5 Calmly the day forsakes our heaven
To dawn beyond the west;

So let my soul, in life's last even,
Retire to glorious rest.

AFTER SERMON.

493

R. Heber.

494

A-men.

BALERMA. C. M.
Spanish Air.

Ο GOD, by whom the seed is given,

By whom the harvest blessed;

Whose word, like manna showered from heaven,
Is planted in our breast,-

2 Freserve it from the passing feet,
And plunderers of the air,
The sultry sun's intenser heat,
And thorns of worldly care.

3 Though buried deep, or thinly sown,
Do thou thy grace supply;

The hope in earthly furrows strown,
Shall ripen in the sky.

AFTER SERMON.

I. Watts.

A-men.

DEDHAM. C. M.

W. Gardiner.

I

GRE

REAT God, thy sovereign power impart,
To give thy word success:

Write thy salvation in my heart,
And make me learn thy grace.

2 Show my forgetful feet the way
That leads to joys on high:

There knowledge grows without decay,
And love shall never die.

A-men.

2 A few more storms shall beat
On this wild, rocky shore;

And we shall be where tempests cease,
And surges swell no more.
Then, O my Lord, prepare

My soul for that calm day;
O wash me in thy precious blood,
And take my sins away.

3 A few more struggles here,
A few more partings o'er,

A few more toils, a few more tears,
And we shall weep no more.
Then, O my Lord, prepare
My soul for that blest day;
O wash me in thy precious blood,
And take my sins away.

4 A few more sabbaths here
Shall cheer us on our way:
And we shall reach the endless rest,
The eternal sabbath-day.
Then, O my Lord, prepare

My soul for that sweet day;
O wash me in thy precious blood,
And take my sins away.

5 'Tis but a little while

And he shall come again,

Who died that we might live, who lives
That we with him may reign.

Then, O my Lord, prepare
My soul for that glad day;

O wash me in thy precious blood,
And take my sins away.

A-men.

GREENVILLE. 8-7-4.

J. J. Rousseau.

I JORD, dismiss us with thy blessing,
Fill our hearts with joy and peace;
Let us each, thy love possessing,
Triumph in redeeming grace;
: O refresh us, :||
Travelling through this wilderness.

2 Thanks we give, and adoration,
For thy gospel's joyful sound;
May the fruits of thy salvation
In our hearts and lives abound;
|: May thy presence :||

With us evermore be found.

D. C.

I

SWE

WEET Saviour, bless us ere we go;
Thy word into our minds instill;

And make our lukewarm hearts to glow
With lowly love and fervent will.

Through life's long day and death's dark night,
O gentle Jesus, be our Light.

2 Grant us, dear Lord, from evil ways

True absolution and release;

And bless us, more than in past days,
With purity and inward peace.

Through life's long day and death's dark night,
O gentle Jesus, be our Light.

3 Do more than pardon; give us joy,
Sweet fear, and sober liberty,
And simple hearts without alloy
That only long to be like thee.

Through life's long day and death's dark night,

O gentle Jesus, be our Light.

4 Labor is sweet, for thou hast toiled;

And care is light, for thou hast cared;
Ah! never let our works be soiled
With strife, or by deceit ensnared.

Through life's long day and death's dark night,
O gentle Jesus, be our Light.

A-men.

AVIOUR, again to thy dear name we raise
With one accord our parting hymn of praise;
We stand to bless thee ere our worship cease,
Then, lowly bending, wait thy word of peace.

2 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, Turn thou for us its darkness into light;

From harm and danger keep thy children free,
Darkness and light are both alike to thee.

4 Grant us thy peace throughout our earthly life,
Our balm in sorrow, and our stay in strife;
Then, when thy voice shall bid our conflict cease,
Call us, O Lord, to thine eternal peace.

A-men.