7 10s. TH 'HE day is gently sinking to a close, Fainter and yet more faint the sunlight glows: O Brightness of Thy Father's glory, Thou Eternal Light of Light, be with us now: Where Thou art present darkness cannot be; Midnight is glorious noon, O Lord, with Thee. 2 Our changeful lives are ebbing to an end: Onward to darkness and to death we tend: O Conqueror of the grave, be Thou our guide, Be Thou our light in death's dark eventide; Then in our mortal hour will be no gloom, No sting in death, no terror in the tomb. 3 Thou, Who in darkness walking didst appear Upon the waves, and Thy disciples cheer, Come, Lord, in lonesome days, when storms assail, And earthly hopes and human succors fail: 4 The weary world is mouldering to decay, 8 THE 8.8.8.4. HE radiant morn hath passed away, And spent too soon her golden store; The shadows of departing day Creep on once more. 2 Our life is but a fading dawn, Its glorious noon, how quickly past; 3 Oh, by Thy soul-inspiring grace 4 Where light, and life, and joy, and peace 5 Where saints are clothed in spotless white, 9 Ho 7.7.7.5. OLY Father, cheer our way Grant us every closing day Light at evening-time. 2 Holy Saviour, calm our fears When earth's brightness disappears: Light at evening-time. 3 Holy Spirit, be Thou nigh 4 Holy, blessed Trinity, Darkness is not dark to Thee: 10 11 THE sun is sinking fast, Let love awake, and pay 2 As Christ upon the cross And to His Father's hands 3 So now herself my soul 4 So now beneath His eye 5 Save that His will be done, 6 Thus would I live: yet now In all His power and love, 7 One sacred Trinity, One Lord divine, May I be ever His, SUN And He forever mine. 6.4.6.6. L. M. UN of my soul, Thou Saviour dear, 2 When the soft dews of kindly sleep 3 Abide with me from morn till eve, 5 Watch by the sick; enrich the poor We lose ourselves in heaven above. 12 AB 10s. BIDE with me: fast falls the eventide; The darkness deepens; Lord, with me abide: When other helpers fail, and comforts flee, Help of the helpless, oh, abide with me. 2 Swift to its close ebbs out life's little day; Earth's joys grow dim, its glories pass away, Change and decay in all around I see; O Thou Who changest not, abide with me. 3 I need Thy presence every passing hour; What but Thy grace can foil the tempter's power? Who,like Thyself, my guide and stay can be? Through cloud and sunshine, Lord, abide with me. 4 I fear no foe, with Thee at hand to bless: Ills have no weight, and tears no bitterness. Where is death's sting? where, grave, thy victory? I triumph still, if Thou abide with me. 5 Hold Thou Thy cross before my closingeyes: Shine through the gloom, and point me to the skies: Heaven's morning breaks, and earth's vain shadows flee: In life, in death, O Lord, abide with me. 13 14 SOFTI 7s.. OFTLY now the light of day 2 Thou, Whose all-pervading eye Open fault, and secret sin. 3 Soon, for me, the light of day Then, from sin and sorrow free, 4 Thou Who, sinless, yet hast known Then, from Thine eternal throne, AT even, ere the sun was set, L. M. The sick, O Lord, around Thee lay; Oh, in what divers pains they met! |