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"He that followeth Me shall not walk in darkness."

1mfLEAD, kindly Light, (p) amid the encircling gloom,
cres Lead Thou me on;

The night is dark, and I am far from home,

cres Lead Thou me on.

mf Keep Thou my feet; I do not ask to see

The distant scene: (p) one step enough for me.'

2mfI was not ever thus, nor prayed that Thou
Shouldst lead me on;

I loved to choose and see my path; (cres) but now
Lead Thou me on.

mf I loved the garish day, and, spite of fears,

Pride ruled my will: (pp) remember not past years.

3 mf So long Thy power hath blessed me, (cres) sure it still

Will lead me on,

O'er moor and fen, o'er crag and torrent, till

The night gone;

And with the morn those angel faces smiic

dim Which I have loved long since, (p) and lost awhile. Amen.

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(See also "Innocents," No. 212.)

." Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage."

I ƒ CHILDREN of the heavenly King, 4 f Lift your eyes, ye sons of light; As ye journey, sweetly sing;

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395 "This God is our God for ever and ever; He will be our guide even unto death.”

ImfGUIDE me, O thou great Jehovah,
Pilgrim through this barren land;
p I am weak, (f) but Thou art mighty;
Hold me with Thy powerful hand:
Bread of heaven,

cres Feed me till I want no more.

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2mfOpen now the crystal fountain,

Whence the healing stream doth Let the fire and cloudy pillar [flow; Lead me all my journey through: cres Strong Deliverer, [shield. Be Thou still my strength and

When I tread the verge of Jordan,
Bid my anxious fears subside;
cres Death of death, and hell's destruction,
Land me safe on Canaan's side:

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"Now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the first-fruits of them
that slept."

I TAKE comfort, Christians, when
In Jesus fall asleep; [your friends
Their better being never ends;
Why then dejected weep?

2 mf Why inconsolable, as those

To whom no hope is given?
Death is the messenger of peace
cres And calls the soul to heaven.
3 mf As Jesus died, and rose again
Victorious from the dead,

cres So His disciples rise, and reign
f With their triumphant Head.
4fThe time draws nigh, when from
the clouds

Christ shall with shouts descend, ƒ And the last trumpet's awful voice

The heavens and earth shall rend.

5mfThen they who live shall changed be, And they who sleep shall wake; The graves shall yield their ancient charge,

And earth's foundations shake.

6 ƒ The saints of God, from death set free,
With joy shall mount on high;
The heavenly hosts, with praises loud,
Shall meet them in the sky.

7 mf Together to their Father's house
With joyful hearts they go,
And dwell for ever with the Lord,
Beyond the reach of woe.

8 mf A few short years of evil past,

We reach the happy shore, Where death-divided friends at last cres Shall meet to part no more. Amen.

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Ip ASLEEP in Jesus! blessed sleep,
From which none ever wakes to weep,
A calm and undisturbed repose,
Unbroken by the last of foes!

2 p Asleep in Jesus! oh, how sweet
To be for such a slumber meet,
mf With holy confidence to sing
That death hath lost its venomed sting!

3 mf Asleep in Jesus! peaceful rest,

Whose waking is supremely blest!
No fear, no woe shall dim that hour'
That manifests the Saviour's power.

4 Asleep in Jesus! (cres) oh, for me
May such a blissful refuge be!
mf Securely shall my ashes lie,
Waiting the summons from on high,

66 He that believeth in Me, though he were dead, yet shall he live."

Ip HARK! a voice! it cries from heaven, 2 p All their toils and conflicts over,

3mf'Tis enough, enough for ever;

'Tis His people's bright reward;
They are blest indeed, who never
Shall be absent from the Lord :
Oh, that we may die like those
Who in Jesus then repose! Amen.

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