3 Through the passing of the week,
Father, we Thy presence seek:

Midst this world's deceitful maze
Keep us, Lord, in all our ways.

4 O what snares our path beset!
O what cares our spirits fret!
Let no earthly thing, we pray,
Draw our souls from Thee away.

5 Thou hast set our daily task;
Grace and strength from Thee we ask:
Thou our joys and griefs dost send;
To Thy will our spirits bend.

6 Still in duty's lowly round
Be our patient footsteps found:
With Thy counsel guide us here,
Till in glory we appear.

W. W. HOW.

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SATURDAY EVENING.

SOUL, thy week of toil is ended,

And a voice, whilst world-cares fly,
With the closing hours is blended,
'Rest is coming, rest is nigh.'

2 Nearing Sabbath, how I bless thee!
Let thy calmness fill my breast;
Let me even now possess thee;
And anticipate thy rest.

3 Is my journey full of sadness,

Through a desert wild and drear?

Be to me a well of gladness;
Bid me quite forget my fear,

8.7.

4

4 Clouds on clouds my way may darken;
But thy rainbow gleams above,
And the storms and wild winds hearken
To thy still small voice of love.

5 So when life's long week is over,
Blessed it will be to die;
Angels whispering as they hover,
Rest is coming, rest is nigh.'

6 Then the heavenly rest to enter,
In Thy mercy, Lord, be mine:
Rest of God! the sun and centre
Of the bliss that is divine.

G. RAWSON,

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THE hours of evening close;
The lengthened shadows, drawn

O'er scenes of earth, invite repose,
And wait the Sabbath dawn.

2

So let its calm prevail

O'er forms of outward care;

Nor thought for 'many things' assail

The still retreat of prayer.

3

Our guardian Shepherd near,

His watchful eye will keep;

And, safe from violence or fear,

Will fold His flock to sleep.

So may a holier light

Than earth's, our spirits rouse,

And call us, strengthened by His might,

To pay the Lord our vows.

J. E. CONDER.

S.M.

This mi vadering sheep:
and leader lets the fire
tule and pure desire.

6. That so fum inge-hosts above
May zise & sweeter song of love:
And we, with in the blesa, siore
Thy name, O God, for everme

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H. W. BAKER.

I of the Lord, awake! awake!
Pat on Thy strength, the nations shake,
let the world adoring see

phs of mercy wrought by Thee.

L.M.

2 O send ten thousand heralds forth, From east to west, from south to north, To blow the trump of jubilee,

And peace proclaim from sea to sea! 3 Let Zion's time of favour come: O bring the tribes of Israel home: And let our wondering eyes behold Gentiles and Jews in Jesus' fold. 4 Almighty God, Thy grace proclaim, In every clime of every name;

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Let adverse powers before Thee fall,
And crown the Saviour, Lord of all.

W. SHRUBSOLE.

BEHOLD the Mountain of the Lord

In latter days shall rise

On mountain tops above the hills,
And draw the wondering eyes.

2 To this the joyful nations round,

All tribes and tongues shall flow;
Up to the hill of God,' they'll say,

And to His house we'll go.'

3 The beam that shines from Zion's hill
Shall lighten every land;

The King who reigns in Salem's towers
Shall all the world command.

4 No strife shall vex Messiah's reign,
Or mar the peaceful years;

C.M.

To ploughshares men shall beat their swords,
To pruning-hooks their spears.

5 No longer hosts, encountering hosts,
Shall crowds of slain deplore;

They hang the trumpet in the hall,
And study war no more.

6 Come, then, O come from every land
To worship at His shrine;
And, walking in the light of God,
With holy beauty shine.

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QE merciful to us, O God!
Upon Thy people shine;

M. BRUCE.

And spread Thy saving truth abroad,
Till all that live are Thine.

2 Give light and comfort to Thine own;
And let that light extend
Till Thy prevailing name is known
To earth's remotest end.

3 Let all the people praise Thee, Lord!
Let all their homage bring:
From sea to sea be Thou adored,
Redeemer, Judge, and King!

4 Let all the people praise Thee, Lord!
Then earth her fruits shall give:
Thy blessing shall on all be poured,
And all to Thee shall live.

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COME, kingdom of our God,

C.M.

H. F. LYTE.

Blest reign of light and love,
Shed peace and hope and joy abroad,
And wisdom from above.

S.M.