NEARER TO THEE. NOTE. - In Hymn 325, only the first repeat; and in 326, only the second is used. In Hymn 325, the last line but one is repeated only in singing Bethany. 2 O God! be thou my stay, In this dark hour; Kindly each sorrow hear, Hush every troubled fear, Thee let me still revere, Still own thy power. 3 In thee alone I trust, Thou Holy One; That, through each troubled day "Thy will be done." THY WILL BE DONE. CHANT. DR. L. MASON. 9 DORCHESTER. C.M. STANLEY. 3 The fathers had not all of thee; New births are in thy grace: All open to our souls shall be Thy glory's hiding-place. 4 We gaze on thy outgoings bright; Down cometh thy full power: We, the glad bearers of thy light; This, this thy saving hour. 5 On us thy spirit hast thou poured, To us thy word has come : We feel, we thank thy quickening, Lord! 2 Bread of our souls, whereon we feed; True manna from on high; Our guide and chart, wherein we read Of realms beyond the sky. 3 Our shield and buckler in the fight; 4 Childhood's preceptor, manhood's trust, Old age's firm ally; Our hope when we go down to dust; Our immortality. |