103 BLEST Creator of the light,
Who dost the dawn from darkness bring;
And, framing nature's depth and height,
Didst with the new-born light begin ;
2 Who gently blending eve with morn,
And morn with eve, didst call them day;
Thick flows the flood of darkness down:
O hear us while to thee we pray.
3 Keep thou our souls from schemes of crime,
Nor guilt remorseful let them know ;
Nor thinking on the things of time
Into eternal darkness go.
4 Teach us to knock at heaven's high door;
Teach us the prize of life to win;
Teach us all evil to abhor,
And purify ourselves within.
105 JESUS, thou Source of life, and light, and love,
Thou King of kings, and Lord of lords above,
Eternal, self-existent, and divine,
In thee ineffable perfections shine :
On thy unchanging love our souls depend,
Almighty Father and Eternal Friend!
2 From thee, great Spring of uncreated might,
The vast resplendent orbs of glowing light,
And all created beings take their rise,
That walk the earth, or dwell above the skies.
Profusely wide unnumber'd blessings flow;
Heaven they enrich, and gladden earth below.
8 In thy wide grasp, and comprehensive eye,
Worlds upon worlds, and suns unnumber'd, lie;
Systems enclosed in thy perception roll,
Whose all-informing mind directs the whole :
Led by thy hand, their certain ways they know,
Placed in that sight from whence they cannot go.
4 Around thy throne the flaming seraphs stand,
And touch the golden lyre with trembling hand,
Transported with the ardors of thy praise,
The holy, holy, holy anthem raise.
To them, responsive, let creation sing
The omnipresent and almighty King! Amen.
106 HAIL! gladdening Light, of that pure glory poured
Which is the Love eternal, heavenly, blest,
Holiest of holies, Jesus Christ our Lord!
Now are we come to the sun's hour of rest.
All times are ordered by thy word alone,
Therefore the day and night thy glories own.
2 The lights of evening now around us shine
We hymn the blest Humanity Divine.
Worthiest art thou at all times to be sung,
By grateful hearts, with undefiled tongue.
Thou art the Lord : giver of life, alone,
Therefore shall all the worlds thy glories own. Amen.
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