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5. Bestow on every joyous thrill

Thy deeper tones of reverent awe;
Make pure Thy children's erring will,
And teach their hearts to love Thy law.

John Sterling.

C.M.

23.

I.

24.

Inexhaustible Love.

THY ceaseless, unexhausted love,

Unmerited and free,

Delights our evil to remove,

And helps our misery.

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2. Thy goodness and Thy truth to me,
To every soul abound;

A vast unfathomable sea,

Where all our thoughts are drowned.

3. Its streams the whole creation reach,
So plenteous is the store;
Enough for all, enough for each,
Enough for evermore.

4. Faithful, O Lord, Thy mercies are,
A rock that cannot move;

A thousand promises declare
Thy constancy of love.

5. Throughout the universe it reigns,
Unalterably sure;

And while the truth of God remains,
His goodness must endure.

The Manifold Grace of God.

1. THOU Grace divine, encircling all,
A shoreless, soundless sea,

C. Wesley.

C.M.

Wherein at last our souls must fall:

O Love of God most free.

2. When over dizzy heights we go,
One soft hand blinds our eyes;
The other leads us safe and slow:
O Love of God most wise.

3. And though we turn us from Thy face,
And wander wide and long,

Thou hold'st us still in kind embrace :
O Love of God most strong.

4. The saddened heart, the restless soul,
The toil-worn frame and mind,
Alike confess Thy sweet control:
O Love of God most kind.

5. But not alone Thy care we claim,
Our wayward steps to win ;
We know Thee by a dearer name:

O Love of God within.

6. And filled and quickened by Thy breath,
Our souls are strong and free,

To rise o'er sin and fear and death;
O Love of God! to Thee.

Eliza Scudder.

25.

I.

God is Wisdom, God is Love.

OD is Love: His mercy brightens

GOD

All the path in which we rove;
Bliss He wakes and woe He lightens :

God is wisdom, God is love.

2. Chance and change are busy ever;
Man decays, and ages move;

8.7.8.7.

26.

But His mercy waneth never:

God is wisdom, God is love.

}. E'en the hour that darkest seemeth
Will His changeless goodness prove;
From the gloom His brightness streameth :
God is wisdom, God is love.

4. He with earthly cares entwineth
Hope and comfort from above;
Everywhere His glory shineth :
God is wisdom, God is love.

Eternal Light.

Sir J. Bowring.

1. ETERNAL Light! Eternal Light!

How pure the soul must be,

8.6.8.8.6.

When, placed within Thy searching sight,
It shrinks not, but with calm delight,
Can live, and look on Thee!

2. The spirits that surround Thy throne,
May bear the burning bliss ;

But that is surely theirs alone,
Since they have never, never known
A fallen world like this.

3. O how shall I, whose native sphere
Is dark, whose mind is dim,
Before the Ineffable appear,
And on my naked spirit bear
That uncreated beam?

4. There is a way for man to rise
To that sublime abode :
An offering and a sacrifice,
A Holy Spirit's energies,
An Advocate with God:

5. These, these prepare us for the sight
Of Holiness above;

The sons of ignorance and night
May dwell in the Eternal Light,
Through the Eternal Love!

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Thomas Binney.

27.

I.

THOU

Whom have I but Thee?

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IOS.

Life within my life, than self more dear,
Thou veiled Presence infinitely near,
From all my nameless weariness I flee
To find my centre and my rest in Thee.

2. Below all depths Thy saving mercy lies,"
Through thickest gloom I see Thy light arise,
Above the highest heaven Thou art not found
More surely than within this earthly round.

3. Take part with me against those doubts that rise
And seek to throne Thee far in distant skies!
Take part with me against this self that dares
Assume the burden of these sins and cares!

4. How can I call Thee, who art always here,—
How shall I praise Thee, who art still most dear, —
What may I give Thee, save what Thou hast given, —
And whom but Thee have I in earth or heaven?

Eliza Scudder.

28.

I.

I

The Unsearchable God.

II.IO.II.IO.

CANNOT find Thee! still on restless pinion

My spirit beats the void where Thou dost dwell: I wander lost through all Thy vast dominion, And shrink beneath Thy light ineffable..

2. I cannot find Thee! E'en when most adoring Before Thy shrine. I bend in lowliest prayer,

Beyond these bounds of thought my thought upsoaring [there!

From furthest quest comes back: Thou art not

3. Yet high above the limits of my seeing,

And folded far within the inmost heart,
And deep below the deeps of conscious being,
Thy splendour shineth: there, O God, Thou art!

4. I cannot lose Thee! Still in Thee abiding,
The end is clear, how wide soe'er I roam :
The law that holds the worlds my steps is guiding,
And I must rest at last in Thee, my home...

Eliza Scudder.

29.

He is not far from any one of us.

C.M.

I.

1. THOU, in all Thy might so far,
In all Thy love so near,

Beyond the range of sun and star,

And yet beside us here,―

2. What heart can comprehend Thy name
Or, searching, find Thee out,
Who art within, a quickening Flame,^
A Presence round about?

3. Yet though I know Thee but in part,
I ask not, Lord, for more:
Enough for me to know Thou art,
To love Thee and adore.vcl

4. O sweeter than aught else besides,
The tender mystery

That like a veil of shadow hides
The Light I may not see!

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