4 If some poor wandering child of thine 5 Watch by the sick, enrich the poor We lose ourselves in heaven above.a 17 They forsook all, and followed him.-Luke v. 11. [5s. 8s. JESU, still lead on, 1 2 3 4 Till our rest be won; And, although the way be cheerless, Guide us by thy hand To our Fatherland. If the way be drear, If the foe be near, Let not faithless fears o'ertake us, To our home we go. When we seek relief From a long-felt grief, When oppress'd by new temptations, Show us that bright shore Where we weep no more. Jesu, still lead on, Till our rest be won: Heavenly Leader, still direct us, In our Fatherland. Amen. 18 In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire. Ps. lxxviii. 14. [10s. 4s. 1 LEAD, kindly Light, amid the encircling gloom Lead thou me on. The night is dark, and I am far from home; Keep thou my feet; I do not ask to see I loved to choose and see my path; but now I loved the garish day, and spite of fears Pride ruled my will; remember not past years. 3 So long thy power hath blest me, sure it still Will lead me on O'er moor and fen, o'er crag and torrent, till The night is gone. And with the morn those angel faces smile Which I have loved long since, and lost awhile. 4 Meantime along the narrow rugged path, Thyself hast trod, 19 Lead, Saviour, lead me home in childlike faith, Home to my God, To rest for ever after earthly strife In the calm light of everlasting life. Amen. At even they brought unto him all that were [L.M. diseased.-Mark i. 32. 1 Ar even, ere the sun was set, The sick, O Lord, around thee lay; Oppress'd with various ills, draw near: We know and feel that thou art here. 3 O Saviour Christ, our woes dispel; For some are sick and some are sad, Thou hast been troubled, tempted, tried; 20 Let the lifting up of my hands be an 1 THE sun is sinking fast, And to his Father's hands In whom all spirits live; 4 So now beneath his eye [6. 4. 6. 6. 21 1 2 3 Without a wish or thought 5 Save that his will be done, Dead to herself, and dead 6 Thus would I live: yet now In all his power and love 7 One Sacred Trinity, May I be ever his, And he for ever mine. Amen. I meditate on thee in the night watches. THE day, O Lord, is spent ; Our hearts' desires are fully bent We have not reach'd that land, That happy land as yet, Where holy angels round thee stand, Whose sun can never set. Our sun is sinking now; Our day is almost o'er : O Sun of righteousness, do thou Shine on us evermore. 22 Thou, Lord, only makest me to dwell in safety. Ps. iv. 8. 1 THE day is past and over: All thanks, O Lord, to thee: I pray thee that offenceless O Jesu, keep me in thy sight, And save me through the coming night. [S.M. [P.M. 2 The joys of day are over : 23 I raise the hymn to thee; And guard me through the coming night." He that keepeth thee will not slumber. Ps. cxxi. 3. [D. 8s. 7s. 1 SAVIOUR, breathe an evening blessing, Sin and want we come confessing, Thou canst save, and thou canst heal. 2 Though destruction walk around us, 3 Father, to thy holy keeping Humbly we ourselves resign; |