Break through the gloomy shades of night, And chase my fears away. 6 Then shall my soul with rapture trace 179 June 27. L. M. Uxbridge. INVITATION TO GO TO CHRIST. "Come and let us return unto the Lord: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind u up."-Hosea vi. 1. 1 COME, weary souls! with sin distressed, And cast your gloomy fears away. 2 Here mercy's boundless ocean flows, 4 Dear Saviour! let thy powerful love 180 June 28. S. M. St. Thomas. COMMUNION WITH THE FATHER AND CHRIST. "Whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son."-John xiv. 13. 1 OUR heavenly Father calls, And Christ invites us near; With both, our friendship shall be sweet, Almighty to protect our souls, 3 How large his bounties are! 4 5 What various stores of good, Diffused from our Redeemer's hand, Jesus, our living head, We bless thy faithful care; Our advocate before the throne, And our forerunner there. Here fix, my roving heart! Here wait, my warmest love! Till this communion be complete In nobler scenes above. 181 June 29. 8s & 7s. Sicilian Hymn. A MORNING SONG. "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbor as thyself."-Luke x. 27. WELCOME now another morning, 1 W While we meet our God to praise, And, our daily work returning, First to him our voice to raise. 2 Let us think how time is passingSoon the longest life departs, Nothing human is abiding, Save the love of humble hearts. 3 Love to God and to our neighbor 4 Father, now one prayer we raise thee; 5 Then, when years have gathered o'er us, Heaven's bright realm will rise before us: 182 June 30. 7s. Pleyel's Hymn WHO SHALL DWELL IN HEAVEN. "Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill? He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart."—Ps. xv. 1, 2. 1 WHO, O Lord, when life is o'er, Shall to heaven's blest mansions soar; Who, an ever-welcome guest, In thy holy place shall rest? 2 He, whose heart thy love has warmed; He, whose words and thoughts are one;- 183 July 1. C. M. A HARVEST HYMN. Lanesborough. "Say not ye. There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest. Behold I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest."-John iv. 35. 1 Το praise the ever-bounteous Lord, 2 His covenant with the earth he keeps; *This is in the imperative mode, and should be read accordingly, and not, as is generally done, in the interrogative manAs if the Saviour had said, "Do not wait four months: the time to do good is always PRESENT." ner. 129 3 Well pleased the laborers behold With joy they bear the sheaves away, 4 Thus teach me, gracious God, to sow Smile on my soul, and with thy beams 184 July 2. S. M. Shirland. PARENTAL ENTREATY. "And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart."-Jer. xxix. 13. 1 2 MY son, know thou the Lord, Thy father's God obey; Seek his protecting care by night, Call, while he may be found, Oh, seek him while he's near; Serve him with all thy heart and mind, And worship him with fear. If thou wilt seek his face, Then shalt thou find his mercy sure, His grace for ever nigh. 4 Yield then to love divine, Break off your sins to-day; Accept the Saviour's pardoning grace, 185 July 3. C. M. Warwick. PRAYER FOR THE EXTENSION OF CHRISTIANITY. "The Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations."-Isa. lxi. 11. 1 SHINE, mighty God, on Zion shine, 2 When shall thy name, from shore to shore, 3 Is not thy sacred promise pledged That through the nations of the earth 4 "Ask-and I give the heathen lands And to the world's remotest shores 5 From east to west, from north to south, Let earth, with all its millions, shout 186 July 4. L. M. Missionary Chant. "REMEMBER THEM THAT ARE IN BONDS." "Behold, the hire of the laborers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth; and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth."-James v. 4. LORD, when thine ancient people cried, Oppressed and bound by Egypt's king, Thou didst Arabia's sea divide, And forth thy fainting Israel bring. 2 Lo, in these latter days, our land Groans with the anguish of the slave: 3 Roll back the swelling tide of sin, How long delays the appointed hour? 4 As thou of old to Miriam's hand |