4 O Saviour Christ, thou too art man;
Thou hast been troubled, tempted, tried;
Thy kind but searching glance can scan
The very wounds that shame would hide.
Thy touch has still its ancient power;
No word from thee can fruitless fall :
Hear in this solemn evening hour,
And in thy mercy heal us all.
A SONG IN THE NIGHT.
Tr. C. Winkworth.
II,II; 11,5.
F. Flemming.
God be with us, for the night is closing.
Darkness and light are both of his disposing.
Beneath his shadow, here to rest we yield us,
For he will shield us.
2 Let evil thoughts and spirits flee before us;
Till morning cometh, watch, O Master, o'er us;
In soul and body thou from harm defend us;
Thine angels send us.
3 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.
4 Father, thy name be praised, thy kingdom givén,
Thy will be done on earth, as 'tis in Heaven;
Keep us in life, forgive our sins, deliver
THE day is past and over;
All thanks, O Lord, to thee!
We pray thee now, that sinless
The hours of dark may be:
O Jesus, keep us in thy sight,
And save us thro' the coming night.
2 The toils of day are over;
We raise our hymn to thee,
And ask, that free from peril,
The hours of dark may be:
O Jesus, keep us in thy sight,
And guard us thro' the coming night.
3 Be thou our souls' preserver,
O God, for thou dost know
How many are the perils
Through which we have to go;
O loving Jesus, hear our call,
And guard and save us from them all.
UN of my soul! thou Saviour dear,
It is not night if thou art near:
O may no earth-born cloud arise
To hide thee from thy servant's eyes!
2 When soft the dews of kindly sleep
My wearied eyelids gently steep,
Be my last thought,-how sweet to rest
Forever on my Saviour's breast!
3 Abide with me from morn till eve,
For without thee I cannot live;
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,
Now, Lord, the gracious work begin;
Let him no more lie down in sin.
5 Watch by the sick; enrich the poor
With blessings from thy boundless store;
Be every mourner's sleep to-night,
Like infant slumbers, pure and light.
6 Come near and bless us when we wake,
Ere through the world our way we take,
Till in the ocean of thy love
We lose ourselves in heaven above.
NSPIRER and hearer of prayer,
Thou Shepherd and Guardian of thine, My all to thy covenant care
I sleeping or waking resign:
If thou art my shield and my sun,
The night is no darkness to me;
And, fast as my moments roll on,
They bring me but nearer to thee.
2 Thy ministering spirits descend
To watch while thy saints are asleep;
By day and by night they attend,
The heirs of salvation to keep:
Bright seraphs, despatched from the throne,
Repair to their stations assigned;
And angels elect are sent down,
To guard the elect of mankind.
3 Their worship no interval knows;
Their fervor is still on the wing;
And while they protect my repose,
They chant to the praise of my King:
'HE day, O Lord, is spent ;
Abide with us, and rest;
Our hearts' desires are fully bent
On making thee our guest.
2 We have not reached that land,
That happy land, as yet,
Where holy angels round thee stand,
Whose sun can never set.
3 Our sun is sinking now,
Our day is almost o'er;
O Sun of Righteousness, do thou
Shine on us evermore!
EVENING SACRIFICE. 64,66.
HE sun is sinking fast, the daylight dies;
Let love awake, and pay her evening sacrifice.
2 As Christ upon the cross his head inclined,
And to his Father's hands his parting soul resigned
3 So now herself my soul would wholly give
Into his sacred charge, in whom all spirits live.
4 Thus would I live: yet now not I, but he
In all his power and love henceforth alive in me.
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