Thou the shame, the grief, hast known,
Though the sins were not Thine own;
Thou hast deigned their load to bear:
Jesus, Man of Sorrows, hear!

XXXI

LEAD, kindly Light, amid the encircling gloom,
Lead Thou me on;

The night is dark, and I am far from home;
Lead Thou me on.

Keep Thou my feet; I do not ask to see
The distant scene,-one step enough for me.

I was not ever thus, nor prayed that Thou
Shouldst lead me on;

I loved to choose and see my path, but now
Lead Thou me on;

I loved the garish day, and, spite of fears, Pride ruled my will: remember not past years.

Ferens culpam aliorum, Onus portans peccatorum, Luctum nôsti et pudorem,

Audi, Jesu, nostram vocem.

XXXI

ME ducas, Lux amanda,

Caligine profundâ,

Conducas me;

Nocte erro obscurâ,

In alienâ terrâ,

Conducas me;

Pedes meos tenere

Te posco, non videre
Longe lateque, tantum
Unum viæ passum.

Non semper ita sensi,

Non olim ita volui

A Te conduci;

Amavi viam legere,

Nunc solum volo degere,

Te meo duce;

Amavi diem splendidam,
Superbia rexit animam,
Sprevi timoris monitum,
Line, Deus, præteritum !

So long Thy power hath blest me, sure it still Will lead me on

O'er moor and fen, o'er crag and torrent, till The night is gone,

And with the morn those angel faces smile Which I have loved long since, and lost awhile.

XXXII

ABIDE with me: fast falls the eventide ;
The darkness deepens; Lord, with me abide:
When other helpers fail, and comforts flee,
Help of the helpless, O abide with me.

Swift to its close ebbs out life's little day,
Earth's joys grow dim, its glories pass away;
Change and decay in all around I see:
O Thou who changest not, abide with me.

Not a brief glance I beg, a passing word:
But, as Thou dwell'st with Thy disciples, Lord,
Familiar, condescending, patient, free,
Come, not to sojourn, but abide with me.

Come not in terrors, as the King of kings,
But kind and good, with healing in Thy wings,

Beâsti me tot annos,

Nunc quoque Tua manus
Sit mihi Dux

Per montem atque rupem,
Per flumen et paludem,

Dum transeat nox;

Mane arrideant mihi,

Facies quasi angeli,

Olim dilectissimæ,

Aliquamdiu amissæ.

XXXII

MANETO mecum, transit vesper cito,
Maneto mecum, properat caligo;
Amici me liquerunt desolatum ;
Qui solos adjuvas, maneto mecum !

Pede veloci fugit brevis vita,
Cito vanescit terræ gloria trita,
Debilitatis cuncta ferunt signum,
Qui non mutaris, O maneto mecum !

Non breve tempus posco Te morari,
Sed ut cum Tuis soles habitare;
Te quæro almum, blandum, mansuetum,
Non abiturum, sed mansurum mecum.

Veni non terrens, sicut regum Rex,

Veni benignus, ut salutis Dux;

Tears for all woes, a heart for every plea;
Come, Friend of sinners, thus abide with me.

Thou on my head in early youth didst smile;
And, though rebellious and perverse meanwhile,
Thou hast not left me, oft as I left Thee:
On to the close, O Lord, abide with me.

I need Thy presence every passing hour;
What but Thy grace can foil the tempter's power?
Who like Thyself my guide and stay can be?
Through cloud and sunshine, O abide with me.

I fear no foe, with Thee at hand to bless ;
Ills have no weight, and tears no bitterness:
Where is death's sting? where, grave, thy victory?
I triumph still if Thou abide with me.

Hold Thou Thy cross before my closing eyes,

Shine through the gloom, and point me to the skies; Heaven's morning breaks, and earth's vain shadows

flee:

In life and death, O Lord, abide with me.

XXXIII

O FOR a closer walk with God,
A calm and heavenly frame,
A light to shine upon the road
That leads me to the Lamb!