4 But, O, we wear no burnished steel, And seek no gory field; Our weapon is the Word of God, 5 And still serene and fixed in faith, 1 2 3 4 Ye servants of the Lord, Let all your lamps be bright, Gird up your loins as in His sight, Watch! 't is your Lord's command, O happy servant he In such a posture found! He shall his Lord with rapture see, And be with honour crowned. 1 2 3 4 5 God of the earnest heart, The trust assured and still, Thou! who our strength for ever art, We come to do Thy will! Upon that painful road By saints serenely trod, Whereon their hallowing influence flowed, Would we go forth, O God! 'Gainst doubt and shame and fear In human hearts to strive, That all may learn to love and bear, To draw Thy blessing down, And bring the wronged redress, And give this glorious world its crown, Thou hearest while we pray: O deep within us write, With kindling power, our God, to-day, Thy word,-on Earth be Light! 384. C. M. 1 Oft have I seemed Thy praise to join, A form of godliness was mine, 2 I rested in the outward Law, The length and breadth I never saw, 3 To please Thee thus, at length I see 4 I see Thy perfect law requires Our full consent, our whole desires, 5 But I of means have made my boast; The substance in the shade. 6 What am I now, or what my hope? 385. C. M. 1 Prune thou thy words, the thoughts control That o'er thee swell and throng; They will condense within thy soul, 2 But he who lets his feelings run In soft luxurious flow, Shrinks when hard service must be done, And faints at every woe. 3 Faith's meanest deed more favour bears, Where hearts and wills are weighed, Than brightest transports, choicest prayers, Which bloom their hour and fade. 1 Christian warrior! faint not, fear not! 2 Christian warrior! ne'er unarm thee 3 Wearied warrior, still assure thee, "As thy day thy strength shall be "; When thou hast borne the battle's fury, Turn not at its close and flee. 4 Lo! the clouds of war are clearing; 5 Christian warrior! Grace protect thee! 387. C. M. 1 There's hope for one who leaves with shame 2 Return, and in the daily round Thou best wilt find that patient faith 3 Around thee draw life's tasks and ties, 4 Through charity and penitence 388. C. M. 1 Lord! when we bend before Thy throne, Teach us to feel the sins we own, |