6 When the morning wakens,
Then may I arise

Pure, and fresh, and sinless
In thy holy eyes. Amen.

Sabine Baring-Gould, 1868

Also the following

55 Come, thou long-expected Jesus 59 Lord, thy word abideth

78 O little town of Bethlehem

79 It came upon the midnight clear
87 O Lord, the Holy Innocents
90 Jesus, Name of wondrous love
95 Brightest and best

123 Forty days and forty nights
147 In the hour of trial

159 There is a green hill far away
193 Alleluia! sing to Jesus
199 Our blest Redeemer

205 Holy, Holy, Holy

211 My faith looks up to thee
235 O Love that casts out fear
243 Saviour, source of every blessing
256 Songs of praise the angels sang
268 Jesus calls us; o'er the tumult
277 Blest are the pure in heart

291 Around the throne of God a band
295 For all the saints

322 Jesus, gentlest Saviour

See also Baptism, Confirmation, Missions, Brotherhood and Service, Processionals,

and Carols

365

School Life

C.M.

THOU whose feet have climbed life's

hill,

And trod the path of youth,

Our Saviour and our Brother still,
Now lead us into truth.

2 The call is thine: be thou the Way,
And give us men, to guide;

Let wisdom broaden with the day,
Let human faith abide.

3 Who learn of thee, the truth shall find; Who follow, gain the goal:

With reverence crown the earnest mind, And speak within the soul.

4 Awake the purpose high which strives,
And, falling, stands again;
Confirm the will of eager lives
To quit themselves like men:

5 Thy life the bond of fellowship,
Thy love the law that rules;
Thy Name, proclaimed by every lip,
The Master of our schools. Amen.

Louis F. Benson, 1894

366

WE

L.M.

TE build our school on thee, O Lord, To thee we bring our common need; The loving heart, the helpful word, The tender thought, the kindly deed.

2 We work together in thy sight,
We live together in thy love;
Guide thou our faltering steps aright,
And lift our thought to heaven above.

3 Hold thou each hand to keep it just, Touch thou our lips and make them pure;

If thou art with us, Lord, we must

Be faithful friends and comrades sure.

4 We change, but thou art still the same, The same good Master, Teacher, Friend; We change; but, Lord, we bear thy Name, To journey with it to the end. Amen.

367

Sebastian W. Meyer, 1908

(Land of our birth, we pledge to thee
Our love and toil in the years to be,
When we are grown and take our place
As men and women with our race.)

FA

L.M.

ATHER in heaven, who lovest all, O help thy children when they call; That they may build from age to age An undefiled heritage.

2 Teach us to bear the yoke in youth,
With steadfastness and careful truth;
That, in our time, thy grace may give
The truth whereby the nations live.

3 Teach us to rule ourselves alway,
Controlled and cleanly night and day;
That we may bring, if need arise,
No maimed or worthless sacrifice.

4 Teach us to look in all our ends
On thee for Judge and not our friends;
That we, with thee, may walk uncowed
By fear or favour of the crowd.

5 Teach us the strength that cannot seek,
By deed or thought, to hurt the weak;
That, under thee, we may possess
Man's strength to comfort man's distress.

6 Teach us delight in simple things,
And mirth that has no bitter springs;
Forgiveness free of evil done,

And love to all men 'neath the sun. Amen.

(Land of our birth, our faith, our pride,
For whose dear sake our fathers died;
O Motherland, we pledge to thee

Head, heart, and hand through the years to be.)

Rudyard Kipling, 1906

7.7.7.6

368

Litany for Children

Far above the bright blue sky,
Look on us with loving eye:
Hear us, Holy Jesus.

2 Little children need not fear,
When they know that thou art near:
Thou dost love us, Saviour dear:
Hear us, Holy Jesus.

3 Little hearts may love thee well,
Little lips thy love may tell,
Little hymns thy praises swell:
Hear us, Holy Jesus.

4 Little lives may be divine,
Little deeds of love may shine,
Little ones be wholly thine:
Hear us, Holy Jesus.

5 Jesus, once an infant small,
Cradled in the oxen's stall,
Though the God and Lord of all:
Hear us, Holy Jesus.

6 Once a child so good and fair,
Feeling want, and toil, and care,
All that we may have to bear:
Hear us, Holy Jesus.

7 Jesus, thou dost love us still,
And it is thy holy will
That we should be safe from ill
Hear us, Holy Jesus.

8 Be thou with us every day,
In our work and in our play,
When we learn and when we pray.
Hear us, Holy Jesus.

9 When we lie asleep at night,
Ever may thy angels bright
Keep us safe till morning light:
Hear us, Holy Jesus.

10 Make us brave without a fear,
Make us happy, full of cheer,
Sure that thou art always near:
Hear us, Holy Jesus.

11 May we prize our Christian name,
May we guard it free from blame,
Fearing all that causes shame:
Hear us, Holy Jesus.