And make our luke-warm hearts to glow With low-ly love and

fer vent will.

Thro' life's long day and death's dark night, O

gen

tle

Jesus, be

our light.

2 The day is done, its hours have run; 4 Do more than pardon; give us joy, And thou hast taken count of all, The scanty triumphs grace hath won, The broken vow, the frequent fall. Through life's long day and death's dark night,

Sweet fear, and sober liberty,
And loving hearts without alloy,
That only long to be like thee.
Through life's long day and death's
dark night,

O gentle Jesus, be our light.

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.
Through life's long day and death's
dark night,

O gentle Jesus, be our light.

F. W. Faber

Father's glory, thou Eternal Light of Light, be with us

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 The weary world is mouldering to decay,
Its glories wane, its pageants fade away;
In that last sunset, when the stars shall fall,
May we arise, awakened by thy call,
With thee, O Lord, forever to abide
In that blest day which has no eventide.

Christopher Wordsworth

37 SICILIAN HYMN 8. 7. 8. 7.4.7

I.

O

Sicilian Melody

Lord, dismiss us with thy blessing; Fill our hearts with joy and peace;
Let us each,thy love possess-ing, Tri- umph in

re

.

deem-ing grace:

re- fresh us, O re- fresh us, Trav-'ling through this wil - der-ness.

2 Thanks we give, and adoration,
For thy gospel's joyful sound;

May the fruits of thy salvation
In our hearts and lives abound,
May thy presence

With us evermore be found.

3 So, whene'er the signal's given
Us from earth to call away,
Borne on angel's wings to heaven,
Glad the summons to obey,

May we ever

Reign with Christ in endless day.

John Fawcett

39 SWEET HOUR OF PRAYER L. M. D.

1. Sweet hour of prayer,sweet hour of prayer,That calls me

And bids me at my Father's throne,Make all my wants and wish - es known!

es - caped the tempt-er's snare, By thy return,sweet hour of prayer.

distress and grief, My soul has often found re- lief,

2 Sweet hour of prayer, sweet hour of 3 Sweet hour of prayer, sweet hour of