NIGHT THOUGHT. L. M. +24 4 1. In 24 940 СН. ВЕЕСНЕЕ. silence of the voice-less night, When, chased by dreams, the slumbers flee, 415 1282. L. M. 1. ETERNITY! Eternity! How long art thou, Eternity! Yet onward still to thee we speed, 2. As ship to port, or shaft from bow, 3. Eternity! Eternity! How long art thou, Eternity! Nor starting-point nor end is found; 4. So thou, Eternity, so vast, No entrance and no exit hast; COXE. FROM THE GERMAN. 1285. L. M. 1. ROCKED in the cradle of the deep, I lay me down in peace to sleep; Secure I rest upon the wave, For Thou, O Lord! hast power to save. 2. I know Thou wilt not slight my call! 3. And such the trust that still were mine, 4. In ocean caves still safe with Thee, And calm and peaceful is my sleep, 1286. L. M. 1. GLORY to Thee, whose powerful word Bids the tempestuous winds arise! Glory to Thee, the sovereign Lord Of air, and earth, and sea, and skies! 2. Let air, and earth, and skies obey, And seas Thine awful will perform; From them we learn to own Thy sway, And shout to meet the gathering storm. 3. What though the floods lift up their voice; Thou hearest, Lord, our louder cry; They can not damp Thy children's joys, Or shake the soul when God is nigh. 4. Headlong we cleave the yawning deep, 5. Roar on, ye waves; our souls defy TALLIS EVENING HYMN. L. M. 4 1. Glo - ry TH TALLIS. 1650. to Thee, my God, this night, For all the bless-ings of the light; Keep me, O, keep me, King of kings, Be-neath Thine own al migh-ty wings. 1287. L. M. 2. Forgive me, Lord, for Thy dear Son. 3. Teach me to live, that I may dread 4. O let my soul on Thee repose, And may sweet sleep mine eyelids close! 5. Be Thou my guardian, while I sleep, 6. Lord, let my soul for ever share The bliss of Thy paternal care: 1288. L. M. 1. O BLEST Creator of the light! KENN. Who dost the dawn from darkness bring, And, framing nature's depth and hight. Didst with the new-born light begin; 2. Who, gently blending eve with morn. And morn with eve, didst call them day: Thick flows the flood of darkness down: O, hear us as we weep and pray! 1. T is gone, that bright and orbed blaze, 2. Sun of my soul! Thou Saviour dear! 3. When the soft dews of kindly sleep 4. Abide with me from morn till eve, 5. Come near and bless us when we wake, Ere through the world our way we take: Till in the ocean of Thy love We lose ourselves in heaven above. KEBLE And in deep mid-night's aw - ful calm, Pour forth the soul in deepest psalm. 1290. L. M. 2. Amid the silence, else so drear, 3. Still watch and pray, and raise the hymn, 4. Glory to God, who is in heaven! 1291. L. M. BREVIARY. 1. ANOTHER fleeting day is gone; Slow o'er the west the shadows rise; Swift the soft-stealing hours have flown, And night's dark mantle vails the skies. 2. Another fleeting day is gone; In solemn silence rest, my soul! Bow down before His awful throne, Who bids the morn and evening roll. 3. Soon shall a darker night descend, And vail from me yon azure skies; 4. Yet when beneath the dreadful shade I, like my risen Lord, shall rise; COLLYER. |