2 From age to age unchanging, still the same Hallowed forever be thy reverend name 3 When the glad morn upon the hills was spread, Thy smile was there; Now, as the darkness gathers overhead, 4 Night spreads her shade upon another day So o'er our faults thy love, we humbly pray, 5 Silence and sleep o'er hearts by earth distrest So every fear that struggles in the breast 6 Thou through the dark will watch above our sleep With eye of love; And thou wilt wake us, when the sunbeams leap The hills above. 7 O, may each heart its gratitude express And find the triumph of its happiness 503 P. M. MRS. HEMANS. Hymn for Christmas. 1 0 LOVELY Voices of the sky, Wherewith, in time gone by, 2 0 clear and shining Light, whose beams, As in that holiest night Of hope, and joy, and faith, O clear and shining Light! 3 0 Star which led to him whose love Where art thou? 'midst the host above May we still gaze on thee? In heaven thou art not set, Thy rays earth may not dim; Send them to guide us yet, O Star which led to him! 504 10s M. ANONYMOUS. "Ef he giveth Quiet, who can make Trouhle ? " 1 QUIET from God! how beautiful to keep This treasure, the All-merciful hath given ; To feel, when we awake and when we sleep, Its incense round us, like a breath from heaven! 2 To sojourn in the world, and yet apart; To dwell with God, and still with man to feel; To bear about forever in the heart The gladness which his Spirit doth reveal! 3 Who shall make trouble then? Not evil minds, How strong within doth reign the Calmer's power. 4 What shall make trouble? Not the holy thought Of the departed; that will be a part Of those undying things his peace hath wrought 5 What shall make trouble? Not slow-wasting pain, Nor even the threatening, certain stroke of death; These do but wear away, then break, the chain Which bound the spirit down to things beneath. 428 505 P. M. Vespers. ANONYMOUS. 1 FADING, still fading, the last beam is shining; Father in heaven! the day is declining; Safety and innocence flee with the light, Temptation and danger walk forth with the night; From the fall of the shade till the morning bells chime, Shield us from danger, and keep us from crime! 2 Father in heaven! O, hear, when we call, Through Jesus Christ, who is Saviour of all! Fainting and feeble, we trust in thy might; In doubting and darkness thy love be our light! Let us sleep on thy breast while the night-taper burns, And wake in thy arms when the morning returns. 506 11 & 5s M. BOWRING. Humble Devotion. 1 FROM the recesses of a lowly spirit, Our humble prayer ascends; O Father! hear it. 2 We see thy hand: it leads us, it supports us: 3 O, how long-suffering, Lord! but thou delightest 4 Father and Saviour! plant within each bosom 5 Then place them in those everlasting gardens, Where angels walk, and seraphs are the wardens; Where every flower escaped through death's dark portal Becomes immortal. 507 L. M. S. F. ADAMS. The Human Heart. 10 HUMAN heart! thou hast a song 2 O human heart! what deed of thine 'T was asked but this, in accents mild, 30 human heart! that singest still, |