3 The former and the latter rain,
The summer sun and air,

The green ear, and the golden grain,
All Thine, are ours by prayer.

4 Thine too by right, and ours by grace,
The wondrous growth unseen,

The hopes that soothe, the fears that brace, The love that shines serene.

5 So grant the precious things brought forth, By sun and moon below,

That Thee in Thy new heaven and earth
We never may forego.

ALMSGIVING.

"Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these My brethren, ye have done it unto Me."-Matt. xxv. 40.

French, 1.]

C.M.

[DODDRIDGE (alt.)

231 FOUNTAIN of good, to own Thy love

Our thankful hearts incline;

What can we render, Lord, to Thee,
When all the worlds are Thine?

2 But Thou hast needy brethren here,
Partakers of Thy grace,

Whose names Thou wilt Thyself confess
Before the Father's face.

3 And in their accents of distress
Thy pleading voice is heard,

In them Thou may'st be clothed and fed,
And visited and cheered.

4 Thy face with reverence and with love
We in Thy poor would see;

O inay we minister to them,
And in them, Lord, to Thee.

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"He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth to the Lord."

Hanford, 486.

Sarum, 325.

Prov. xix. 17.

LORD of Heaven and earth and sea,

232 O To Thee all praise and glory be;

How shall we show our love to Thee,
Giver of all ?

2 The golden sunshine, vernal air,
Sweet flowers and fruits Thy love declare,
Where harvests ripen, Thou art there,
Giver of all!

3 For peaceful homes and healthful days,
For all the blessings earth displays,
We owe Thee thankfulness and praise,
Giver of all !

4 Thou didst not spare Thine only Son,
But gavest Him for a world undone,
And e'en that gift Thou dost outrun,
And give us all.

5 Thou giv'st the Spirit's blessed dower,
Spirit of life, and love, and power,
And dost His sevenfold graces shower,
Upon us all.

6 For souls redeemed, for sins forgiven,
For means of grace and hopes of Heaven,
Father, what can to Thee be given,
Who givest all?

7 We lose what on ourselves we spend,
We have as treasures without end
Whatever, Lord, to Thee we lend,
Who givest all.

8 Whatever, Lord, we lend to Thee,
Repaid a thousandfold will be :
Then gladly will we give to Thee,
Giver of all

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9 To Thee, from whom we all derive
Our life, our gifts, our power to give.
O may we ever with Thee live,
Giver of all!

MARRIAGE.

"A threefold cord is not quickly broken."—Eccl. iv. 12.

Leven, 161.]

76.76.

[J. KEBLE (alt.)

233 THE voice that breathed o'er Eden,

That earliest wedding day,

The primal marriage blessing,
It hath not passed away:
2 Still in the pure espousal

Of Christian man and maid,
The Holy Three are with us,
The threefold grace is said.

3 For dower of blessèd children,
For love and faith's sweet sake,
For high mysterious union

Which nought on earth may break;

4 Be present, awful Father,

To give away this bride,
As Eve Thou gav'st to Adam
Out of his own pierced side;

5 Be present, Son of Mary,
To join their loving hands,
As Thou didst bind two natures
In Thine eternal bands;

6 Be present, Holiest Spirit,

To bless them as they kneel,
As Thou for Christ, the Bridegroom,
The heavenly spouse dost seal.

7 spread Thy pure wing o'er them,
Let no ill power find place,
When onward through life's journey,
The hallowed path they trace.

8 To cast their crowns before Thee,
In perfect sacrifice,
Till to the home of gladness

With Christ's own Bride they rise.

"Both Jesus was called, and His disciples, to the marriage."

Ramleh, 336.]

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2

OW welcome was the call,

How And sweet the festal lay,

When Jesus deigned in Cana's hall
To bless the marriage day.

And happy was the bride,

And glad the bridegroom's heart, For He who tarried at their side Bade grief and ill depart.

3 His gracious power divine
The water-vessels knew;

And plenteous was the mystic wine
The wondering servants drew.

4 O Lord of life and love,

Come Thou again to-day;

And bring a blessing from above,
That ne'er shall pass away.

6

The bridegroom and the bride;

Bless with the holier stream that flowed
Forth from Thy pierced Side.

Before thy gracious throne

This mercy we implore;

As Thou dost knit them, Lord, in one,
So bless them evermore.

FOR THOSE AT SEA.

"He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are

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still."-Ps. cvii. 29.

L.M. 6 lines.

[W. WHITING.

TERNAL Father, strong to save,

ETE
Whose arm hath bound the restless

Who bid'st the mighty ocean deep [wave,
Its own appointed limits keep;

O hear us when we cry to Thee
For those in peril on the sea.

2 O Christ, whose voice the waters heard
And hushed their raging at Thy word,
Who walkedst on the foaming deep,
And calm amidst its rage didst sleep;
O hear us when we cry to Thee
For those in peril on the sea.

3 Most Holy Spirit, who didst brood
Upon the chaos dark and rude,
And bid its angry tumult cease,
And give, for wild confusion, peace;
O hear us when we cry to Thee
For those in peril on the sea.