Times without number,
Awake or in slumber,
Thine eye observes us,
From danger preserves us,

Causing Thy mercy upon us to shine."

2 Father, O hear me!
Pardon and spare me!

Quench all my terrors,
Blot out my errors,

That by Thine eyes they may no more be scanned. Order my goings,

Direct all my doings,

As it may please Thee,

Retain or release me,

All I commit to Thy fatherly hand.

8 Griefs of God's sending,
All have an ending;
Clouds may be pouring,

Wind and wave roaring,

Sunshine will come when the tempest has passed.
Joys still increasing,

And peace never ceasing
Faith lost in vision,

And Hope in fruition,

These are the joys which I look for at last.

"Let the lifting up of my hands be as the evening sacrifice."-Ps. cxli. 2.

Altorf, 382.]

866.866.

219 FOR the blessings this day given,

will raise songs of praise

To my God in heaven.
Wondrous is Thy love and power,
All Thy sheep Thou wilt keep
Through the midnight hour.

2 I will lay me down and slumber,
Though around foes abound,
Fierce and without number;

Satan may his legions gather,
Yet shall I safely lie
Guarded by my Father.

8 When the morning dawn is breaking,
Let me be still with Thee

In Thy presence waking;
So, O Lord, be my protection,

Through Death's night, till the light
Of the Resurrection.

"Peace from God the Father, and the Lord Jesus our Saviour."-Titus i. 4.

Palestine, 47.]

L.M.

[F. T. PALGRAVE.

220 LIGHT of life, O Saviour dear,
Before we sleep bow down Thine ear;
Through dark and day, o'er land and sea;
We have no other hope but Thee.

2 Oft from Thy royal road we part,
Lost in the mazes of the heart:
Our lamps put out, our course forgot,
We seek for God and find Him not.

3 What sudden sunbeams cheer our sight!
What dawning risen upon the night!
Thou giv'st Thyself to us, and we
Find Guide and Path and all in Thee.

4 Through day and darkness, Saviour dear,
Abide with us more nearly near;
Till on Thy tace we lift our eyes,
The Sun of God's own Paradise.

5 Praise God, our Maker and our Friend;
Praise Him through time, till time shall
end;

Till psalm and song His name adore,
Through Heaven's great day of Evermore.

"Joy cometh in the morning."-Ps. xxx. 5.

Olmuts, 420.]

8.6.8.4.

[S. T. TREGELLES.

221 THE gloomy night will soon be past,

The morning star appear;

The rays of blessed light at last
Each eye will cheer.

2 Thou bright and Morning Star, thy light
Will to our joy be seen;

Thou, Lord, wilt meet our longing sight,
No cloud between.

3 Thy love sustains us on our way
While pilgrims here below;

Thou dost, O Saviour, day by day,
Thy grace bestow.

4 But, oh! the more we learn of Thee,
And Thy rich mercy prove,
The more we long Thy face to see
And know Thy love.

"I am with you alway."-Matt. xxviii. 20. Durham, 414.) C M. [STEGMAN, tr. by c. WINKWORTH

222 ABIDE among us with Thy grace,

Lord Jesus, evermore,
Nor let us e'er to sin give place,
Nor grieve Him we adore.

2 Abide among us with Thy word,
Redeemer, whom we love;
Thy help and mercy here afford,
And life with Thee above.

8 Abide among us with Thy ray,
O Light that lightenest all,
And let Thy truth preserve our way,
Nor suffer us to fall.

4 Abide with us to bless us still,
O bounteous Lord of peace,
With grace and power our souls now fill,
Our faith and love increase.

5 Abide among us as our shield,
O Captain of Thy host,

That to the world we may not yield,
Nor e'er forsake our post.

6 Abide with us in faithful love,
Our God and Saviour be,

Thy help at need, oh let us prove,
And keep us true to Thee

Hymns for Special Occasions.

THE BUILDING OF A CHURCH. "Establish Thou the work of our hands upon us.”

Constance, 124.]

Ps. xc. 17.

L.M.

[J. M. NEALE

223 LORD of Hosts! whose glory fills

The bounds of the eternal hills,

And yet vouchsafes in Christian lands,
To dwell in temples made with hands.
2 Grant that all we who here to-day,
Rejoicing, this foundation lay,

May be in very deed Thine own,
Built on the precious Corner-Stone.
3 The heads that guide endue with skill,
The hands that work preserve from ill,
That we, who these foundations lay,
May raise the top-stone in its day.
4 Both now and ever, Lord, protect
The temple of thine own elect;
Be Thou in them, and they in Thee,
O ever blessed Trinity!

"The place where thine honour dwelleth."-Ps. xxvi. 8

224 GOD of our Fathers, to Thy Name

This edifice we raise!

O may these walls, to distant years,
Re-echo with Thy praise.

2 May blooming youth and tottering age
Here blend, with one accord

In prayer and praise, and joyful sing
Hosannas to the Lord.

3 Here let the burdened spirit feel
A solace to its grief,

And roll its burden on the Lord,
And find a sure relief.

4 And when the tempter, like a flood,
Would overwhelm the soul,

Here may the standard be upraised,
And back the torrent roll.

5 Here on the mourner, doomed awhile
'Midst gloomy doubts to stray,
O Sun of Righteousness, arise,
And chase the gloom away.

6 And when, at last, the great account
Of God's own people's given,
Of thousands may it then be said,
"There he was born for heaven.'

"Arise, O Lord, into thy rest; thou and the ark of thy strength."-Ps. cxxxii. 8.

French, 1.]

225

C.M.

[w. C. BRYANT. THOU, whose own vast temple stands Built over earth and sea,

Accept the walls that human hands
Have raised to worship Thee.

2 Lord, from Thine inmost glory send,
Within these courts to 'bide,

The peace that dwelleth, without end,
Serenely by Thy side.

3 May erring minds that worship here
Be taught the better way;

And they who mourn, and they who fear,
Be strengthened as they pray.

4 May faith grow firm, and love grow warm,
And pure devotion rise,

While round these hallowed walls the storm
Of earth-born passion dies.

NEW YEAR'S DAY.

"So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom."-Ps. xc. 12. Sculcoates, 455.]

7.7.

HENRY DOWNTON.

226 FOR Thy mercy and Thy grace

Constant through another year,
Hear our song of thankfulness;
Jesus, our Redeemer, hear!

2 In our weakness and distress,

Rock of strength, be Thou our stay!

In the pathless wilderness

Be our true and living way i