85. 2. Uncounted gifts, from day to day, 3. How strong these words from heaven to cheer, And all things high and pure endear ! 4. O Father, when the night is nigh, 5. Then, when the brief, low strain is o'er, T. Davis. The Sufficiency of Love. L.M. I. WATCHING all through the weary night, I hail the blessèd morning light,— 3. Waiting to draw my dying breath, I shudder to belong to death, Thy love is deeper than the grave. 86. 4. O Love! so bright, so deep, so strong, God's Hold of Man. H. R. Haweis. C.M. 1. 'TWIXT gleams of joy and clouds of doubt Our feelings come and go; Our best estate is tossed about In ceaseless ebb and flow. 2. No mood of feeling, form of thought, 3. But Thou, O Lord! Thou changest not : I grasp Thy strength, make it mine own, I lose my hold, and then come down 4. Let me no more my comfort draw 5. Out of that weak, unquiet drift To that pure Heaven my spirit lift 6. Lay hold of me with Thy strong grasp, In its embrace my weakness clasp, E 7. The purpose of eternal good Let me but surely know; On this I'll lean, let changing mood 8. Glad when Thy sunshine fills my soul; Since Thou within Thy sure control 7. Campbell Shairp 87. I. NO OT what I am, O Lord, but what Thou art ! That, that alone can be my soul's true rest; Thy love, not mine, bids fear and doubt depart, And stills the tempest of my tossing breast. 2. It blesses now, and shall for ever bless; It saves me now, and shall for ever save; It holds me up in days of helplessness, It bears me safely o'er each swelling wave. 3. Girt with the love of God on every side, Breathing that love as heaven's own healing air, I work or wait, still following my Guide, Braving each foe, escaping every snare. 4. 'Tis what I know of Thee, my Lord and God, That fills my soul with peace, my lips with song; Thou art my health, my joy, my staff, my rod, Leaning on Thee, in weakness I am strong. Horatius Bonar. 88. The Will of God. L.M. I. WHEN spring's soft breath, and softer showers New life infuse in birds and flowers, This song, O Lord, shall then be ours This is Thy will,-Thy will be done. 2. When autumn cometh, golden-crowned, With treasures of the fertile ground, Bright, joyous, let the anthem sound It is Thy will,-Thy will be done. 3. When children's merry laugh and play Make sweetest music through the day, Most heartily we love to say— This is Thy will,—Thy will be done. 4. When friends are ours, and joys increase, 5. O Father, in our hearts instil 89. Right thoughts of Thy joy-giving will; 1. I. The Will of God. GOD, not only in distress, In pain, and want, and weariness, 2. But oftener on the wings of peace Thou comest, and all troubles cease, 8.8.8.4. 3. In all that nature hath supplied, 4. In youthful days, when joys increase, 5. And when the burdened heart can bring 6. Thy will is pure, O Lord, and just, Whose music thrills through worlds unknown, Inform our hearts with power divine, And wake pale doubt Thy name to own. 2. O Thou whose ocean's tide hath filled Creation's space with kindly sway, Touch every home from shore to shore With gentle truth's immortal ray. 3. O Thou who guardest great and small, Whose children own Thee Love sublime, Make strong each heart that on Thee waits, Shine through the pictured screen of time. |