2 Here faith, and hope, and love
Reign in sweet bond allied;
There, when this little day is o'er,
Shall love alone abide.

3 O love, O truth, O light!

Light never to decay!

O rest from thousand labors past!
O endless Sabbath-day!

4 Here amid cares and tears,

Bearing the seed we come ;
There with rejoicing hearts we bring
Our harvest-burdens home.

5 Give, mighty Lord divine,

The fruits Thyself dost love; Soon shalt Thou from Thy judgment seat, Crown Thine own gifts above.

120

Latin Hymn. Trans. Jas. R. Woodford.

1 Not by Thy mighty Hand,
Thy wondrous works alone,
But by the marvels of Thy word,
Thy glory, Lord, is known.

2 Forth from the eternal gates,
Thine everlasting home,
To sow the seed of truth below,
Thou didst vouchsafe to come.

3 And still from age to age
Thou, gracious Lord, hast been
The Bearer forth of goodly seed,
The Sower still unseen.

4 And Thou wilt come again,
And heaven beneath Thee bow,
To reap the harvest Thou hast sown,
Sower and Reaper Thou.

5 Watch, Lord, Thy harvest-field
With Thine unsleeping eye;
The children of the Kingdom keep
To Thine Epiphany.

6 That when in Thy great day
The tares shall severed be,
We may be gathered by Thy grace
With all Thy saints to Thee.
J. R. Woodford.

121

1 Teach me, my God and King,
Thy will in all to see;
And what I do in any thing,

To do it as for Thee.

2 To scorn the senses' sway,
While still to Thee I tend ;
In all I do, be Thou the Way,
In all, be Thou the End.

3 All may of Thee partake;
Nothing so small can be,

But draws, when acted for Thy sake, Greatness and worth from Thee:

4 If done beneath Thy laws,

E'en servile labors shine; Hallowed is toil, if this the cause; The meanest work divine.

George Herbert.

122

Tunes for Worship. By per.

2 Thou speakest: it is done :
Obedient to Thy word,
The water reddening into wine

Proclaims the present Lord.

3 Blest were the eyes which saw
That wondrous mystery,
The great beginning of Thy works,
That kindled faith in Thee.

4 And blessed they who know
Thine unseen Presence true,
When in the Kingdom of Thy grace
Thou makest all things new.

5 For by Thy loving hand

Thy people still are fed;

Thou art the Cup of blessing, Lord,
And Thou the heavenly Bread.
6 Oh may that grace be ours,
In Thee for aye to live,
And drink of those refreshing streams
Which Thou alone canst give.

7 So, led from strength to strength,
Grant us, O Lord, to see
The marriage Supper of the Lamb,
Thy great Epiphany.

Hyde W. Beadon

mortal race To call them sons of God!

2 'Tis no surprising thing,

That we should be unknown;

The Jewish world knew not their King,

God's everlasting Son.

3 Nor doth it yet appear

How great we must be made;

But, when we see our Saviour here,

We shall be like our Head.

4 A.hope so much divine

May trials well endure,

May purge our souls from sense and sin, As Christ, the Lord, is pure.

5 If, in my Father's love,
I share a filial part,

Send down Thy Spirit like a dove,
To rest upon my heart.

6 We would no longer lie

Like slaves beneath the throne;

My faith shall-"Abba, Father!"-cry, And Thou the kindred own.

Isaac Watts, 1707.

sud-den-ly The Lord of Life hath come.

2. 23

2 The doctors of the law

Gaze on the wondrous Child, And marvel at His gracious words Of wisdom undefiled.

3 Yet not to them is given The mighty truth to know,

To lift the fleshly veil which hides Incarnate God below.

4 The secret of the Lord

Escapes each human eye,

And faithful pondering hearts await The full Epiphany.

5 Lord, visit Thou our souls,

And teach us by Thy grace
Each dim revealing of Thyself
With loving awe to trace;

6 Till from our darkened sight
The cloud shall pass away,
And on the cleansed soul shall burst
The everlasting day.

James R. Woodford.