In that glad sound would I rejoice, And lift with theirs my fallen head. 2. Life without love, I find, is death ; Love is not love which loves not Thee; Both love and life flow from Thy breath, Breathe Thou both life and love in me! 3. Thy sacrifice upon the Cross Has shown the omnipotence of love; True life we gain through Thy life's loss, Through Thy descent we rise above. 204. I. The Walk to Emmaus. Thomas Hill. IOS. 1. 'TWAS at this hour, upon the world's great day, Two men of sorrow went upon their way; Of bitter death they made their bitter moan, And One drew nigh, and with them walk'd unknown. 2. So draw Thou nigh to us, dear and dread Lord; 3. 'Twas at this hour the Sacred Wayfarer, With strange, sweet yearning made their hearts to stir; Then when He would go on, as one constrain'd 4. So, Lord, abide with us, day is far spent ; Be Thou constrain'd to this Thy dear intent; 5. 'Twas at this hour they won Him to their board, 6. So, go not now; abide, and bless, and break, O Life, be Life indeed, true faith afford, Jean Ingelow. 205. Toiling all Night. 1. THE livelong night, we've toiled in vain, But at Thy gracious word We will let down the net again; Do Thou Thy will, O Lord. 2. So, day by day, and week by week, They muse, whom God hath set to seek 3. At morn we look and naught is there, Who then from pining and despair 4. There is a stay-and we are strong; To cheer our solitary song, 5. In His own time; but yet awhile Cast after cast, by force or guile, C.M. 6. Should e'er Thy wonder-working grace 7. To our own nets ne'er bow we down; The angels, while our draught they own, 8. Or if, for our unworthiness, Toil, prayer, and watching fail, In disappointment Thou canst bless, 206. I. Jesus our Leader. happy band of pilgrims, If onward ye will tread As Jesus did for men : As Jesus suffered then! 2. The faith by which ye see Him, The love that through all troubles J. Keble. 7.6.7.6. 3. The trials that beset you, That death alone can cure,- Set up to heaven on earth? S. Joseph of the Studium, tr. J. M. Neaie. 207. The same yesterday, to-day, and for ever. L.M. 1. WHERE high the heavenly temple stands, The house of God not made with hands, A great High Priest our nature wears; 2. Though now ascended up on high, 4. In every pang that rends the heart, 5. With boldness, therefore, at the throne, M. Bruce. 208. Suffering and Joy. C.M. 1. THE head that once was crowned with thorns, Is crowned with glory now; A royal diadem adorns The mighty Victor's brow. 2. The joy of all who dwell above, To whom He manifests His love, 3. To them the Cross with all its shame, 4. They suffer with their Lord below; 5. The Cross He bore is life and health, T.Kelly. 10.10.10.6. 209. I. A The Living Saviour. ND didst Thou love the race that loved not And didst Thou take to heaven a human brow? Dost plead with man's voice by the marvellous sea? Art Thou his kinsman now? 2. O God! O kinsman loved, but not enough! O Man! with eyes majestic after death, |