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Grant us Thy peace, Lord, thro' the com-ing night, Turn Thou for us

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From harm and dan - ger keep Thy chil-dren free,

For dark and light are

both a like to Thee.

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"The Lord will bless His people with peace."

I mf SAVIOUR, again to Thy dear name we raise
With one accord our parting hymn of praise:
We stand to bless Thee ere our worship cease;
dim Then, lowly kneeling, wait Thy word of peace.
2 mf Grant us Thy peace upon our homeward way;
With Thee began, with Thee shall end the day:
Guard Thou the lips from sin, the hearts from shame,
That in this house have called upon Thy name.

3 Grant us Thy peace, Lord, through the coming night;
cres Turn Thou for us its darkness into light;

From harm and danger keep Thy children free;
cres For dark and light are both alike to Thee.

4 Grant us Thy peace throughout our earthly life,
cres Our balm in sorrow, and our stay in strife:
mf Then, when Thy voice shall bid our conflict cease,
Call us, O Lord, to Thine (rall) eternal peace.

Amen.

A-men

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I mf SUN of my soul, Thou Saviour dear,
It is not night if Thou be near:
Oh, may no earth-born cloud arise
dim To hide Thee from Thy servant's eyes.
2 When the soft dews of kindly sleep

My wearied eyelids gently steep,
Be my last thought, how sweet to rest
For ever on my Saviour's breast.

3 mf Abide with me from morn till eve,
For without Thee I cannot live;
dim Abide with me when night is nigh,
For without Thee I dare not die.

4 If some poor wandering child of Thine Have spurned, to-day, the voice divine, mf Now, Lord, the gracious work begin; Let him no more lie down in sin.

5 mf Watch by the sick : enrich the poor
With blessings from Thy boundless store:
Be every mourner's sleep to-night,
Like infants' slumbers, pure and light.

6 mf Come near and bless us when we wake, Ere through the world our way we take, cres Till in the ocean of Thy love

ƒ We lose ourselves in heaven above.

Amen.

Attention is directed to the change of metre at "My wearied," "Abide with," "With blessings," "We lose,” where Iambic instead of Trochaic rhythm requires corresponding modification in the music. [Note by Composer.]

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"Thou crownest the year with Thy goodness."
[ALL SEASONS.]

ImfETERNAL Source of every joy,
Well may Thy praise our lips employ,
While in Thy temple we appear,

Whose goodness crowns the circling year.
2 mf While, as the wheels of nature roll,

Thy hand supports the steady pole,
cres The sun is taught by Thee to rise,
dim And darkness, when to veil the skies.
3 mf The flowery spring at Thy command
Embalms the air and paints the land;
The summer rays with vigour shine,
To raise the corn and cheer the vine.

4 mf Thy hand in autumn richly pours
Through all our coasts redundant stores;
dim And winters, softened by Thy care,
No more a face of horror wear.

5 mf Seasons and months and weeks and dayɛ
Demand successive songs of praise;
Still be the cheerful homage paid,
With opening light and evening shade.

Amea.

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I mf WE plough the fields, and scatter
The good seed on the land,
But it is fed and watered
By God's almighty hand;
He sends the snow in winter,
The warmth to swell the grain,
The breezes, and the sunshine,
And soft refreshing rain.
f All good gifts around us

Are sent from heaven above;

Then thank the Lord, oh, thank the Lord,
For all His love.

a mf He only is the Maker

Of all things, near and far:
He paints the wayside flower,
He lights the evening star;

sres The winds and waves obey Him;
By Him the birds are fed ;

cres Much more to us, His children, He gives our daily bread.

f All good gifts around us

Are sent from heaven above;

ff Then thank the Lord, oh, thank the Lord For all His love.

3 f We thank Thee, then, O Father, For all things bright and good, The seed-time and the harvest, Our life, our health, our food. mf No gifts have we to offer

For all Thy love imparts,
But that which Thou desirest,
dim Our humble, thankful hearts.
f All good gifts around us.

Are sent from heaven above,
Then thank the Lord, oh, thank the Lord,
For all His love. Amen.

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