336 L. M. HYMNS AND ANTHEMS. Night. 1 O'ER silent field, and lonely lawn, 2 The passions are at peace within, Breathes love to man and love to God. 337 8 & 7s. M. R. ROBINSON. God the Creator. 1 MIGHTY God! while angels bless thee, Lord of men, as well as angels, 2 Lord of every land and nation, Sounded through the wide creation 3 For the grandeur of thy nature For created works of power — Works with skill and kindness wrought: 4 For thy providence that governs Through thine empire's wide domain ; 338 339 1 GENTLY fall the dews of eve, Raising still the languid flowers; O'er a mourner's stricken hours. 2 Blessed tears and dews that yet C. M. Humility and Contentment. 1 HE that is down need fear no fall, 2 Fulness to such, a burden is, Here little, and hereafter bliss, Is best from age to age. BUNYAN. 341 Day and Night. 1 SOURCE of light and life divine! 2 Shade of night, and morning ray, 3 May we ne'er, by guilt depressed, 4 Rather lift them to the skies, Help us in our daily strife, Make us struggle into life. C. M. H. MARTINEAU. All Men are Equal. 1 ALL men are equal in their birth, All men are equal when that earth 2 God meets the throngs who pay their vows 3 'Tis man alone who difference sees, And worships those, and tramples these, 4 O, let man hasten to restore In power and wealth exult no more; 5 Ye great! renounce your earth-born pride; Live, as ye worship, side by side; 342 7s. M. MRS. BARBauld. A Christian's Joy. 1 Joy there is, that, seated deep, Leaves not when we sigh or weep; 2 Stern and awful are its tones When the patriot-martyr groans, 3 Tenderer is the form it wears, 343 C. M. PEABODY. A Christian's Death. 1 BEHOLD the western evening light- So calm the righteous sink away, Descending to the tomb. The winds breathe low, the yellow leaf Scarce whispers from the tree; 2 How beautiful, on all the hills, So sweet the memory left behind, 3 And lo! above the dews of night So faith lights up the mourner's heart, |