 47 82 86 279 , 42 103 , 280 247 29 253 292 276 61 223 TABLE OF FIRST LINES. 324. 231, 238. 115, 131. 9. 311. 224, 234. 187, 183, 217. 246, 253. 67, 75, 77. 88, 129. 92, 138. 312. 123, 124, 123. 43, 45, 47. 175, 177. 316, 318. 185, 203, 210. 36, 63, 66. 94, 133, 171. 94, 156, 168. 1,23. 316. 97, 153, 1S3. 314, 315, 318. 93, 319, 316. 234, 235, 2S6. 63, 69, 76. 114, 155, 180. 102, 114. 316. 38, 39, 80. 316, 317. 307, 309. Speak gently to the little child, so guileless and so free Speak not harshly ; — much of care Spring is abroad on the new-born earth Suppliant, lo ! thy children bend . Surely love is a blessed emotion Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright . Sweet flower, spntag's earliest, loveliest gem ! Sweet is the pleasure .... Teachers, children, ere. we part . Teach me, my God and King . Tell me not, in mournful numbers That setting sun ! that setting sun ! The beautiful ! the beautiful ! The bird let loose in eastern skies . The breaking waves dashed high The bud will soon become a flower The clear blue sky looks full of love . The earth, all light and loveliness , The eastern hills are glowing The freshly blooming flowers . The God of glory walks his round The heavenly spheres to thee, O God The heaven of heavens cannot contain The heavens, O Lord ! thy power proclaim The hours are viewless angels . The laborer, the laborer . The light pours down from heaven The mellow eve is gliding The mind is a garden, and youth's sunny morn The morning flowers display their sweets The morning hours of cheerful light The ocean looketh up to heaven The offerings to thy throne which rise The pleasant spring has come again The rain is o'er ; — how dense and bright There cometh o'er the spirit . There is a calm for those who weep . 309 TABLE OF FIRST LLNES. TOMBS. 97, 130, 177. 333, 122, 134 . 114, 141, 154, 140, 146, 169. 18, 27. 9, 18, 44. 91. 140. 143, 157. 225, 240. 223,238. 203, 213. 93, 132, 146. 14, 23. 223, 230, 233 225. 234. 69, 67, 63. 250,252. 222,231. 334. 7, 10. 314, 316, 317. 29,30. 90, 102, 169. 335. 335. 316, 317. 1,87. 122, 143, 153. 100, 112. 11,30,46. 5,24. 315, 316. 32, 322, Z 314, 316. 149, 175. There 'a music in the midnight breeze There 'a music, music everywhere . There 'a not a star whose twinkling light . There 's not a tint that paints the rose The spacious firmament on high The Southland hath its fields of cane The thunder bursts ! its rolling might The young, the lovely, pass away . They who on the Lord rely They who seek the throne of grace Thine, Lord, these heavens on high . Think gently of the erring one ! . Thou art beautiful, O Peace ! Thou art, O God, the life and light Thou, from whom we never part Thou, who aitt'at enthroned above ! Through all the various, shifting scene Through the day thy love has spared us Thus said Jesus : — Go and do " Thy will be done ! " In devious way , Time speeds away, away, away 'T is not the gift, but 't ia the spirit . 'T is summer, glorious summer ! 'T is winter's jubilee ! — this day . To Him from whom our blessings flow To prayer ! for the glorious sun is gone . To prayer, to prayer! for the morning breaks To thee, the Lord Almighty . Truly the light of morn is sweet Turn to thy Maker, child of earth Turn, turn thy hasty foot aside . Up to the throne of God is borne . Up to the throne of God is borne "We all love one another . We all, O Father, all are thine . We come, O God, with gladness What if the little rain should say HYMN 322 . 266 152 . 147 J 15 . 313 148 . 262 loo . 123 312 . 125 72 . 108 1S9 . 51 235 . 93 246 . 191 163 , 300 272 54 23 9 175 170 290 60 295 24 194 12 242 TABLE OF FIRST LINES. TUNE 136, 167. 64, 65. 22, 56. 253, 254. 245, 251. 147, 163, 255, 259. 36, 53. 110, 114, 336. 247, 248, 314, 316. 166, 179. What secret hand, at morning light • What was it made my bosom swell When, driven by oppression's rod When the joyous day is dawning . When the orb of morn enlightens 98. When we devote our youth to God Where, for a thousand miles Wherefore should man, frail child of .clay 167. Who is thy neighbour ? He whom thou Wilt thou not visit me ? . 249. Winter lingers in the bowers With joy once more we hail thee . With songs and honors sounding loud 175 177. Ye joyous ones ! upon whose brow 231 233. Young and happy while thou art 215 281 35 74 178 264 206 236 83 325 267 156 172 183 LIST OF TUNES LONG METRE. I. Admah. '2. .Erion. 3. Alfreton. 4. Anheim. 5. Antigua. 6. Appleton. 7. Arfau. 8. Arab. 9. Bonnie Doon. 10. Belville. 11. Blendon. 12. Bowen. 13. Brewer. 14. Brighton. 15. Broomfield. 16. Brentford. 17. Calvin. 18. Cephas. 19. Castle Street. 20. Chapel Street. 21. Clark. 22. Clinton. 23. Clyde. 24. Cyprus. 25. 97th Psalm. 26. Dresden. 27. Duke Street. 28. Eaton. 29. Effingham. 30. Ellenthorpe. 31. Evening Hymn. 32. Federal St. 33. Gilead. 34. Glasgow. 35. Hamburg. 36. Hebron. 37. Hingham (6 1.), 38. Ilia. 39. Ipswich. 40. Islington. LIST OF TUNES. 41. Leyden. 42. Luton. 43. Luther's Chant. 44. Marion. 45. Mamre. 46. Med way. 47. Mendon. 48. Migdol. 49. Missionary Chant. 50. Monmouth. 51. Morning Hymn. 52. Munich. 53. Nazareth. 54. Nantwich. 55. Newcourt (6 1.). 56. Old Hundred. 57. Orford. 58. Orland. 59. Park Street. 60. Pilesgrove. 61. Portugal. 62. Priscilla. 63. Quito. 64. Rothwell. 65. Rouen. 66. Ryland. 67. Slade. 68. Sterling. 69. Seasons. 70. Shoel. 71. Stonefield. 72. St. Peter's. 73. St. George's. 74. St. Helen's. 75. Summer. 76. Surry. 77. Tallis' Evening Hymn. 78. Temple Chant. 79. Truro. 80. Uxbridge. 81. Waltham (6 1.). 82. Ward. 83. Wayne. 84. Winchester. 85. Wells. 86. Welton. 87. Yoakley (6 1.). 88. Albany. 89. Aithlone (C. P. M.) 90. Anson. 91. Antioch. 92. Archdale (double). COMMON METRE. 93. Ariel {C. P. M.). 94. Arlington. 95. Arnold. 96. Arundel. 97. Auld Lang Syne. LIST OF TUNES. XIX 98. Ballerma. 99. Bangor (minor). 100. Barby. 101. Bedford (minor). 102. Bowdoin Square. 103. Bradford. 104. Brattle Street. 105. Broomsgrove. 106. Cambridge. 107. Chesterfield. 108. Christmas. 109. Clapton. 110. Clarendon. 111. Colchester. 112. Conway. 113. Coronation. 114. Coventry. 115. Dedham. 116. Devises. 117. Devotion. 118. Dorchester. 119. Dundee. 120. Dungeness (double). 121. Elgin (minor). 122. Farnaham (double). 123. Ferry. 124. Fletcher. 125. Flora. 126. Funeral Thought. 127. Great Milton (double). 128. Happiness. 129. Henry. 130. Heber (double). 131. Heath. 132. Hiram. 133. Howard. 134. Hummel. 135. Invitation. 136. Irish. 137. Hermon. 138. Jordan. 139. Judah. 140. Kendall. 141. Lanesboro. 142. Lebanon. 143. Litchfield. 144. London. 145. Mear. 146. Medfield. 147. Melody. 148. Meriden. 149. Marlow. 150. Martyrdom (minor). 151. Manchester. 152. Meribah (C. P. M.). 153. Moreh (double). 154. Naomi. 155. Newton. 156. Nichols. 157. Patmos. 158. Peterboro. 159. Piety. LIST OF TUXES. 160. Poland. 161. Princeton. 162. Rapture (C. P. M.). 163. Rochester. 164. Sinai. 165. Stephens. 166. St. Ann's. 167. St. John's. 168. St. Martin's. 169. Swanwick. 170. Tallis' Chant. 171. Tolland. 172. Tunbridge. 173. Walsall. 174. Wareham. 175. Warwick. 176. Westford. 177. Westmoreland (doub.) 178. Windsor. 179. Winter. 180. Woodstock. 181. York. 182. Ydolem. 183. Zerah. SHORT METRE. 184. Allenza (double). 185. Asbury. 186. Aylesbury (minor) 187. Athol. 188. Boylston. 189. Calmar. 190. Clapton. 191. Dartmouth. 192. Dimon. 193. Dover. 194. Elysium. 195. Fairfield. 196. Gerar. 197. Harrison. 198. Haverhill. 199. Hudson. 200. Kambia (minor). 201. Lisbon. 202. Maitland. 203. Momington. 204. Mount Ephraim. 205. Owen. 206. Olmutz. 207. Olney. 208. Paddington. 209. Pelham (double). 210. Peltonville. 211. Seir. 212. Silver Street. 213. Shawmut. 214. Shirland. 215. Southfield. 216. Sunbury (minor) 217. St. Thomas. LIST OF TUNES. 218. Thatcher. 220. Watchman. 219. Utica. 221. Westminster. 7 s, . METRE. 222. Alcester. 233. Morning-. 223. Alsen. 234. Nuremburg-. 224. Benevento. 235. Onido (double). 225. Berlin. 236. Palmer (6 1.). 226. Dresden. 237. Pilton. 227. Edyfield. 238. Pleyel's Hymn. 228. Eltham. 239. Rosefield. 229. Eton (double). 240. Rotterdam. 230. Eventide. 241. Sabbath (6 1.). 231. Hamburg-. 242. Stella. 232. Hotham (double). 243. Turin (6 1.). 8 & 7 » S. METRE. 244. Greece. 250. Tarn worth. 245. Greenville. 251. Vesper Hymn. 246. Mount Vernon. 252. Westborough (61.) 253. Wilmot. 247. Orion. 248. Sicilian Hymn. 254. Worthing. 249. Smyrna. 6 & 4 S. METRE. 255. America. 259. Serug. 256. Doit. 260. Swanton. 257. Italian Hymn. 261. Uhden (peculiar). 258. Knott. XXI HALLELUJAH METRE. 262. Bethesda. 263. Beza. XX11 LIST OF TUNES. .264. Claremont. 268. Murray. 265. Darwell. 269. Newbury. 266. Haddam. 270. Triumph. 267. Lischer. 8 S. METRE. 271. Goshen. 275. Springtide. 272. Northfield. 276. Timna. 273. Northampton (doub.). 277. Waitland. 274. Spring. 278. Wilworth. 7 & 5 s. METRE. 279. Studley. 10 S. METRE. 280. Divine Inspiration, or 282. Savannah. Dr. Johnson's Hymn. 283. Whitby. 281. Havre. 11 S. METRE. 284. Hinton. 287. Scotland. 285. Portuguese Hymn. 288. St. Dennis. 286. Prescott. 10 & 11 S. METRE. 289. Lyons. 11 & 10 S. METRE. 290. Folsom. 291. Olivia. 11 & 8 S. METRE. 292. Bentley. LIST OF TUNES. xxiii 8 & 11 S. METRE. 293. Dwight. 6 S. METRE. 294 - AI PS- 296. Kensington. 295. Hebron (by slurring 297. Oporto, some notes) . 8, 7, & 4 S. METRE. 298. Amsterdam. 302. Greece. 299. Brest. 303. Oliphant. 300. Dismission Hymn. 304. Sicily. 301. Helmsley. 305. Zion. 8 & 4 S. METRE. 306. Arton. 308. Lorton. 307. Carter. 309. Wayland. PARTICULAR METRE. 310. Groton (Come let us 311. Home. anew). 312 . Pilgrim Fathers. 7 & 6 S. METRE. 313. Amsterdam. 317. Yarmouth. 314. Clarence. 318. Zera. 315. Evarts. 319. z uar> 316. Missionary Hymn. SHORT PARTICULAR METRE. 320. Dalston. ?J XXIV LIST OF TUNES. 7 & 8 S. METRE. 321. New Hampshire. ADDITIONAL. 322. Long Metre. — " Helam." 323. " Flow on, thou shining river." 324. "Bliie-eyedMary." 325. Particular Metre. — " Happy Land. 326. Sacred Lyrist, p. 78. Modern Harp, p. 228. 327. 5, 7, & 4 s. metre. — " Hague." 328. Social Choir, p. 70. — " Better Land." 329. "Zerah" (see 183), lengthening last line. 330. Com. School Sing. Book. — " Cheerily," p. 62. 331. "Oft in the stilly night." 332. "Frederick." 333. Common Metre. — " Dalmatia." 334. "Chant." — Sacred Lyrist, p. 62. 335. "0, dear is my cottage." 336. "Syria." — From the "Choir," with some ab- breviations. INDEX OF SUBJECTS. Acceptance and peace with God, 7,79. Adoration, 5. Affliction God's aneel, 220. All for good, 154, 194. Altar and school, 231. Animals, kindness to, 290. Anniversaries, 279. Ascription, 9, 10. 15. Aspiration, 102, 296. Aurora Borealis, 324. Beauty in nature, 316. Better land, 305. Better part, 197. Blessing, seeking a, 13, 23, 107. Bright hour, 2S7. Brotherhood, 284. Candor, 199. Child of God, 81. Communion with God, 79. Consolation, 213. 217, 220. Contentment. 211. Country, our. 270, 271, 273. 274. Creation and Providence, 109. Daisy, 323. Dead blessed, 263. Death of a scholar, 259. a sister, 253. the good. 254. the young, 256, 262. Decay, 261. Destiny, our, 216. Dews and tears, 219. Diligence, 179. Dismission. 17, 18. Doxology, 2, 15. Early goodness, 169- 183, 239. Earth the shadow of heaven, 143. Effort, 234. Encouragement to pray, 94. Envy, 215. Evening, 49-75. aspiration, 57. hymn of nature, 58. and morning, 74, 117. prayer. 50, 51 , 54, 56, 59, 64, 67, 63, 72. self-examination, 70, 190. supplication, 69, 71. worship, 49, 53, 55. Excursion, 265, 266, 267, 269, 277. Fathers, remembrance of the, 268. Fear of God, 214. Festivals. See Excursion. Fidelity, 241. Flowers, 314. Forefathers, God'a kindness to, 272. Forgiveness, 301. Fountain, 294. Friendship, 203. Funeral prayer, 255. God, all to the glory of, 119, 237. glory of, in the heavens, 145. goodness and love of, 39, 127, 131, 132. 134, 135. L38, 140. 142. 147, 304. omnipresent. 4, 126, 123-130 136, 139, 141, 152, 293. our Father, 92, 133. our Guardian, 19. seeking, 83. the Creator, 124, 152. XXVI INDEX OF SUBJECTS. God the Giver of all, 113. 115, 116, 120-122, 137, 1.54. the Life and Light of the world. 125. God's hand acknowledged in the morning, 32. Going forth to teach, 264, 2S2. Golden rule, 235. Gone before, 253. Goodness everlasting, 200. Gospel, efficacy of the, 291 Grave, at the, 257. Happy life, 233. Harmony of praise, 103. Harvest," 166, 167. Heroes, true. 239. Honor all men, 307. Hope, 303. Humility, 206. Immortality. 297. Influence, 242. Invocation, 6, 7, 21, 25. Joy at meeting, 11. Justice, 207. Kindness to animals. 290. Kindly judgment. 222. Knowledge of God sought, 95. Laborer, the. 310. Life appointed by God, 139. psalm of. 229. work of. 230, 231. Light for all,' 233. seeking. 86, 89, 95. Lilies, 150. 302. Lord's prayer. 103. Love, Christian, 187. divine, 35, 127,135.133.235. fraternal. 188, 203, 212, 234. to all. 24. 184. to God and man, 93. Massachusetts. 313. Meekness. 199. 205. • Mind a garden, 315. Morning, autumn, 43. and evening, 74, 117. hymns. 25-48. invocation, 25, 237. Morning mercies, 42, 44, 47. praise and prayer, 26- 29,36,33, 41,43, 45, 46, 110. winter, 300. Mortality. 260, 261. Mothers, Pilgrim. 275. Mourners blessed, 217. Music of nature, 322. Music of the soul, 236. National hymn, 270. Neighbour, thy, 236. Noon, 295. Northern light, 324. Ocean, 321. Parting. 14. 16,18-20,22-24. Path of safety, 243. Peace, 312. Peace of God, 8. Pilgrims. 230, 233. Pilgrims, feast of, 276. Pilgrim mothers, 275. Pleasant day, 320. Plough, the. 306. Praise, 1, 105-124. from all lands, 105. Prayer, constant. 128. for a blessing, 3, 13, 23. guidance and light, 30, 89, 201. help, 76, 73, 81, S3, 91. 96, 97, 104. peace, 77 wisdom, 87, 90, 201. funeral, 255. Progress, 195. Providence, 109. 155. Psalm of life, 229. Puritv. 233. Purity of heart, 193. Purpose of life, 231. Rainbow, 151. Religion, beauty and glory of, 292. Remember thy Creator, 171, 172, Resignation, 100, 101. 192, 204, 211. Resolutions, good, 196. Rest, true. 232. River, 299. INDEX OF SUBJECTS. XXV 11 Rule of life, 244. School and altar, 231. Schools, blessing of, 278. Seasons, 106, 146, 153, 156-15S. Seed of the word, 209. Seed-time of life, 239. Self-examination, 190. Shower, after a, 317. Sincerity, 198. Sleep. 311. Snowdrop, 325. Snow, sudden, 318. Soul. 296, 298, 309. Spirit giveth life, 191. Spring 159-162. Stars, 149. Stars and streams, 326. Strawberry, 328. Stream of life, 250. Submission and obedience, S2, 84, 92, 93, 192, 218. Summer, 163-165. Sunrise, 40. Sunset, 52, 60, 73, 303. Teachers going forth, 264. Tears and dews, 219. Thanksgiving. See Praise. Thunderstorm, 148. Time, flight of, 87. 216, 249, 250, 252. worth of. 251. Trial, right use of, 100. True wisdom. 202. Trust and submission, 218, 221. in man, 185. Truth, progress of, 291. Unfading beauty, 200. Usefulness, 240. Violet, 327. Virtue's way, 2-13. Watchfulness, 186, 210. - Wayside well, 319. Winter, 163, 300. Wisdom, seeking, 87, 90, 173, 201. true, 202. Words, angry, 228. gentle, 223-227. Worship, cheerful, 11, 12. of nature, 144. pure, 99. Year, close of, 24^. crowned with goodness, 146. new. 245, 247. Zeal and vigor in true life, 195. THE SCHOOL HYMN-BOOK. I. COMMENCEMENT AND CLOSE OF SCHOOL. 1. 7 s. M. 61. J. Taylor. Praise to God for hi3 Greatness and Mercy. 1 Glory be to God on high ! God, whose glory fills the sky. Peace on earth to man forgiven ! Man, the well-beloved of Heaven. Glory be to God on high ! God, whose glory fills the sky. 2 Favored mortals, raise the song ; Endless thanks to God belong. Hearts o'erflowing with his praise, Join the hymns your voices raise. 3 Mark the wonders of his hand ; Power, no empire can withstand ; Wisdom, angels' glorious theme ; Goodness, one eternal stream. l l COMMENCEMENT AND CLOSE OF SCHOOL. 4 Awful Being ! from thy throne Send thy promised blessings down ; Let thy light, thy truth, thy peace, Bid our raging passions cease. Glory be, &c. 2« 7 s. M. Gaskell. Doxology. 1 Father ! glory be to thee, Source of all the good we see ! Glory for the blessed light Rising on the ancient night ! 2 Glory for the hopes that come Streaming through the dreary tomb ! Glory for the counsel given, Guiding us in peace to heaven ! 3. 7 s. M. T. Gray, Jr. Prayer for a Blessing. 1 Suppltant, lo ! thy children bend, Father, for thy blessing now ; Thou canst teach us, guide, defend ; We are weak> almighty thou. 2 With the peace thy word imparts Be the taught and teachers blest ; In our lives, and in our hearts, Father, be thy laws impressed. COMMENCEMENT AND CLOSE OF SCHOOL. 3 Shed abroad in every mind Light and pardon from above, Charity for all our kind, Trusting faith, and holy love. 4» C. M. Drennan. God may be worshipped in every Place. 1 The heaven of heavens cannot contain The universal Lord ; Yet he in humble hearts will deign To dwell and be adored. 2 Where'er ascends the sacrifice Of fervent praise and prayer, Or on the earth, or in the skies, The God of heaven is there. 3 His presence is diffused abroad Through realms, through worlds, unknown ; Who seek the mercies of our God Are ever near his throne. 5. 7 s. M. Humble Adoration. 1 Holy, holy, holy Lord ! Be thy glorious name adored ; Lord ! thy mercies never fail ; Hail, celestial goodness, hail ! 2 While on earth ordained to stay, Guide our footsteps in thy way ; COMMENCEMENT AND CLOSE OF SCHOOL. Then on high we '11 joyful raise Songs of everlasting praise. 3 Lord ! thy mercies never fail ; Hail, celestial goodness, hail ! Holy, holy, holy Lord ! Be thy glorious name adored. 6. 6 & 4 s. M. Solemn Invocation. 1 Come, thou Almighty King ! Help us thy name to sing ; Help us to praise ! Father all-glorious, O'er all victorious, Come and reign over us, Ancient of Days ! 2 Come, thou all-gracious Lord ! By heaven and earth adored, Our prayer attend ! Come, and thy children bless ; Give thy good word success ; Make thine own holiness On us descend ! 3 Never from us depart ; Rule thou in every heart Hence evermore ! Thy sovereign Majesty May we in glory see, And to eternity Love and adore. COMMENCEMENT AND CLOSE OF SCHOOL. 7. c. M. Peace be unto this House. 1 Here let thy peace, O Father, rest ! Here let thy love abide ! Our every joy in thee more blest, Each sorrow sanctified. 2 May our petitions when we meet, And every secret prayer, Come up before thy mercy-seat, And find acceptance there. 3 Teach us, with hearts made one in love, To do thy pure commands ; And give us, in thy time, above, A house not made with hands. 8. 8 & 7 s. M. 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 for ever, Thou on whom our hope is stayed ! COMMENCEMENT AND CLOSE OF SCHOOL. 9. 7 & 6 s. M. Gaskell. Ascription. 1 To Thee, the Lord Almighty, Our noblest praise we give, Who all things hast created, And blessest all that live ; 2 Whose goodness, never failing, Through countless ages gone, For ever and for ever Shall still keep shining on. 10. 6&4s.M. 1 Glad hearts to thee we bring, With joy thy name we sing, Father above ! Creation praises thee, On all around we see Tokens of love. 2 Giver of all our powers ! Now, in life's morning hours, May they be thine ! Pure and from error free, An offering worthy thee, Father Divine ! 11. 11, 7, &6s. M. 1 Joyfully, joyfully, sound the grateful strain, Happily, happily, now we meet again : Here we stand ! here we stand ! COMMENCEMENT AND CLOSE OF SCHOOL. Who at home has wished to stay ? Who lias loitered by the way ? Whom, upon this radiant day, Do we miss from our band ? Joyfully, joyfully, sound the grateful strain. Happily, happily, now we meet again : All are here ! all are here ! All who love the morning's prime, All who truly value time. So we '11 sound the grateful chime, All are here ! all are here ! 12. 7 & 6s. 31. 1 We come, O God, with gladness, Our humble thanks to bring ; With hearts yet free from sadness, Our hymns of praise we sing. Along our path are glowing The tokens of thy love ; Like streams of bounty flowing, Thy mercies from above. 2 Health, peace, and joy attend us, Kind friends are ever near ; O Father ! thou dost send us Unnumbered blessings here : And though we, in our blindness, Enjoy, but disobey, Yet still thou, in thy kindness, Tak'st not thy gifts away. 7 COMMENCEMENT AND CLOSE OF SCHOOL. 3 Here, then, in childhood's morning, Our hymns to thee we raise ; Thy love, our lives adorning, Shall fill our hearts with praise. Thy will henceforth, for ever, Shall be our only guide ; From duty's path we 'd never, O, never ! turn aside. 13. 8«&7s.M. 1 Gracious God, our Heavenly Father ! Meet and bless our school, we pray ; As in humble trust we gather, Teachers, scholars, here to-day, Every joy and every blessing From thy bounteous hand we own ; May thy love, our souls possessing, Draw us nearer to thy throne. 2 Weak, imperfect, tempted, erring, From thy precepts, Lord, we stray ; Let thy spirit, from our wandering, Bring us back to virtue's way. Humble, penitent, confiding, May we rest our hope in thee ; In thy favor, Lord, abiding, In thy peace and purity. 14. 8 & 7 s. M. S. F. Adams. At Parting. 1 Part in peace ! Is day before us ? Praise His name for life and light : COMMENCEMENT AND CLOSE OF SCHOOL. Are the shadows lengthening o'er us ? Bless His care who guards the night. Part in peace ! with deep thanksgiving, Rendering, as we homeward tread, Gracious service to the living, Tranquil memory to the dead. Part in peace ! Such are the praises God, our Maker, loveth best ; Such the worship that upraises Human hearts to heavenly rest. lo# L. M. Watts. Ascription. 1 From 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. 2 Eternal 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. 16# 7 s. M. J. Newton. Hymn at Parting. 1 As the sun's enlivening eye Shines on every place the same, So the Lord is always nigh To the souls that love his name. COMMENCEMENT AND CLOSE OF SCHOOL. 2 When 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. 3 For a season called to part, Let us then ourselves commend To the gracious eye and heart Of our ever-present Friend. 4 Father, hear our humble prayer ! Tender Shepherd of thy sheep, Let thy mercy and thy care All our souls in safety keep. 5 In thy strength may we be strong ; Sweeten every cross and pain ; Give us, if we live, ere long Here to meet in peace again. 17. 8 & 7 s., or 8, 7, & 4 s. M. Burder. Dismission. 1 Lord, dismiss us with thy blessing ; Fill our hearts with joy and peace ; Let us each, thy peace possessing, Triumph in redeeming grace : O, refresh us ! Travelling through this wilderness. 2 Thanks 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. COMMENCEMENT AND CLOSE OF SCHOOL. 18, L. M. Closing Hymn. 1 Father, once more let grateful praise And humble prayer to thee ascend ; Thou Guide and Guardian of our ways, Our early and our only Friend. 2 Since every day and hour that 's gone Has been with mercy richly crowned, Mercy, we know, shall still flow on, For ever sure, as time rolls round. 3 Hear, then, the parting prayers we pour, And bind our hearts in love alone ; And if we meet on earth no more, May we at last surround thy throne. 19 # L. M. Christian Psalmist. The Heavenly Guardian. 1 As 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 ! 2 When 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 ! n COMMENCEMENT AND CLOSE OF SCHOOL. 20. 8, 7, & 4 s. M. 1 Good night ! good night ! to all good night ! Good night ! the time is fleeting ! How have our hearts beat with delight, At this our happy meeting ! Thus may we wake, with bosoms light, Unclouded by a sorrow, From dreams of all we love to-night, To pleasant hours to-morrow ! And while we sleep, May angels keep Their watch around our pillow ! Good night ! good night ! to all good night ! 2 Good night ! good night ! to all good night ! O, let each heart, addressing The God of peace, and love, and light, Now supplicate his blessing ! Pure as the dew unseen ascends In morning's sunny hour, Pure as the spotless lily bends To heaven her vestal flower, — So purely there Let the child's prayer Rise to the same good Power ! Good night ! good night ! to all good night ! 21. 5,7,&4s. M. 1 Hear thy children's cry ; Shield us, Lord, from harm ; Safely we rely On thy mighty arm : 12 COMMENCEMENT AND CLOSE OF SCHOOL. Thou art God alone ; Those who seek a Father's face Thou wilt bless, and they shall own A Father's grace. 2 May our faith and love With our years increase ; Let us never rove From the paths of peace ; But through life display Holy deeds and actions pure, That, when life has passed away, Bliss may be sure. 22. 7 s. M. 1 Teachers, children, ere we part, Every voice and every heart Join, and to our Father raise One last hymn of grateful praise. 2 Though we here should meet no more, Yet there is a brighter shore ; There, released from toil and pain, There may we all meet again. 23. 8 & 7 s. M. 1 Heavenly Father ! grant thy blessing On the teaching of this day ; That our hearts, thy fear possessing, May from sin be turned away. COMMENCEMENT AND CLOSE OF SCHOOL. 2 Have we wandered ? O, forgive us ! Have we wished from truth to rove ? Turn, O, turn us, and receive us, Arid incline us truth to love ! 24. 7 & 6 s. M. 1 We all love one another, We all love one another, We all love one another ; And we all love, beside, Our fathers and our mothers, Our sisters and our brothers ; And we forget not others, Who seek our steps to guide. 2 We love our school and teachers, We love our school and teachers, We love our school and teachers ; Here truth and love we learn ; We rise in prayer together, We sing our hymns together, We go away together, Together we '11 return. II. MORNING AND EVENING. 25. L. M. Kenn. A Morning Invocation. 1 Awake, my soul, and with the sun Thy daily stage of duty run ; Shake off dull sloth, and joyful rise To pay thy morning sacrifice. 2 Lord, I to thee my vows renew ; Dispel my sins as morning dew ; Guard my first springs of thought and will, And with thyself my spirit fill. 3 Direct, control, suggest, this day, All I design, or do, or say, That all my powers, with true delight, In thy sole glory may unite. 26. 7 s. M. Morning Hymn. 1 Now the shades of night are gone Now the morning light is come : Lord, may we be thine to-day ! Drive the shades of sin away. 15 MORNING AND EVENING. 2 Fill our souls with heavenly light, Banish doubt, and clear our sight ; In thy service, Lord, to-day, May we stand, and watch and pray. 3 Keep our haughty passions bound ; Save us from our foes around ; Going out and coming in, Keep us safe from every sin. 4 When our work of life is past, O, receive us then at last ; Night and sin will be no more, When we reach the heavenly shore. 27. L. M. PlERPONT. For a Child. 1 God, I thank thee that the night In peace and rest hath passed away ; And that I see, in this fair light, My Father's smile, that makes it day. 2 Be thou my Guide, and let me live As under thine all-seeing eye : Supply my wants, my sins forgive, And make me happy when I die. 28. P. M. H. Ware, Jr. Prayer at Morning. To prayer, to prayer ! for the morning breaks, And earth in her Maker's smile awakes ; 16 MORNING AND EVENING. His light is on all below and above, — The light of gladness, and life, and love. O, then, on the breath of this early air, Send upward the incense of grateful prayer. 29. 8&lls. M. Praise in the Morning. 1 Our Father ! we thank thee for sleep, For quiet and peaceable rest ; We bless the kind care that doth keep Thy children from being distressed : O, how in their weakness shall children repay Thy fatherly kindness, by night and by day ? 2 Our voices shall utter thy praise, Our hearts shall o'erflow with thy love ; O, teach us to walk in thy ways, And lift us earth's trials above ! The heart's true affection is all we can give ; In love's pure devotion, O, help us to live ! 3 So long as thou seest it right That here upon earth we should stay, We pray thee to guard us by night, And help us to serve thee by day ; And when all the days of this life shall be o'er, Receive us in heaven, to serve thee the more. 30. C. M. Mrs. Steele. Morning Hymn. 1 Lord of my life ! O, may thy praise Employ my noblest powers, 2* n MORNING AND EVENING. Whose goodness lengthens out my days, And fills the circling hours ! 2 Preserved by thy almighty arm, I passed the shades of night, Serene and safe from every harm, And see returning light. 3 When sleep, death's semblance, o'er me spread, And I unconscious lay, Thy watchful care was round my bed, To guard my feeble clay. 4 O, let the same almighty care My waking hours attend ! From every danger, every snare, My heedless steps defend. 5 Smile on my minutes as they roll, And guide my future days ; And let thy goodness fill my soul With gratitude and praise. 31. L. M. Watts. Morning Hymn. God of the morning, at whose voice The cheerful sun makes haste to rise, And like a giant doth rejoice To run his journey through the skies. From the fair chambers of the east, The circuit of his race begins, And, without weariness or rest, Round the whole earth he flies and shines. 18 MORNING AND EVENING. 3 O, like the sun may I fulfil The appointed duties of the day, With ready mind and active will March on and keep the heavenly way. «**• C 31. Montgomery. Acknowledging God's Hand. 1 What secret hand, at morning light, Softly unseals mine eye, Draws back the curtain of the night, And opens earth and sky ? 2 'T is thine, my God, — the same that kept _ My resting hours from harm ; No ill came nigh me, for I slept Beneath the Almighty's arm. 3 'T is thine, my daily bread that brings, Like manna scattered round, And clothes me, as the lily springs In beauty from the ground. 4 In death's dark valley though I strav, 'T would there my steps attend, Guide with the staff my lonely way, And with the rod defend. 5 May that sure hand uphold me still Through life's uncertain race, To bring me to thy holy hill, And to thy dwelling-place. 19 MORNING AND EVENING. 33, C. M. Watts. Morning Song. 1 Once more, my soul, the rising day- Salutes thy waking eyes ; Once more, my voice, thy tribute pay To Him that rules the skies. 2 Night unto night his name repeats, The day renews the sound, Wide as the heaven on which he sits To turn the seasons round. 3 Dear God, let all my hours be thine, While I enjoy the light ; Then shall my sun in smiles decline, And bring a pleasant night. 34. c. M. Morning Hymn. 1 My God, thou mak'st the sun to know His proper hour to rise, And, to give light to all below. Dost send him round the skies. 2 When from the chambers of the east His morning race begins, He never tires, nor stops to rest, But round the world he shines. 20 MORNING AND EVENING. 3 So, like the sun, would I fulfil The business of the day ; Begin my work betimes, and still March on my heavenly way. 4 Give me, O Lord, thine early grace, Nor let my soul complain, That the young morning of my days Has been consumed in vain. 35. 8 & 7 s. M. Morning Hymn. 1 When the joyous day is dawning, And the happy light we see, We who live in life's pure morning, Father, would remember thee. 2 While in quiet we were sleeping, Kindly, though we knew it not, Thou a guardian watch wert keeping ; Never is thy child forgot. 3 Now another day is given, With thy love, may it be blest ; May we think of thee and heaven, Of that purer, better rest. 36. C. M. Watts. Worship. 1 Lord, in the morning thou shalt hear My voice ascending high ; 21 MORNING AND EVENING. To thee will I direct my prayer, To thee lift up mine eye. 2 O, may thy spirit guide my feet In ways of righteousness, Make every path of duty straight And plain before my face. 37» L. M. Hawkesworth. Morning Hymn. 1 In sleep's serene oblivion laid, I safely passed the silent night ; Again I see the breaking shade, Again behold the morning light. 2 New-born, I bless the waking hour ; Once more, with awe, rejoice to be ; My conscious soul resumes her power, And soars, my guardian God ! to thee. 3 O, guide me through the various maze My doubtful feet are doomed to tread ; And spread thy shield's protecting blaze Where dangers press around my head ! 38. C. M. Steele. Gratitude and Supplication. 1 God of my life, my morning song To thee I cheerful raise : Thine acts of love 't is good to sing, And pleasant 't is to praise. 22 MORNING AND EVENING. 2 Preserved by thy almighty arm, I passed the shades of night, Serene and safe from every harm, To see the morning light. 3 O, let the same almighty care Through all this day attend ; From every danger, every snare, My heedless steps defend. 4 Smile on my minutes as they roll, And guide my future days ; And let thy goodness fill my soul With gratitude and praise. 39. c. m. Goodness of God. 1 Delightful is the task to sing, On each returning day, The praises of our Heavenly King, And grateful homage pay. 2 The countless worlds, which, bathed in light, Through fields of azure move, Proclaim his wisdom and his might, But, O, how great his love ! 3 He deigns each broken, contrite heart With tender care to bind ; And comfort, hope, and grace impart, To heal the wounded mind. MORNING AND EVENING. 4 All. creatures, with instinctive cry, From God implore their food ; His bounty grants a rich supply, And fills the earth with good. 5 Delightful is the task, O Lord ! With each returning day Thy countless mercies to record, And grateful homage pay. 40. 7&6S.M. The Rising Sun. 1 The eastern hills are glowing With morning's purple ray ; Arrayed in light, he 's coming, The glorious orb of day ! 2 All hail ! thou constant emblem Of Him who dwells above, — Of Him so great and glorious, And yet so full of love ! 3 How nature now rejoices, With life and beauty new ! On every grass-blade twinkles The pearly drop of dew. 4 How good is He who made thee, Thou glorious orb of day ! With grateful hearts we '11 praise Him, In morning's earliest ray. MORNING AND EVENING. 41. 6 s. M. Morning Prayer. 1 Father ! thy children see ; Give ear unto our prayer ; Let our thanks rise to thee Upon the morning air. 2 We come while yet the flower Of life but half is blown ; To pray its opening hour May bloom for thee alone. 3 The dew is on the leaf, We lay it on thy shrine ; O, may the fragrant breath Of the sweet rose be thine ! 4 O, guard it by thy care, That, as the day draws on, No spot nor stain may mar The purity of morn ! 5 O, not upon its bud Be mercy poured in vain ; But may thy blessed word Fall like the gentle rain ! 42. L. M. Keble. The New Gifts of Morning. 1 O, timely happy, timely wise, Hearts that with rising morn arise ! 3 25 MORNING AND EVENING. Eyes that the beam celestial view, Which evermore makes all things new ! 2 New every morning is the love Our wak'ning and uprising prove ; Through sleep and darkness safely brought, Restored to life, and power, and thought. 3 New mercies, each returning day, Hover around us while we pray ; New perils past, new sins forgiven, New thoughts of God, new hopes of heaven. 4 If, on our daily course, our mind Be set to hallow all we find, New treasures still, of countless price, God will provide for sacrifice. 5 Old friends, old scenes, will lovelier be, As more of heaven in each we see ; Some softening gleams of love and prayer Shall dawn on every cross and care. 43, 11&8S.M. Morning Devotion. 1 Father of mercies ! when the day is dawning, Then will I pay my vows to thee ; Like incense wafted on the breath of morning My heart-felt praise to thee shall be. 2 Yes, thou art near me sleeping or waking, — Still doth thy love unchanged remain ; Where'er I wander, thy ways forsaking, O, gently lead me back again. MORNING AND EVENING. 44. c. m. Grateful Acknowledgment. 1 Again, from calm and sweet repose, I rise to hail the dawn ; Again my waking eyes unclose, To view the smiling morn. 2 Great God of love, thy praise I '11 sing ; For thou hast safely kept My soul beneath thy guardian wing, And watched me while I slept. 3 Glory to thee, Eternal Lord ! O, teach my heart to pray, And thy blest spirit's help afford, To guide me through the day. 4 Let every thought and word accord With thy most holy will ; Each deed the precepts of thy word, With pious aim, fulfil. 5 From danger, sin, and every ill, My constant guardian prove ; O, sanctify my heart, and fill With thoughts of holy love ! 45. C. M. St. Ambrose. Morning Hymn. 1 Now that the sun is beaming bright, Implore we, bending low, 27 MORNING AND EVENING. That He, the uncreated Light, May guide us as we go. 2 No sinful word, nor deed of wrong, Nor thoughts that idly rove, But simple truth be on our tongue, And in our hearts be love. 3 And while the hours in order flow, Securely kee^, O God, Our hearts, beleaguered by the foe That tempts our every road. 4 And grant that to thine honor, Lord, Our daily toil may tend ; That we begin it at thy word, And in thy favor end. 46# 7 s. M. Furnkss. Morning Hymn. 1 In the morning I will pray For God's blessing on the day ; What this day shall be my lot, Light or darkness, know I not. 2 Should it be with clouds o'ercast, Clouds of sorrow, gathering fast, Thou, who givest light divine, Shine within me, Lord, O, shine ! 3 Show me, if I tempted be, How to find all strength in Thee, And a perfect triumph win Over every bosom sin. MORNING AND EVENING. 4 Keep' my feet from secret snares, Keep mine eyes, O God, from tears ! Every step thy love attend, And my soul from death defend ! 47. L. M. G I. * Morning Hymn. 1 Thou ! who bidd'st the cheerful ray Spring from the east to light the day, For thee thy emblem's brightest blaze Shall kindle oft the glow of praise ; Thou Sun of suns ! with beam divine Fill every soul. Arise, and shine ! 2 Parent of all ! I mark thy skill In grove and lawn, in vale and hill ; Thou dost the orient skies adorn, When blushes deck the encrimsoned morn ; Each lovely object that we see Speaks, in mute eloquence, of thee. 3 Nor less I trace thy matchless power In insect's wing or tiny flower, Than in the orbs, that, rolling high, Bespangle the clear evening sky ; — Thou kenn'st the falling sparrow's place, And worlds' which wheel in boundless space. 4 Then raise, my soul, the exalting lay : Hail to thy light, advancing day ! Thus may the song of praise ascend, While dawning beams their radiance lend ; Till, death's last night-shades all withdrawn, My spirit greets the eternal morn. 3 * 29 MORNING AND EVENING. 48. L. M. 6 1. A Morning Psalm. God ! on this lovely autumn morn I with thy world again am born ! Raised up from slumber's breathing death, I feel thy blissful, heavenly breath Flow round me in the vital air, Thy breath, my Father, everywhere. Again thy sun smiles forth, — again Thou liftest on the earth and men The light of thy benignant face : Thy finger and thy form I trace, God of Light and Life and Love, In lines of grace, below, above. Mysterious One ! the kindling sight Awakes, me to a loftier light, The Sun of Righteousness, that brings Heaven's healing breeze upon its wings. Though nature tells of winter near, No winter of the heart I fear. Though fields grow brown, and bleak, and bare, Beneath the cold and cheerless air, And earth turn stiff, and inland streams Smile cold like stone at noon's cold beams ; — 1 lift my eyes, and lo ! on high Spring sparkles in the pure, blue sky. O for a tongue thy name to praise, Beginning, Blessing, of my days ! Who to thy thankless child hast given Such glimpses of the spirit's heaven, — Where night is not, — wherein the ray Of every star is endless day ! MORNING AND EVENING. 49. I'- M. Bowring. Evening Worship. 1 How shall we praise thee, Lord of light ! How shall we all thy love declare ! The earth is veiled in shades of night, But heaven is open to our prayer, — That heaven so bright with stars and suns, — That glorious heaven which has no bound, Where the full tide of being runs, And life and beauty glow around. 2 We would adore thee, God sublime, Whose power and wisdom, love and grace, Are greater than the round of time, And wider than the bounds of space. O, how shall thought expression firld, All lost in thine immensity ! How shall we seek thee, glorious Mind, Amid thy dread infinity ! 3 But thou art present with us here, As in thy glittering, high domain ; And grateful hearts and humble fear Can never seek thy face in vain. Help us to praise thee, Lord of light ! Help us thy boundless love declare ; And, while we crowd thy courts to-night, Aid us, and hearken to our prayer. 50. 8 & 7 s. M. Flint. Evening Hymn. 1 On the dewy breath of even Thousand odors mingling rise, MORNING AND EVENING. Borne like incense up to heaven, — Nature's evening sacrifice. 2 With her balmy offerings blending, Let our glad thanksgivings be — To thy throne, O Lord, ascending — Incense of our hearts to thee. 3 Thou, whose favors without number All our days with gladness bless ! Let thine eye, that knows not slumber, Guard our hours of helplessness. 4 Then, though conscious we are sleeping In the outer courts of death, Safe beneath a Father's keeping, Calm we rest in placid faith. 5 Lord ! when life is closing round us, Dark with anguish, faint with fear, Let thy beams of love surround us, Let us know thee, feel thee, near ! 51. 8&7s. M. 6 1. Kelly. An Evening Offering. Through the day thy love has spared us, Soon are we to seek our rest ; Through the silent watches guard us, Let no foe our peace molest ; Father, thou our guardian be ; Sweet it is to trust in thee. MORNING AND EVENING. 52. 7 & 6 s BE. Reflections at Sunset. 1 The mellow eve is gliding Serenely down the west ; So, every care subsiding, My soul would sink to rest. 2 The woodland hum is ringing The daylight's gentle close ; May angels round me singing Thus hymn my last repose. 3 The evening star has lighted Her crystal lamp on high ; So, when in death benighted, May hope illume the sky. 53. L. M. W. H. Burleigh. A Psalm of Night. 1 Day unto day doth utter speech, And night to night thy voice makes known ; Through all the earth, where thought may reach, Is heard the glad and solemn tone ; And worlds beyond the farthest star Whose light hath reached the human eye, Catch the high anthem from afar, That rolls along immensity. 2 O Holy Father, 'mid the calm And stillness of -the evening hour, We, too, would lift our solemn psalm, To praise thy goodness and thy power ; MORNING AND EVENING. For over us, as over all, Thy tender mercies still extend, Nor vainly shall the contrite call On thee, their Father and their Friend. 54. P. M. H. Ware, Jr. Prayer at Evening. To prayer ! for the glorious sun is gone, And the gathering darkness of night comes on ; Like a curtain from God's kind hand it flows, To shade the couch where his children repose. Then kneel, while the watching stars are bright, And give your last thoughts to the Guardian of night. 55. 7 s. M. Communion with God. 1 Softly now the light of day Fades upon our sight away ; Free from care, from labor free, Lord, we would commune with thee. 2 Soon for us the light of day Shall for ever pass away ; Then, from sin and sorrow free, Take us, Lord, to dwell with thee. 56. P. M. Evening Hymn. 1 Hark ! 't is the breeze of twilight, calling Earth's weaiy children to repose ; 34 MORNING AND EVENING. While, round the couch of nature falling, Gently the night's soft curtains close. 2 Guard us, O Thou, who never sleepest ; Thou who in silence, throned above, Throughout all time, unwearied keepest Thy watch of glory, power, and love. 57. P. M. Heber. Evening Aspiration. God, that madest earth and heaven, Darkness and light ! Who the day for toil hast given, For rest the night ! May thine angel guards defend us, Slumbers sweet thy mercy send us, Holy dreams and hopes attend us, This livelong night ! o8» C. M. Bowrixg. Nature's Evening Hymn. 1 The heavenly spheres to thee, O God, Attune their evening hymn ; All wise, all holy, thou art praised In song of seraphim. Unnumbered systems, suns, and worlds Unite to worship thee, While thy majestic greatness fills Space, time, eternity. MORNING AND EVENING. 2 Nature, — a temple worthy thee, That beams with light and love ; Whose flowers so sweetly bloom below, Whose stars rejoice above ; Whose altars are the mountain cliffs That rise along the shore ; Whose anthems, the sublime accord Of storm and ocean roar ; — 3 Her song of gratitude is sung By spring's awakening hours ; Her summer offers at thy shrine Her earliest, loveliest flowers ; Her autumn brings its ripened fruits, In glorious luxury given ; While winter's silver heights reflect Thy brightness back to heaven. 4 On all thou smiPst ; and what is man Before thy presence, God ? A breath but yesterday inspired, To-morrow but a clod. That clod shall mingle in the vale, But kindled, Lord, by thee, The spirit to thy arms shall spring, To life, to liberty. 59. 11*8. M. Even-Song. 1 Be near us, O Father ! through night's silent hour ; Impart to our slumbers thy calmness divine ; MORNING AND EVENING. Drop rest on our limbs like the dew on the flower, That even our still sleep may have something of thine. 2 O, watch o'er our couch; drive the tempter away ; From the sins that corrupt and betray, keep us free ; That nor fancy shall wander, nor passion shall stray, And we dream not a thought that 's displeas- ing to thee. 3 And grant, when deep sleep o'er our senses shall close, That the heart may still watch, all unclouded and clear ; Guard, guard still thy children, and bless the repose That, stainless of sin, is untouched by a fear. 4 Then still to thee, Father, our praises we pay ; Still to thee we will offer love's infinite store ; Send down thy pure spirit, even now while we pray ; Be with us, and keep us, and bless, evermore ! (50. I" M - Wordsworth. Sunset Hymn. 1 Up to the throne of God is borne The voice of praise at early morn, And he accepts the reverent hymn Sung as the light of day grows dim. MORNING AND EVENING. 2 Look up to heaven ! the obedient sun Already through his course hath run ; He cannot halt or go astray, But our immortal spirits may. 3 Lord, since his rising in the east, If we have faltered or transgressed, Guide, from thy love's abundant source, What yet remains of this day's course. 4 Help with thy grace, through all life's day, Our upward and our downward way ; And glorify for us the west, When we shall sink into our rest. 61. 7 s. M. St. Gregory. " Evening Hymn. 1 Source of light and life divine ! Thou didst cause the light to shine ; Thou didst bring thy sunbeams forth O'er thy new-created earth. 2 Shade of night and morning ray Took from thee the name of day : Now again the shades are nigh, Listen to thy children's cry ! 3 May we ne'er, by guilt depressed, Lose the way to endless rest ; May no thoughts corrupt and vain Draw our souls to earth again. MORNING AND EVENING. 4 Rather help them still to rise Where our dearest treasure lies ; Help us in our daily strife, Make us struggle int6 life ! 62. c. M. Evening Hymn. 1 Indulgent God, whose bounteous care O'er all thy works is shown, O, let my grateful praise and prayer Ascend before thy throne ! 2 What mercies has this day bestowed ! How largely hast thou blest ! My cup with plenty overflowed, With cheerfulness my breast. 3 So bless each future day and night, Till life's fond scene is o'er ; At length, to realms of endless light Enraptured let me soar. 63» 7 s. M. Doddridge varied. Evening Hymn. 1 Heavenly Father ! gracious name ! Night and day thy love the same ! Far be each suspicious thought, Every anxious care forgot ! 2 Thou, my ever bounteous God ! Crown'st my days with various good. 39 MORNING AND EVENING. Thy kind eye, which cannot sleep, My defenceless hours shall keep. 3 What if death my sleep invade ? Should I be of death afraid ? While encircled by thine arm, Death may strike, but cannot harm. 4 With thy heavenly presence blest, Death is life, and labor rest ; Welcome sleep or death to me, Still secure, for still with thee ! 64. C. M. Barton. A Child's Evening Prayer. 1 Before I close my eyes in sleep, Lord, hear my evening prayer; And deign a helpless child to keep By thy protecting care. 2 The little birds, that sing all day, In many a leafy wood, By thee are clothed in plumage gay, By thee supplied with food. 3 And when at night they cease to sing, By thee protected still, Their young ones sleep beneath their wing, Secure from every ill. 4 Thus wilt thou guard, with gracious arm, The couch whereon I lie, And keep thy child from eveiy harm Beneath thy watchful eye. MORNING AND EVENING. For night and day to thee are one, — The helpless are thy care ; And we are sure, through thy dear Son, Thou hear'st an infant prayer. Go» C. M. Mrs. Follen. A Child's Evening Hymn. 1 How beautiful the setting sun ! The clouds how bright and gay ! The stars appearing one by one, How beautiful are they ! 2 And when the moon climbs up the sky, And sheds her gentle light, And hangs her crystal lamp on high, How beautiful is night ! 3 And can it be I am possessed Of something brighter far ? . . . Glows there a light within this breast, Outshining every star ? 4 Yes, should the sun and stars turn pale, The mountains melt away, This flame within shall never fail, But live in endless day. 5 This is the soul that God has given ; — Sin may its lustre dim, While goodness bears it up to heaven, And leads it back to him. MORNING AND EVENING. 66. L. M. CoLLYER. Evening Hymn. 1 Another fleeting day is gone ; Slow o'er the west the shadows rise ; Swift the soft stealing hours have flown, And night's dark mantle veils the skies. 2 Another fleeting day is gone, Swept from the records of the year ; And still, with each successive sun, Life's fading visions disappear. 3 Another fleeting day is gone To join the fugitives before ; And I, when life's employ is done, Shall sleep, to wake in time no more. 4 Another fleeting day is gone ; But soon a fairer day shall rise, A day, whose never-setting sun Shall pour its light o'er cloudless skies. 5 Another fleeting day is gone ; In solemn silence rest, my soul ! Bow down before His awful throne, Who bids the morn and evening roll. 67. L. M. H. S. Ellenwood. Evening Prayer. 1 My God ! to thee, in humble prayer, At morn and eve I bend my knee ; For thou, with kind, protecting care, Through all my life hast guarded me. 42 MORNING AND EVENING. 2 Now, when again the shades of night O'er every beauteous scene are spread, Thy aid I seek, thou Lord of light, To keep each danger from my bed. 3 How have I spent the day that 's past ? In holy deeds, or actions vain ? O, what if this shall prove my last, And I no morning greet again ? 4 Assist me, then, to do thy will, And teach me every fault to shun ; So, while my duties I fulfil, Forgive what I would wish undone. 68. Ii- M. H. S. Ellenwood. Evening Hymn. Author of good ! whose holy care Has kindly kept me through the day, To thee I pour the grateful prayer, To thee address my evening lay. Thou dwell'st enthroned in realms of light, 'Midst spirits pure and angels blest ; Thy presence knows no shadowy night, Thy guest, unwearied, needs no rest. Yet, while thy children, here below, Sink to repose and seem to die, Wilt thou parental care bestow And watch them with thy wakeful eye ! Yes ! I may well confide in thee, Thou Source whence all my comfort springs, MORNING AND EVENING. By day, by night, resigned to be Beneath the shadow of thy wings ! 5 0, when the cheerful morning beam Shall burst in brilliance from the east, Awake me, Power and Love supreme ! With love and gratitude increased. 69. 7 s. M. Evening Hymn. 1 Lord of glory ! King of power ! In the lone and silent hour, While the shades of darkness rise, And the eve is on the skies, And the twilight's glances set, And the starry watch has met, Be thy blessing as the dews Which yon shaded skies diffuse. 2 Poured with healing influence O'er the fast relaxing sense, Bid our feverish passions cease, Calm us with thy promised peace, And thy guardian presence spread Round each undefended head, Till the fire of morning bum, Till the wheel of light return. 3 Grant that at our being's close, When the long and last repose Blends us with the kindred dust, Firm on thee may be our trust, 44 MORNING AND EVENING. And our hopes, with dread unmixed, ( )n the Rock of Ages fixed, Till the Sun of Truth, ascending, Wakes a morn which knows no ending;. 70. c. m. Self-examination at Evening. 1 Another day of life is gone ; A doubtful few remain ; Review, my soul, what thou hast done Eternal life to gain. 2 Dost thou get forward in thy race, As time still posts away ? And die to sin, and grow in grace, With every passing day ? 3 This day what conquests hast thou gained ? What sin is overcome ? What fresh degree of grace obtained, To bring thee nearer home ? 4 Thus every day thy course review, Thy real state to leam ; And with renewed zeal pursue Thy great, thy chief concern. 71. 5&4s. M. Mrs. Follen. Evening Supplication. 1 Great Source of being, Father all-seeing ! 45 MORNING AND EVENING. We bow before thee : Our souls adore thee : Guide us aright : Keep us, we pray thee, Through the long night. Thou kind, forgiving God of all living, Thy power defend us, Thy peace attend us, While we are closing This day in prayer, Ever reposing Under thy care. 72. 7 s. M. Evening Prayer. 1 Thou, from whom we never part, Thou, whose love is everywhere Thou, who seest every heart, Listen to our evening prayer. 2 Father ! fill our souls with love, Love unfailing, full, and free, Love no injury can move, Love that ever rests on thee. 3 Heavenly Father ! through the night Keep us safe from every ill ; Cheerful, as the morning light, May we wake to do thy will. 46 MORNING AND EVENING. 73. 7s.M.6 1. Evening Song. 1 Gently in the golden west Sinks the glorious sun to rest ; Earth is hushed to soft repose, While the sky in splendor glows. Gently in the golden west Sinks the glorious sun to rest. 2 Thus in glory and in peace May our daily labors cease, As yon gorgeous western sun, When his daily course is run. Thus in glory and in peace May our daily labors cease. 3 And when sets life's latest sun, And our course of years is run, Earth we '11 leave in peace and love, Finding glory there above. May we feel when sets life's sun That our work has been well done. 74. 8 & 7 s. M. Vedder. Morning and Evening. 1 When the orb of morn enlightens Hill and mountain, mead and dell ; When the dim horizon brightens, And the serried clouds dispel ; And the sunflower eastward bending, Its fidelity to prove ; — Be thy gratitude ascending Unto Him whose name is Love. 47 MORNING AND EVENING. 2 When the vesper-star is beaming In the coronet of even, And the lake and river gleaming With the ruddy hues of heaven ; When a thousand notes are blending In the forest and the grove ; — Be thy gratitude ascending Unto Him whose name is Love. 3 When the stars appear in millions In the portals of the west, Brightly spangling the pavilions Where the blessed are at rest ; When the milky-way is glowing In the cope of heaven above ; — Let thy gratitude be flowing Unto Him whose name is Love. 75. !•• M. S. S. Cutting. Evening Hymn. 1 Father, we bless the gentle care That watches o'er us day by day, That guards us from the tempter's snare, And guides us in the heavenward way : - We bless thee for the tender love, That mingles all our hearts in one, — The music of the soul ; — above 'T is purer spirits' unison. 2 Father, 't is evening's solemn hour, And cast we now our cares on thee ; Darkly the storm may round us lower, — Peace is within, — truth makes us free, - MORNING AND EVENING. And when life's toil and joy are o'er, And evening gathers on its sky, Our circle broke, — we sing no more, O, may we meet and sing on high ! 49 III. PRAYERS AND ASPIRATIONS. 76, C. M. H. Ware, Jr. For God's Presence. 1 Father in heaven, to whom our hearts Would lift themselves in prayer, Drive from our souls each earthly thought, And show thy presence there. 2 Each moment of our lives renews The mercies of the Lord ; Each moment is itself a gift To bear us on to God. 3 Help us to break the galling chains This world has round us thrown ; Each passion of our hearts subdue, Each cherished sin disown. 4 O Father ! kindle in our souls A never-dying flame Of holy love, of grateful trust, In thine almighty name. 77. L. M. 6 1. Seeking Peace. 1 O Father ! lift our souls above, Till we find rest in thy dear love ; PRAYERS AND ASPIRATIONS. And still that peace divine impart Which sanctities the inmost heart, And makes each morn and setting sun But bring us nearer to thy throne. May we our daily duties meet, Tread sin each day beneath our feet, And win that strength which doth thy will, And seeth thee, and so is still ; And, fixed on thy sustaining arm, Find daily food and know no harm. Help us with man in peace to live, Our brother's wrong in love forgive, And day and night the tempter flee Through strength which comes alone from thee ! Thus will our spirits find their rest, In thy deep peace for ever blest. 78. 11 & 10 s. M. J. F. Clarke. Prayer for Strength. 1 Father, 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 ; — • 2 That 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. 51 PRAYERS AND ASPIRATIONS. 79, lis. M. Acquaint thee with God. 1 Acquaint thee, O spirit, acquaint thee with God, And joy, like the sunshine, shall beam on thy road, And peace, like the dew, shall descend round thy head, And sleep, like an angel, shall visit thy bed. 2 Acquaint thee, O spirit, acquaint thee with God, And he shall be with thee when fears are abroad, — Thy safeguard in danger that threatens thy path, Thy joy in the valley and shadow of death. 80. 7 s. M. Prayer for Guidance. 1 Guide 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. 2 Guide 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, 52 PRAYERS AND ASPIRATIONS. With the strength which thou hast given, We may rise to thee and heaven. God 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. 81. L. M. 61. German. The Child of God. 1 None loves me, Father, with thy love ; None else can meet such needs as mine ; O, grant me, as thou shalt approve, All that befits a child of thine ! From every doubt and fear release, And give me confidence and peace. 2 Give me a faith shall never fail, — One that shall always work by love ; And then, whatever foes assail, They shall but higher courage move More boldly for the truth to strive, And more by faith in thee to live. - 3 A heart, that, when my days are glad, May never from thy way decline, And, when the sky of life grows sad, May still submit its will to thine, — A heart that loves to trust in thee, A patient heart, create in me ! PKAYERS 4ND ASPIRATIONS. 82« L. M. Mrs. Cotterill. Subjection to the Divine Will. 1 O Thou, who hast at thy command The hearts of all men in thy hand ! Our wayward, erring hearts incline To have no other will but thine. 2 Our wishes, our desires, control ; Mould every purpose of the soul ; O'er all may we victorious be That stands between ourselves and thee. 3 Thrice blest will all our blessings be, When we can look through them to thee ; When each glad heart its tribute pays Of love, and gratitude, and praise. 83, 6 & 10 s. M. Jones Very. Desires for God's Presence. 1 Wilt thou not visit me ? The plant beside me feels thy gentle dew ; Each blade of grass I see From thy deep earth its quickening moisture drew. 2 Wilt thou not visit me ? Thy morning calls on me with cheering tone, And every hill and tree Lend but one voice, the voice of thee alone. 54 PRAYERS AND ASPIRATIONS. 3 Come ! for I need thy love More than the flower the dew, or grass the rain ; Come, like thy holy dove, And let me in thy sight rejoice to live again. 4 Yes ! thou wilt visit me ; Nor plant nor tree thine eye delights so well, As when, from sin set free, Man's spirit comes with thine in peace to dwell. 84. C. M. Merrick. Acquiescence. 1 Author of good, we rest on thee ; Thine ever-watchful eye Alone our real wants can see, Thy hand alone supply. 2 In thine all-gracious providence Our cheerful hopes confide ; O, let thy power be our defence, Thy love our footsteps guide. 3 And since, by passion's force subdued, Too oft, with stubborn will, We blindly shun the latent good, And grasp the specious ill, — 4 Not what we wish, but what we want, Let mercy still supply ; The good unasked, O Father, grant ; The ill, though asked, deny. PRAYERS AND ASPIRATIONS. 85. 8 & 7 s. M. Divine Love. 1 Love divine, all love excelling, Joy of heaven, to earth come down ! Fix in us thy humble dwelling, All thy faithful mercies crown. Father ! thou art all compassion, Pure, unbounded love thou art ; Visit us with thy salvation, Enter every longing heart. 2 Breathe, O, breathe thy loving spirit Into eveiy troubled breast ; Let us all in thee inherit, Let us find thy promised rest. Come, almighty to deliver, Let us all thy life receive ; Graciously come down, and never, Never more thy temples leave. 86. 10 s. M. Dr. Johnson. Imploring Divine Light. 1 O Thou, whose power o'er moving worlds pre- sides, Whose voice created, and whose wisdom guides, On darkling man in pure effulgence shine, And cheer the clouded mind with light divine. 2 'T is thine alone to calm the pious breast With silent confidence and holy rest ; From thee, great God, we spring ; to thee we tend, Path, Motive, Guide, Original, and End. PRAYERS AND ASPIRATIONS. 87. T, 6, & 8 s. M. Wisilom in the Use of Time implored. 1 The hours are viewless angels, That still go gliding by, And bear each moment's record up To Him who sits on high. 2 The poison or the nectar Our hearts' deep flower-cups yield, A sample still they gather swift, And leave us in the field. 3 And as we spend each minute That God to us hath given, The deeds are known before his throne, — The tale is told in heaven. 4 And still they steal the record, And bear it far away ; Their mission flight, by day or night, No magic powers can stay. 5 So teach me, Heavenly Father ! To spend each flying hour, That, as they go, they may not show My heart a poison flower. 88. C. M. Milman. Praying for Divine Help. 1 O, help us, Lord ! each hour of need Thy heavenly succour give ; Help us in thought, and word, and deed, Each hour on earth we live. 57 PRAYERS AND ASPIRATIONS. 2 0, help us, when our spirits bleed, With contrite anguish sore ; And when our hearts are cold and dead, O, help us, Lord, the more. 3 O, help us, through the prayer of faith, More firmly to believe ; For still the more the servant hath, The more shall he receive. 4 O, help us, Father, from on high ; We know no help but thee ; O, help us so to live and die, As thine in heaven to be. 80. L. M. Dryden. Divine Light and Guidance implored. 1 O Source of uncreated light, By whom the worlds were raised from night, Come, visit every pious mind ; Come, pour thy joys on human kind. 2 Plenteous in grace, descend from high, ■ Rich in thy matchless energy ; From sin and sorrow set us free, And make us temples worthy thee. 3 Cleanse and refine our earthly parts, Inflame and sanctify our hearts, Our frailties help, our vice control, Submit the senses to the soul. 4 Thrice holy Fount ! thrice holy Fire ! Our hearts with heavenly love inspire ; PEAYEES AND ASPIEATIONS. Make us eternal truths receive. Aid us to live as we believe. 5 Chase from our path each noxious foe, And peace, the fruit of love, bestow ; And, lest our feet should step astray, Protect and guide us in our way. 90. C. M. Montgomery. Solomon's Prayer for Wisdom. 1 Almighty God, in humble prayer To thee our souls we lift ; Do thou our waiting minds prepare For thy most needful gift. 2 We ask not golden streams of wealth Along our path to flow ; We ask not undecaying health, Nor length of years below. 3 We ask not honors, which an hour May bring and take away ; We ask not pleasure, pomp, and power, Lest we should go astray. 1 We ask for wisdom : — Lord, impart The knowledge how to live ; A wise and understanding heart To all before thee give. 5 The young remember thee in youth, Before the evil days ! The old be guided by thy truth In wisdom's pleasant way- ! PRAYERS AND ASPIRATIONS. 91. CM. H. Ware., Jr. Invoking God's Aid. 1 Father in heaven, to thee my heart Wou)d lift itself in prayer ; Drive from my soul each earthly thought, And show thy presence there. 2 Each moment of my life renews The mercies of my Lord, Each moment is itself a gift, To bear me on to God. 3 O, help me break the galling chains This world has round me thrown ; Each passion of my heart subdue, Each darling sin disown. 4 O Father, kindle in my breast A never-dying flame Of holy love, of grateful trust In thine almighty name. 92. L<. M. Doddridge. The Father of our Spirits. 1 Eternal Source of life and thought, Be all beneath thyself forgot ; Whilst thee* great Parent-mind, we own, In prostrate homage round thy throne. 2 Whilst in themselves our souls survey Of thee some faint reflected ray, They, wondering, to their Father rise ; His power how vast ! his thoughts how wise ! 60 PRAYERS AND ASPIRATIONS. 3 O, may we live before thy face, The willing subjects of thy grace, And through each path of duty move With filial awe and filial love. 93. p. m. "Thy will be done." 1 " Thy will be done ! " In devious way The hurrying stream of life may run ; Yet still our grateful hearts shall say, " Thy will be done ! " 2 " Thv will be done ! " If o'er us shine A gladdening and a prosperous sun, This prayer will make it more divine, — " Thy will be done ! " 3 " Thy will be done ! " Though shrouded o'er Our path with gloom, one comfort, one Is ours ; — to breathe, while we adore, " Thy will be done ! " 94. P. M. J. Taylor. Encouragement to pray. 1 I saw the glorious sun arise From yonder mountain gray ; And as he travelled through the skies, The darkness fled away ; And all around me was so bright, I wished it would be always light. 6 61 PRAYERS AND ASPIRATIONS. But when his shining course was done, The gentle moon drew nigh, And stars came twinkling, one by one, Upon the shady sky. Who made the sun to shine so far, The moon and eveiy twinkling star ? God made the sun that blazes high, The moon more pale and dim, And all the stars that fill the sky Are made and ruled by him ; And yet a child may ask his care, And call upon his name in prayer. 95» C. M. Doddridge. Seeking the Knowledge of God. 1 Shine forth, eternal Source of light, And make thy glories known ; Fill our enlarged, adoring sight With lustre all thy own. 2 Vain are the charms, and faint the rays, The brightest creatures boast ; And all their grandeur, and their praise, Is in thy presence lost. 3 To know the Author of our frame Is our sublimest skill ; True science is to read thy name, True life, to obey thy will. PRAYERS AND ASPIRATIONS. For this I long, for this I pray, And, following on, pursue, Till visions of eternal day Fix and complete the view. 96. L. M. H. Moore. Preservation from Sin implored. 1 Amidst a world of hopes and fears, With all its cares, and toils, and tears, Where foes alarm, and dangers threat, And pleasures kill, and glories cheat ; 2 Shed down, O Lord ! a heavenly ray To guide us in the doubtful way ; And o'er us hold thy shield of power, To guard us in the dangerous hour. 3 Teach us the flattering paths to shun, In which the thoughtless many run ; Who for a shade the substance miss, And grasp their ruin in their bliss. 4 Each noble principle impart ; — That faith that sanctifies the heart, Hope, that to heaven's high vault aspires, And love that warms with holy fires. 5 Whate'er is honest, pure, refined, Just, generous, amiable, and kind, That may our constant zeal pursue, That may we love and practise too. 63 PRAYERS AND ASPIRATIONS. May never pleasure, wealth, or pride Allure our wandering souls aside ; Nor tempt us from the narrow road, Which leads to happiness and God. 97, L. M. Steadfastness and Watchfulness implored. 1 Great God ! my Father and my Friend, On whom I cast my constant care, On whom for all things I depend ! To thee I raise my humble prayer. 2 Endue me with a holy fear ; The frailty of my heart reveal ; Sin and its snares are always near ; Thee may I always nearer feel. 3 O that to thee my constant mind May with a steady flame aspire, Pride in its earliest motions find, And check the rise of wrong desire ! 4 O that my watchful soul may fly The first perceived approach of sin, Look up to thee when danger 's nigh, And feel thy fear control within ! 5 Search, gracious God ! my inmost heart ; From guilt and error set me free ; Thy light, and truth, and peace, impart, And guide me safe to heaven and thee. 64 PRAYERS AND ASPIRATIONS. 98. 7s. M. J. Taylok. Love to God and Man. 1 Father of our feeble race ! Wise, beneficent, and kind, Spread o'er nature's ample face, Flows thy goodness unconfined : Musing in the silent grove, Or the busy haunts of men, Still we trace thy wondrous love, Claiming large returns again. 2 Lord ! what offering shall we bring, At thine altars when we bow ? Hearts, the pure, unsullied spring, Whence the kind affections flow ; Soft compassion's feeling soul, By the melting eye expressed ; Sympathy, at whose control Sorrow leaves the wounded breast. 3 Willing hands to lead the blind, Bind the wounded, feed the poor ; Love, embracing all our kind Charity, with liberal store : Teach us, O thou heavenly King ! Thus to show our grateful mind, Thus the accepted offering bring, Love to thee, and all mankind. 99. C. M. Bowring. Pure Worship. 1 The offerings to thy throne which rise, Of mingled praise and prayer, 6* 65 PRAYERS AND ASPIRATIONS. Are but a worthless sacrifice Unless the heart is there. 2 Upon thine all-discerning ear Let no vain words intrude ; No tribute but the vow sincere, — The tribute of the good. 3 Our offerings will indeed be blest, If sanctified by thee, — If thy pure spirit touch the breast With its own purity. 4 O, may that spirit warm each heart To piety and love, And to life's lowly vale impart Some rays from heaven above ! 100. L,. M.61. H. Ware, Jr. Prajer for the right Use of Trial. 1 Father, thy gentle chastisement Falls kindly on my burdened soul ; I see its merciful intent To warn me back to thy control, And pray, that, while I kiss the rod, I may find perfect peace with God. 2 The errors of my heart I know ; I feel my deep infirmities : For often virtuous feelings glow, And holy purposes arise, But like the morning clouds decay, As empty, though as fair, as they. PRAYERS AND ASPIRATIONS. 3 Forgive the weakness I deplore ; And let thy peace abound in me ; That I may trust myself no more, But wholly cast myself on thee. O, let my Father's strength be mine, And my devoted life be thine ! 101. CM. Montgomery. Resignation. 1 One prayer I have, — all prayers in one, - When I am wholy thine ; Thy will, my God, thy will be done, And let that will be mine. 2 All- wise, almighty, and all-good, In thee I firmly trust ; Thy ways, unknown or understood, Are merciful and just. 3 May I remember that to thee Whate'er I have I owe ; And back, in gratitude, from me May all thy bounties flow. 4 Thy gifts are only then enjoyed, When used as talents lent ; Those talents only well employed, When in thy service spent. 5 And, though thy wisdom takes away, Shall I arraign thy will ? No ; let me bless thy name, and say, " The Lord is gracious still." 67 PRAYERS AND ASPIRATIONS. 102. c. m. Aspiration. 1 The bird let loose in eastern skies, When hastening fondly home, Ne'er stoops to earth her wing, nor flies Where idle warblers roam, But high she shoots through air and light, Above all low delay, Where nothing earthly bounds her flight Nor shadows dim her way. 2 So grant me, God, from every care And stain of passion free, Aloft, through virtue's purer air To hold my course to thee ; No sin to cloud, no lure to stay My soul, as home she springs, Thy sunshine on her joyful way, Thy freedom in her wings. 103. 6&5s. M. Mrs. S. J. Hale. The Lord's Prayer. 1 Our Father in heaven, We hallow thy name ! May thy kingdom holy On earth be the same ! O, give to us daily Our portion of bread ; It is from thy bounty That all must be fed. 68 PRAYERS AND ASPIRATIONS. 2 Forgive our transgressions, And teach us to know That humble compassion Which pardons each foe : Keep us from temptation, From weakness and sin, And thine be the glory For ever. Amen ! 104. CM. Lucy E. Guernsey. Seeking Strength for Duty. 1 Jehovah ! by thy covenant With all thy people made, We come to ask thee that our hearts Upon thy truth be stayed. 2 Ere entering on the battle-field, In struggle stern, of life, We ask thee, for thy glory's sake, Be with us in the strife. 3 O, strengthen thou our purposes To struggle and to be ; May all our thoughts, and words, and works, Be sacred still to thee. 4 Give us the force to will, to work, No suffering to shun, And by our efforts, Lord of Hosts, O, let thy will be done. 5 When in the dark and lonely night We watch the coming day, Be thou our buttress and defence, Our refuge and our stay. 69 PRAYERS AND ASPIRATIONS. 6 0, help us to be vigilant Lest foes should enter in, And teach our eyes to apprehend The first approach of sin. 7 Defend us in the battle hour, And make our weapons strong Against thy foes, thy kingdom's foes, Oppression, sin, and wrong. 8 Hold up our hands, confirm our hearts, Show all our duties clear ; Permit not any single heart Either to sleep or fear. 70 IV. PRAISE AND THANKSGIVING. 10o« 7 s. M. Montgomery. Praise from all Lands. 1 All ye nations, praise the Lord ; All ye lands, your voices raise ; Heaven and earth, with loud accord, Praise the Lord, for ever praise. 2 For his truth and mercy stand, Past, and present, and to be, Like the years of his right hand, Like his own eternity. 3 Praise him, ye who know his love ; Praise him from the depths beneath ; Praise him in the heights above ; Praise your Maker, all that breathe. 106. 7 s. M. Barbal-ld. Praise for the Seasons. 1 Praise to God, immortal praise, For the love that crowns our days ! Bounteous Source of every joy, Let thy praise our tongues employ. PRAISE AND THANKSGIVING. 2 All that spring, with bounteous hand, Scatters o'er the smiling land, — All that liberal autumn pours From her rich, o'erflowing stores, — 3 These to that dear Source we owe Whence our sweetest comforts flow ; These, through all my happy days, Claim my cheerful songs of praise. 4 Lord, to thee my soul should raise Grateful, never-ending praise, And, when every blessing 's flown, Love thee for thyself alone. 107. 7 s. M. Bo WRING. Lowly Praise. 1 Lord, in heaven, thy dwelling-place, Hear the praises we now raise, And, while hearing, let thy grace Dews of sweet forgiveness pour ; While we know, benignant King, That the praises which we bring Are a worthless offering Till thy blessing makes it more. 2 More 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 ! It can make the humblest song Sweet, acceptable, and strong, As the strains the angels' throng Pour around the throne of heaven. PRAISE AND THANKSGIVING. 108. 7 s. M. Sandys. Harmony of Praise. 1 Thou, who sitt'st enthroned above ! Thou, in whom we live and move ! Thou, who art most great, most high ! God, from all eternity ! 2 O, how sweet, how excellent, 'T is when tongue and heart consent, Grateful hearts and joyful tongues, Hymning thee in tuneful songs ! 3 When the morning paints the skies, When the stars of evening rise, We thy praises will record, Sovereign Ruler ! mighty Lord ! 4 Decks the spring with flowers the field ? Harvest rich doth autumn yield ? Giver of all good below ! Lord ! from thee these blessings flow. 5 Sovereign Ruler ! mighty Lord ! We thy praises will record : Giver of these blessings ! we Pour the grateful song to thee. 109, C. M. Watts. Praise for Creation and Providence. 1 I sing the almighty power of God, That made the mountains rise ; That spread the flowing seas abroad, And built the loftv skies. PRAISE AND THANKSGIVING. 2 I sing the wisdom that ordained The sun to rule the day ; The moon shines full at his command, And all the stars obey. 3 I sing the goodness of the Lord, That filled the earth with food ; He formed the creatures with his word And then pronounced them good. 4 Lord, how thy wonders are displayed, Where'er I turn mine eye, If I survey the ground I tread, Or gaze upon the sky ! 5 There 's not a plant or flower below, But makes thy glories known ; And clouds arise and tempests blow By order from thy throne. 6 Creatures, as numerous as they be, Are subject to thy care ; There 's not a place where we can flee But God is present there. 7 His hand is my perpetual guard ; He keeps me with his eye : Why should I, then, forget the Lord, Who is for ever nigh ? 110. 8&7s. M. Thanksgiving. 1 Praise the Lord, when blushing morning Wakes the blossoms fresh with dew, Praise him when revived creation Beams with beauties fair and new. 74 PRAISE AND THANKSGIVING. 2 Praise the Lord, when early breezes Come so fragrant from the flowers, Praise, thou willow, by the brook-side, Praise, ye birds, among the bowers. 3 Praise the Lord, and may his blessing Guide us in the way of truth, Keep our feet from paths of error, Make us holy in our youth. 111. 8 & 7s. 31. Praise the Lord. 1 Praise 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. 2 Praise the Lord, for he hath spoken ; Worlds his mighty voice obeyed ; Laws, which never can be broken, For their guidance he hath made. 3 Praise the Lord, for he is glorious ; Never shall his promise fail ; God hath made his saints victorious '; Sin and death shall not prevail. 4 Praise the God of our salvation ; Hosts on high his power proclaim ; Heaven and earth, and all creation, Praise and magnify his name. 75 PRAISE AND THANKSGIVING. 112. P.M. Park. Thanksgiving and Praise. 1 My soul, praise the Lord ! Speak good of his name ; His mercies record, His bounties proclaim ; To God, their Creator, Let all creatures raise The song of thanksgiving, The chorus of praise ! 2 By knowledge supreme, By wisdom divine, God governs this earth, With gracious design ; O'er beast, bird, and insect His providence reigns, Whose will first created, Whose love still sustains. 3 And man, his last work, With reason endued, Who, falling through sin, By grace is renewed, — To God, his Creator, Let man ever raise ' The song of thanksgiving, The chorus of praise ! 113. 8 s. M. Hogg. Glory to God, the Giver and Guard of Life. 1 Lauded be thy name for ever, Thou of life the Guard and Giver ! PRAISE AND THANKSGIVING. Thou who slumber'st 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 for ever ! 2 God of evening's yellow ray ! God of yonder dawning day, That rises from the distant sea Like breathings of eternity ! Thine the naming sphere of light, Thine the darkness of the night. God of life, that fade shall never, Glory to thy name for ever ! 114. H. M. Sandy Praise ye the Lord. 1 All, from the sun's uprise Unto his setting rays, Resound in jubilees The great Creator's praise ! Him serve alone ; In triumph bring Your gifts, and sing Before his throne ! 2 Man drew from man his birth ; But God his noble frame (Built of the ruddy earth) Filled with celestial flame. His sons we are, By him are led, Preserved, and fed With tender care. 7 * 77 PRAISE AND THANKSGIVING. 3 Then to His portals press In your divine resorts ; With thanks his power profess, And praise him in his courts. How good ! how pure ! His mercies last ; His promise past Is ever sure. 115, 7 s. 31. Conder. O, s'we Thanks unto the Lord ! 1 0, give thanks to Him who made Morning light and evening shade ! Source and Giver of all good, — Nightly sleep and daily food, — Quickener of our wearied powers, Guard of our unconscious hours ! 2 O, give thanks to nature's King, Who made every breathing thing ! His our warm and sentient frame ; His the mind's immortal flame. O, how close the ties that bind Spirits to the Eternal Mind ! 3 0, give thanks with heart and lip, For we are his workmanship, And all creatures are his care ! Not a bird that cleaves the air Falls unnoticed ; — but who can Speak the Father's love to man ! 4 0, give thanks for him who came, In a mortal, suffering frame, PRAISE AND THANKSGIVING. Temple of the Deity ; — Came to bear our souls on high, In the path himself hath trod, Leading; back his saints to God. 116. I. M. Thanksgiving Hymn. 1 Father of mercies ! God of peace ! Being whose bounties never cease ! While to the heavens, in grateful tones, Ascend our mingled orisons, Listen to these, the notes of praise, Which we, a happy people, raise ! 2 Our hamlets, sheltered by thy care, Abodes of peace and plenty are ; Our tillage, by thy blessing, yields An hundred-fold from ripened fields ; And flowing grain, and burdened vine, Are tokens of thy love divine. 3 The cradled head of infancy Doth owe its tranquil rest to thee ; Youth's doubting step, man's firmer tread, In years mature, by thee are led ; Secure may trembling age, O Lord ! Lean on its staff, thy holy Word. 4 Teach us these blessings to improve, Teach us to serve thee, teach to love ; Exalt our hearts, that we may see The Giver of all good in thee ; And be thy word our daily food, Thy service, Lord, our greatest good. PRAISE AND THANKSGIVING. 117. L. M. Perpetual Praise. 1 My 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. 2 Father and Guardian ! to thy shrine The life thou shieldest will I bring ; All, great Creator ! all is thine ; The heart my noblest offering ! 3 The 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. 4 So shall sweet thoughts and hopes sublime My constant inspirations be ; And every shifting scene of time Reflect, my God, a light from thee ! 118. 7 s. M. Merrick. Praise. Psalm 136. 1 Lift your voice and joyful sing Praises to our heavenly King ; For his mercies far extend, And his bounty knows no end. 2 Honor pay to heaven's high Lord, And his wondrous deeds record ; Through the various realms of earth Praise him, all of human birth ; — PRAISE AND THANKSGIVING. 3 Him whose wisdom, throned on high, Built the mansions of the sky, And the orbs that gild the pole Bade through boundless ether roll. 4 To the great Eternal King Raise your voice and joyful sing ; For his mercies wide extend, And his bounty knows no end. 119. 8&7s.M. 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' ciy, " Holy, holy, holy," singing, " Lord of hosts, the Lord most high ! " 2 Ever 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! PRAISE AND THANKSGIVING. Thus, thy glorious name confessing, We adopt the angels' cry, Holy, holy, holy, 1 blessing Thee, the Lord our God most high ! " 120» 7 s. M. Montgomery. Hymn of Praise. 1 Heralds of creation, cry, Praise the Lord, the Lord most high ! Heaven and earth, obey the call, Praise the Lord, the Lord of all. 2 For he spake, and forth from night Sprang the universe to light ; He commanded, — Nature heard, And stood fast upon his word. 3 Praise him, all ye hosts above, Spirits perfected in love ; Sun and moon, your voices raise ; Sing, ye stars, your Maker's praise. 4 Let his truth by babes be told, And his wonders by the old ; Youths and maidens in your prime, Learn the lays of heaven betime. 5 High above all height his throne, Excellent his name alone ; Him let all his works confess, Him let every being bless. 121. P. M. Milton. Praise to God. Psalm 136. 1 Let us, with a gladsome mind, Praise the Lord, for he is kind ; PRAISE AND THANKSGIVING. For his mercies aye endure, Ever faithful, ever sure. 2 Let us blaze his name abroad, For of gods he is the God ; For his mercies, &c. 3 Who, by his all-commanding might, Did fill the new-made world with light ; For his mercies, &c. 4 And caused the golden-tressed sun All day long his course to run ; For his mercies, &c. 5 The horned moon to shine by night Amongst her spangled sisters bright ; For his mercies, &c. 6 His chosen people he did bless In the wasteful wilderness ; For his mercies, &c. 7 He hath, with a piteous eye, Beheld us in our misery ; For his mercies, &c. 8 All his creatures he doth feed, And with full hand supplies their need ; For his mercies, &c. 9 Let us, therefore, warble forth His mighty majesty and worth ; For his mercies, &c. 93 PRAISE AND THANKSGIVING. 122, P.M. H. Ware, Jr. Thanksgiving Hymn. 1 Father of earth and heaven, Whose arm upholds creation, To thee we raise the voice of praise, And bend in adoration. 2 We praise the power that made us ; We praise the love that blesses ; While every day that rolls away Thy gracious care confesses. 3 Life is from thee, blest Father ; From thee all breathing spirits ; And thou dost give to all that live The bliss that each inherits. 4 Day, night, and rolling seasons, And all that life embraces, With bliss are crowned, with joy abound, And claim our thankful praises. 5 And when death's final summons From earth's dear scenes shall move us, — From friends, from foes, from joys, from woes, From all that know and love us, — 6 O, then, let hope attend us ! Thy peace to us be given ! That we may rise above the skies, And sing thy praise in heaven ! 84 PRAISE AND THANKSGIVING. 123. H. M. H. Ware, Jr. Praise. 1 O holy, holy Lord, — Creation's sovereign King, Thy majesty adored, Let all creation sing : Who wast, and art, And art to be ; — Nor time shall see Thy sway depart. 2 Great are thy works of praise, O God of boundless might ! All just and true thy ways, Thou King of saints in light ! Let all above, And all below, Conspire to show Thy power and love. 3 Who shall not fear thee, Lord, And magnify thy name ? Thy judgments sent abroad Thy holiness proclaim ; Nations shall throng From every shore, And all adore, In one loud song. 4 While thus the powers on high Their swelling chorus raise, Let earth and man reply, And echo back the praise : PRAISE AND THANKSGIVING. His glory own, First, last, and best, God ever blest, And God alone. 12-4. 8 & T s. H. Robissox. Bod the Creator. 1 Mighty God ! while angels bless thee, May an infant lisp thy name ! Lord of men. as well as ansels, Thou art even* creature's theme. 2 Lord of even* land and nation, Ancient of eternal days ! Sounded through the wide creation Be thy just and lawful praise ; 3 For the grandeur of thy nature, — Grand beyond a seraph's thought ; For created works of power. — Works with skill and kindness wrought ; 4 For thy providence, that governs Through thine empire's wide domain, Wings an angel, guides a sparrow : — Blessed be thy gentle reign. V. GOD. 125. L.M. 61. T.Moore. God the Life and Light of the World. 1 Thou art, O God, the life and light Of alt this wondrous world we see ; Its glow by day, its smile by night, Are but reflections caught from thee. Where'er we turn, thy glories shine, And all things fair and bright are thine. 2 When day, with farewell beam, delays Among the opening clouds of even, And we can almost think we gaze, Through golden vistas, into heaven, Those hues that make the sun's decline So soft, so radiant, Lord, are thine. 3 When night, with wings of starry gloom, O'ershadows all the earth and skies, Like some dark, beauteous bird, whose plume Is sparkling with unnumbered eyes, That sacred gloom, those fires divine, So grand, so countless, Lord, are thine. 4 When youthful spring around us breathes, Thy spirit warms her fragrant sigh ; And every flower the summer wreathes Is born beneath thy kindling eye : 87 GOD. Where'er we turn, thy glories shine, And all things fair and bright are thine. 126. C. M. Watts. God is everywhere. 1 In all my vast concerns with thee, In vain my soul would try To shun thy presence, Lord, or flee The notice of thine eye. 2 Thy all-surrounding sight surveys My rising and my rest, My public walks, my private ways, And secrets of my breast. 3 My thoughts lie open to the Lord Before they 're formed within ; And ere my lips pronounce the word, He knows the sense I mean. 4 O, wondrous knowledge, deep and high ! Where can a creature hide ? Within thy circling arms I lie, Beset on every side. 5 So let thy grace surround me still, And like a bulwark prove, To guard my soul from every ill, Secured by sovereign love. 127# 8 & 7s. M. BOWRING. God is Love. 1 God is love ; his mercy brightens All the path in which we rove ; GOD. Bliss he wakes and woe he lightens ; God is wisdom, God is love. 2 Chance and change are busy ever ; Man decays, and ages move ; But his mercy waneth never ; God is wisdom, God is love. 3 E'en the hour that darkest seemeth Will his changeless goodness prove ; From the gloom his brightness streameth God is wisdom, God is love. 4 He with earthly cares entwineth Hope and comfort from above : Everywhere his glory shineth ; God is wisdom, God is love. 128. 7s M " I will that men pray everywhere." 1 They who seek the throne of grace Find that throne in every place ; If we love a life of prayer, God is present everywhere. 2 In our sickness, in our health, In our want, or in our wealth, If we look to God in prayer, God is present everywhere. 3 When our earthly comforts fail, When the woes of life prevail, 'T is the time for earnest prayer : God is present everywhere. GOD. 4 Then, my soul, in every strait, To thy Father come, and wait ; He will answer every prayer : God is present everywhere. 129. L. M. Bowring. God's sustaining Presence. 1 Father and Friend, thy light, thy love, Beaming through all thy works, we see ; Thy glory gilds the heavens above, And all the earth is full of thee. 2 Thy voice we hear, thy presence feel, Whilst thou, too pure for mortal sight, Involved in clouds, invisible, Reignest the Lord of life and light. 3 We know not in what hallowed part Of the wide heavens thy throne may be, But this we know, — that where thou art, Strength, wisdom, goodness, dwell with thee. 4 And through the various maze of time, ' And through the infinity of space, We follow thy career sublime, And all thy wondrous footsteps trace. 5 Thy children shall not faint nor fear, Sustained by this delightful thought, — Since thou, their God, art everywhere, They cannot be where thou art not. GOD. 130. CM. 6 1. CONDER. Presence of God. 1 Beyond, beyond that boundless sea, Above that dome of sky, Farther than thought itself can flee, Thy dwelling is on high ; Yet dear the awful thought to me, That thou, my God, art nigh. 2 We hear thy voice when thunders roll Through the wide fields of air ; The waves obey thy dread control ; Yet still thou art not there : Where shall I find Him, O my soul, Who yet is everywhere ? 3 O, not in circling depth, or height, But in the conscious breast, Present to faith, though veiled from sight, There does his spirit rest : O, come, thou Presence Infinite, And make thy creature blest. 131. CM. Thomson. The unceasing Goodness of God. 1 Jehovah God ! thy gracious power On every hand we see ; O, may the blessings of each hour Lead all our thoughts to thee ! 2 If on the wings of morn we speed To earth's remotest bound, Thy hand will there our footsteps lead, Thy love, our path surround. GOD. 3 Thy power is in the ocean deeps, And reaches to the skies ; Thine eye of mercy never sleeps, Thy goodness never dies. 4 From morn till noon, till latest eve, The hand of God we see ; And all the blessings we receive Ceaseless proceed from thee. 5 In all the varying scenes of time, On thee our hopes depend ; Through every age, in every clime, Our Father and our Friend ! 132. L. M. Mrs.Follex. Goodness of God. 1 God, thou art good ! Each perfumed flower The waving field, the dark green wood, The insect fluttering for an hour, — All things proclaim that God is good. - 2 I hear it in each breath of wind ; The hills that have for ages stood, And clouds with gold and silver lined, All still repeat that God is good. . 3 Each little rill, that many a year Has the same verdant path pursued, And every bird, in accents clear, Joins in the song that God is good. 4 The countless hosts of twinkling stars, That sing his praise with light renewed ; GOD. The rising sun each day declares, In rays of glory, God is good. 5 The moon, that walks in brightness, says That God is good ! and man, endued With power to speak his Maker's praise, Should still repeat that God is good. 133. L. M God our Father. 1 Great God ! and wilt thou condescend To be my Father and my Friend ? I but a child, and thou so high, The Lord of earth, and air, and sky ? 2 Art thou my Father ? Canst thou bear To hear my poor, imperfect prayer ? Or stoop to" listen to the praise That such a little one can raise ? 3 Art thou my Father ? — Let me be A meek, obedient child to thee, And try, in every deed and thought, To serve and please thee as I ought. 4 Art thou my Father ? — I Tl depend Upon the care of such a friend, And only wish to do and be Whatever seemeth good to thee. 5 Art thou my Father ? — Then, at last, When all my days on earth are past, Send down, and take me, in thy love, To be thy better child above. GOD. 134. C. M. Browne. Divine Goodness. 1 Lord, thou art good ; all nature shows Its mighty Author kind ; Thy bounty through creation flows, Full, free, and unconfined. 2 The whole in every part proclaims Thy infinite good-will ; It shines in stars, it flows in streams, And bursts from every hill. 3 It fills the wide-extended main, And heavens which spread more wide ; It drops in gentle showers of rain, And rolls in every tide. 4 Still hath it been diffused and free, Through ages past and gone ; Nor ever can exhausted be, But still keeps flowing on. 5 Through the whole earth it pours supplies, Spreads joy through all its parts ; Lord, may thy goodness draw our eyes, And captivate our hearts ! 6 High admiration let it raise, And kind affections move ; Employ our tongues in hymns of praise, And fill our hearts with love. 94 GOD. 135. C. P. M. H.Moore. God is Love. 1 My God ! thy boundless love I praise ; How bright on high its glories blaze ! How sweetly bloom below ! It streams from thine eternal throne ; Through heaven its joys for ever run, And o'er the earth they flow. 2 'T is love that paints the purple morn, And bids the clouds in air upborne Their genial drops distil ; In every vernal beam it glows, And breathes in every gale that blows, And glides in every rill. 3 It robes in cheerful green the ground, And pours its flowery beauties round, Whose sweets perfume the gale ; Its bounties richly spread the plain, The blushing fruit, the golden grain, And smile in eveiy vale. 4 Then let the love, that makes me blest, With cheerful praise inspire my breast, And ardent gratitude ; And all my thoughts and passions tend To thee, my Father and my Friend, My soul's eternal good. 136. 7 s. M. Bowring. God in all Things. 1 Father ! thy paternal care Has my guardian been, my guide ; GOD. Every hallowed wish and prayer Has thy hand of love supplied , Thine is every thought of bliss, Left by hours and days gone by ; Eveiy hope thine offspring is, Beaming from futurity. 2 Every sun of splendid ray ; Every moon that shines serene ; Every morn that welcomes day ; Every evening's twilight scene ; Every hour which wisdom brings ; Every incense at thy shrine ; These, — and all life's holiest things, And its fairest, — all are thine. 3 And for all, my hymns shall rise, Daily, to thy gracious throne : Thither let my asking eyes Turn unwearied, — righteous One! Through life's strange vicissitude There reposing all my care, Trusting still, through ill and good, Fixed, and cheered, and counselled there. 137* cm. 1 It was our Heavenly Father's love Brought every being forth ; He made the shining worlds above, And every thing on earth. 2 He gives us all our parenjs dear, Our teachers kind and true ; GOD. He bids us all their precepts hear, And all they teach us do. 3 God sees and hears us all the day And in the darkest night ; He views us when we disobey, And when we act aright. 4 God hears what we are saying now, — O, what a wondrous thought ! Our Heavenly Father ! teach us how To love thee as we ought. 138. 7 s M. God is Love. 1 Earth, with her ten thousand flowers ; Air, with all its beams and showers ; Ocean's infinite expanse ; Heaven's resplendent countenance ; — All around, and all above, Hath this record, — God is love. 2 Sounds among the vales and hills, In the woods, and by the rills, Of the breeze and of the bird, By the gentle murmur stirred, — All these songs, beneath, above, Have one burden, — God is love. 3 All the hopes and fears that start From the fountain of the heart, All the quiet bliss that lies, All our human sympathies, — These are voices from above, Sweetly whispering, — God is love. GOD. 139. L. M. Presence of God. 1 God of the ocean, earth, and sky ! In thy bright presence we rejoice ; We feel thee, see thee, ever nigh, We ever hear thy gracious voice. 2 We feel thee in the sunny beam ; We see thee walk the mountain waves ; We hear thee in the murmuring stream, And when the midnight tempest raves. 3 God on the lonely hills we meet ; God, in the valley and the grove ; While birds and whispering winds repeat That God is there, — that God is love ! 4 We meet thee in the silent hour, When wearied nature sinks to rest ; When dies the breeze, and sleeps the flower, And peace is given to eveiy breast. 5 We see thee when at eve afar We upward lift our wondering sight, — We see thee in each glittering star That beautifies the gloom of night. 6 But better still, and still more clear, Thee in the sacred page we see : There thy own glorious words we hear, And learn the way to heaven and thee. VI. WORKS AND PROVIDENCE OF GOD. 140. c. p. m. Acknowledgment of God's constant Goodness. 1 Great Source of unexhausted good ! Who giv'st us help, and friends, and food, And peace, and calm content ; Like fragrant incense to the skies, Let songs of grateful praises rise, For all thy blessings lent. 2 Through all the dangers of the dav, Thy providence attends our way, To guard us and to guide ; Thy grace directs our wandering will, And warns us, lest seducing ill Allure our souls aside. 3 Thy smiles, with a reviving light, Cheer the long, darksome hours of night, And gild the thickest gloom ; Thy watchful love, around our bed, Doth softly like a curtain spread, And guard the peaceful room. 4 To thee our lives, our all, we owe, Our peace and sweetest joys below, And brighter hopes above ; WORKS AND PROVIDENCE OF GOD. Then let our lives, and all that 's ours, Our souls, and all our active powers, Be sacred to thy love. Thus, gracious Father ! thee we praise And, while our feeble songs we raise To bless thee and adore, Some spark of heavenly fire impart, And teach each humble, grateful heart To bless and love thee more. 141. L. M. H.M.Williams. God seen in All. 1 My God ! all nature owns thy sway ; Thou giv'st the night and thou the day : When all thy loved creation wakes, When morning, rich in lustre, breaks, And bathes in dew the opening flower, To thee we owe her fragrant hour ; And when she pours her choral song, Her melodies to thee belong. 2 Or when, in paler tints arrayed, The evening slowly spreads her shade, That soothing shade, that grateful gloom, Can, more than day's enlivening bloom, Still every fond and vain desire, And calmer, purer thoughts inspire ; From earth the pensive spirit free, And lead the softened heart to thee. 3 In every scene thy hands have dressed, In every form by thee impressed WORKS AND PROVIDENCE OF GOD. Upon the mountain's awful head, Or where the sheltering woods are spread ; In every note that swells the gale, Or tuneful stream that cheers the vale, The cavern's depth, or echoing grove, — A voice is heard of praise and love. 4 As o'er thy work the seasons roll, And soothe, with change of bliss, the soul. O, never may their smiling train Pass o'er the human sense in vain ! But oft, as on their charms we gaze, Attune the wondering soul to praise ; And be the joys that most we prize Those joys that from thy favor rise ! 142. C M. Montgomery. The Earth full of the Goodness of God. 1 God, in the high and holy place, Looks down upon the spheres ; Yet, in his providence and grace, To every eye appears. 2 He bows the heavens ; the mountains stand A highway for our God ; He walks amidst the desert-land ; 'T is Eden where he trod. 3 The forests in his strength rejoice ; Hark ! on the evening breeze, As once of old, Jehovah's voice Is heard among the trees. 4 In every stream his bounty flows, Diffusing joy and wealth ; 9* 101 WORKS AND PROVIDENCE OF GOD. In every breeze his spirit blows, — The breath of life and health. 5 His blessings fall in plenteous showers Upon the lap of earth, That teems with foliage, fruits, and flowers, And rings with infant mirth. 6 If God hath made this world so fair, Where sin and death abound, How beautiful beyond compare Will paradise be found ! 143. C. M. Mrs. Miles. Earth the Shadow of Heaven. 1 The earth, all light and loveliness, In summer's golden hours, Shines, in her bridal vesture clad, And crowned with festal flowers, So radiantly beautiful, So like to heaven above, We scarce can deem more fair that world Of perfect bliss and love. 2 Is this a shadow faint and dim Of that which is to come ? What shall the unveiled splendor be Of our celestial home, Where waves the glorious tree of life, W T here streams of bliss gush free, And all is glowing in the light Of immortality ! 102 WORKS AND PROVIDENCE OF GOD. 144. C. M. Whittiek. Nature's Worship. 1 The ocean looketh up to heaven, As 't were a living thing ; The homage of its waves is given, In ceaseless worshipping. 2 They kneel upon the sloping sand, As bends the human knee ; A beautiful and tireless band, The priesthood of the sea. 3 The mists are lifted from the rills, Like the white wing of prayer ; They kneel above the ancient hills, As doing homage there. 4 The forest-tops are lowly cast O'er breezy hill and glen, As if a prayerful spirit passed On nature as on men. 5 The sky is as a temple's arch ; The blue and wavy air Is glorious with the spirit march Of messengers at prayer. 145. L. M. Addison. The Heavens declare the Glory of God. 1 The spacious firmament on high, With all the blue ethereal sky, And spangled heavens, a shining frame, Their great Original proclaim. WORKS AND PROVIDENCE OF GOD. The unwearied sun, from day to day, Doth his Creator's power display, And publishes to every land The work of an almighty hand. Soon as the evening shades prevail, The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth ; Whilst all the stars which round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole. What though, in solemn silence, all Move round this dark terrestrial ball ; What though no real voice nor sound Amidst their radiant orbs be found ; In reason's ear they all rejoice, And utter forth a glorious voice ; For ever singing, as they shine, — " The hand that made us is divine." 14o# I,. M. Doddridge. " Thou crownest the year with thy goodness." 1 Eternal Source of every joy ! Well may thy praise our lips employ, While in thy temple we appear, Whose goodness crowns the circling year. 2 Wide as the wheels of nature roll, Thy hand supports the steady pole ; The sun is taught by thee to rise, And darkness when to veil the skies. 104 WORKS AND PROVIDENCE OF GOD. 3 The flowery spring, at thy command, Embalms the air and paints the land ; The summer rays with vigor shine, To raise the corn, and cheer the vine. 4 Thy hand in autumn richly pours, Through all our coast, redundant stores ; And winters, softened by thy care, No more a face of horror wear. 5 Seasons, and months, and weeks, and days, Demand successive songs of praise ; Still be the cheerful homage paid, With opening light, and evening shade. 147. c m Goodness of God in his Works. 1 There 's not a tint that paints the rose, Or decks the lily fair, Or streaks the humblest flower that grows, But God has placed it there. 2 There 's not of grass a single blade, Or leaf of lowliest mien, Where heavenly skill is not displayed, And heavenly wisdom seen. 3 There 's not a star whose twinkling light Illumes the spreading earth, There 's not a cloud, or dark, or bright, But mercy gave it birth. 4 Then wake, my soul, and sing his name, And all his praise rehearse, Who spread abroad earth's glorious frame, And made the universe. WORKS AND PROVIDENCE OF GOD. 148. c. m. Thunder-storm. 1 The thunder bursts ! its rolling might Seems the firm hills to shake ; And in terrific splendor bright The gathered lightnings break. 2 Yet doth not God behold thee still, With all-surveying eye ? Doth not his power all nature fill, Around, beneath, on high ? 3 Then fear not, though the angry sky A thousand darts should cast ; Why should we tremble e'en to die, And be with him at last ? 149. Ii. M. Mrs. Hemans. The Stars. 1 Child of the earth, 0,lift thy glance To yon bright firmament's expanse *, The glories of its realm explore, Behold, and wonder, and adore ! 2 Mark well each little star, whose rays In distant splendor meet thy gaze ; Each is a world by Him sustained, Who from eternity hath reigned. 3 Each, shining not for earth alone, Hath suns and planets of its own, And beings whose existence springs From Him, the all-powerful King of kings. 106 WORKS AND TROVIDENCE OF GOD. 4 What, then, art thou, O child of clay, Amidst creation's grandeur, say ? E'en as an insect on the breeze, E'en as a dewdrop lost in seas ! 5 Yet fear thou not ! — the sovereign hand, "Which spread the ocean and the land, And hung the rolling spheres in air, Hath, e'en for thee, a Father's care. 150. 7 s. M. Hebei '• Consider the lilies of the field ; — behold the fowls of the air. 1 1 Lo ! the lilies of the field ! How their leaves instruction yield ! Hark to nature's lesson given By the blessed birds of heaven ! Every bush and tufted tree Warbles trust and piety ; Children, banish doubt and sorrow, — God provideth for the morrow. 2 One there lives, whose guardian eye Guides our earthly destiny ; One there lives, who, Lord of all, Keeps his children, lest they fall : Pass we, then, in love and praise, Trusting him, through all our days, Free from doubt and faithless sorrow ; - God provideth for the morrow. 151. CM. The Rainbow. 1 Behold that arch of varied hue ! From heaven to earth 't is bowed ; 107 WORKS AND PROVIDENCE OF GOD. Haste, ere it vanish, haste to view The rainbow in the cloud. 2 'T was not alone to charm thy sight, God gave that vision fair ; Gaze on its beams of azure light, And read his mercy there. 152. C. M. Wallace. The Creator's Works. 1 There 's not a star whose twinkling light Illumes the distant earth, And cheers the solemn gloom of night, But mercy gave it birth. 2 There 's not a cloud whose dews distil Upon the parching clod, And clothe with verdure vale and hill, That is not sent by God. 3 There 's not a place in earth's vast round, In ocean deep, or air, Where skill and wisdom are not found, For God is everywhere. 4 Around, beneath, below, above, Wherever space extends, There heaven displays its boundless love, And power with mercy blends. 153* H. M. Freeman. Imitation of Thomson's Hymn on the Seasons. 1 Lord of the worlds below ! On earth thy glories shine ; WORKS AND PROVIDENCE OF GOD. The changing seasons show Thy skill and power divine. In all we see A God appears ; The rolling years Are full of thee. 2 Forth in the flowery spring, We see thy beauty move The birds on branches sing Thy tenderness and love ; Wide flush the hills ; The air is balm : Devotion's calm Our bosom fills. 3 Then come, in robes of light, The summer's flaming days ; The sun, thine image bright, Thy majesty displays ; And oft thy voice In thunder rolls ; But still our souls In thee rejoice. 4 In autumn, a rich feast Thy common bounty gives To man, and bird, and beast, And every thing that lives. Thy liberal care, At morn and noon, And harvest moon, Our lips declare. 10 109 WORKS AND PROVIDENCE OF GOD. 5 In winter, awful thou ! With storms around thee cast ; The leafless forests bow Beneath thy northern blast. While tempests lower, To thee, dread King, We homage bring, And own thy power. 154. L. M. Sterling. All for Good. 1 Great God, 'mid boundless time and space, O, grant us still in thee to dwell, And through thy ceasless web to trace Thy presence working all things well ! 2 Nor 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. 3 Bestow on every joyous thrill This deeper tone of reverent awe ; Make pure thy children's erring will, And teach their hearts to love thy law ! 155. 7 s. M. Divine Protection. I They who on the Lord rely Safely dwell, though danger 's nigh ; Lo, his sheltering wings are spread O'er each faithful servant's head, no WORKS AND PROVIDENCE OF GOD. 2 Vain temptation's wily snare : They shall be the Father's care ; Harmless flies the shaft by day, Or in darkness wings its way. 3 When they wake, or when they sleep, Angel guards their vigils keep ; Death and danger may be near, Faith and love can never fear. 156. C M. Watts. The Changing Seasons. 1 With songs and honors sounding loud, Address the Lord on high ; Over the heavens he spreads his cloud, And waters veil the sky. 2 He sends his showers of blessings down To cheer the plains below ; He makes the grass the mountains crown, And corn in valleys grow. 3 His steady counsels change the face Of the declining year ; He bids the sun cut short his race, And wintry days appear. 4 His hoary frost, his fleecy snow, Descend and clothe the ground ; The liquid streams forbear to flow, In icy fetters bound. 5 He sends his word and melts the snow ; The fields no longer mourn ; in WORKS AND PROVIDENCE OF GOD. He calls the warmer gales to blow, And bids the spring return. 6 The changing wind, the flying cloud, Obey his mighty word ; With songs and honors sounding loud, Praise ye the Sovereign Lord ! J57 , L. M. Enfield's Select. The Goodness of God in the Seasons. 1 Great God ! at whose all-powerful call At first arose this beauteous frame, By thee the seasons change, and all The changing seasons speak thy name. 2 Thy bounty bids the infant year, From winter storms recovered, rise ; When thousand grateful scenes appear, Fresh opening to our wondering eyes. 3 O, how delightful 't is to see The earth in vernal beauty dressed ! While in each herb, and flower, and tree, Thy bright perfections shine confessed ! 4 Indulgent God ! from every part Thy plenteous blessings largely flow ; We see, — we taste ; — let every heart With grateful love and duty glow. X58. P.M. C.T.Brooks. Song for all Seasons. 1 Spring is abroad on the new-born earth, With a smile of joy, and a song of mirth ; 112 WORKS AND PROVIDENCE OF GOD. And it sparkles and rings in the morning air : — " God's world, — how fair ! " 2 And summer comes, with her crown of grace, And a glow of beauty is on her face, And a whisper of bliss in the noontide air : — " God's world, — how fair ! " 3 And autumn comes with his harvest train Of peace and plenty on hill and plain, And a hum of content in the afternoon air : — " God's world, — how fair ! " 4 And winter comes in his robes of white, And the moon sends down from her throne of light -A silvery sound on the midnight air : — " God's world, — how fair ! " 159, 8, 6, & 7 s. in. Spring. 1 The pleasant spring has come again ; Its voice is in the trees ; It smiles from every sunny glen ; It whispers in the breeze : The pretty flowers are springing ; The gushing founts are free ; The meny birds are singing ; And all rejoice with me. 2 The pleasant spring has come again : O, be my heart renewed ! Nor cold as winter still remain, But glow with gratitude WORKS AND PROVIDENCE OF GOD. To the kind and gracious Power Whose love I feel and see, — In whose sight the choicest flower The child's pure heart will be ! 160. 7&6s.M. Spring. 1 There cometh o'er the spirit, With each returning year, The thought that thou, the Father, Art ever to us near ; With hope of life dispelling The death that winter brought, And flowers and fruits foretelling, With fragrant beauty fraught. 2 'T is this which calls thy children In sweet accord to raise, Beneath thy blue-domed temple, One general hymn of praise To thee, the ever-living, The universal King, Who never ceasest giving Each good and perfect thing. 3 The streamlet from the mountain, It speaketh, Lord, of thee, As from its snow-capped fountain It rushes to the sea ; The gentle dew descending, And cloud's refreshing shower, O God, our Heavenly Father, All, all proclaim thy power. WORKS AND PROVIDENCE OF GOD. 161. 7 s. M. The God of Spring. 1 Praise and thanks and cheerful love Rise from every thing below, To the mighty One above, Who his wondrous love doth show : Praise him, each created thing ! — God, your Father ! God of spring ! 2 Praise him, trees so lately bare ! Praise him, fresh and new-born flowers ! All ye creatures of the air, All ye soft-descending showers, Praise, with each awakening thing, Praise your Maker, — God of spring ! 3 Praise him, man ! — thy fitful heart Let this balmy season move To employ its noblest part, Softest mercy, sweetest love, — Blessing, with each living thing, God the bounteous, — God of spring ! 162, 8 & 7 s. M. Mrs. Follen. Early Spring-time. 1 Hark ! the little birds are singing : Winter's gone, and summer 's near : See, the tender grass is springing, And the flowers will soon be here. 2 Who made the winter and the spring ? Who painted all the flowers ? 115 WORKS AND PROVIDENCE OF GOD. Who taught the little birds to sing, And made these hearts of ours : 3 O, 't is God ! how good he is ! He does every blessing give : All this happy world is his : Let us love him while we live. 163. 7