Does life's last fever burning Thy couch with anguish toss? Art poor? in all thy toiling Has where to lay her nest, Have evil-tongued oppressors Hark! numbered with transgressors Dost fear the pains of dying, When Death has poised his dart? See! all those arrows flying, Are gathered in His heart: A moist wind gently sighing Is now that furnace blast: Death, in His bitter crying, Thy bitterness is past. LII. I heard the voice of JESUS say, Weary and worn and sad; I heard the voice of JESUS say, Of that life-giving stream; My thirst was quenched, my soul re vived, And now I live in Him. I heard the voice of JESUS say, I looked to JESUS, and I found LIII. Jerusalem, my happy home! O happy harbour of the Saints, In thee no sickness may be seen, No hurt, no ache, no sore; There is no death, nor ugly dole, But Life for evermore. No dampish mist is seen in thee, There lust and lucre cannot dwell, Jerusalem! Jerusalem! Thy walls are made of precious stones, Thy gates are of right orient pearl, Thy turrets and thy pinnacles, Thy very streets are paved with gold, Thy houses are of ivory, Thy windows crystal clear, Thy tiles are made of beaten gold, -O GOD, that I were there! LIV. Ah, my sweet home, Jerusalem, Would GOD my woes were at an end, Thy Saints are crowned with glory great, We that are here in banishment We sigh and sob, we weep and wail, Our sweet is mixed with bitter gall, Jerusalem, my_happy home! LV. Rest of the weary, Pillow where, lying, Prize at the end, SAVIOUR and Friend. When my feet stumble, When my steps wander, Ever confessing LVI. When day's shadows lengthen, Faith more strong and clear. When the night grows darkest, In death's misty vale, Come, Thou Food of Angels, By the Jordan's ripples, LIX. Gentle Shepherd, Thou hast stilled Now Thy little lamb's long weeping; Ah, how peaceful, pale, and mild, In its narrow bed 'tis sleeping, And no sigh of anguish sore In this world of care and pain, LORD, Thou wouldst no longer leave it, To the sunny heavenly plain Dost Thou now with joy receive it; Clothed in robes of spotless white, Now it dwells with Thee in light. Ah, LORD JESU, grant that we Where it lives may soon be living, And the lovely pastures see That its heavenly food are giving, Then the gain of death we prove Though Thou take what most we love. HYMNS FOR THE DEAD. LX. With pain earth's joys are mingled, Like dreams they fade away. Death comes to take their place; But Thee we pray, LORD JESU, With Thine unclouded Face, And with Thine own sweet beauty, Thou Who hast loved us best, Look on him Thou hast chosen, And grant Thy servant rest. Woe for the bitter struggle That racks the parting soul! Woe for the tears she poureth When none can make her whole! She looketh to the Angels, But supplicates in vain ; And for our brother's peace. Vain, vain are all possessions Cry we, of His dear grace, Where are the world's affections, Grant, LORD, Thy ceaseless blessings, LXI. O LORD, to Whom the spirits live Light Eternal, JESU blest, Shine on them, and grant them rest. Bless Thou the dead which die in Thee, Shine on them, and grant them rest. In Thy green, pleasant pastures feed And by the still, cool waters lead Light Eternal, JESU blest, Shine on them, and grant them rest, Heal Thou the wounds of earthly strife, Light Eternal, JESU blest, Shine on them, and grant them rest. How long, O Holy LORD, how long Must we and they expectant wait To hear the gladsome bridal song, To see Thee in Thy royal state? Light Eternal, JESU blest, Shine on them, and grant them rest. O hearken, SAVIOUR, to their cry, Shine on them, and grant them rest. Direct us with Thine Arm of might, Light Eternal, JESU blest, Shine on them, and grant them rest. Litanies. LITANY FOR THE SICK. [May be shortened by omitting woman with the issue of blood, the clauses marked *.] LORD, have mercy, &c. O Thou, Who healest those that are broken in heart, Who woundest and makest whole, Who killest and makest alive, Who bringest down to the grave and bringest up, O Thou Who art wont to heal those who pray in their sickness, and Who of Thy great mercy savest all that put their trust in Thee, *O... didst heal Job when smitten with grievous sores, and savedst Hezekiah in his sickness when he called upon Thee, *O. . . madest Tobit to see the light of heaven, and heardest the Canaanitish woman entreating for her daughter, *O... didst deliver Peter's wife's mother from the fever, and didst raise up to perfect health the woman bowed with an infirmity eighteen years, *O... didst save the nobleman's son when dying of a fever, and Who didst heal the Centurion's servant by a word, O... didst heal and cleanse the palsied and the lepers, and didst set free those who were possessed with the devil, madest the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak, the lame to walk, and the blind Have mercy upon us. and by Thine own touch didst heal the sick and weakly of their infirmities and plagues, O ... carriest all our sorrows, and refreshest the weary and heavy laden, *0 didst deliver the dead son to his mother, and didst restore the daughter of Jairus to life, and didst raise Lazarus from the grave after four days, 0. didst visit the sick, and didst promise eternal rewards to those that visit them, *0 by the shadow of Peter didst deliver many from their diseases, and didst cure many sick by the napkins and girdles of Paul, and Who didst recall a dead man to life through the bones of Elisha, O GOD, our helper and our protection, our aid and our deliverer, our strength and patience, our SAVIOUR and Redeemer, the horn also of our salvation, and our refuge, Have mercy upon us. Be merciful and spare us, O LORD. Be merciful and hear us, O LORD. Be merciful and deliver us, O LORD. From all evil and sin, from all weakness and sickness, from all murmuring and impatience, Good LORD, deliver us. *From all contagion and pestilence, from the snares of the devil, from sudden death, and from everlasting damnation, Good LORD, deliver us. By Thy fasting and temptation, by Thy tears and sorrows, by Thy |