653. I. ΕΤΕΙ A Prayer for Unity. Ios. 6 lines. Into the glory of the perfect day; 2. We are of Thee, the children of Thy love, Into our hearts, that we may be as one,— 3. We would be one in hatred of all wrong, One in our love of all things sweet and fair, One with the grief that trembles into prayer, 4. O clothe us with Thy heavenly armour, Lord,— Thy trusty shield, Thy sword of love divine. Our inspiration be Thy constant word; We ask no victories that are not Thine. Ere lust of power had sown the seeds of strife, And quenched the new-born charities of life. 2. O never more may differing judgments part From kindly sympathy a brother's heart; But, linked in one, believing thousands kneel, And share with each the sacred joy they feel. 3. From soul to soul, quick as the sunbeam's ray, Let concord spread the universal day; 655. And faith by love lead all mankind to Thee, The Work of the Church. Marie Popple. I. THOU, whose glad summer yields In faith we sow these living fields, Bless Thou the harvesting. F 2. Thy Church must lead aright 3. Grant, then, Thy servants, Lord, 4. To keep the child's faith bright, 5. That in the time's stern strife, With saints we speed reform, S.M. S. Johnson. 656. A Prayer for all Teachers. 9.8.9.8.8.8. LORD of hosts, all heaven possessing We might Thy glory half have known; Thy law's deep wonders to unfold; Of truth and love the boundless sea. 3. Let faith still light the lamp of science, So holier, wiser, may we grow, As time's swift currents onward flow. 4. Grant us, O Lord! in patience gleaning, Of all Thy Word's divinest lore; 5. Bind Thou our life in fullest union With all Thy saints from sin set free ; Of all Thy saints on earth with Thee; 657. I. Home Missions. LOOK from Thy sphere of endless day, Benighted, in this land of light. In crowded mart, by stream or sea, Hear not the message sent from Thee. Be gathered to Thy peaceful fold. And bind and heal the broken heart. 658. I. God of our Salvation. L.M. W. C. Bryant. II. II. II.5. ORD of our life, and God of our salvation, ·L° Star of our night, and Hope of every nation, 2. See round Thine ark the hungry billows curling ; 3. Lord, Thou canst help when earthly armour faileth, 4. Grant us Thy help till foes are backward driven, 659. Foreign Missions Latin, tr. P. Pusey. 6.6.4.6.6.4. I. THOU, whose almighty word, Chaos and darkness heard, And took their flight, Hear us, we humbly pray; 2. Thou who didst come to bring, Health to the sick in mind, 3. Spirit of truth and love,— Life-giving, holy Dove,— J. Marriott. |