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2. Uncounted gifts, from day to day,
One great hope lighting all our way,
Through His dear Son, bid each to say,
Our God is Love!

3. How strong these words from heaven to cheer,
To kindle love, to banish fear,

And all things high and pure endear !
Our God is Love!

4. O Father, when the night is nigh,
That veils for ever earth and sky,
Be this the heart's last melody,
Our God is Love!

5. Then, when the brief, low strain is o'er,
This truth divine shall with us soar,
And make sweet music evermore,
Our God is Love!

T. Davis.

The Sufficiency of Love.

L.M.

I. WATCHING all through the weary night,
In darkness, lonely and forlorn;

I hail the blessèd morning light,—
Thy love is brighter than the morn.
2. Praying, but tempted and cast down,
Tried from without and from within;
I fail, and fear to lose my crown,—
Thy love is stronger than my sin.

3. Waiting to draw my dying breath,
No arm to stay, no art to save';

I shudder to belong to death,

Thy love is deeper than the grave.

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4. O Love! so bright, so deep, so strong,
When this brief span of life is o'er,
Teach me to sing the heavenly song,
And lead me to the shining shore.

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,
Is constant for a day;

3.

But Thou, O Lord! Thou changest not :
The same Thou art alway.

I grasp Thy strength, make it mine own,
My heart with peace is blest ;

I lose my hold, and then come down
Darkness and cold unrest.

4. Let me no more my comfort draw
From my frail hold of Thee,—
In this alone rejoice with awe;
Thy mighty grasp of me.

5. Out of that weak, unquiet drift
That comes but to depart,

To that pure Heaven my spirit lift
Where Thou unchanging art.

6. Lay hold of me with Thy strong grasp,
Let Thy Almighty arm

In its embrace my weakness clasp,
And I shall fear no harm.

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7. The purpose of eternal good

Let me but surely know;

On this I'll lean, let changing mood
And feeling come or go;

8. Glad when Thy sunshine fills my soul;
Nor lorn when clouds o'ercast;

Since Thou within Thy sure control
Of love dost hold me fast.

7. Campbell Shairp

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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.

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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,
When sickness, want, and tumults cease,
This thought comes with divinest peace-
It is Thy will,-Thy will be done.

5. O Father, in our hearts instil

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Right thoughts of Thy joy-giving will;
All things for good are working still-
Thy perfect will,-Thy will be done.

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The Will of God.

GOD, not only in distress,

In pain, and want, and weariness,
Thy tender Spirit stoops to bless,
Thy will is done.

2. But oftener on the wings of peace
And girt about with tenderness,

Thou comest, and all troubles cease,
Thy will is done.

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3. In all that nature hath supplied,
In flowers along the country side,
In morning light, in eventide,
Thy will is done.

4. In youthful days, when joys increase,
In light, in hope, in happiness,
In quiet times of trustful peace,
Thy will is done.

5. And when the burdened heart can bring
Its sorrow to Thy feet, and cling
Till hope surpasses sorrowing,
Thy will is done.

6. Thy will is pure, O Lord, and just,
And we, frail creatures of the dust,
Through good or ill, can only trust
Thy will is done.

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.