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51 "In Him was life; and the life was the light of men.' i'mfO LIGHT, whose beams illumine all From twilight dawn to perfect day, Shine Thou before the shadows fall That lead our wandering feet astray; cres At morn and eve Thy radiance pour, f That youth may love, and age adore. 2fO Way, through whom our souls draw near

When dreams or mists beguile our sight,

cres Turn Thou our darkness into light. 4mfO Life, the well that ever flows

cres To yon eternal home of peace,

Where perfect love shall cast out fear, dim And earth's vain toil and wandering

cease;

f In strength or weakness may we see Our heavenward path, O Lord, through Thee.

To slake the thirst of those that faint, cres Thy power to bless what seraph knows? [paint? f Thy joy supreme what words can mf In earth's last hour of fleeting breath cres Be Thou our Conqueror over death. 5f O Light, O Way, O Truth, O Life, O Jesus, born mankind to save, dim Give Thou Thy peace in deadliest strife,

mf Shed Thou Thy calm on stormiest

wave;

3 mfO Truth, before whose shrine we bow,
Thou priceless pearl for all who seek, cres Be Thou our hope, our joy, our dread,
To Thee our earliest strength we vow; f Lord of the living and the dead!
Thy love will bless the pure and meek;

Amen.

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52 “Let us run with patience the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus.”

mf BEHOLD what witnesses unseen

Encompass us around!
Men once, like us, with suffering tried,
But now with glory crowned.

mf Let us, with zeal like theirs inspired,
Pursue the Christian race,
And, freed from each encumbering
weight,

Their holy footsteps trace.

f Behold a Witness nobler still, Who trod affliction's path! Jesus, at once the Finisher

And Author of our faith.

4 mf He, for the joy before Him set,
So generous was His love,
Endured the cross, despised the
shame,

cres And now He reigns above.
5 mf If He the scorn of wicked men
With patience did sustain,
Becomes it those for whom He died
To murmur or complain?
6f Then let our hearts no more despond,
Our hands be weak no more;
Still let us trust our Father's love,
His wisdom still adore. Amen

HESPERUS.

L.M.

H. BAKER, Mus. Bac

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"That I may know the fellowship of His sufferings, being made conformable to

His death.

ImfHOW shall I follow Him I serve? 4
How shall I copy Him I love?

Nor from those blessèd footsteps

swerve

Which lead me to His seat above?

2 p Privations, sorrows, bitter scorn, The life of toil, the mean abode, The faithless kiss, the crown of thorn

Are these the consecrated road?

3 mf"Twas thus He suffered, though a Son,

Foreknowing, choosing, feeling all, cres Until the perfect work was done, dim And drunk the cup of bitter gall.

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Lord, should my path through suffering lie,

Fortid that I should e'er repine; Still let me turn to Calvary, dim Nor heed my griefs, remembering Thine.

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"Come, take up the cross, and follow Me"

mf LORD, as to Thy dear cross we flee 4 And plead to be forgiven,

So let Thy life our pattern be,

And form our souls for heaven.

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If joy shall at Thy bidding fly
And grief's dark day come on,
We, in our turn, would meekly cry,
Father! Thy will be done.

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2 mf Help us, through good report and ill, 5 Should friends misjudge, or foes de

Our daily cross to bear,

Like Thee, to do our Father's will,
Our brethren's griefs to share.

3mf Let grace our selfishness expel,

Our earthliness refine,

cres And kindness in our bosoms dwell, As free and true as Thine.

Or brethren faithless prove, [fame cres Then, like Thine own, be all our aim To conquer them by love.

6 mf Kept peaceful in the midst of strife, Forgiving and forgiven,

cres Oh, may we lead the pilgrim's life, And follow Thee to heaven!

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C.M.

J. W. CALLCOTT, Mus. Do

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56 "Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, He also Hi

self likewise took part of the same.'

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ImfOH! mean may seem this house of Not only in the tear and groan

clay,

Shall the dear kindred be.

Yet 'twas the Lord's abode ; Our feet may mourn this thorny way, 5mf We shall be reckoned for Thine Yet here Immanuel trod.

2 mf This robe of flesh the Lord did wear; This watch the Lord did keep; These burdens sore the Lord did bear; These tears the Lord did weep.

3 mf Our very frailty brings us near

Unto the Lord of heaven;
To every grief, to every tear,
Such glory strange is given.

4 mf But not this robe of flesh alone
Shall link us, Lord, to Thee;

Because Thy heaven we share; cres Because we sing around Thy thr And Thy bright raiment wear.

6 mf Thou who wast clothed in our cl And stricken in our stead, cres Wilt put on us Thy bright array, Thy joy on us wilt shed.

7 f Oh, mighty grace! our life to liv To make our earth divine! Oh, mighty grace! Thy heave give,

And lift our life to Thine! A

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57 "If any man will come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me."

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Thy Lord for thee the Cross en dured,

cres To save thy soul from death and hell.

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ST. BERNARD.

C.M.

W. RICHARDSON.

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MmfWHAT grace, O Lord, and beauty cres Unwearied in forgiveness still,

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Around Thy steps below!
What patient love was seen in all
Thy life and death and woe!

For ever on Thy burdened heart
A weight of sorrow hung;

Wo Yet no ungentle, murmuring word
Escaped Thy silent tongue.

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Thy heart could only love.

4 mf Oh! give us hearts to love like Thee,
Like Thee, O Lord, to grieve
Far more for others' sins, than all
The wrongs that we receive.

5 mf One with Thyself, may every eye
In us, Thy brethren, see

That gentleness and grace which spring

From union, Lord, with Thee.

Amen

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