12 REPOSE 6.5.6. 5. D.

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I Now the day is

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ver, Night is draw-ing nigh, Shadows of the evening 2 Jesus, give the wear y Calm and sweet re-pose; With Thy tenderest bless-ing

2 Deeper, deeper grow the shadows,
Paler now the glowing west,
Swift the night of death advances;
Shall it be the night of rest?

3 Let me hear Thy voice behind me,
Calming all these wild alarms;
Let me, underneath my weakness,
Feel the everlasting arms.

4 Feeble, trembling, fainting, dying,
Lord, I cast myself on Thee;
Tarry with me through the darkness ;
While I sleep, still watch by me.

5 Tarry with me, O my Saviour,

Lay my head upon Thy breast

Till the morning; then awake me—
Morning of eternal rest.

Caroline L. Smith, 1853: recast in Plymouth Coll., 1855, and Songs of the Church, 1862

Sin and want we come con- fess -ing: Thou canst save, and Thou canst heal. A - MEN.

Copyright by George C. Stebbins

I This night, O Lord, we bless Thee For Thy protecting care,

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Let holy thoughts be ours when sleep o'ertakes us ;

Our earliest thoughts be Thine when morning wakes us;
All day serve Thee, in all that we are doing
Thy praise pursuing.

4 As Thy beloved, soothe the sick and weeping,
And bid the prisoner lose his griefs in sleeping;
Widows and orphans, we to Thee commend them,
Do Thou befriend them.

5 We have no refuge, none on earth to aid us,
Save Thee, O Father, who Thine own hast made us;
But Thy dear presence will not leave them lonely,
Who seek Thee only.

Rev. Petrus Herbert, 1566. Tr. Catherine Winkworth, 1863

{ Safely through another week Cohoshirought us on our way; Waiting in His courts to-day;

Day of all the week the best, Emblem of e-ternal rest; Day of all the week the best;

Emblem of e-ternal rest. A - MEN.