Words, not in all the Hymn Books, for Thorals in the Congregational Psalmist.] TUNE NO. 32. Sleepers, wake! a voice is calling; For lo! the Bridegroom comes. Awake! His kingdom is at hand! TUNE No. 169. Bread of the world, in mercy broken, TUNE No. 178. AN EVENING HYMN. God that madest earth and heaven, Who the day for us hast given, May Thine angel-guards defend us, Guard us waking, guard us sleeping May we, in Thy mighty keeping When the last dread call shall wake us, Bishop Heber. TUNE NO. 180. AN EVENING PRAYER. Evening and morning, Sunset and dawning, Wealth, peace, and gladness, These are Thy works; all the glory be Thine. Awake or in slumber, Thine eye observes us, From danger preserves us, Causing Thy mercy upon us to shine. Father, O hear me! Pardon and spare me! Quench all my terrors, Blot out my errors, That by Thine eyes they may no more be scanned. Order my goings, Direct all my doings, As it may please Thee, Retain or release me, All I commit to Thy fatherly hand. Griefs of God's sending, All have an ending; Clouds may be pouring, Wind and wave roaring, Sunshine will come when the tempest has passed Joys still increasing, And peace never ceasing Faith lost in vision, And Hope in fruition, These are the joys which I look for at last |