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Tune-Mamre, 50.

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For in that He Himself hath suffered, being tempted, He is able to succour them that are tempted."

HEN gathering clouds around I view,

1 WHE

And days are dark, and friends are few,
On Him I lean, who, not in vain,
Experienced every human pain;
He sees my wants, allays my fears,
And counts and treasures up my tears.

2 If aught should tempt my soul to stray
From heavenly wisdom's narrow way,
To fly the good I would pursue,
Or do the sin I would not do,
Still He, who felt temptation's power,
Shall guard me in that dangerous hour.

3 If vexing thoughts within me rise,
And, sore dismayed, my spirit dies;
Still He, who once vouchsafed to bear
The sickening anguish of despair,
Shall sweetly soothe, shall gently dry,
The throbbing heart, the streaming eye.

4 When sorrowing o'er some stone I bend,
Which covers what was once a friend,
And from his voice, his hand, his smile,
Divides me for a little while;

Thou, Saviour, mark'st the tears I shed,
For Thou didst weep o'er Lazarus dead.

5 And O, when I have safely past
Through every conflict but the last,

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Abide with us, for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent."

ABIDE with me! fast falls the even-tide;

The darkness deepens; Lord, with me
abide!

When other helpers fail, and comforts flee,
Help of the helpless, O abide with me!

2 Swift to its close ebbs out life's little day;
Earth's joys grow dim, its glories pass away;
Change and decay in all around I see:
O Thou who changest not, abide with me!
3 Not a brief glance I beg, a passing word,
But as Thou dwell'st with Thy disciples, Lord--
Familiar, condescending, patient, free-
Come, not to sojourn, but abide, with me!

4 Come not in terrors, as the King of kings,
But kind and good, with healing in Thy wings;
Tears for all woes, a heart for every plea:
Come, Friend of sinners, thus abide with me!

5 Thou on my head in early youth didst smile;
And, though rebellious and perverse meanwhile,
Thou hast not left me, oft as I left Thee:
On to the close, O Lord, abide with me!

6 I need Thy presence every passing hour. What but Thy grace can foil the tempter's power?

Who like Thyself my guide and stay can be? Through cloud and sunshine, O abide with me!

7 I fear no foe, with Thee at hand to bless; Ills have no weight, and tears no bitterness: Where is Death's sting? where, Grave, thy victory?

I triumph still, if Thou abide with me!

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RIEND after friend departs;

FRIE

Who hath not lost a friend? There is no union here of hearts,

That finds not here an end: Were this frail world our only rest, Living or dying, none were blest.

2 Beyond the flight of time,

Beyond this vale of death, There surely is some blessèd clime, Where life is not a breath, Nor life's affections transient fire, Whose sparks fly upwards to expire.

3 There is a world above,

Where parting is unknown;
A whole eternity of love,

Formed for the good alone;
And faith beholds the dying here
Translated to that happier sphere.

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Thus star by star declines
Till all are passed away,

As morning high and higher shines
To pure and perfect day;

Nor sink those stars in empty night;

They hide themselves in heaven's own light.

Tune-Old 81st, 182.

D.C.M.

"Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named."

1 COME, let us join our friends above

That have obtained the prize,
And on the eagle-wings of love
To joy celestial rise.

Let all the saints terrestrial sing
With those to glory gone;
For all the servants of our King,

In earth and heaven, are one.

2 One family, we dwell in Him,
One Church, above, beneath,
Though now divided by the stream,
The narrow stream of death.

One army of the living God,

At his command we bow;
Part of His host hath crossed the flood,
And part is crossing now.

3 Our old companions in distress
We haste again to see,
And eager long for our release
And full felicity:

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