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2 We ask not, Lord, thy cloven flame,
Or tongues of various tone,
But long thy praises to proclaim
With fervor in our own.

3 We mourn not that prophetic skill
Is found on earth no more;
Enough for us to trace thy will
In Scripture's sacred lore.

4 We neither have nor seek the power
Ill demons to control;

But thou, in dark temptation's hour,
Shalt chase them from the soul.

5 No heavenly harpings soothe our ear,
No mystic dreams we share;
Yet hope to feel thy comfort near,
And bless thee in our prayer.

C. M.

All Saints Day.

C. WESLEY.

1 THE saints on earth and those above
But one communion make;

Joined to their Lord in bonds of love,
All of his grace partake.

2 One family, we dwell in him :

One church above, beneath;

Though now divided by the stream,

The narrow stream, of death.

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3 One army of the living God,

To his command we bow;

Part of the host have crossed the flood,
And part are crossing now.

4 O God, be thou our constant guide!
Then, when the word is given,

Bid death's cold flood its waves divide,
And land us safe in heaven.

C. M.

All Saints Day.

1 Nor to the terrors of the Lord,
The tempest, fire, and smoke,
Not to the thunder of that word
Which God on Sinai spoke,

2 But we are come to Sion's hill,
The city of our God,

Where milder words declare his will,
And spread his love abroad.

3 Behold the innumerable host
Of angels clothed in light!

Behold the spirits of the just,
Whose faith is turned to sight!

4 In such society as this

My weary soul would rest;

The man that dwells where Jesus is

Must be forever blest.

WATTS.

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8, 8, 8 & 6s M. DAWSON'S HYMNS.

All Saints.

1 THE saints of God are holy men,
And women good, and children dear,
All those who ever loved the Lord,
Who live in faith and fear.

2 They are not all together now;

For some are dead and gone before,
And some are striving still on earth —
Their trial is not o'er.

3 Great numbers are they, of all states,
And born in every place and land,
Who never saw each other's face,
Nor touched each other's hand.

4 But they are all made one in Christ;
They love each other tenderly,
The old and young, the rich and poor,
Of that great company.

5 And there shall come a glorious day,

When all the good saints, every one,
Shall meet within their Father's home,
And stand before his throne.

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2 The saints who die and leave us now,
The good of long ago,

Women and men, and children young,
Still living here below;

3 Who have the same eternal hope,
The same unceasing care,
One universal hymn of praise,
One general voice of prayer.

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All Saints Bay.

1 FOR all thy saints, O God,

Who strove in Christ to live,
Who followed him, obeyed, adored,

Our grateful hymn receive.

2 For all thy saints, O God,

Accept our thankful cry,

Who counted Christ their great reward,

And strove in him to die.

3 They all, in life and death,

With him, their Lord, in view,

Learned from thy Holy Spirit's breath
To suffer and to do.

4 For this thy name we bless,
And humbly beg that we
May follow them in holiness,

And live and die in thee.

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C. M.
fast.

BREVIARY

10 SINNER, bring not tears alone,
Nor outward form of prayer:
But let it in thy heart be known
That penitence is there.

2 To smite the breast, the clothes to rend,
God asketh not of thee;

Thy secret soul he bids thee bend
In true humility.

3 0, let us, then, with heartfelt grief,
Draw near unto our God,

And pray to him to grant relief,
And stay the lifted rod.

4 O righteous judge, if thou wilt deign
To grant us that we need,

We pray for time to turn again,
And grace to turn indeed.

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