We are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses.-Heb. xii. 1.

f616 FOR all the saints, who from their labours rest,

Who Thee by faith before the world confessed,

Thy name, O Jesus, be for ever blest.

Hallelujah.

2 Thou wast their rock, their fortress, and their might;
Thou, Lord, their Captain in the well-fought fight;
Thou, in the darkness drear, their one true light.

Hallelujah!

3 O may Thy soldiers, faithful, true, and bold,
Fight as the saints who nobly fought of old,
And win, with them, the victor's crown of gold.
Hallelujah!

mf 4 0 blest communion, fellowship divine!
We feebly struggle, they in glory shine;
Yet all are one in Thee, for all are Thine.
f Hallelujah!

dim 5 And, when the strife is fierce, the warfare long,
Steals on the ear the distant triumph-song,
cr And hearts are brave again, and arms are strong.
f Hallelujah!

mf 6 The golden evening brightens in the west;
Soon, soon to faithful warriors cometh rest;
dim Sweet is the calm of Paradise the blest.
cr Hallelujah!

A-men.

ff 8 From earth's wide bounds, from ocean's farthest coast,
Through gates of pearl streams in the countless host,
Singing to Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,

Hallelujah! Amen.

So He bringeth them unto their desired haven.-Psa. cvii. 30.

mj 617 SAFE home, safe home in port!
Rent cordage, shattered deck,
Torn sails, provisions short,
And only not a wreck;

cr But, O! the joy upon the shore,
To tell our voyage perils o'er.

mp 2 The prize, the prize secure!
The wrestler nearly fell;
Bare all he could endure,
And bare not always well.

cr But he may smile at troubles gone
Who sets the victor-garland on.

And yet how nearly had he failed;
How nearly had the foe prevailed!

dim 4 The lamb is in the fold,

In perfect safety penned;
The lion once had hold,

And thought to make an end:
f But One came by with wounded side,
And for the sheep the Shepherd died.

mf 5 The exile is at home;

O nights and days of tears!
O longings not to roam!

O sins, and doubts, and fears!
f But now has come the glorious day
When God has wiped all tears away!

Amen.

JOSEPH OF THE STUDIUM, tr. by J. M. NEALE.

The Church of God, which He purchased with His own blood.-Acts xx. 28.

mf 618 THE Church's one foundation

Is Jesus Christ her Lord;

She is His new creation
By water and the Word:
From heaven He came and sought her
To be His holy bride;

dim With His own blood He bought her,
p And for her life He died.

mf 2 Elect from every nation,

Yet one o'er all the earth,
Her charter of salvation

One Lord, one faith, one birth.
One Holy Name she blesses,
Partakes one holy food,
And to one hope she presses
With every grace endued.

dim 3 Though with a scornful wonder
Men see her sore oppressed,
By schisms rent asunder,
By heresies distressed,

cr Yet saints their watch are keeping, Their cry goes up, "How long? mf And soon the night of weeping f Shall be the morn of song.

mf4 'Mid toil, and tribulation,

cr

And tumult of her war,
She waits the consummation

Of peace for evermore;
Till with the vision glorious
Her longing eyes are blest,
f And the great Church victorious
dim Shall be the Church at rest.

mf5 Yet she on earth hath union
With Father, Spirit, Son,
And mystic sweet communion

With those whose rest is won:
f O happy ones and holy!
dim Lord, give us grace that we,

Like them the meek and lowly, cr On high may dwell with Thee. Amen.

SAMUEL J. STONE.