2 O Love, who ere life's earliest dawn
On me Thy choice hast gently laid;
O Love, who here as Man wast born,
And like to us in all things made;

O Love, I give myself to Thee,
Thine ever, only Thine to be.

3 O Love, who once in time wast slain,
Pierced through and through with bitter woe;
O Love, who wrestling thus didst gain
That we eternal joy might know;

O Love, I give myself to Thee,
Thine ever, only Thine to be.

4 O Love, who lovest me for aye,
Who for my soul dost ever plead;
O Love, who didst my ransom pay,
Whose power sufficeth in my stead;
O Love, I give myself to Thee,
Thine ever, only Thine to be.

5 O Love, who once shalt bid me rise
From out this dying life of ours;
O Love, who once above the skies
Shalt set me in the fadeless bowers;
O Love, I give myself to Thee,
Thine ever, only Thine to be.

"Thou knowest that I love Thee."-John xxi. 17. Rest, 477.] 8.8. [TERSTEEGEN; tr. by J. WESLEY.

268 THEE will I love, my Strength, my

Tower!

Thee will I love, my Joy, my Crown
Thee will I love with all my power;
In all Thy works, and Thee alone;
Thee will I love, till the pure fire
Fill my whole soul with chaste desire.

2 In darkness willingly I strayed;

I sought Thee, yet from Thee I roved;
Far wide my wandering thoughts were spread,
Thy creatures more than Thee I loved;
And now, if more at length I see,

'Tis through Thy light, and comes from Thee.

3 I thank Thee, uncreated Sun!

That Thy bright beams on me have shined;
I thank Thee, who hast overthrown
My foes, and healed my wounded mind;
I thank Thee, whose enlivening voice
Bids my freed heart in Thee rejoice.
4 Uphold me in the doubtful race,
Nor suffer me again to stray;

Strengthen my feet, with steady pace
Still to press forward in Thy way;
That all my powers, with all their might,
In Thy sole glory may unite.

5 Thee will I love, my Joy, my Crown!
Thee will I love, my Lord, my God;
Thee will I love, beneath Thy frown
Or smile,-Thy sceptre or Thy rod.
Though my heart fail and flesh decay,
Thee shall I love in endless day.

"Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men.”
Rev. xxi. 3.

269 JESU, Lord and Saviour!

[F. W. FABER

God of might and power!
Thou Thyself art dwelling
In Thy saints this hour.
2 Nature cannot hold Thee,
Heaven is all too strait
For Thine endless glory
And Thy royal state.
3 Out beyond the shining
Of the farthest star,
Thou art ever stretching
Infinitely far.

4 Yet the hearts of children

Hold what worlds can not,
And the God of wonders
Loves the lowly spot.

5 Jesu, Lord and Saviour!
Be Thou in us now;
Fill us with Thy goodness,
Till our hearts o'erflow.

6 Multiply our graces,
Chiefly love and fear,

And, dear Lord! the chiefest,
Grace to persevere.

"Our eyes wait upon the Lord our God.'

Mainzer, 400.]

Ps. cxxiii. 2.

270 FATHER of all, whose wondrous power

Doth time, and change, and things

control,

Rule Thou each impulse of my soul,
And keep me near Thee every hour.
2 Saviour of men, whose love alone
Secures us from undying loss,
Nail all my being to Thy cross,
That I may love Thee on Thy Throne.
3 Spirit of life, Thine influence give

To permeate each deed and thought,
That God's own will with mine inwrought,
His quenchless life in mine may live.

"I am still with Thee."-Ps. cxxxix. 18. Hawthornden, 426.]

271

S.M.

[J. D. BURNS.

STILL with Thee, O my God,
I would desire to be;

By day, by night, at home, abroad,
I would be still with Thee;

2 With Thee, when dawn comes in,
And calls me back to care,
Each day returning, to begin
With Thee, my God, in prayer:

3 With Thee, amid the crowd
That throngs the busy mart,
To hear Thy voice, mid clamour loud,
Speak softly to my heart:

4 With Thee, when day is done,
And evening calms the mind;
The setting, as the rising sun,
With Thee, my heart would find:

5

With Thee, when darkness brings
The signal of repose;

Calm in the shadow of Thy wings,
Mine eyelids I would close:

6 With Thee, in Thee, by faith
Abiding I would be;

By day, by night, in life, in death,
I would be still with Thee.

"Enoch walked with God."-Gen. v. 24.

Beulah, 396.]

272

WA

ALKING with Thee, my God,
Saviour benign:

Daily confer on me

Converse divine.

Jesus in Thee restored,
Brother and blessed Lord,
Let it be mine.

2 Walking with Thee, my God,
Like as a child

Leans on his father's strength,
Crossing the wild;

And by the way is taught
Lessons of holy thought,
Faith undefiled.

3 Darkness and earthly mists,
How do they flee,

Far underneath my feet,
Walking with Thee:

Pure is that upper air,
Cloudless the prospect there,
Walking with Thee.

4 Walking in reverence

Humbly with Thee,

Yet from all abject fear
Lovingly free:

E'en as a friend with friend,
Cheered to the journey's end,
Walking with Thee.

5 Then Thy companions here
Walking with Thee,

Rise to a higher life,
Soul liberty.

They are not to our love,
But to the home above,
Taken by Thee.

6 Gently translated, they
Pass out of sight,

Gone as the morning stars
Flee with the night.

Taken to endless day,
So may I fade away
Into Thy light.

"Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven."-Matt. v. 3.

Cherwell, 367.]

C.M.

[GEORGE MACDONALD.

273 OUR Father, hear our longing prayer,

And help this prayer to flow,

That humble thoughts, which are Thy care,
May live in us and grow.

2 For lowly hearts shall understand
The peace, the calm delight

Of dwelling in Thy heavenly land,
A pleasure in Thy sight.

3 Give us humility, that so

Thy reign may come within,

And when Thy children homeward go,
We too may enter in.

4 Hear us, our Saviour! ours Thou art,
Though we are not like Thee;

Give us Thy Spirit in our heart,

Large, lowly, trusting, free.

"The peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds, through Christ Jesus."-Phil. iv. 7.

Flavian, 467.]

C.M.

[H. BONAR.

274 CALM me, my God, and keep me calm,

While these hot breezes blow,

Be like the night-dew's cooling balm
Upon earth's fevered brow.