424.

I.

LE

Ellumination and Guidance.

A Prayer to be Led.

IOS.

EAD us, O Father, in the paths of peace; Without Thy guiding hand we go astray, And doubts appal, and sorrows still increase ; Lead us through Christ, the true and living way. 2. Lead us, O Father, in the paths of truth;

Unhelped by Thee, in error's maze we grope, While passion stains and folly dims our youth, And age comes on uncheered by faith and hope. 3. Lead us, O Father, in the paths of right;

Blindly we stumble when we walk alone,
Involved in shadows of a darksome night;
Only with Thee we journey safely on.
4. Lead us, O Father, to Thy heavenly rest,
However rough and steep the path may be,
Through joy or sorrow, as Thou deemest best,
Until our lives are perfected in Thee.

425.

I.

Grant us Thy Light.

W. H. Burleigh.

RANT us Thy light, that we may know,

GRA

The wisdom Thou alone canst give ;
That truth may guide where'er we go,

And virtue bless where'er we live.
2. Grant us Thy light, that we may see
Where error lurks in human lore,
And turn our doubting minds to Thee,

And love Thy simple word the more.
3. Grant us Thy light, that we may learn
How dead is life from Thee apart;
How sure is joy for all who turn

Tó Thee an undivided heart.

L.M.

4. Grant us Thy light, in grief and pain,
To lift our burdened heart above;
And count the very cross a gain,

And bless our Father's hidden love.
5. Grant us Thy light, that we may trace
A pledge of life in seeming death;
And own the grave a resting-place,

Nor dread at last to sleep beneath.
6. Grant us Thy light, when, soon or late,
All earthly scenes shall pass away,
In Thee to find the open gate

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I.

To deathless home and endless day.

L. Tuttiett.

Lead, Kindly Light. 10.4.10.4. 10. 10.

LEAD, kindly Light, amid the encircling gloom;

Lead Thou me on!

The night is dark, and I am far from home;
Lead Thou me on!

Keep Thou my feet: I do not ask to see
The distant scene: one step enough for me.
2. I was not ever thus, nor prayed that Thou
Shouldst lead me on.

I loved to choose and see my path; but now--
Lead Thou me on!

I loved the garish day; and, spite of fears,
Pride ruled my will. Remember not past years!
3. So long Thy power hath blest me, sure it still
Will lead me on

O'er moor and fen, o'er crag and torrent, till
The night is gone;

And, with the morn, those angel faces smile
Which I have loved long since, and lost awhile.
John Henry Newman.

427.

I.

Light, more Light.

IOS.

LIGHT, more light to shine upon my way,

Light from the source of the eternal day !
O light, more light, but not the light that fills
The heart with pride, and faith and feeling kills.
2. O light, more light, for clouds are gathering rife!
Light, and more light, but still the light of life!
O light, more light upon my cross, and His
Whose dying was the life of men, and is !

3. Lo! the light cometh that shall never cease;
Soon shall the veil be lifted; be at peace!
Light, and more light shines from the eternal shore,
Light of the life that dieth nevermore !

428.

The Divine Care.

Walter C. Smith.

9.8.9.8.8.8.

I. IF thou but suffer God to guide thee,
And hope in Him through all thy ways,
He'll give thee strength, whate'er betide thee,
And bear thee through the evil days.
Who trusts in God's unchanging love
Builds on the rock that nought can move.

2. What can these anxious cares avail thee-
These never-ceasing moans and sighs?
What can it help if thou bewail thee

O'er each dark moment as it flies?
Our cross and trials do but press
The heavier for our bitterness.

3. Only be still, and wait His leisure

In cheerful hope, with heart content
To take whate'er thy Father's pleasure
And all-discerning love hath sent.

Nor doubt our inmost wants are known
To Him who chose us for His own.

4. Sing, pray, and keep His ways unswerving,
So do thine own part faithfully,

And trust His word,-though undeserving,
Thou yet shalt find it true for thee;
God never yet forsook at need

The soul that trusted Him indeed.

G. Neumarck, tr. T. C. Winkworth.

429.

Latter-day Knowledge.

C.M.

I.

THOU, who as our knowledge grows,
In this world's latter days,

The more Thou seemst to clear the sky,

The more dost hide Thy face.

2. As fears of change, and fears of doubt,
Unnerve the o'er-wrought mind,
Enfeebled 'mid its added strength,
'Mid all its seeing blind :

3. The wider wisdom Thou hast given
Yet is not wholly gain;

The truer vision scathes our sight;
We cannot see Thee plain.

4. Enlarge our hearts and purge our eyes
To bear Thy nearer light;

The world's young ignorance is o'er ;
Make us to know Thee right.

Francis Turner Palgrave.

Unknown Paths.

THOU who art of all that is

Beginning both and end,

C.M.D.

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431.

I.

We follow Thee through unknown paths,
Since all to Thee must tend:
Thy judgments are a mighty deep
Beyond all fathom-line ;

Our wisdom is the childlike heart,
Our strength, to trust in Thine.
2. We bless Thee for the skies above,
And for the earth beneath,

For hopes that blossom here below
And wither not with death;
But most we bless Thee for Thyself,
O heavenly Light within,

Whose dayspring in our hearts dispels
The darkness of our sin.

3. Be Thou in joy our deeper joy,
Our comfort when distressed;

Be Thou by day our strength for toil,
And Thou by night our rest.
And when these earthly dwellings fail,
And Time's last hour is come,
Be Thou, O God, our dwelling place,
And our Eternal Home.

Guidance and Protection.

F. L. Hosmer.

GOD of Bethel by whose hand
Thy people still are fed ;

Who through this weary pilgrimage
Hast all our fathers led.

2. Our vows, our prayers we now present
Before Thy throne of grace;

God of our fathers! be the God

Of their succeeding race.

C.M.