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DAYSPRING OF ETERNITY. P. M. Johann Anastasius Freylinghausen. (1670-1739.) 1704.

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I. DAYSPRING of Eter - ni- ty, Brightness of the Father's glory, Dawn on us, that

we may see Clouds and darkness flee before Thee; Drive afar, with conquering might, All our night.

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I. THREE in One, and One in Three, Ruler of the earth and sea, Hear us, while we lift to Thee Holy chant and psalm.

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"Three in One, and One in Three,"

2 Light of lights, with morning, shine: Lift on us Thy light divine; And let charity benign

Breathe on us her balm.

3 Light of lights, when falls the even, Let it close on sin forgiven;

Fold us in the peace of heaven,

Shed a holy calm.

Three in One, and One in Three,
Dimly here we worship Thee:
With the saints hereafter we

Hope to bear the palm.

Rev. Gilbert Rorison. (1821-1869.) 1850. alt.

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2 When the soft dews of kindly sleep
My wearied eyelids gently steep,
Be my last thought, how sweet to rest
Forever on my Saviour's breast.

3 Abide with me from morn till eve,
For without Thee I cannot live;
Abide with me when night is nigh,
For without Thee I dare not die.

4 If some poor wandering child of Thine
Have spurned, to-day, the voice divine,
Now, Lord, the gracious work begin;
Let Him no more lie down in sin.

5 Watch by the sick; enrich the poor
With blessings from Thy boundless store;
Be every mourner's sleep to-night,
Like infant's slumbers, pure and light.
6 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.

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13 Grant us, dear Lord, from evil ways
True absolution and release;
And bless us, more than in past days,
With purity and inward peace.

4 Do more than pardon; give us joy,
Sweet fear, and sober liberty,
And loving hearts without alloy
That only long to be like Thee.

5 For all we love, the poor, the sad,
The sinful, unto Thee we call;
O let Thy mercy make us glad :

Thou art our Jesus, and our All.
Rev. Frederick William Faber. (1814-1863.) 1849 ab.
1031 Evening Song for the Lord's Day.

1 MILLIONS within Thy courts have met,
Millions this day before Thee bowed;
Their faces Zion-ward were set,
Vows with their lips to Thee they vowed.

Soon as the light of morning broke

O'er island, continent, or deep,
Thy far-spread family awoke,

Sabbath all round the world to keep.

3 And not a prayer, a tear, a sigh,

Hath failed this day some suit to gain; To those in trouble Thou wert nigh:

Not one hath sought Thy face in vain. 4 Yet one prayer more, and be it one,

In which both heaven and earth accord: Fulfil Thy promise to Thy Son;

Let all that breathe call Jesus Lord. James Montgomery. (1771-1854.) 1853. ab. and sl. alt.

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2 Here, when Thy people seek Thy face, And dying sinners pray to live, Hear Thou in heaven, Thy dwelling-place, And when Thou hearest, O forgive. 3 Here, when Thy messengers proclaim The blessed gospel of Thy Son, Still by the power of His great name Be mighty signs and wonders done. 4 Hosanna!. to their heavenly King,

When children's voices raise that song, Hosanna! let their angels sing,

And heaven with earth the strain prolong.

5 But will, indeed, Jehovah deign

Here to abide, no transient guest? Here will the world's Redeemer reign? And here the Holy Spirit rest?

6 That glory never hence depart;

13 Lord of the temple, once disowned,
But now in worlds of light enthroned,
Thy glory let Thy servants see,
Who dedicate this house to Thee.

4 Be Thy dear name, like ointment, shed
O'er every soul, on every head;
Make glorious, O our Saviour King,
The place where thus Thy chosen sing.

5 More grand the temple, and the strain
More sweet, when we Thy heaven shall gain,
And bid, for realms where angels dwell,
Thy courts on earth a glad farewell.
Joseph Tritton. 1861.

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The broad, illimitable sky;

Yet choose not, Lord, this house alore: 2 He hung its starry roof on high, Thy kingdom come to every heart, In every bosom fix Thy throne.

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He spread its pavement, green and bright,
And curtained it with morning light.

3 The mountains in their places stood,
The sea, the sky, and "all was good;"
And when its first pure praises rang,
The "morning stars together sang."

4 Lord. 't is not ours to make the sea,
And earth, and sky, a house for Thee;
But in Thy sight our offering stands,
A humbler temple, "made with hands.”
Nathaniel Parker Willis. (1807-1867.) 1826. ab.

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2 Enter with all Thy glorious train,
Thy Spirit and Thy word;
All that the ark did once contain
Could no such grace afford.

3 Here, mighty God, accept our vows,
Here let Thy praise be spread;
Bless the provisions of Thy house,
And fill Thy poor with bread.

4 Here let the Son of David reign,
Let God's Anointed shine,
Justice and truth His court maintain,
With love and power divine,

5 Here let Him hold a lasting throne,
And as His kingdom grows,
Fresh honors shall adorn His crown,
And shame confound His foes.

Rev. Isaac Watts. (1674-1748.) 1719.

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God's Blessing invoked.

IO THOU, whose own vast temple stands,
Built over earth and sea,

Accept the walls that human hands
Have raised to worship Thee.

2 Lord, from Thine inmost glory send,
Within these walls t' abide,
The peace that dwelleth without end
Serenely by Thy side.

3 May erring minds, that worship here,
Be taught the better way;

And they who mourn, and they who fear, Be strengthened as they pray.

4 May faith grow firm, and love grow warm, And pure devotion rise,

While round these hallowed walls the storm Of earth-born passion dies.

William Cullen Bryant. (1794-) 1835.

EVENING HYMN. L. M.

Thomas Tallis. 1585) c. 1567.

1. WHEN Jesus dwelt in mor- tal clay, What were His works from day to

day,

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Christ's Beneficence a Pattern for us. 1038 Acts x. 38. 2 Teach us, O Lord, to keep in view Thy pattern, and Thy steps pursue; Let alms bestowed, let kindness done, Be witnessed by each rolling sun.

3 That man may last, but never lives,

Who much receives, but nothing gives,
Whom none can love, whom none can thank,
Creation's blot, creation's blank;

4 But he who marks from day to day
In generous acts his radiant way,
Treads the same path the Saviour trod,
The path to glory and to God.

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I FAITH, hope, and charity, these three,
Yet is the greatest charity:
Father of lights, these gifts impart
To mine and every human heart.

2 Faith, that in prayer can never fail ;
Hope, that o'er doubting must prevail;
And charity, whose name above

Is God's own name, for "God is love."
3 The morning star is lost in light,
Faith vanishes at perfect sight,
The rainbow passes with the storm,
And hope with sorrow's fading form;

Rev. Thomas Gibbons. (1720-1785.) 1784. 4 But charity, serene, sublime,

The useful Life.

I Go, labor on; spend and be spent,
Thy joy to do the Father's will:

It is the way the Master went;

Should not the servant tread it still? 2 Go, labor on; 'tis not for naught;

Thine earthly loss is heavenly gain: Men heed thee, love thee, praise thee not; The Master praises,-what are men?

3 Go, labor on; enough, while here,

If He shall praise thee, if He deign Thy willing heart to mark and cheer: No toil for Him shall be in vain.

4 Toil on, and in thy toil rejoice;

For toil comes rest, for exile home; Soon shalt thou hear the Bridegroom's voice, The midnight peal: "Behold, I come!"

Beyond the range of death and time,
Like the blue sky's all-bounding space,
Holds heaven and earth in its embrace.
James Montgomery. (1771-1854-) 1853-

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1 ONE cup of healing oil and wine,
One offering laid on mercy's shrine,
Is thrice more grateful, Lord, to Thee,
Than lifted eye or bended knee.

2 In true and inward faith we trace
The source of every outward grace;
Within the pious heart it plays,
A living fount of joy and praise.
3 Kind deeds of peace and love betray
Where'er the stream has found its way;
But, where these spring not rich and fair,
The stream has never wandered there.

Rev. Horatius Bonar, (1808-) 1857. ab. Rev. William Hamilton Drummond. (1772-1856.) 1818. ab.

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