mf GOD of Love, O King of Peace,
Make wars throughout the world to cease;
The wrath of sinful man restrain;
Give peace, O God, give peace again.
mf 2 Remember, Lord, Thy works of old,
The wonders that our fathers told;
dim Remember not our sin's dark stain;
Give peace, O God, give peace again.
mf 3 Whom shall we trust but Thee, O Lord?
Where rest but on Thy faithful word?
cr None ever called on Thee in vain ;
Give peace, O God, give peace again.
f4 Where saints and angels dwell above,
All hearts are knit in holy love;
O bind us in that heavenly chain;
Give peace, O God, give peace again. Amen.
mp GREAT King of nations, hear our mf 3 Though love and might no longer heal
While at Thy feet we fall,
And humbly, with united cry,
To Thee for mercy call.
The guilt is ours, but grace is Thine,
O turn us not away;
cr But hear us from Thy lofty throne,
And help us when we pray.
mp2 Our fathers' sins were manifold,
And ours no less, we own; cr Yet wondrously, from age to age, Thy goodness hath been shown. mp When dangers, like a stormy sea,
Beset our country round,
cr To Thee we looked, to Thee we cried, And help in Thee we found.
By touch or word or look;
Though they who do Thy work must
LORD of life and death, we come mp3 Forgive the foul neglect that brought
In sorrow to Thy throne,
Yet not bewildered, blind and dumb, Before some power unknown.
Thy chastening to our door;
The homes uncared for, souls untaught,
The unregarded poor.
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mp GOD, Creator, and Preserver:
God, Who feedest man and beast;
God, Whose tender mercy careth
For the weakest and the least;
mp 2 If in former times of gladness,
In the fulness of our bread,
Harvest gifts to Thee we offered,
Harvest songs to Thee we said:
cr 3 Shall we not in trustful patience
Cast our cares upon Thee now?
Shall we not in meek obedience
To Thy righteous judgments bow? mp4 Though the earth withhold her increase, Though the heaven restrain its dew,
Though his hand the reaper fill not, Yet we know that Thou art true. mf5 Not in vain the mighty promise,
From beneath the bow of peace,
Told us, while the earth remaineth,
Seed-time, harvest, shall not cease.
dim6 But our sins have stayed Thy blessing,
Our rebellions drawn Thy sword;
Pity now Thy mourning people,
Think upon Thy covenant, Lord!
mf7 So the sunshine of Thy bounty
Once again shall dry our tears,
cr And Thy gracious Hand restore us
All our canker-eaten years! Amen.
J. ELLERTON.
ST. CATHERINE. (1st Tune.) 888.888.
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mpLIFT our spirits, Lord, to Thee!
We would not earthward bend the
To grovel for some golden gain; [knee
It is for very life we plead!
O hear us, Father, in our need,
And ope Thy hand to us in rain.
mp2 We trust our seed to the dark earth,
But only Thou canst bring it forth
In ripened fruits of smiling grain:
By Thee alone are all things fed,
To Thee alone we look for bread :
Pity us, Lord, and send the rain.
mp3 A world of dumb things droop and die;
For their sake hear the human cry,
O make Thy covenant once again,
And bid the bow of promise rise,
cr While smiling earth drinks from the skies
The life and glory of the rain.
mf 4 The world revive; make glad the vine
That turns the water into wine;
In the green ear enrich the grain;
Anoint the flower and crown the fruit,
All nature quicken, core and root,
And send Thy blessing, Lord, in rain.
Amen.
LIFT our spirits, Lord, to Thee!
We would not earthward bend the
To grovel for some golden gain; [knee
It is for very life we plead!
O hear us, Father, in our need,
And ope Thy hand to us in rain.
mp 2 We trust our seed to the dark earth,
But only Thou canst bring it forth
In ripened fruits of smiling grain :
By Thee alone are all things fed,
To Thee alone we look for bread:
Pity us, Lord, and send the rain.
A world of dumb things droop and die;
For their sake hear the human cry,
O make Thy covenant once again,
And bid the bow of promise rise,
cr While smiling earth drinks from the skies
The life and glory of the rain.
mf 4 The world revive; make glad the vine
That turns the water into wine;
In the green ear enrich the grain;
Anoint the flower and crown the fruit,
All nature quicken, core and root,
And send Thy blessing, Lord, in rain.
Amen.
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