303 "Now, therefore, our God, we thank Thee, and praise Thy glorious name.

I ƒ NOW thank we all our God
With heart and hands and voices,
Who wondrous things hath done,
In whom His world rejoices;

Who, from our mother's arms,
Hath blest us on our way
cres With countless gifts of love,
And still is ours to-day.
2 f Oh, may this bounteous God
Through all our life be near us,
With ever joyful hearts

dim And blessèd peace to cheer us;

mf And keep us in His grace,

And guide us when perplexed, cres And free us from all ills

In this world and the next. 3ff All praise and thanks to God, The Father, now be given,

The Son, and Him who reigns
With Them in highest heaven,
The one eternal God,

Whom earth and heaven adore,
For thus it was, is now,

And shall be evermore! Amen.

L.M.

"My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed."

305 ImfO HAPPY day, that fixed my choice On Thee, my Saviour and my God! Well may this glowing heart rejoice, And tell its raptures all abroad. 2mfO happy bond, that seals my vows To Him who merits all my love!

Let cheerful anthems fill His house, 5 f High heaven, that heard the solemn

While to that sacred shrine I move.

3 "Tis done! the great transaction's done! cres I am my Lord's, and He is mine;

8,7,8,8,7.

"I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth

in me.

A. CROIL FALCONER.

307

"They gave their own selves to the Lord."

mfTHY life was given for me!

Thy blood, O Lord, was shed, cres That I might ransomed be fAnd quickened from the dead ⚫ mf Thy life was given for me:

What have I given for Thee?

2 p Long years were spent for me
In weariness and woe,

cres That through eternity
f Thy glory I might know;
dim Long years were spent for me:
Have I spent one for Thee?

3 Thy Father's home of light,

Thy rainbow-circled throne, dim Were left for earthly night,

For wanderings sad and lone; tres Yea, all was left for me : dim Have I left aught for Thee?

WEBER.

4 mf Thou, Lord, hast borne for me More than my tongue can tell Pp Of bitterest agony,

To rescue me from hell; Thou suff'redst all for me: What have I borne for Thee? 5cres And Thou hast brought to me Down from Thy home above f Salvation full and free, Thy pardon and Thy love; Great gifts Thou broughtest me: What have I brought to Thee? 6 mf Oh, let my life be given,

My years for Thee be spent ; World-fetters all be riven, And joy with suffering blent : cres Thou gav'st Thyself for me, f I give myself to Thee! Amen.

308

"Now these are Thy servants and Thy people, whom Thou hast redeemed by
Thy great power."

mfTHINE for ever! God of love,
Hear us from Thy throne above;
Thine for ever may we be,
Here and in eternity.

mf Thine for ever! Lord of life,

Shield us through our earthly strife:
res Thou the Life, the Truth, the Way,
Guide us to the realms of day.
Thine for ever! Oh, how blest
They who find in Thee their rest!

Saviour, Guardian, heavenly Friend,
Oh, defend us to the end!

4 Thine for ever! Saviour, keep
These Thy frail and trembling sheep,
cres Safe alone beneath Thy care,

Let us all Thy goodness share.
5mf Thine for ever! Thou our Guide,
cres All our wants by Thee supplied,
All our sins by Thee forgiven,
f Lead us, Lord, from earth to heaven.
Amen.