LORD! while for all mankind we pray, Of every clime and coast, Oh, hear us for our native land, The land we love the most. 2 Oh, guard our shores from every foe, 3 Unite us in the sacred love Of knowledge, truth, and thee: 4 Here may religion, pure and mild, The home of us and ours. 5 Lord of the nations, thus to thee 1206 New Dear. OUR Father! through the coming year But we would leave without a fear 2 It may be we shall toil in vain Deceive and prove but care. 3 It may be it shall darkly blend 4 It may be it shall bring us days 5 But calmly, Lord, on thee we rest; MELITA. L. M. 61. John R. Wreford. William Gaskell. J. B. DYKES. ST. SYLVESTER. 8s, 7s. J. B. DYKES. Days and moments quickly flying Blend the living with the dead; Soon shall we who sing be lying, Each within our narrow bed. DRESDEN. P. M. J. A. P. SCHULZ. We plough the fields, and scatter The good seed on the land, But it is fed and wa-tered By God's al-mighty hand; All good gifts a-round us Are sent from heav'n a-bove, Then thank the Lord, O thank the Lord, For all.... his love. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Ho ly Ghost: As it was in the be-ginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end: O HOLY Father, who hast led thy children In all the ages, with the fire and cloud, Through seas dry-shod; through weary wastes bewildering; To thee, in reverent love, our hearts are bowed. 2 O Holy Jesus, Prince of Peace and Saviour, To thee we owe the peace that still prevails, Stilling the rude wills of men's wild behavior, And calming passion's fierce and stormy gales. 2 Grant to life's day a calm unclouded ending, An eve untouched by shadows of decay, The brightness of a holy deathbed blending With dawning glories of the eternal day. 1215 Guilds and Societies. John Ellerton. O SON of God, our Captain of salvation, Thyself by suffering schooled to human grief, We bless thee for thy sons of consolation, Who follow in the steps of thee their Chief. 3 O Holy Ghost, the Lord and the Life- 2 Those whom thy Spirit's dread vocation Giver, Thine is the quickening power that gives increase. From thee have flowed, as from a pleasant river, Our plenty, wealth, prosperity, and peace. 4 O Triune God, with heart and voice adoring, Praise we the goodness that has crowned our day; [ploring Pray we, that thou wilt hear us, still imThy love and favor, kept to us alway. severs [host; To lead the vanguard of thy conquering Whose toilsome years are spent in brave endeavors |