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 Hymnal Revision 
 
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 SPECIAL COMMITTEE OF THE 
 
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 1913 
 
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PREFACE 
 
 The following from the Minutes of the Convention of the Diocese of 
 Michigan, assembled in Jackson May 14. 1913, will explain the publication 
 of this pamphlet : 
 
 "The Report of the Committee on the Revision of the Hymnal was 
 adopted, the thanks of the Convention extended to the Committee, and the 
 Report ordered to be printed in pamphlet form." 
 
 "A resolution was presented by the Rev. Dr. Maxon, and unanimously 
 adopted, that the Rev. Dr. Faber be requested to take steps to present the 
 substance of the Report, as he shall himself determine, to the General 
 Convention; and the Report in full to the Commission on Hymnal Revision, 
 as expressing- the mind of the Convention of the Diocese of Michigan." 
 
 In obedience to these instructions the following pages are sent out. 
 with the hope that the}' may induce serious consideration of the magnitude 
 of the undertaking of a new Hymnal, and impress the absolute necessity 
 of devoting sufficient time to so great a task. Eagerly as we may desire 
 a new Hymnal, let us this time put the seal of official approval only upon 
 a book worthy of our Church; and be content to wait till such a book can 
 be prepared and submitted to very thorough and deliberate examination. 
 
 St. John's Rectory, Detroit, Michigan, W. F. F. 
 
 4 June, 1913. 
 

 
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE 
 REVISION OF THE HYMNAL 
 
 The following Resolution was adopted at the last Convention 
 of the Diocese of Michigan (Journal 1912, p. 124) : 
 
 "Resolved, That a committee of three be appointed, with priv- 
 ilege to enlarge their own number, to make a study of the question 
 of Hymnal Revision, and to bring before the next Convention such 
 recommendations as may to them seem important, with a view to 
 the possible action of the approaching General Convention/*' 
 
 Your committee beg to report that they have made an extended 
 but far from exhaustive study of this large subject, and are more 
 than ever impressed with the importance of insisting that there 
 shall be no haste in compiling and authorizing a new collection of 
 hymns for this Church. To commit the Church prematurely to a 
 Hymnal as binding as the Prayer Book itself — surely the contem- 
 plation of such a step might give us pause. 
 
 We are, in this American Church, hampered by rubric and 
 canon in respect to the use of hymns, as our brethren in England 
 and the colonies are not. In England every successive wave of 
 religious renewal, every new access to treasures of other lands and 
 ages, has served to enrich the national store of sacred song. The 
 field has been open, and whoever would could make a hymnal; and 
 broadly speaking, clergy and congregations could use it or let it 
 alone. John Wesley was a pioneer in the field, with a little book 
 in 1736 — perhaps the first to gain in England a foothold for hymns 
 as distinguished from metrical psalms. From that day to this, four 
 or five hundred different collections have made their appearance, 
 all Anglican, but all without imposition by authority; and the 
 immense amount of cultivation thus given to this field has resulted 
 in the splendid pre-eminence of the Church of England in hymnody. 
 
Ill the course of time the process of selection awarded to a few of 
 the later of these collections a standard place, due to no legislative 
 action, but solely to the weight of merit. To gain such a place as 
 has been achieved by Hymns Ancient and Modern, or the Church 
 Hymns, or the Hymnal Companion, means something. Compiled 
 as each of them was under severest critical scrutiny and after pro- 
 longed consideration, tried out in actual use and successively re- 
 vised, the result represents acknowledged merit both devotional and 
 Literary, and above all, practical. After so long a period of this 
 rich activity, without comparison in better position to move on (if 
 such were contemplated) to the adoption of a single authorized 
 Hymnal than are we, our brethren of the Church of England would, 
 we make bold to say, scarcely dream of legislating such a book into 
 existence within one decade. 
 
 And what, in this matter, has been the record of our American 
 Episcopal Church? We began in 1789 with the paraphrases of the 
 150 Psalms and 27 additional hymns; 30 more were added in 1800. 
 Then Selections were made from the Psalm paraphrases, and in 
 1827 a collection of 21 2 hymns was set forth; all being still bound 
 in with the Prayer Book. Of this entire collection it is enough to 
 say that always it was far inferior to what was available and in use 
 in England. The House of Bishops iii 1865 granted a request for 
 more hymns, and set forth 65 additional, most of them excellent 
 and of enduring worth. But even with these, the hymnody of our 
 Church was poor, not rising to the level of the Prayer Book ; in fact, 
 as a whole, either morbidly subjective and individualistic, or didac- 
 tic and dry. 
 
 In 1871 came our first Hymnal, as a separate book, marking 
 an advance, but still over-full of the old unchurchly, unpoetical, 
 mechanical kind. Only a score of years it continued with us; then 
 came the present book. Treating as one book the threefold collec- 
 tion bound in with the Prayer Book prior to 1871, and calling this 
 our "earlier collection,'- and setting beside it the Hymnal of 1871, 
 we find that our present book was indeed radical. Of our present 
 679 hymns, 138 were in these other two, 172 of them in only one — 
 that is, 310 were old, SGi) were new. We shall recur to these 
 figures: let it here be simply noted that in a short time a new 
 hook was legislated upon us. in which appeared only 310 of the 
 
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Church's former hymns, while 369 were new. Of most of the old 
 which were dropped we were happily rid: we shall have next to be 
 rid of a large percentage of these 369. 
 
 To prepare for any new Hymnal, we should make a thorough 
 analytical study of our present Hymnal, comparing it with other 
 contemporaneous and widely used Anglican hymnals. It is prob- 
 ably true, as has been said, that "to present a book to the Church 
 which shall be The Bool- of Common Praise in the same sense and 
 with the same acceptableness as the Prayer Book is The Booh of 
 Co m m on Prayer, requires a combination of circumstances and of 
 men which does not exist."' Xevertheless, a considerable Anglican 
 consensus lias been reached. And it seems of prime importance 
 that we should set out to get ourselves thoroughly into our proper 
 Anglican alignment. Worship has, or should have, its unity. What 
 hymns are in thorough accord with the genius and spirit of the 
 Prayer Book is not. we think, so much a matter of individual 
 conjecture to-day; the mind of the Church has to a very great 
 degree clarified itself. Our hymnal ought, no doubt, to be an 
 American hymnal: it is, however, far more important that it be an 
 Anglican hymnal. It should be a modern hymnal: but it is essen- 
 tial that it be a Catholic hymnal. It should be, of course, a collec- 
 tion of hymns the people will love to sing; but it is imperative that 
 our hymns shall be above reproach in point of spiritual sanity, of 
 intellectual sincerity, of genuine poetry. Bearing all this in mind, 
 it will soon appear that a not inconsiderable number of hymns in 
 our present book may be dropped; and that new hymns applying 
 for admission should be carefully scrutinized. There are "classics' 5 
 which are not as yet in use with us; we should admit them, and 
 thus truly enrich our hymnody. There are, and will be, new hymns 
 born out of our modern religious life to meet its peculiar present- 
 day needs, and such (though they may not endure as have some of 
 the "classics," have their own peculiar claim. But it must always 
 be borne in mind that there is much excellent religious v< 
 suitable for devotional reading — and some of it truly lyrical — which 
 yet we ought not to admit to our Hymnal. 
 
 We have chosen for comparison with our present book the 
 Hymnal ('am //anion in two editions, the second and the third, both 
 still id use; Hymns Ancient <nnl Modern; and Church Hymns: 
 
also the English Hymnal, and the Canadian Booh of Common 
 Praise — these last two very recent. 
 
 The Hymnal Companion was compiled by Bishop Bickersteth 
 upon a careful comparative study of twenty-five different collections, 
 in 1871. It was revised in 1876, and again in 1890. "In Anglican 
 representativeness it is at the head of all hymnals in the Church 
 of England," says Julian, in his Dictionary of Hymnology. 
 
 Hymns Ancient and Modern in its successive editions of 1861, 
 1868, and 1875, attained a circulation of 25 million copies. This 
 enormous popularity serves sufficiently to indicate that it possessed 
 merits of its own ; making peculiarly strong appeal in a generation 
 awakened to Church consciousness by the Oxford Movement. Still 
 further enlarged some twenty years ago, it holds its own to the 
 present day. 
 
 Church Hymns came out under the imprimatur of the Society 
 for Promoting Christian Knowledge, in 1871, "to meet the common 
 needs of the Church and not the aspirations of a party." It is 
 a splendid book, of high poetical merit, rich in ancient hymns and 
 rich also in hymns for the manifold demands of modern Church 
 life. It is in present use in a new and revised edition. 
 
 The English Hymnal (1906) in its Preface calls itself "a 
 collection of the best hymns in the English language," "and is 
 offered as a humble companion to the Book of Common Prayer 
 for use in the Church." "It is not a party-book," say its editors; 
 it is to "suit the needs of learned and simple alike." "Hymns are 
 printed, wherever possible, as their authors wrote them." This 
 book, by men of eminent literary ability, is rich both in ancient 
 material and in the most modern expressions of the spiritual en- 
 thusiasm for humanity and the Kingdom of God. 
 
 One more hymnal we have used for comparison; the Booh of 
 Common Praise, the Hymn Book of the Canadian Church, 1909. 
 Having till that date used, like the English Church, unofficial col- 
 lections, our Canadian brethren then followed our example, adopting 
 an authorized Hymn Book. Their experience will be watched by us 
 with interest. A collection of 795 hymns is excessively large, we 
 think; and this one, in our opinion, includes many of inferior 
 merit. 
 
Taking now these six contemporary Anglican hymnals, to wit : 
 
 1. The Hymnal Companion, II. Edition, 1878. 
 
 2. The Hymnal Companion, III. Edition, 1890. 
 
 3. Hymns Ancient and Modern. 
 
 4. Church Hymns, Revised. 
 
 5. The English Hymnal. 
 
 6. The Hymn Booh of the Canadian Church. 
 
 Let us trace each of our own present 679 hymns through them : 
 marking as "A" those found in all these six; "B" those found 
 in five of the six; "C" those found in four of the six; "D" those 
 found in three of the six ; "E" those found in only two of the six ; 
 and "F" those found in only one of the six. "G" will be those 
 found in no one of the six. 
 
 Further, let us mark with (1) those found also in one of 
 our earlier American collections, and with (2) those found in both 
 our earlier American collections. 
 
 The result is as follows : 
 
 "A" (2) — 46 hymns. 
 "A" (1)— 66 
 "A" —35 
 
 that is, 147 of our 679 hymns in the present hymnal are to be 
 found in every one of the six Anglican collections above named. 
 
 "B" (2)— 13 
 "B" (1)— 22 
 "B" —34 
 
 that is, 69 others are found in five of the six. 
 
 "C" (2)— 9 
 "C" (1)— 20 
 "C" —35 
 
 that is, 6-1 are found in four out of the six. 
 
 "D" (2)— o 
 "D" (1)— 13 
 "D" —42 
 
 that is, 61 are found in three out of the six. 
 
 "E" (2)— 8 
 "E" (1)— 12 
 "E" —41 
 
 that is, 61 are found in onlv two out of the six. 
 
"F" (2)— 12 
 "F" (1)— 11 
 "P" —50 
 
 that is, T3 are found in only one out of the six. 
 
 "G" (2)— 44 
 
 "G" (1) — 28 
 "G" —132 
 
 that is, 204 of our 679 hymns are not to be found in any one of 
 the six contemporary Anglican hymnals named above. 
 
 As previously stated, of our 679 hymns, 
 
 138 were in both our own earlier collections, 
 
 172 were in one of our earlier collections, 
 
 369 were new hymns in our American Church. 
 
 It is significant further that of these 369 which in 1892 were 
 new to us, 132 are hymns which failed to gain admittance into any 
 of these contemporary Anglican hymnals, four of which are in 
 revised editions of dates later than 1892; and 50 more which are 
 to be found in only one of the six. 
 
 Of the 138 which appear in all our successive American 
 hymnals, 44 have not been received into any one of these con- 
 temporary Anglican hymnals. 
 
 Let us now see which are the hymns in each of these several 
 classes. 
 
 "A" (2)— 2. 11, 12. 18. 34, 36, 37, 47. 51, 54, 89, 101. 102. 112, 
 
 130. 231. 254. 261, 289, 323. 327, 335, 336, 344, 387, 402, 400. 407, 
 
 408, 414. 427, 433. 439, 450, 452, 460, 461, 476, 490, 507. 509, 606. 
 
 639. 057, 675, 67S. 
 
 •A' ill— 1, 10. 16, 19. 22. 24. 32, 39, 45, 49, 5G, 65, 73, 82 r 
 
 88, 90, 91, 97. 100, 104, 105. 121, 122, 128, 136, 179, 183, 186. 
 
 193, 203, 209, 216, 224. 240. 268, 306, 312, 342, 348, 354, 357. 373, 
 
 374. 375. 383, 412. 41S. 421, 423, 432, 447. 458, 459, 466. 470, 489, 
 
 491, 516, 540, 544. 507. 500. 632, 04G, 063, 673. 
 
 "A" — 14, 42, 52, 123. 126, 143. 178, 204, 242, 243. 296, 321. 322, 372. 
 389, 396, 400. 400. 41<>. 437, 440, 477, 484, 511, 519, 521. 530. 535, 
 553, 569, ooo. 615, 621, 665, 074. 
 
 «B" (2)— 66, 93, 111, 225. 283, 288, 381, 425, 429. 473, 593, 052. 660. 
 
 "B" tit 28, 59, 60, 70. 115. 118. 147. 170. 233. 294, 329. 333, 346, 362, 
 379, 398, 434. 402. 506, 562, 007. 070. 
 
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•B" — 23, 109, 110, 135, 170, 181, 219, 220, 221, 23S, 257. 260. 273. 274, 
 
 282, 308, 417, 430, 453, 457, 496, 505, 515, 520, 523. 524. 525, 529, 
 552, 582, 586, 589, 603, 614. 
 
 *C" (2)— 48, 192, 351, 365, 464, 468, 565, 651, 670. 
 
 <C" (1)— 41, 44, 76, 81, 83, 107, 114, 189, 284, 316, 340, 345. 376, 394, 
 405, 441, 481, 483, 534, 658. 
 
 'C" — 8, 63. 103, 150, 161, 173, 175, 187, 228, 230, 234, 299, 304, 307, 
 
 317, 319, 328, 332, 337, 343, 347, 350, 378, 397, 399, 401, 444. 499, 
 518, 568, 584, 587, 601, 612, 640. 
 
 'D" (2)— 30, 339, 474, 498, 503, 653. 
 
 'D" (1)— 21, 31, 43, 94, 96, 117, 174, 199, 265, 35S. 369, 416, 558. 
 
 'D" — 5, 9, 17, 67, 84, 98, 113, 151, 165, 166, 168, 169, 172, 190, 
 
 191, 198, 222, 227, 236, 264, 349, 382, 390, 391, 395, 420, 424. 445. 
 
 526, 527, 539, 556, 576, 579, 581, 591, 604, 605, 618, 623, 624, 676. 
 
 <E" (2)— 27, 141, 207, 377, 472, 561, 597, 659. 
 
 'E" (1) — 15, 148, 149, 248, 269, 324, 330, 380, 403, 643. 677. 
 
 'E" — 58, 62, 95, 99, 131, 134, 154. 155. 15S, 159, 162. 164, 205, 208, 
 
 210, 229, 246, 253, 262, 271, 278, 318, 359, 404, 413, 455, 478, 495, 
 
 528, 536, 545, 550, 551, 559, 566, 610, 622, 626, 629, 630, 647. 
 
 »F" (2)— 13, 61, 132, 218, 244, 485, 500, 513, 596, 636, 650, 672. 
 
 'F" (1)— 7, 85, 130, 200, 201, 250, 341, 385, 419, 497, 656. 
 
 <F" _ o. 25, 40, 69, 72, 74, 80, 92, 106, 144, 146, 160, 213, 237, 
 
 241, 249, 252, 285, 302, 305, 311, 313, 355, 356, 363, 371, 422, 435, 
 
 446, 510, 514, 522, 533, 538, 555, 560. 563, 570, 583, 585, 598, 602, 
 007, 608, 609, 616, 617, 634, 637, 654. 
 
 : 'G"' (2) — 20, 33. 38. 53, 86, 137, 180, 217, 287. 352. 353, 386, 392. 393. 
 
 438, 442. 443, 449. 451, 456, 467, 469, 471. 475, 479, 482, 486, 487, 
 
 488, 493. 5(11. 502, 512, 547, 638, 641, 648, 649, 655, 661, 662, 669, 
 671. 
 
 "G" (1)— 3, 50, 55, 87, 116. 153, 196, 214, 235. 255, 263. 270. 325. 331. 
 
 334. 338, 366, 388, 465, 480, 492, 504, 508, 57.".. 575. 577. 645, 668. 
 
 "G" — 4. 26, 29. 3.1. 4(5. .17. 64. 68. 70. 71. 75. 77, 7S, 10S, 
 
 119. 120, 124, 125. 127, 129, 133, 138, 14u. 142. 145, 152, ir,<;. 117. 
 
 163, 167, 171. 177, 182, 184, 185, 188. I'M. 195, 107. 202, 206, 211. 
 
 212, 215, 223, 226, 232, 239, 245, 247. 250, 251, 258, 259, 200. 207. 
 
 272. 275, 270,. 277. 279. 280, 281. 286, 290, 292. 293, 295, 297, 298, 
 
 300, 301, Oh:;. 308, 309, 310, 314. 315, 320, 326, 360, 361, 364, 367, 
 
 370, 384, 411. 4ir,. 420. 42s. 401. 436, 44s. 4.14. 463, 494, 517, 531, 
 
 532, 537, 541, 542, 543, 546, 548, 549, 554, 557, .".04. 571, .",72. .",74. 
 
 578, 580, 588, 590, 592, .",1)4. 59."), Oil, 613, 619, 620, 625, 027. 628, 
 631, 633, ooi, 642, 664, 666 
 
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When the question is seriously approached, which of our 
 present hymns shall be dropped in the interest of additions that 
 may be contemplated, for obviously, our present Hymnal will not 
 bear much enlargement, if any, without becoming unwieldy: then 
 the facts obtained by an analytical study such as the foregoing 
 must be duly weighed. For we may assume that those who habit- 
 ually use the Book of Common Prayer will have need of many 
 hymns in common, and the weight of a general Anglican consensus 
 will determine the retention of all such hymns as appear in class 
 "A," and most, if not all, of those in classes "B" and "C." And we 
 may assume also a presumption against hymns in class "G" (so 
 large a portion of our present hymnal), unless circumstances pe- 
 culiar to ourselves dictate the retention of some, each individual 
 hymn being judged by itself. 
 
 Again, if there must be a dropping of some hymns, it would 
 seem that we might spare such as are merely duplications in differ- 
 ent versions; such also as are on the whole inferior to others pro- 
 vided for the same occasions, if these occasions are comparatively 
 less important (being, for instance, Holy Days for which one or 
 two each will suffice, or offices for which hymns are not greatly 
 needed) ; again, such as are merely metrical psalms which have sur- 
 vived from a day when hymns proper were but few, and when the 
 Biblical Psalter itself was not so much used as now — for why should 
 we sing the Psalms in this form, often disguised out of all semblance 
 of their Scriptural originals in order to force them into English 
 metre? Of metrical Psalms, a few are of such poetical and de- 
 votional merit as to warrant their retention on their intrinsic and 
 enduring claims — a few, but not many. 
 
 For excision we would emphatically suggest the greater number 
 of "hymns for children" in our present book : amazingly unsuitable, 
 exhibiting utter inability to voice the natural religious sentiments 
 of childhood, and putting into the mouths of little ones confessions 
 and protestations of which the least to be said is that they are 
 unreal, and therefore pernicious to the religious life they are in- 
 tended to further. 
 
 And yet again: those hymns which are the expression of in- 
 dividualistic religious experience, which may hardly voice any 
 common aspiration, or confession, of a congregation: and which 
 
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properly belong in books of Devotion, but not in a Book of Com- 
 mon Praise, might now at length be dropped : making way for 
 others which utter the faith, the gratitude, the supplication, the 
 hope, of the whole congregation. Such truly "Catholic" hymns 
 there are which have not yet gained admittance with us: some of 
 them ancient, but we are now prepared to appreciate them and to 
 use them, like our ancient collects; some of them modern, and 
 fitting the needs of our stirring times, of our newer perils and 
 tasks, as do none or but few of those we now possess. 
 
 It is a large subject; and to all this matter of the dropping 
 of old hymns and the adding of new there should be given an 
 amount of study and discussion such as there is no evidence it 
 has yet received. 
 
 And it should also receive serious consideration whether the 
 many alterations in the readings of our hymns from the text as 
 left by their authors, have not been in most cases detrimental. As 
 the editors of the English Hymnal say, "The freshness and strength 
 of the originals have been replaced by stock phrases and common- 
 place sentiments; and injury has been done to the quality of our 
 public worship as well as to the memory of great hymn writers.'' 
 
 Your committee recommend for excision, the following hymns 
 in our present Hymnal: 
 
 38, 41, 53, 61, 71, 77, 85, 86, 87, 96, 116, 120, 124, 125, 130, 133, 
 
 138, 142, 144, 145, 148, 152, 156, 157, 160, 162, 167, 180, 195, 197, 199, 201, 
 
 206, 208, 210, 211, 212, 215, 217, 237, 239, 245, 247, 258, 265, 266, 275, 276, 
 
 279, 280, 281, 290, 292, 293, 297, 305, 308, 309, 338, 352, 353, 360, 364, 370, 
 
 377. 384, 386, 393, 411, 413, 415, 419, 435, 436, 443, 448, 449, 451, 454, 456, 
 
 469, 471, 473, 475, 479, 480, 482, 486, 488, 494, 498, 500, 501, 502, 513, 514, 
 
 517, 531, 532, 533, 536, 541, 543, 546, 548, 551, 554, 555, 557, 559, 560, 561, 
 
 570, 571, 572, 573, 574, 576, 577, 578, 591, 592, 594, 595, 598, 608, 611, 613, 
 
 617, 619, 631, 633, 638, 641, 644, 648, 653, 655, 659, 661, 662, 664, 668, 669. 
 
 145 in all. 
 
 DOUBTFUL : 
 132, 146, 150, 155, 163, 164, 172, 173, 298, 424, 455, 537, 564, 575. 
 
 14 additional. 
 
 Your committee further submit the text of 65 new hymns; 
 many of them old in English use, some of them modern and indeed 
 recent. Upon 57 of these — as indicated — the committee were 
 
 1:; 
 
unanimous; 8 of them are suggested for consideration, approved, 
 but not unanimously. 
 
 Altogether, the prospect of a new Hymnal in our American 
 Church may be, according to the action next October, either that 
 of a calamity or futility (futility is calamity in such a case), or 
 that of a glorious work thoroughly and well done through years 
 of careful labor by competent hands, giving us when complete a 
 book worthy to be companion to our Common Prayer, a book in 
 every way of such unquestionable merit that it would become in 
 America a norm as is the Prayer Book itself, for Christians of 
 every name. With such an opportunity, it becomes our duty to 
 insist that nothing be done in haste. 
 
 Meanwhile,* if it be at all necessary, let us rather adopt a per- 
 missive Canon, so that our congregations may sing, under the license 
 of the Ordinary, hymns not contained in the Hymnal. What possi- 
 ble harm could come from it? Would it not, moreover, be, as in 
 England it has been, the best possible method of putting to the 
 test hymns which may be proposed for admittance into a new book? 
 
 William Frederic Faber, 
 Amos Watkixs, 
 William Hotiiersall Gardam. 
 
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Additional Hymns 
 
 Proposed by 
 
 The Committee on 
 Hymnal Revision 
 
 Diocese of Michigan 
 1913 
 
INDEX OF FIRST LINES 
 
 1. All things bright and beautiful 
 
 2. At Thy feet, O Christ, we lay 
 
 3. Behold us, Lord, a little space 
 
 4. Breathe on me, Breath of God 
 
 5. City of God, how broad and far 
 
 6. Do no sinful action 
 
 7. Every morning the red sun 
 
 8. Fairest Lord Jesus 
 
 9. Fierce was the wild billow 
 
 10. For the beauty of the earth 
 
 11. From north and south and east and west 
 
 12. From Thee all skill and science flow 
 
 13. Give me the wings of faith to rise 
 
 14. God is working His purpose out 
 
 15. God of the living, in whose eyes 
 
 16. God of the strong, God of the weak 
 
 17. He who would valiant be 
 
 18. Holy Ghost, Illuminator 
 
 19. Holy night, peaceful night 
 
 20. Holy Spirit, Truth divine 
 
 21. Immortal Love, forever full 
 
 22. Judge eternal, throned in splendor 
 
 23. Let all the world in every corner sing 
 
 24. Lift up your heads, ye gates of brass 
 
 25. Light of the world, we hail Thee 
 20. Lord, while for all mankind we pray 
 
 27. My spirit longs for Thee 
 
 28. Now that the daylight fills the sky 
 
 29. O Jesu, King most wonderful 
 
 30. O Jesu, Lord of light and grace 
 
 31. O Lord, with toil our days are filled 
 
 32. O Love that will not let me go 
 
 33. O Love, who formedst me to wear 
 
 34. O North, with all thy vales of green 
 .".."'.. O thou not made with hands 
 
 30. O whore are kings and empires now 
 
 :','. On wings of living light 
 
 38. Praise the Lord, ye heavens adore Him 
 
 ::'.•. Quiet, Lord, my froward heart 
 
 40. Rest of the weary. Joy of the sad 
 
 41. Rise up, O men of God 
 
 42. Soldiers who are ChrisFs below 
 
 43. Sometimes a light surprises 
 
 44. Son of God, eternal Saviour 
 
 45. Summer suns are glowing 
 
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40. The day Thou gavest, Lord, is ended 
 
 47. The glory of the Spring, how sweet 
 
 48. The sands of time are sinking 
 41). Through centuries of sin and woe 
 
 50. Waken. Christian children 
 
 51. We have not known Thee as we ought 
 
 52. We plough the fields and scatter 
 
 53. We saw Thee not when Thou didst come 
 
 54. When wilt Thou save the people 
 
 55. Where the light forever shineth 
 50. Ye holy angels bright 
 
 57. Ye sons and daughters of the King 
 
 Also, not unanimously approved, but commended for consid- 
 eration : 
 
 58. Dear Lord and Father of mankind 
 
 59. Eternal Ruler of the ceaseless round 
 GO. Jesus, holiest, tenderest, dearest 
 
 01. O Master, let me walk with Thee 
 
 02. O where is He that trod the sea 
 
 03. Through the love of God our Saviour 
 
 04. Thy hand, O God, has guided 
 
 05. Where cross the crowded ways of life 
 
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INDEX FOR SEASONS AND OCCASIONS 
 
 DAILY PRAYER. 
 
 
 Morning 
 
 2. 
 
 
 7. 
 
 28. 
 
 
 30. 
 
 Noon, etc. 
 
 : 
 
 
 31. 
 
 Evening 
 
 48. 
 
 SEASONS. 
 
 
 Spring 
 
 : 47. 
 
 Summer 
 
 : 4.-,. 
 
 Harvest 
 
 • 52 
 
 THE CHRISTIAN 
 
 YEAR. 
 
 Advent 
 
 • >•> 
 
 Christmas 
 
 : 19. 
 
 
 50. 
 
 Epiphany 
 
 9. 
 
 
 25. 
 
 Lent 
 
 27. 
 
 
 40. 
 
 
 51. 
 
 Easteb 
 
 Ascension : 
 
 18. 
 
 Whitsuntide : 
 
 4 
 
 
 20. 
 
 St. Thomas : 
 
 53 
 
 St. Stephen : 
 
 18 
 
 All Saints : 
 
 15 
 
 THE CHURCH 
 
 
 Missions : 
 
 11 
 
 
 14 
 
 
 24 
 
 
 ::4 
 
 At Thy feet, O Christ 
 Every morning (children) 
 Now that the daylight 
 O Jesu, Lord of Light 
 
 Behold ns. Lord, a little 
 O Lord, with toil our days 
 
 The day Thou gavest. Lord 
 
 The glory of the Spring 
 Summer suns are glowing 
 We plough the fields 
 
 Judge eternal, throned 
 i See also "Missions") 
 
 Holy night (children) 
 Waken. Christian children 
 
 Fierce was the wild hillow 
 Light of the world, we hail 
 
 My spirit longs for Thee 
 Rest of the weary. Joy 
 We have not known Thee 
 
 On wings of living light 
 Ye sons and daughters 
 
 Holy Ghost, Illuminator 
 
 Breathe on me. Breath of God 
 Holy Spirit. Truth divine 
 
 We saw Thee not when 
 
 Holy Ghost, Illuminator 
 
 Give me the wings of faith 
 Where the light forever 
 
 From oortb and south and 
 <;o«i is working His purpose 
 
 Lift up your heads, ye 
 
 North, with all thy vales 
 
 19 
 
Social Ministry 
 
 30. O where are kings and 
 41. Rise up, O men of God 
 (54. Thy hand, O God, has 
 
 12. 
 
 35. 
 
 44. 
 49. 
 54. 
 59. 
 61. 
 05. 
 
 Burial : 1 5. 
 
 48. 
 
 City of God, how broad and far 
 From Thee all skill and 
 Judge eternal, throned 
 O Thou not made with hands 
 Son of God, eternal Saviour 
 Through centuries of sin and 
 When wilt Thou save the people 
 Eternal Ruler of the 
 ( > Master, let me walk 
 Where cross the crowded 
 
 God of the living, in whose 
 The sands of time are 
 Where the light forever 
 
 IV 
 
 GENERAL. 
 
 Praise 
 
 10. 
 23. 
 
 38. 
 50. 
 
 Christ : 8. 
 
 21. 
 
 29. 
 
 • 00. 
 
 02. 
 
 Faith 
 
 17. 
 32. 
 33. 
 39. 
 40. 
 42. 
 43. 
 48. 
 53. 
 58. 
 01. 
 02. 
 03. 
 
 For the beauty of the earth 
 Let all the world in 
 Praise the Lord, ye heavens 
 Ye holy angels bright 
 
 Fairest Lord Jesus 
 Immortal Love, forever full 
 O Jesu, King most wonderful 
 Jesus holiest, tenderest 
 O where is He that trod 
 
 He who would valiant be 
 O Love that wilt not let 
 O Love, who formedst me 
 Quiet, Lord, my froward 
 Rest of the weary, Joy 
 Soldiers who are Christ's 
 Sometimes a light surprises 
 The sands of time are 
 We saw Thee not when 
 Dear Lord and Father 
 O Master, let me walk 
 O where is He that trod 
 Through the love of God 
 
 V. FOR CHILDREN. 
 
 19. 
 
 50. 
 57. 
 
 All things bright and beautiful 
 
 Do no sinful action 
 
 Every morning the red sun 
 
 Fairest Lord Jesus 
 
 Holy night, peaceful night 
 
 Waken, Christian children 
 
 Ye sons and daughters 
 
 VI. NATIONAL. 
 
 10. God of the strong, God of the weak 
 
 22. Judge eternal, throned in 
 
 20. Lord, while for all mankind 
 
 54. When wilt Thou save the people. 
 
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Under the text of each hymn are indicated by number the 
 collections in which it is found, as follows : 
 
 Hymnal Companion, 2d edition 
 Hymnal Companion, 3d edition 
 Hymns Ancient and Modern 
 Church Hymns 
 English Hymnal 
 
 Book of Common Praise (Canadian) 
 Oxford Hymnal 
 
 Hutchins' Sunday School Hymnal 
 Mission Hymnal (1910) 
 All these are Anglican. 
 Also 
 
 10. American Hymnal (1913) 
 
 11. Hymns of the Kingdom (1910) 
 
 These are American 
 "undenominational" hymnals. 
 
 Grateful acknowledgment is due the Century Company, pub- 
 lishers of The American Hymnal; A. S. Barnes & Company, pub- 
 lishers of Hymns of the Kingdom : the Houghton, Mifflin Com- 
 pany, publishers of the works of J. G. Whittier and Samuel Long- 
 fellow, and D. Appleton & Company, publishers of the poems of 
 W. C. Bryant; the Young Churchman Company, publishers of 
 Bishop Coxe's poems; also the Rev. Washington Gladden, D.D.. 
 author of the hymn "0 Master, let me walk with Thee" — for per- 
 mission to print hymns of which they severally hold the copyrights. 
 
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A 
 
 LL things bright and beautiful, 
 All creatures great and small, 
 All things wise and wonderful, 
 The Lord God made them all. 
 
 2 Each little flower that opens, 
 
 Each little bird that sings, 
 
 He made their glowing colors, 
 
 He made their tiny wings. 
 
 3 The purple headed mountain, 
 
 The river running by, 
 The sunset and the morning, 
 That brightens up the sky ; 
 
 4 The cold wind in the winter, 
 
 The pleasant summer sun, 
 The ripe fruit in the garden, — 
 He made them every one ; 
 
 5 He gave us eyes to see them, 
 
 And lips that we may tell 
 How great is God Almighty, 
 Who has made all things well. 
 2.3.4.5.6.7.11 — Mrs. ('. F. Alexander 
 
 II. 
 
 AT Thy feet, Christ, we lay 
 Thine own gift of this now day: 
 Doubt of what it holds in store 
 
 Makes as crave Thine aid the more : 
 Lest it prove a time of loss. 
 Mark it. Saviour, wit h Thy cross. 
 
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2 If it flow on calm and bright, 
 Be Thyself our chief delight; 
 If it bring unknown distress, 
 Good is all that Thou canst bless; 
 Only, while its hours begin, 
 Pray we, keep them clear of sin. 
 
 3 We in part our weakness know, 
 And in part discern our foe; 
 Well for us, before Thine eyes 
 All our danger open lies ; 
 
 Turn not from us, while Ave plead 
 Thy compassions and our need. 
 
 4 Fain would we Thy word embrace, 
 Live each moment on Thy grace, 
 All our selves to Thee consign, 
 Fold up all our wills in Thine, 
 Think, and speak, and do, and be, 
 Simply that which pleases Thee. 
 
 5 Hear us, Lord, and that right soon; 
 Hear, and grant the chiefest boon 
 That Thy love can e'er impart, 
 Loyal singleness of heart ; 
 
 So shall this and all our days. 
 Christ our God, show forth Thy praise. 
 2.3.4.5.6.7.10.11. —William Bright. 
 
 III. 
 
 BEHOLD us, Lord, a little space 
 From daily tasks set free, 
 And met within Thy holy place 
 
 To rest awhile with Thee. 
 Around us rolls the ceaseless tide 
 
 Of business, toil and care : 
 And scarcely can we turn aside 
 For one brief hour of prayer. 
 
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2 Yet these are not the only walls 
 
 Wherein Thou mayest be sought; 
 On homeliest work Thy blessing falls, 
 
 In truth and patience wrought. 
 Thine is the loom, the forge, the mart, 
 
 The wealth of land and sea, 
 The worlds of science and of art 
 
 Revealed and ruled by Thee. 
 
 3 Then let us prove our heavenly birth 
 
 In all we do and know; 
 And claim the kingdom of the earth 
 
 For Thee and not Thy foe. 
 Work shall be prayer, if all be wrought 
 
 As Thou wouldst have it done, 
 And prayer, by Thee inspired and taught 
 
 Itself with work be one. 
 2.3.6.10.11. —John Ellcrton. 
 
 IV. 
 
 BREATHE on me, Breath of God, 
 Fill me with life anew; 
 That I may love what Thou dost love, 
 And do what Thou wouldst do. 
 
 2 Breathe on me, Breath of God, 
 
 Until my heart is pure ; 
 Until with Thee I will one will 
 To do, or to endure. 
 
 3 Breathe on me, Breath of God, 
 
 Till I am wholly Thine ; 
 Till all this earthly part of me 
 Glo\v> wiili Thy fire divine. 
 
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4 Breathe on me, Breath of God, 
 So shall I never die, 
 But live with Thee the perfect life 
 Of Thine eternity. 
 6.9.10.11. —Edwin Hatch, 
 
 CITY of God, how broad and far 
 Outspread thy walls sublime ! 
 The true thy chartered freemen are 
 Of every age and clime. 
 
 2 One holy Church, one army strong, 
 
 One steadfast, high intent ; 
 One working band, one harvest-song, 
 One King omnipotent. 
 
 3 How purely hath thy speech come down 
 
 From man's primeval youth ! 
 How grandly hath thine empire grown 
 Of freedom, love, and truth ! 
 
 4 How gleam thy watchfires through the night 
 
 With never- fainting ray ! 
 How rise thy towers, serene and bright, 
 To meet the dawning day ! 
 
 5 Tn vain the surge's angry shock, 
 
 In vain the drifting sands: 
 Unharmed upon the eternal Rock 
 The eternal City stands. 
 ,10.11. — Sam lie! Johnson. 
 
 D 
 
 VI. 
 
 no sinful action. 
 Speak no angry word ; 
 
 Ye belong to Jesns, 
 Children of the Lord. 
 
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2 Christ is kind and gentle, 
 
 Christ is pure and true ; 
 And His little children 
 Must be holy too. 
 
 3 There's a wicked spirit 
 
 Watching round you still, 
 And he tries to tempt you 
 To all harm and ill. 
 
 4 But ye must not hear him, 
 
 Though 'tis hard for you 
 To resist the evil. 
 And the good to do. 
 
 5 For ye promised truly, 
 
 In your infant days. 
 To renounce him wholly, 
 And forsake his ways. 
 
 G Ye are new-horn Christians, 
 Ye must learn to fight 
 With the had within you, 
 And to do the right. 
 
 7 Christ is your own Master, 
 He is good and true. 
 And His little children 
 Must be holy too. 
 2.3.4.5.6.7. —Mrs. C. F. Alexander 
 
 E 
 
 YIT. 
 V ERY morning the red sun 
 Rises warm and bright ; 
 But the evening cometh on, 
 And the dark, cold night. 
 There's a bright land far away 
 Where 'tis never-ending day. 
 
Every spring the sweet young flowers 
 
 Open bright and gay, 
 Till the chilly autumn hours 
 
 Wither them away. 
 There's a land we have not seen, 
 
 Where the trees are always green. 
 
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 3 Little birds sing songs of praise 
 
 All the summer long, 
 But in colder, shorter days 
 
 They forget their song. 
 There's a place where angels sing 
 Ceaseless praises to their King. 
 
 4 Christ our Lord is ever near 
 
 Those who follow Him; 
 But we cannot see Him here, 
 
 For our eyes are dim ; 
 There is a most happy place, 
 Where men always see His face. 
 
 5 Who shall go to that bright land? 
 
 All who do the right : 
 Holy children there shall stand 
 
 In their robes of white; 
 For that heaven, so bright and blest, 
 Is our everlasting rest. 
 3.4.5.6.8.11. — Mrs. C. F. Alexander 
 
 VIII. 
 
 FAIREST Lord Jesus, 
 Ruler of all nature, 
 Thou of God and man the Son ! 
 Thee will I cherish, 
 Thee will I honor, 
 Thou my soul's glory, joy and crown ! 
 
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Fair are the meadows. 
 
 Fairer still the woodlands. 
 Robed in the blooming garb of Spring: 
 
 Jesus is fairer, 
 
 Jesus is purer, 
 Who makes the woeful heart to sino-. 
 
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 3 Fair is the sunshine, 
 
 Fairer still the moonlight, 
 And all the twinkling, starry host : 
 Jesus shines brighter, 
 Jesus shines purer, 
 Than all the angels heaven can boast. 
 — "Crusaders' Hymn." 
 (German; translator unknown.) 
 
 In Hutchins* Sunday School Hymnal and Service Book, H. 
 
 391, as 
 
 "Beautiful Saviour, King of creation, 
 
 Son of God and Son of man.* 7 
 8.10.11. 
 
 IX. 
 
 FIERCE was the wild billow, 
 Dark was the night ; 
 Oars labored heavily, 
 
 Foam glimmered white ; 
 Trembled the mariners, 
 
 Peril was nigh: 
 Then said the God of God, 
 "Peace ! It is I." 
 
 2 Ridge of the mountain-wave. 
 
 Lower thy crest ! 
 Wail of Euroelydon 
 
 Be thou at rest ! 
 Sorrow can never be, 
 
 Darkness must fly, 
 Where saith the Light of light, 
 
 "Peace! It is [» 
 
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3 Jesu, Deliverer, 
 Xear to us be; 
 Soothe Thou my voyaging 
 
 Over life's sea : 
 Thou, when the storm of death 
 
 Roars, sweeping by, 
 Whisper, Truth of truth, 
 "Peace ! It is I." 
 1. 2A.o. 6. 11. —Anatolius, tr. by J. M. Scale. 
 
 X. 
 
 FOR the beauty of the earth, 
 For the glory of the skies, 
 For the love which from our birth 
 Over and around us lies, 
 
 Lord of all, to Thee we raise 
 This our grateful psalm of praise. 
 
 2 For the wonder of each hour 
 
 Of the day and of the night, 
 Hill and vale, and tree and flower. 
 
 Sun and moon, and stars of light, 
 Lord of all, to Thee we raise 
 This our grateful psalm of praise. 
 
 3 For the joy of human love, 
 
 Brother, sister, parent, child. 
 Friends on earth, and friends above. 
 
 Pleasures pure and undenled, 
 Lord of all, to Thee we raise 
 This our grateful psalm of praise. 
 
 4 For Thy Church, that evermore 
 
 Lifteth holy hands above. 
 Offering up on every shore 
 Her pure sacrifice of love. 
 Lord of all, to Thee we raise 
 This our grateful psalm of praise. 
 4.5.6.8.11. — F. 8. Pierpoint 
 
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F 
 
 XI. 
 
 ItOM north and south and east and west 
 
 When shall the people, long unblest, 
 All find their everlasting rest, 
 Christ, in Thee? 
 
 2 When shall the climes of ageless snow 
 Be with the Gospel light alow, 
 
 And all men their Bedeemer know, 
 Christ, in Thee ? 
 
 3 When on each southern balmy coast 
 Shall ransomed men, in countless host, 
 Rise, heart and voice, to make sweet boast. 
 
 Christ, in Thee ? 
 
 4 when, in all the Orient lands. 
 From cities white and flaming sands 
 Shall men lift dedicated hands, 
 
 Christ, to Thee ? 
 
 5 Bring. Lord, the long-predicted hour. 
 The ages 7 diadem and flower. 
 
 When all shall find their refuge, tower. 
 And home, in Thee ! 
 
 — George T. Costei 
 
 XII. 
 
 FROM Thee all skill and science flow. 
 All pity, care, and love. 
 All calm and courage, faith and hop( — 
 (). pour tbem from above ! 
 
 2 And part tbeni, Lord, to each and all. 
 As each and all shall need, 
 
 To rise, like incense, each to Thee. 
 Tn noble thought and deed. 
 
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3 And hasten, Lord, that perfect day 
 
 "When pain and death shall cease, 
 And Thy just rule shall fill the earth 
 With health, and light, and peace ; 
 
 4 When ever blue the sky shall gleam, 
 
 And ever green the sod, 
 And man's rude work deface no more 
 The Paradise of God. 
 5.10.11. — Charles Kingsley. 
 
 XIII. 
 
 GIVE me the wings of faith, to rise 
 Within the veil, and see 
 The saints above, how great their joys, 
 How bright their glories be ! 
 
 2 Once they were mourning here below, 
 
 And wet their couch with tears ; 
 They wrestled hard, as we do now, 
 With sins, and doubts, and fears. 
 
 3 I ask them whence their victory came ; 
 
 They, with united breath, 
 Ascribe their conquest to the Lamb, 
 Their triumph to His death. 
 
 4 They marked the footsteps that He trod ; 
 
 His zeal inspired their breast ; 
 And following their incarnate God, 
 Possess the promised rest. 
 
 5 Our glorious Leader claims our praise, 
 
 For His own pattern given ; 
 While the long cloud of witnesses 
 Show the same path to heaven. 
 1.2.3.4.5.6.7. —Isaac Waits. 
 
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XIV. 
 
 GOD is working His purpose out as year succeeds to year, 
 God is working His purpose out and the time is drawing 
 near ; 
 Xearer and nearer draws the time, the time that shall surely be, 
 When the earth shall be filled with the glory of God as the waters 
 cover the sea. 
 
 2 From utmost east to utmost west where'er man's foot hath trod, 
 By the mouth of many messengers goes forth the voice of God. 
 
 "Give ear to Me, ye continents, ye isles, give ear to Me, 
 That the earth may be filled with the glory of God as the waters 
 cover the sea." 
 
 3 What can we do to work God's work, to prosper and increase 
 The brotherhood of all mankind, the reign of the Prince of peace? 
 What can we do to hasten the time, the time that shall surely be, 
 When the earth shall be filled with the glory of God as the waters 
 
 cover the sea? 
 
 4 March we forth in the strength of God with the banner of Christ 
 
 unfurled, 
 
 That the light of the glorious Gospel of truth may shine through- 
 out the world : 
 
 Fight we the fight with sorrow and sin, to set their captives free. 
 
 That the earth may be filled with the glory of God as the waters 
 cover the sea. 
 
 5 All we can do is nothing worth unless God blesses the deed : 
 Vainly we hope for the harvest-tide till God gives life to the seed ; 
 Yet nearer and nearer draws the time, the time that shall surely 
 
 be, 
 When the earth shall be filled with the glory of God as the waters 
 cover the Bea. 
 
 ].:>.(';. 9. —Alfred C. Ainger. 
 
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XV. 
 
 GOD of the living, in whose eyes 
 Unveiled Thy whole creation lies. 
 All souls are Thine ; we must not say 
 That those are dead who pass away. 
 From this our world of flesh set free, 
 We know them living unto Thee. 
 
 2 Released from earthly toil and strife, 
 With Thee is hidden still their life ; 
 
 Thine are their thoughts, their works, their powers, 
 All Thine, and yet most truly ours ; 
 For well we know, where'er they he. 
 Our dead are living unto Thee. 
 
 3 Xot spilt like water on the ground, 
 
 Xot wrapped in dreamless sleep profound, 
 Xot wandering in unknown despair 
 Beyond Thy voice. Thine arm, Thy care ; 
 Xot left to lie like fallen tree ; 
 Xot dead, but living unto Thee. 
 
 4 Thy word is true, Thy will is just; 
 
 To Thee we leave them. Lord, in trust; 
 And bless Thee for the love which gave 
 Thy Son to fill a human grave. 
 That none might fear that world to sec 
 Where all are living unto Thee. 
 
 5 () Breather into man of breath, 
 O Holder of the keys of death. 
 O Giver of the life within. 
 
 Save us from death, the death of sin : 
 That body, soul, and spirit he 
 Forever living unto Thee! 
 2. 3.4.0.11. —John Ellerton. 
 
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XVI. 
 
 GOD of the strong, God of the weak. 
 Lord of all lands, and our own land. 
 Light of all souls, from Thee we seek 
 
 Light from Thy light, strength from Thy hand. 
 
 2 In suffering Thou hast made us one, 
 
 In mighty burdens one are we ; 
 Teach us that lowliest duty done 
 Is highest seiwiee unto Thee. 
 
 3 Teach us, great Teacher of mankind, 
 
 The sacrifice that brings Thy balm : 
 The love, the work, that bless and bind ; 
 Teach us Thy majesty. Thy calm. 
 
 4 Teach us, and we shall know indeed 
 
 The truth divine that maketh free; 
 And knowing, we may sow the seed 
 That blossoms through eternity. 
 10. — Richard ^Yatson Gilder. 
 
 XVII. 
 
 HE who would valiant be 
 'Gainst all disaster. 
 Let him in constancy 
 Follow the Master. 
 There's do discouragemenl 
 Shall make him once relent 
 IT i s first avowed intent 
 To be a pilgrim. 
 
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2 Whoso beset him round 
 
 With dismal stories, 
 Do but themselves confound — 
 
 His strength the more is. 
 Xo foes shall stay his might, 
 Though he with giants fight, 
 He will make good his right 
 
 To be a pilgrim. 
 
 3 Since, Lord, Thou dost defend 
 
 Us with Thy Spirit, 
 We know we at the end 
 
 Shall life inherit. 
 Then fancies flee away ! 
 I'll fear not what they say, 
 I'll labor night and day 
 
 To be a pilgrim. 
 5.7. — John Bunyan. 
 
 XVIII. 
 
 HOLY Ghost, Illuminator, 
 Shed Thy beams upon our eyes, 
 Help us to look up with Stephen, 
 
 And to see beyond the skies, 
 Where the Son of Man in glory 
 
 Standing is at God's right hand, 
 Beckoning on His martyr army, 
 Succoring His faithful band; 
 
 2 See Him, who is gone before us, 
 
 Heavenly mansions to prepare, 
 See Him, who is ever pleading 
 
 For us witli prevailing prayer, 
 See Him, who with sound of trumpet 
 
 And with His angelic train, 
 Summoning the world to judgment, 
 
 On the clouds will come again. 
 
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 3 Glory be to God the Father ; 
 Glory be to God the Son, 
 Dying, risen, ascending, for us, 
 
 Who the heavenly realm has won; 
 Glory to the Holy Spirit; 
 
 To one God, in Persons Three ; 
 Glory both in earth and heaven, 
 Glory, endless glory, be. Amen. 
 1.2.3.4.5.6. —Bishop Christopher Wordsworth, 
 
 XIX. 
 
 HOLY night ! peaceful night ! 
 All is dark, save the light 
 Yonder where they sweet vigil keep 
 O'er the Babe who in silent sleep 
 Eests in heavenly peace, 
 Eests in heavenly peace. 
 
 2 Holy night ! peaceful night ! 
 Only for shepherds' sight 
 
 Came blest visions of angel throngs. 
 With their loud alleluia songs, 
 
 Saying, Christ is come, 
 
 Saying, Christ is come ! 
 
 3 Holy night ! peaceful night ! 
 Child of heaven, how bright 
 
 Thou didst smile on us when Thou wast born, 
 Blest indeed was that happy morn, 
 
 Full of heavenly joy. 
 
 Full of heavenly joy ! 
 C.8. 10.11. —Joseph Mohr, tr. hi/ Jane M. Campbell. 
 
 XX. 
 
 HOLY Spirit, Truth divine, 
 Dawn upon this soul of mine ; 
 Word of God. and inward Light, 
 
 Wake niv Bpirit, clear my sight. 
 
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2 Holy Spirit, Love divine, 
 Glow within this heart of mine ; 
 Kindle every high desire, 
 Perish self in Thy pure fire. 
 
 3 Holy Spirit, Power divine, 
 
 Fill and nerve this will of mine ; 
 By Thee may I strongly live, 
 Bravely bear, and nobly strive. 
 
 ■i Holy Spirit, Right divine, 
 
 King within my conscience reign ; 
 Be my law, and I shall be 
 Firmly bound, forever free. 
 
 5 Holy Spirit, Peace divine, 
 Still this restless heart of mine ; 
 Speak to calm this tossing sea, 
 Stayed in Thy tranquility. 
 
 6 Holy Spirit, Joy divine, 
 Gladden Thou this heart of mine ; 
 In the desert ways I sing, 
 
 "Spring, Well, forever spring!" 
 11. — Samuel Longfellow. 
 
 XXL 
 
 IMMORTAL Love, forever full, 
 Forever flowing free, 
 Forever shared, forever whole, 
 A never-ebbing sea! 
 
 2 Our outward lips confess the name 
 All other names above; 
 Love only knoweth whence it came 
 And comprehendeth love. 
 
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3 We may not climb the heavenly steeps 
 
 To bring the Lord Christ down; 
 In vain we search the lowest deeps, 
 For Him no depths can drown; 
 
 4 But warm, sweet, tender, even yet 
 
 A present Help is He; 
 And faith has still its Olivet, 
 And love its Galilee. 
 
 5 The healing of His seamless dress 
 
 Is by our beds of pain; 
 We touch Him in life's throng and press, 
 And we are whole again. 
 
 G Through Him the first fond prayers are said 
 Our lips of childhood frame; 
 The last low whispers of our dead 
 Are burdened with His name. 
 
 7 Alone, Love ineffable, 
 
 Thy saving name is given : 
 To turn aside from Thee is hell, 
 To walk with Thee is heaven. 
 2.5.6.10.11. — John Greerileaf Wliittier. 
 
 XXII. 
 
 JUDGE eternal, throned in splendor, 
 Lord of lords, and King of kings, 
 AVith Thy living fire of judgment 
 
 Purge this land of bitter things: 
 Solace all its wide dominion 
 With the healing of Thy wings. 
 
 2 Still the weary folk are pining 
 
 For the hour that brings release; 
 
 And the city's crowded clangor 
 Cries aloud for sin to cease ; 
 
 And the homesteads and the woodlands 
 Plead in silence for their peace. 
 
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3 Crown, Lord, our own endeavor; 
 
 Cleave our darkness with Thy sword: 
 Feed the faint and hungry heathen 
 With the richness of Thy Word : 
 Cleanse the body of this nation 
 Through the glory of the Lord. 
 5.11. — Henry Scott Holland. 
 
 XXIII. 
 
 LET all the world in every corner sing, 
 My God and King ! 
 The heavens are not too high, 
 His praise may thither fly ; 
 The earth is not too low, 
 His praises there may grow. 
 Let all the world in every corner sing, 
 My God and King ! 
 
 2 Let all the world in every corner sing, 
 My God and King ! 
 The Church with psalms must shout, 
 Xo door can keep them out; 
 But above all, the heart 
 Must bear the longest part. 
 Let all the world in every corner sing, 
 My God and King! 
 3.4.5.7.11. —George Herbert. 
 
 XXIV. 
 
 LIFT up your heads, ye gates of brass; 
 Ye bars of iron, yield, 
 And let the King of glory pass : 
 The Cross is in the field. 
 
 2 That banner, brighter than the star 
 That leads the train of night, 
 Shines on their march, and guides from far 
 His servants to the fight. 
 
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3 A holy war those servants wage; 
 
 Mysteriously at strife, 
 The powers of heaven and hell engage 
 For more than death or life. 
 
 4 Ye armies of the living God, 
 
 His sacramental host! 
 Where hallowed footsteps never trod, 
 Take your appointed post. 
 
 o Though few and small and weak your bands, 
 Strong in your Captain's strength, 
 Go to the conquest of all lands, 
 All must be His at length. 
 
 6 Uplifted are the gates of brass, 
 The bars of iron yield ; 
 Behold the King of glory pass : 
 The Cross hath won the field. 
 1.2.3.4.5.6.10.11. —J. Montgomery. 
 
 XXV. 
 
 LIGHT of the world we hail Thee, 
 Flushing the eastern skies; 
 Xever shall darkness veil Thee 
 
 Again from human eyes ; 
 Too long, alas ! withholden, 
 
 Xow spread from shore to shore ; 
 Thy light, so glad and golden, 
 Shall set on earth no more. 
 
 2 Light of the world, Thy beauty 
 
 Steals into every heart, 
 And glorifies with duty 
 
 Life's poorest, humblest part; 
 Thou robest in Thy splendor 
 
 The simple ways of men, 
 And helpest them to render 
 
 Light back to Thee again. 
 
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3 Light of the world, before Thee 
 
 Our spirits prostrate fall; 
 "We worship, we adore Thee, 
 
 Thou Light, the Life of all; 
 With Thee is no forgetting 
 
 Of all Thine hand hath made ; 
 Thy rising hath no setting. 
 
 Thy sunshine hath no shade. 
 
 4 Light of the world, illumine 
 
 This darkened land of Thine, 
 Till everything that's human 
 
 Be filled with what's divine; 
 Till every tongue and nation, 
 
 From sin's dominion free, 
 Rise in the new creation 
 
 Which springs from love and Thee. 
 11. — John S. B. Monsell. 
 
 XXVI. 
 
 LORD, while for all mankind we pray 
 Of every clime and coast, 
 hear us for our native land, 
 The land we love the most. 
 
 2 guard our shores from every foe; 
 
 With peace our borders bless ; 
 With prosperous times our cities crown, 
 Our fields with plenteousness. 
 
 3 Unite us in the sacred love 
 
 Of knowledge, truth, and Thee ; 
 And let our hills and valleys shout 
 The songs of liberty. 
 
 4 Lord of the nations, thus to Thee 
 
 Our country we commend; 
 Be Thou her Refuge and her Trust, 
 Her everlasting Friend. 
 5.10. — Jolin Reynell Wreford. 
 
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XXVII. 
 
 MY spirit longs for Thee 
 Within my troubled breast, 
 Though I unworthy be 
 Of so divine a Guest. 
 
 2 Of so divine a Guest 
 
 Unworthy though I be, 
 Yet has my heart no rest 
 Unless it come from Thee. 
 
 3 Unless it come from Thee, 
 
 In vain I look around; 
 In all that I can see 
 No rest is to be found. 
 
 4 No rest is to be found 
 
 But in Thy blessed love: 
 let my wish be crowned, 
 And send it from above ! 
 4.5.7. — John Byrom. 
 
 XXVIII. 
 
 NOW that the daylight fills the sky, 
 We lift our hearts to God on high, 
 That He, in all we do or say, 
 Would keep us free from harm to-day ; 
 
 2 Would guard our hearts and tongues from strife ; 
 From anger's din would hide our life ; 
 
 From all ill sights would turn our eyes ; 
 Would close our ears from vanities: 
 
 3 Would keep our inmosi conscience pure; 
 Our souls from folly would secure; 
 Would bid us chock the pride of Bense 
 With due and holy abstinence. 
 
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4 So we, when this new day is gone, 
 And night in turn is drawing on, 
 With conscience by the world unstained 
 Shall praise His name for victory gained. 
 
 5 All laud to God the Father be ; 
 All praise, eternal Son, to Thee ; 
 All glory, as is ever meet, 
 
 To God the holy Paraclete. Amen. 
 3. 4.5. G. 7. — Jam lucis orto side re, tr. by J. M. Neale. 
 
 XXIX. 
 
 OJESr, King most wonderful, 
 Thou Conqueror renowned, 
 Thou Sweetness most ineffable, 
 In whom all joys are found ! 
 
 2 AVhen once Thou visitest the heart, 
 
 Then truth begins to shine, 
 Then earthly vanities depart; 
 Then kindles love divine. 
 
 3 Jesu, Light of all below, 
 
 Thou Fount of living fire, 
 Surpassing all the joys we know, 
 And all we can desire : 
 
 4 Jesu, may all confes's Thy name, 
 
 Thy wondrous love adore, 
 And seeking Thee, their hearts inflame 
 To seek Thee more and more. 
 
 5 Thee, Jesu, may our voices bless, 
 
 Thee may we love alone, 
 And ever in our lives express 
 The image of Thine own. 
 — Bernard of Clairvaux, tr. by Edward Caswall 
 3.4.5.6.7.10.11. 
 
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 XXX. 
 
 OJESTJ, Lord of light and grace. 
 Thou brightness of the Father's face, 
 Thou Fountain of eternal light, 
 True day, dispersing shades of night; 
 
 2 Come, very Sun of heavenly love, 
 Come in Thy radiance from above, 
 And shed the Holy Spirit's ray 
 
 On every thought and sense to-day. 
 
 3 So we the Father's help will claim. 
 And sing the Father's glorious name, 
 And His almighty grace implore 
 That we may stand, to fall no more. 
 
 4 May He our actions deign to bless, 
 And quench the darts of wickedness; 
 In life's rough ways our feet defend, 
 And grant us patience to the end. 
 
 5 May faith, deep rooted in the soul, 
 Subdue our flesh, our minds control; 
 May guile depart and discord cease. 
 And all within be truth and peace. 
 
 C) So let us gladly pass the day. 
 
 Our thoughts as pure as morning ray. 
 Our faith as noontide glowing bright. 
 Our minds undimmed by shades of night. 
 
 7 All praise to God the Father be 
 All praise, eternal Son, to Thee, 
 Whom with the Spirit we adore 
 Forever and forevermore. Amen. 
 
 — St. Ambrose, tr. by John Chandler, 
 1.2.3.4.(5)6.(7)11. 
 
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XXXI. 
 
 OLOKD, with toil our days are filled. 
 They rarely leave us free; 
 give us space to seek for grace, 
 In happy thoughts of Thee ! 
 
 2 Yet hear us, little though we ask. 
 
 leave us not alone; 
 In every thought, and word, and task, 
 Be near us, though unknown. 
 
 3 Still lead us, wandering in the dark. 
 
 Still send us heavenly food, 
 And mark, as none on earth can mark, 
 Our struggle to be good. 
 10.11. —Alfred C. Ainger, 
 
 XXXII. 
 
 OLOVE that wilt not let me go, 
 I rest my weary soul in Thee; 
 I give Thee back the life I owe. 
 That in Thine ocean depths its flow- 
 May richer, fuller be. 
 
 2 Light that followest all my way, 
 
 I yield my flickering torch to Thee 
 My heart restores its borrowed ray. 
 That in Thy sunshine's blaze its day 
 
 May brighter, fairer be. 
 
 3 Joy that seekest me through pain, 
 
 I cannot close my heart to Thee; 
 I trace the rainbow through the rain. 
 And feel the promise is not vain 
 
 That morn shall tearless be. 
 
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4 Cross that liftest up my head. 
 I dare not ask to fly from Thee; 
 I lay in dust life's glory dead 
 And from the ground there blossoms red 
 Life that shall endless be. 
 6.9.10.11. — George Matheson. 
 
 XXXIII. 
 
 OLOYE, Who formedst me to wear 
 The image of Thy Godhead here ; 
 Who soughtest me with tender care 
 
 Through all my wanderings wild and drear : 
 Love, I give myself to Thee, 
 Thine ever, only Thine to be. 
 
 2 Love, Who once in time wast slain, 
 
 Pierced through and through with bitter woe: 
 Love, who wrestling thus didst gain 
 That we eternal joy might know : 
 Love, I give .... 
 
 3 Love, of Whom is truth and light. 
 
 The Word and Spirit, life and power. 
 Whose heart was bared to them that smite. 
 To shield us in our trial hour: 
 Love, I give .... 
 
 I Love, Who Lovest me for aye 
 Who for my soul dost ever plead, 
 Love, Who didst my ransom pay. 
 Whose power sufneeth in my stead : 
 () Love, I give .... 
 
 5 Love, Who once shalt bid me rise 
 From out this dying life of ours ; 
 Love, Who once above yon skies 
 Shalt set me in the fadeless bowers: 
 ( ) Love, I give .... 
 3.4.5.6. — •/. Scheffler, tr. by Catherine Winkworth. 
 
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XXXIV. 
 
 OXORTH, with all thy vales of green! 
 South, with all thy palms ! 
 From peopled towns and fields between 
 
 Uplift the voice of psalms. 
 Raise, ancient East, the anthem high, 
 And let the youthful West reply. 
 
 2 Lo ! in the clouds of heaven appears 
 
 God's well-beloved Son ; 
 He brings a train of brighter years, 
 
 His Kingdom is begun ; 
 He comes the guilty world to bless 
 With mercy, truth and righteousness. 
 
 3 Father, haste the promised hour 
 
 When at His feet shall lie 
 All rule, authority and power 
 
 Beneath the ample sky : 
 When He shall reign from pole to pole, 
 The Lord of every human soul ; 
 
 4 When all shall heed the words He said, 
 
 Amid their daily cares, 
 And by the loving life He led 
 
 Shall strive to pattern theirs; 
 And He Who conquered death shall win 
 The mightier conquest over sin. 
 5.6.10.11. — William Cullen Bryant. 
 
 XXXV. 
 
 OTHOU not made with hands, 
 Xot throned above the skies, 
 Xor walled with shining walls, 
 
 Xor framed with stones of price, 
 More bright than gold or gem, 
 God's own Jerusalem ! 
 
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2 Where'er the gentle heart 
 
 Finds courage from above ; 
 Where'er the heart forsook 
 
 Warms with the breath of love; 
 Where faith bids fear depart, 
 City of God, thou art. 
 
 3 Thou art where'er the proud 
 
 In humbleness melts down ; 
 AVhere self itself yields up ; 
 
 Where martyrs win their crown : 
 Where faithful souls possess 
 Themselves in perfect peace : 
 
 4 Where in life's common ways 
 
 With cheerful feet we go ; 
 AVhere in His steps we tread 
 
 Who trod the path of woe ; 
 AVhere He is in the heart, 
 City of God, thou art. 
 
 5 Not throned above the skies, 
 
 Xor golden-walled afar, 
 But where Christ's two or three 
 
 In His name gathered are, 
 Be in the midst of them, 
 God's own Jerusalem. 
 5.10.11. — Francis Turner Palgrave. 
 
 XXXYI. 
 
 WHERE are kings and empires now 
 Of old that went and came? 
 But, Lord, Thy Church is praying yet, 
 A thousand years the same. 
 
 2 AA r e mark her goodly battlements, 
 And her foundations Btrong : 
 AA^e hear within the solemn voice 
 Of her unending song. 
 
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3 For not like kingdoms of the world 
 
 Thy holy Church, God, 
 Though earthquake shocks are threatening her, 
 And tempests are abroad ; 
 
 4 Unshaken as eternal hills, 
 
 Immovable she stands, 
 A mountain that shall fill the earth, 
 A house not made with hands. 
 10.11. — Altered from Bishop Coxe. 
 
 XXXVII. 
 
 OX wings of living light, 
 At dawn of earliest day, 
 Came down the angel bright, 
 And rolled the stone away. 
 Your voices raise 
 
 With one accord. 
 To bless and praise 
 Your risen Lord ! 
 
 2 Then rose from death's dark gloom, 
 
 Unseen by mortal eye, 
 Triumphant o'er the tomb, 
 The Lord of earth and sky. 
 Your voices raise 
 
 With one accord, 
 To bless and praise 
 Your risen Lord ! 
 
 3 Ye children of the light. 
 
 Arise with Him, arise! 
 See. how the Day-star bright 
 Is burning in the skies ! 
 Your voices raise 
 
 With one accord, 
 To bless and praise 
 Your risen Lord ! 
 
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4 Leave in the grave beneath 
 The old things passed away ; 
 Buried with Him in death, 
 live with Him to-day ! 
 Yonr voices raise 
 
 With one accord, 
 To bless and praise 
 Your risen Lord ! 
 10. — Bishop William Walsham How, 
 
 XXXVIII. 
 
 PRAISE the Lord ! ye heavens, adore Him ; 
 Praise Him, angels in the height ; 
 Sun and moon, rejoice before Him, 
 
 Praise Him, all ye stars and light: 
 Praise the Lord ! for He hath spoken, 
 
 Worlds His mighty voice obeyed; 
 Laws, which never shall be broken, 
 For their guidance He hath made. 
 
 2 Praise the Lord ! for He is glorious ; 
 Never shall His promise fail; 
 God hath made His saints victorious, 
 
 Sin and death shall not prevail. 
 Praise the God of our salvation ; 
 
 Hosts on high, His power proclaim ; 
 Heaven and earth, and all creation, 
 Laud and magnify His name ! 
 1.2.3.4.5.6.7.10. —Anon. 
 
 XXXIX. 
 
 QUIET, Lord, my Croward heart: 
 Make me teachable and mild. 
 Upright, simple, free from art — 
 
 Make me as a weaned child : 
 From distrust and envy free. 
 Pleased with all thai pleases Thee. 
 
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2 What Thou shalt today provide, 
 
 Let me as a child receive ; 
 What to-morrow may betide, 
 
 Calmly to Thy wisdom leave ; 
 'Tis enough that Thou wilt care : 
 Why should I the burden bear ? 
 
 3 As a little child relies 
 
 On a care beyond his own, 
 Knows he's neither strong nor wise, 
 
 Fears to stir a step alone; 
 Let me thus with Thee abide, 
 As my Father, Guard, and Guide. 
 1.2.7.10.11. —John Newton. 
 
 XL. 
 
 REST of the weary, 
 Joy of the sad, 
 Hope of the dreary, 
 Light of the glad ; 
 Home of the stranger, 
 Strength to the end, 
 Refuge from danger, 
 Saviour and Friend : 
 
 When my feet stumble, 
 
 I'll to Thee cry, 
 Crown of the humble, 
 
 Cross of the high ; 
 When my steps wander, 
 
 Over me bend, 
 Truer and fonder, 
 
 Saviour and Friend. 
 
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3 Thee still confessing 
 Ever I'll raise 
 Unto Thee blessing. 
 Glory and praise: 
 All my endeavor, 
 
 World without end, 
 Thine to be ever, 
 Saviour and Friend. 
 1.5.6.8.10. —John S. B. Monsell 
 
 XLI. 
 
 RISE up, men of God ! 
 Have done with lesser things ; 
 Give heart and soul and mind and strength 
 To serve the King of kings. 
 
 2 Eise up. men of God ! 
 
 His Kingdom tarries long. 
 Bring in the day of brotherhood, 
 And end the night of wrong. 
 
 3 Eise up, men of God ! 
 
 The Church for you doth wait. 
 Her strength unequal to her task — 
 Eise up, and make her great ! 
 
 4 Lift high the cross of Christ ! 
 
 Tread where His feet have trod : 
 As brothers of the Son of Man 
 Eise up, men of God ! 
 10. — William Pierson Merrill. 
 
 XLII. 
 
 SOLDIERS, who are Christ's below, 
 St long in faith resist the foe: 
 Boundless is the pledged reward 
 Unto them who serve the Lord. 
 
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2 Tis no palm of fading leaves 
 That the conqueror's hand receives; 
 Joys are his, serene and pure, 
 Light that ever shall endure. 
 
 3 For the souls that overcome 
 Waits the beauteous heavenly home, 
 Where the blessed evermore 
 Tread on high the starry floor. 
 
 4 Passing soon and little worth 
 
 Are the things that tempt on earth ; 
 Hevenward lift thy soul's regard; 
 God Himself is thv reward. 
 
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 3.4.5.6.7.8. 
 
 Father, Who the crown dost give, 
 Saviour, by Whose death we live, 
 Spirit, Who our hearts dost raise, 
 Three in One, Thy name we praise. 
 — Pugnate, Christi milites, tr. by J. H. Clark. 
 
 XLTII. 
 
 SOMETIMES a light surprises 
 The Christian while he sings; 
 It is the Lord Who rises 
 
 With healing in His wings: 
 When comforts are declining, 
 
 He grants the soul again 
 A season of clear shining, 
 To cheer it after rain. 
 
 In holy contemplation, 
 
 We sweetly then pursue 
 The theme of God's salvation, 
 
 And find it ever new : 
 Set free from present sorrow, 
 
 We cheerfully can say. 
 E'en let the unknown to-morrow 
 
 Bring- with it what it may ! 
 
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3 It can bring with it nothing 
 
 But He will bear us through ; 
 Who gives the lilies clothing 
 
 "Will clothe His people too; 
 Beneath the spreading heavens 
 
 Xo creature but is fed ; 
 And He who feeds the ravens 
 
 Will give His children bread. 
 
 4 Though vine nor fig-tree neither 
 
 Their wonted fruit shall bear, 
 Though all the field should wither, 
 
 Xor flocks nor herds be there : 
 Yet God, the same abiding, 
 
 His praise shall tune my voice; 
 For, while in Him confiding, 
 
 I cannot but rejoice. 
 1.2.7.10.11. — William Cowper. 
 
 XLIV. 
 
 SOX of God. eternal Saviour, 
 Source of light and truth and grace. 
 Son of Man. "Whose birth incarnate 
 
 Hallows all our human race: 
 Thou, our Head, Who throned in glory. 
 
 For Thine own dost ever plead, 
 Fill ns with Thy love and pit v. 
 
 Heal our wrongs, and help our need. 
 
 2 As Thou. Lord, hast lived for others, 
 
 So may we for others live ; 
 Freely have Thy gifts been granted : 
 
 Freely may Thy servants give. 
 Thine the gold and Thine the silver, 
 
 Thine the wealth of land and sen. 
 We but Btewards of Thy bounty. 
 
 Held in solemn trust for Thee. 
 
3 Come, Christ, and reign among us, 
 
 King of love, and Prince of peace, 
 Hush the storm of strife and passion, 
 
 Bid its cruel discords cease ; 
 By Thy patient years of toiling, 
 
 By Thy silent hours of pain, 
 Quench our fevered thirst of pleasure, 
 
 Shame our selfish greed of gain. 
 
 4 Ah, the past is dark behind us, 
 
 Strewn with wrecks and stained with blood ; 
 But before us gleams the vision 
 
 Of the coming brotherhood. 
 See the Christlike host advancing. 
 
 High and lowly, great and small, 
 Linked in bonds of common service 
 
 For the common Lord of all. 
 
 5 Son of God, eternal Saviour, 
 
 Source of light and truth and grace — 
 Son of Man, Whose birth incarnate 
 
 Hallows all our human race — 
 Thou Who prayedst, Thou "Who wiliest 
 
 That Thy people should be one ; 
 Grant, grant our hope's fruition, 
 
 Here on earth Thy will be done. 
 5. : — S. C. Lowry. 
 
 XLV. 
 
 SUMMER suns are glowing 
 Over land and sea, 
 Happy light is flowing, 
 
 Bountiful and free. 
 Everything rejoices 
 
 In the mellow rays. 
 All earth's thousand voices 
 Swell the psalm of praise. 
 
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2 God's free mercy streameth 
 
 Over all the world, 
 And His banner gleameth, 
 
 Everywhere unfurled. 
 Broad and deep and glorious, 
 
 As the heaven above, 
 Shines in might victorious 
 
 His eternal love. 
 
 3 Lord, upon our blindness 
 
 Thy pure radiance pour ; 
 For Thy loving kindness 
 
 Make us love Thee more. 
 And when clouds are drifting 
 
 Dark across our sky, 
 Then the veil uplifting, 
 
 Father, be Thou nigh. 
 
 4 We will never doubt Thee, 
 
 Though Thou veil Thy light : 
 Life is dark without Thee; 
 
 Death with Thee is bright. 
 Light of light ! shine o'er us 
 
 On our pilgrim way, 
 Go Thou still before us 
 
 To the endless day. 
 
 6.8.10.11. —Bishop William Walsham How 
 
 XLVI. 
 
 Til E day Thou gavest, Lord, is ended. 
 The darkness falls at Thy behest : 
 To Thee our morning hymns ascended, 
 
 Thy praise shall sanctify our rest. 
 
2 We thank Thee that Thy Church unsleeping. 
 
 While earth rolls onward into light, 
 Through all the world her watch is keeping. 
 And rests not now by day or night. 
 
 3 As o'er each continent and island 
 
 The dawn leads on another day, 
 The voice of prayer is never silent, 
 Xor dies the strain of praise away. 
 
 -± The sun that bids us rest is waking 
 
 Our brethren 'neath the western sky, 
 
 And hour by hour fresh lips are making 
 
 Thy wondrous doing heard on high. 
 
 5 So be it, Lord ; Thy throne shall never, 
 Like earth's proud empires, pass away ; 
 Thy Kingdom stands, and grows forever, 
 Till all Thy creatures own Thy sway. 
 2.3.4.5.6.7.9.10.11. —J. Ellerton. 
 
 XLVII. 
 
 THE glory of the spring, how sweet, 
 The new-born life how glad ; 
 What joy the happy earth to greet, 
 
 In new, bright raiment clad. 
 Divine Renewer, Thee I bless ; 
 
 I greet Thy going forth ; 
 I love Thee in the loveliness 
 Of Thy renewed earth. 
 
 2 But these wonders of Thy grace, 
 
 These nobler works of Thine, 
 These marvels sweeter far to trace, 
 • These new-births more divine, 
 This new-born glow of faith so strong, 
 
 This bloom of love so fair, 
 This new-born ecstasy of song, 
 
 And fragrancy of prayer! 
 
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3 Creator Spirit, work in me 
 
 These wonders sweet of Thine, 
 Divine Eenewer, graciously 
 Renew this heart of mine. 
 Still let new life and strength upspring, 
 
 Still let new joy be given ; 
 And grant the glad new song to ring 
 Through the new earth and heaven. 
 10.11. — Thomas Hornblower Gill. 
 
 XLVIII. 
 
 THE sands of time are sinking, 
 The dawn of heaven breaks. 
 The summer morn I've sighed for, 
 
 The fair, sweet morn awakes. 
 Dark, dark hath been the midnight. 
 
 But day-spring is at hand, 
 And glory, glory dwell eth 
 In Immanuel's land. 
 
 2 0, Christ He is the Fountain, 
 
 The deep sweet well of love ! 
 The streams of earth I've tasted — 
 
 More deep I'll drink above ! 
 There to an ocean fullness 
 
 His mercy doth expand, 
 And glory, glory dwelleth 
 
 In Immanuel's land. 
 
 3 With mercy and with judgment 
 
 My web of time He wove. 
 And aye the dews of Borrow 
 
 Were brightened with His love: 
 I'll bless the Hand thai guided, 
 
 I'll bless the Heart that planned. 
 When throned where glory dwelleth 
 
 1 1) I mmanuel's land. 
 
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4 The bride eyes not her garment, 
 But her dear bridegroom's face; 
 I will not gaze at glory, 
 
 But on my King of grace ; 
 Not at the crown He giveth, 
 But on His pierced hand : 
 The Lamb is all the glory 
 Of Immanuel's land. 
 1.2.6.10.11. — Anne Ross Cousin. 
 
 XLIX. 
 
 THROUGH centuries of sin and woe 
 Hath streamed the crimson flood, 
 While man, in concert with the foe, 
 
 Hath shed his brother's blood. 
 Now lift Thy banner, Prince of Peace, 
 And let the cruel war-cry cease. 
 
 2 In vain, 'mid clamors rude and loud, 
 
 Thy servants seek repose ; 
 See, day by day, the strife renewed, 
 
 And brethren turned to foes : 
 Lift high Thy banner, Prince of Peace, 
 Let hatred die, and love increase. 
 
 3 Thy Gospel, Lord, is grace and love ; 
 
 send it all abroad, 
 Till every heart submissive prove, 
 
 And bless the reigning God. 
 Come, lift Thy banner, Prince of Peace, 
 And give the weary world release. 
 10. — John Hampden Gurney. 
 
 L. 
 
 WAKEN ! Christian children, 
 Up and let us sing-. 
 With glad voice the praises 
 Of our new-born King. 
 
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2 Come, nor fear to seek Him. 
 Children Though we be ; 
 Once He said of children, 
 "Let them come to Me." 
 
 3 In a manger lowly, 
 
 Sleeps the heavenly Child 
 O'er Him fondly bendeth 
 Mary, mother mild. 
 
 4 Far above that stable, 
 Up in heaven so high, 
 One bright star outshineth, 
 Watching silently. 
 
 5 Fear not. then, to enter, 
 
 Though we cannot bring 
 Gold, or myrrh, or incense 
 Fitting for a King. 
 
 6 Gifts He asketh richer. 
 
 Offerings costlier still, 
 Yet may Christian children 
 Bring them if they will. 
 
 7 Brighter than all jewels 
 
 Shines the modest eye ; 
 Best of gifts He loveth 
 Childlike purity. 
 
 8 Haste we then to welcome 
 
 With a joyous lay 
 Christ the King of glory 
 Born for us to-day. 
 2.8.10. — S. C. Hamerton. 
 
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LI. 
 
 WE have not known Thee as we ought, 
 Xor learned Thy wisdom, grace and power : 
 The things of earth have filled our thought ; 
 The trifles of the passing hour. 
 
 Lord, give us light Thy truth to see, 
 And make us wise in knowing Thee. 
 
 2 We have not feared Thee as we ought, 
 
 Xor bowed beneath Thine awful eye, 
 Xor guarded deed and word, and thought, 
 Remembering that God was nigh. 
 
 Lord, give us faith to know Thee near, 
 And grant the grace of holy fear. 
 
 3 We have not loved Thee as we ought, 
 
 Xor cared that we are loved by Thee ; 
 Thy presence we have coldly sought — 
 
 But feebly longed Thy face to see. 
 Lord, give a pure and loving heart 
 To feel and own the Love Thou art. 
 
 4 We have not served Thee as we ought, 
 
 Alas ! the duties left undone — 
 The work with little fervor wrought — 
 
 The battles lost, or scarcely won ! 
 
 Lord, give the zeal and give the might, 
 For Thee to toil, for Thee to fight. 
 
 5 When shall we know Thee as we ought, 
 
 And fear, and love, and serve aright ? 
 When shall we out of trial brought 
 
 Be perfect in the land of light ? 
 Lord, may we day by day prepare 
 To see Thy face, and serve Thee there. 
 
 3.6. — Thomas Benson Pollock. 
 
LII. 
 
 WE plough the fields, and scatter 
 The good seed on the land, 
 But it is fed and watered 
 
 By God's almighty hand. 
 He sends the snow in winter, 
 
 The warmth to swell the grain, 
 The breezes and the sunshine, 
 And soft refreshing rain. 
 
 Refrain. 
 
 All good gifts around us 
 
 Are sent from heaven above ; 
 Then thank the Lord, thank the Lord, 
 
 For all His love. 
 
 2 He only is the Maker 
 
 Of all things near and far. 
 He paints the wayside flower. 
 
 He lights the evening star. 
 The winds and waves obey Him, 
 
 By Him the birds are fed ; 
 Much more to us, His children, 
 
 He gives our daily bread. 
 
 Refrain. All good gifts . . . 
 
 3 We thank Thee, then, Father. 
 
 For all things bright and good ; 
 The seed-time and the harvest. 
 
 Our life, our health, our food. 
 Xo gifts have we to offer 
 
 For all Thy love imparts, 
 But that which Thou desirest, 
 
 Our humble, thankful hearts. 
 
 Refrain. All good gifts . . . 
 
 — M. Claudius. Ir. by Jane M. Campbell. 
 2.3.4.5.0.7.8.10. 11. 
 
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LIU. 
 
 WE saw Thee not when Thou didst come 
 To this poor world of sin and death, 
 Xor e'er beheld Thy cottage home 
 
 In that despised Xazareth ; 
 But we believe Thy footsteps trod 
 Its streets and plains, Thou Son of God. 
 
 2 We did not see Thee lifted high 
 
 Amid that wild and savage crew, 
 Xor heard Thy meek imploring cry, 
 
 "Forgive, they know not what they do" ; 
 Yet we believe the deed was done 
 Which shook the earth and veiled the sun. 
 
 3 "We stood not by the empty tomb 
 
 Where late Thy sacred body lay, 
 Xor sat within that upper room, 
 
 Xor met Thee in the open way ; 
 But we believe that angels said, 
 "Why seek the living with the dead ?" 
 
 4 We did not mark the chosen few 
 
 When Thou didst in the cloud ascend, 
 First lift to heaven their wondering view, 
 
 Then to the earth all prostrate bend ; 
 Yet we believe that mortal eyes 
 From that far mountain saw Thee rise. 
 
 5 And now that Thou dost reign on high, 
 
 And thence Thy waiting people bless, 
 Xo ray of glory from the sky 
 
 Doth shine upon our wilderness ; 
 But we believe Thy faithful word, 
 And trust in our redeeming Lord. 
 1.2.3.4.5.6.10. — John Hampden Gurncy. 
 
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LIV. 
 
 WHEN wilt Thou save the people? 
 God of mercy, when ? 
 The people, Lord, the people, 
 
 Xot thrones and crowns, but men ! 
 Flowers of Thy heart, God, are the)', 
 Let them not pass, like weeds, away — 
 Their heritage a sunless day — 
 God save the people ! 
 
 2 Shall crime bring crime forever, 
 
 Strength aiding still the strong? 
 Is it Thy will, Father, 
 
 That man shall toil for wrong ? 
 "No/' say Thy mountains ; "No," Thy skies; 
 Man's clouded sun shall brightly rise, 
 And songs be heard instead of sighs. 
 God save the people ! 
 
 3 When wilt Thou save the people ? 
 
 God of mercy, when ? 
 The people, Lord, the people, 
 
 Not thrones and crowns, but men ! 
 God save the people ; Thine they are, 
 Thy children, as Thy angels fair; 
 From vice, oppression and despair, 
 God save the people ! 
 5.10.11. —Ebenezer Elliott, 
 
 LV. 
 
 WHERE the light forever shineth, 
 Where no storm ariseth more, 
 There the Saviour meets His loved ones 
 On the shore. 
 
 2 They nor thirst nor suffer hunger, 
 All their tears are wiped away, 
 Nighl lias passed, and they have entered 
 Endless day. 
 
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3 Surely He, the mighty Worker, 
 
 He Who slumbers not nor sleeps, 
 Leaveth not in useless silence 
 Those He keeps. 
 
 4 They who bravely toiled amongst us 
 
 We believe are working still, 
 Where no disappointment hinders, 
 Xo self-will. 
 
 5 Lo ! from earth's imperfect labor 
 
 He hath called them to His feet, 
 There to work where free from failure, 
 Work is sweet. 
 
 6 We can spare them, loving Saviour, 
 
 For we know Thou guardest well 
 Those who now, with all the ransomed, 
 Sinless dwell. 
 
 7 Grant that we with them Thy loved ones, 
 
 Whom by faith we still can see, 
 May, w T hen life's great morning dawneth, 
 Follow Thee. 
 6. — Anon. 
 
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 YE holy angels bright, 
 Who wait at God's right hand, 
 Or through the realms of light 
 Fly at your Lord's command, 
 Assist our song, 
 Or else the theme 
 Too high doth seem 
 For mortal tongue. 
 
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2 Ye blessed souls at rest, 
 
 Who ran this earthly race, 
 And now, from sin released, 
 Behold your Saviour's face, 
 His praises sound 
 As in His sight 
 With sweet delight 
 Ye do abound. 
 
 3 Ye saints, who toil below, 
 
 Adore your heavenly King, 
 And onward as ye go, 
 
 Some joyful anthem sing; 
 Take what He gives, 
 And praise Him still, 
 Through good and ill, 
 Who ever lives ! 
 
 4 My soul, bear thou thy part, 
 
 Triumph in God above, 
 And with a well-tuned heart 
 Sing thou the songs of love ! 
 Let all thy days 
 Till life shall end, 
 Whate'er He send, 
 Be filled with praise ! 
 3.4.5.6.7.10.11. —Richard Baxter 
 
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 LYII. 
 
 E sons and daughters of the King, 
 
 Whom heavenly hosts in glory sing. 
 To-day the grave hath lost its sting. 
 
 Alleluia ! 
 
 2 On that first morning of the week. 
 Before the day began to break, 
 The Marys went their Lord to seek. 
 
 Alleluia! 
 
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3 An angel bade their sorrow flee, 
 For thus he spake unto the three : 
 "Your Lord is gone to Galilee." 
 
 Alleluia ! 
 
 4 That night the Apostles met in fear, 
 Amidst them came their Lord most dear, 
 And said, "Peace be unto you here." 
 
 Alleluia ! 
 
 5 When Thomas afterwards had heard 
 That Jesus had fulfilled His word, 
 He doubted if it were the Lord. 
 
 Alleluia ! 
 
 6 "Thomas, behold My side," saith He ; 
 "My hands, My feet, My body see ; 
 And doubt not, but believe in Me." 
 
 Alleluia ! 
 
 7 No longer Thomas then denied; 
 
 He saw the hands, the feet, the side ; 
 "Thou art my Lord and God," he cried. 
 
 Alleluia ! 
 
 8 Blessed are they that have not seen, 
 And yet whose faith hath constant been, 
 In life eternal they shall reign. 
 
 Alleluia ! 
 
 9 On this most holy day of days, 
 
 To God your hearts and voices raise 
 In laud and jubilee and praise. 
 
 Alleluia ! 
 
 10 And we with holy Church unite, 
 As evermore is just and right, 
 In glory to the King of Light. 
 
 Alleluia! 
 
 3.4.5.6.'}'. filii et filiae, ir. by John Mason Neale. 
 
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LVIII. 
 
 DKAIi Lord and Father of mankind, 
 Forgive our foolish ways ! 
 lieelothe us in our rightful mind. 
 In purer lives Thy service find, 
 In deeper reverence, praise. 
 
 2 In simple trust like theirs who heard 
 
 Beside the Syrian sea 
 The gracious calling of the Lord. 
 Let us, like them, without a word, 
 
 Eise up and follow Thee. 
 
 3 sabbath rest of Galilee ! 
 
 calm of hills above, 
 Where Jesus knelt to share with Thee 
 The silence of eternity. 
 
 Interpreted by love ! 
 
 -i With that deep hush subduing all 
 Our words and works that drown 
 
 The tender whisper of Thy call. 
 
 As noiseless let Thy blessing fall 
 As fell Thy manna down. 
 
 5 Drop Thy still dews of quietness, 
 
 Till all our strivings cease ; 
 Take from our souls the strain and stress, 
 And let our ordered lives confess 
 
 The beauty of Thy peace. 
 
 6 Breathe through the heats of our desire 
 
 Thy coolness and Thy halm : 
 Let sense be dumb, let flesh retire; 
 Speak through the earthquake, wind, and fire, 
 
 ( > -nil small Voice of calm ! 
 
 5.6.10.11. —John Greenleaf Whittier 
 
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LIX. 
 
 ETERNAL Ruler of the ceaseless round 
 Of circling planets singing n their way; 
 Guide of the nations from the night profound, 
 
 Into the glory of the perfect day : 
 Rule in our hearts, that we may ever be 
 Guided and strengthened and upheld by Thee. 
 
 2 We are of Thee, the children of Thy love, 
 
 The brothers of Thy well-beloved Son; 
 Descend, Holy Spirit, like a dove 
 
 Into our hearts that we may be as one: 
 As one with Thee, to whom we ever tend, 
 As one with Him, our Brother and our Friend. 
 
 3 We would be one in hatred of all wrong, 
 
 One in our love of all things sweet and fair; 
 One with the joy that breaketh into song, 
 
 One with the grief that trembles into prayer ; 
 One in the power that makes Thy children free 
 To follow truth, and thus to follow Thee. 
 
 4 clothe us with Thy heavenly armour, Lord, 
 
 Thy trusty shield. Thy sword of love divine. 
 Our inspiration be Thy constant Word : 
 
 We ask no victories that are not Thine. 
 Give oi" withhold, let pain or pleasure be; 
 Enough to know that we arc serving Thee. 
 10.11. —John W. Chadwich 
 
 L.X. 
 
 JESUS, holiest, tenderest, dearest, 
 loveliest, lowliest, most sublime! 
 Glorious King of kings, yet nearest 
 To Thy people through all time. 
 
 Still abiding- 
 Mighty in each age. each clime. 
 
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2 Change, bo potent through the ages. 
 Hath put forth no power on Thee ; 
 Sages have supplanted sages, 
 
 Thrones have been and ceased to be: 
 
 Still Thou teachest. 
 Still abides Thv sovereignty. 
 
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 3 Ages pass, but Thou maintainest . 
 Thy sweet sway, Lord Jesus, now ; 
 Freedom grows, but still Thou reignest; 
 Light spreads round, still shinest Thou. 
 
 Souls most lofty 
 To Thy gracious sceptre bow. 
 
 -t Never was our Helper nearer 
 
 In the strife with sin and wrong; 
 Xever was our Brother dearer, 
 Never was our King more strong; 
 
 Xever hehTst Thou 
 Fuller sway o'er life and song. 
 
 5 Still the same, but more victorious. 
 With a wider, deeper sway : 
 Lord than yesterday more glorious. 
 King more mighty than to-day; 
 
 Thus forever ! 
 mr Life, our Si 
 10.11. — Thomas Hornblower Gill. 
 
 More our Life, our Strength, our Stay! 
 
 LXI. 
 
 MASTER, lei me walk with Thee 
 In lowly paths of service free : 
 Teach me Thv secret, help me bear 
 The strain of toil, the frei of care, 
 
 2 Help me the slow of heart to move 
 With one clear winning word of love; 
 Teach in* 1 the wayward feel to stay, 
 And guide them in the homeward way. 
 
3 Teach me Thy patience; still with Thee 
 In closer, dearer company, 
 
 In work that keeps faith sweet and strong. 
 In trust that triumphs over wrong, 
 
 4 In hope that sends a shining ray 
 
 Far down the future's broadening way, 
 In peace that only Thou canst give, 
 With Thee, Master, let me live. 
 6.10.11. — Washington Gladden. 
 
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 WHERE is He that trod the sea ? 
 () where is He that spake — 
 And demons from their victims flee, 
 
 The dead their slumbers break; 
 The palsied rise in freedom strong, 
 
 The dumb men talk and sing, 
 And from blind eyes benighted long 
 Bright beams of morning spring. 
 
 2 where is He that trod the sea? 
 
 'Tis only He can save ; 
 To thousands hungering wearily 
 
 A wondrous meal He gave ; 
 Full soon, with food celestial fed 
 
 Their mystic fare they take ; 
 'Twas springtide when He blest the bread. 
 
 And harvest when He brake. 
 
 3 where is He that trod the sea ? 
 
 My soul, the Lord is here : 
 Let all thy fears be hushed in thee; 
 
 To leap, to look, to hear 
 Be thine: thy needs He'll satisfy. 
 
 Art thou diseased or dumb? 
 Or dost thou in thy hunger cry? 
 "I come" saith Christ, "I come." 
 10. — Thomas Toke Lynch. 
 
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 THROUGH the love of God our Saviour, 
 All will be well ; 
 Free and changeless is His favor, 
 
 All, all is well. 
 Precious is the Blood that healed us, 
 Perfect is the grace that sealed us, 
 Strong the hand stretched out to shield us ; 
 All must be well. 
 
 2 Though we pass through tribulation, 
 
 All will be well ; 
 Ours is such a full salvation, 
 
 All, all is well. 
 Happy still in God confiding ; 
 Fruitful, if in Christ abiding- 
 Holy, through the Spirit's guiding: 
 
 All must be well. 
 
 3 We expect a bright to-morrow : 
 
 All will be well. 
 Faith can sing through days of sorrow, 
 
 All, all is well. 
 On our Father's love relying; 
 Jesus every need supplying, 
 Or in living or in dying. 
 
 All must be well. 
 1.2.6.10. —Mary Peters. 
 
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 HY hand, God, has guided 
 Thy flock from age to age ; 
 
 The wondrous tale is written. 
 Full clear on every page ; 
 
 Our fathers owned Thy goodness. 
 And we their deeds record : 
 
 And both of this bear witness, 
 
 One Church, one Faith, one Lord. 
 
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2 Thy heralds brought glad tidings 
 
 To greatest, as to least; 
 They bade men rise and hasten 
 
 To share the great King's feast; 
 And this was all their teaching, 
 
 In every deed and word, 
 To all alike proclaiming 
 
 One Church, one Faith, one Lord. 
 
 3 When shadows thick were falling, 
 
 And all seemed sunk in night, 
 Thou, Lord, didst send Thy servants, 
 
 Thy chosen sons of light. 
 On them and on Thy people 
 
 Thy plenteous grace was poured, 
 And this was still their message, 
 
 One Church, one Faith, one Lord. 
 
 4 Through many a day of darkness, 
 
 Through many a scene of strife, 
 The faithful few fought bravely, 
 
 To guard the nation's life. 
 Their gospel of redemption, 
 
 Sin pardoned, man restored, 
 Was all in this enfolded, 
 
 One Church, one Faith, one Lord. 
 
 5 And we, shall we be faithless? 
 
 Shall hearts fail, hands hang down? 
 Shall we evade the conflict, 
 
 And cast away our crown? 
 Not so: in God's deep counsels 
 
 Some better thing is stored; 
 We will maintain unflinching, 
 
 One Church, one Faith, one Lord. 
 
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6 Thy mercy will not fail us. 
 
 Nor leave Thy work undone; 
 With Thy right hand to help us, 
 
 The victory shall be won; 
 And then, by men and angels, 
 Thy name shall be adored, 
 And this shall be their anthem, 
 One Church, one Faith, one Lord. 
 3.5.6. — Dean E. II. Plumptrc. 
 
 LXV. 
 HERE cross the crowded ways of life, 
 Where sound the cries of race and clan, 
 Above the noise of selfish strife, 
 We hear Thy voice, Son of Man. 
 
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 2 In haunts of wretchedness and need, 
 
 On shadowed thresholds dark with fears, 
 From paths where hide the lures of greed, 
 We catch' the vision of Thy tears. 
 
 3 From tender childhood's helplessness, 
 
 From woman's grief, mans burdened toil, 
 From famished souls, from sorrow's stress, 
 Thy heart has never known recoil. 
 
 4 The cup of water given for Thee 
 
 Still holds the freshness of Thy grace ; 
 Yet long these multitudes to see 
 The sweet compassion of Thy face. 
 
 5 Master, from the mountain side, 
 
 Make haste to heal these hearts of pain ; 
 Among these restless throngs abide, 
 tread the city's streets again; 
 
 6 Till sons of men shall learn Thy love. 
 
 And follow where Thy feet have trod: 
 Till glorious from Thy heaven above 
 Shall come the City of our God. 
 10.11. —Frank Mason North, 
 
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