2 Glory to God, in full anthems of joy;

The being he gave us death cannot destroy. Sad were the life we must part with to-morrow,

If tears were our birthright, and death were our end; But Jesus hath cheered the dark valley of sorrow, And bade us, immortal, to heaven ascend. Lift, then, your voices in triumph on high; For Jesus hath risen, and man cannot die.

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8 & 6s M.

FABER.

Whitsunday.

1 No track is on the sunny sky,
No footprints on the air;

Jesus hath gone the face of earth

Is desolate and bare.

2 The blessed feet of Mary's Son,

They tread the streets no more;
His soul-converting voice gives not
Its music as before.

3 That upper room is heaven on earth;
Within its precincts lie

All that earth has of faith, or hope,
Or heaven-born charity.

4 The eye of God looks down on them,
His love is centred there;

His Spirit yearns to be o'ercome
By their sweet strife of prayer.

5 He comes! He comes! that mighty breath From heaven's eternal shores;

His uncreated freshness fills

The church as it adores.

6 Earth quakes before that rushing blast,
Heaven echoes back the sound,
And mightily the tempest wheels
That upper room around.

7 One moment

and the silentness

Was breathless as the grave;

The fluttered earth forgot to quake,
The troubled trees to wave.

8 One moment - and the Spirit hung
O'er them with dread desire;
Then broke upon the heads of all
In cloven tongues of fire.

9 What gifts he gave those chosen men
Past ages can display ;

Nay, more, their vigor still inspires
The weakness of to-day.

10 Those tongues still speak within the church, That fire is undecayed;

Its well-spring was that upper room,

In which they sat and prayed.

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11 Most humble Spirit! mighty God!
Sweet must thy presence be,

If loss of Jesus can be gain,
So long as we have thee!

1 "DESCEND to thy Jerusalem, O Lord!”
Her faithful children cry, with one accord;
Come, ride in triumph on! behold we lay
Our guilty lusts and proud wills in thy way.

2 Welcome, O, welcome to our hearts, Lord! here Thou hast a temple too, and full as dear

As that in Sion, and as full of sin :

How long shall thieves and robbers dwell therein?

3 Enter and chase them forth, and cleanse the floor! Destroy their strength, that they may never more Profane with traffic vile that holy place,

Which thou hast chosen, there to set thy face.

4 And then, if our stiff tongues shall silent be
In praises of thy finished victory,
The temple-stones shall cry, and loud repeat
Hosanna! and thy glorious footsteps greet!

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225

L. M.

Easter.

1 0, DAY of days! shall hearts set free
No "minstrel rapture" find for thee?
Thou art the sun of other days,
They shine by giving back thy rays:

2 Enthroned in thy sovereign sphere,
Thou shedd'st thy light on all the year;
Sundays by thee more glorious break,
An Easter day in every week.

3 And week-days, following in their train,
The fulness of thy blessing gain,
Till all, both resting and employ,
Be one Lord's-day of holy joy.

4 So is it still to holy tears,

In lonely hours, Christ risen appears :
In social hours, who Christ would see,
Must turn all tasks to charity.

C. M.

Whitsunday.

1 Now, when the Spirit of our God

Comes down his flock to find,

No voice from heaven is heard abroad,
No rushing mighty wind.

KEBLE.

KEBLE.

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2 Nor doth the outward sense to-day
At that high warning start,
But conscience hears the sound

Is flashed upon the heart.

3 It fills the church of God; it fills
The sinful world around;
Only in stubborn hearts and wills
No place for it is found.

4 To other strains our souls are set :
A giddy world of sin

the ray

Fills ear and brain, and will not let

Heaven's harmonies come in.

5 Come Lord; come wisdom, love, and
Open our ears to hear;

Let us not miss the accepted hour,
Save, Lord, by love or fear.

8 & 7s M.

Whitsunday.

power,

T. H. GILL.

1 DAY divine! when in the temple
To the Lord's first lovers came
Glory new and treasure ample,
Mighty gifts and tongues of flame!
Day to happy souls commended,
When the Holy Ghost was given,
When the Comforter descended,

And brought down the joy of heaven!