783. I. Though dark may be our lot, Our eyes be dim with care, These saddening thoughts shall trouble not Evening Hymn. AGAIN, as evening's shadow falls, We gather in these hallowed walls; L.M. 2. May struggling hearts that seek release, 3. O God, our light! to Thee we bow; 4. Life's tumult we must meet again; 784. I. May hymn and prayer for ever dwell. God our Strength. Samuel Longfellow. 8.8.6.8.8.6. NOW have we met that we may ask Recruited vigour for the task Of living as we would: For we would live by that same word Who by their faith have stood. 2. An inner light, an inner calm, Have they who trust God's mighty arm, And hearing do His will: For things are not as they appear, In death is life, in trouble cheer, 3. Thus would we live and therefore pray. If we who sing must sometimes sigh, Yet life, beginning with a cry, In hallelujah ends. 785. T. T. Lynch. 8.7.8.7. God in His Temple. I. GOD is in His holy temple: Earthly thoughts be silent now, When we call upon His name, 2. God is in His holy temple,— Banished far and silent be, 786. I. The Light of Life. LIGHT of life, O Saviour dear, L.M. Before we sleep bow down Thine ear : Through dark and day, o'er land and sea, We have no other hope but Thee. 2. Oft from Thy royal road we part, Our lamps put out, our course forgot, 4. Through day and darkness, Saviour dear, 5. Praise God, our Maker and our Friend; 787. I. Evening Hymn. AT even, ere the sun was set, F. T. Palgrave. The sick, O Lord, around Thee lay ; O, with what joy they went away! 2. Once more 'tis eventide, and we, Oppress'd with various ills, draw near: We know and feel that Thou art here. L.M. 3. O Saviour Christ, our woes dispel : For some are sick, and some are sad, 5. And none, O Lord, have perfect rest, 6. O Saviour Christ, Thou too art Man; Thou hast been troubled, tempted, tried; And in Thy mercy heal us all. H. Twells. 788. Evening Hymn. 10.4.10.4. 1. FATHER supreme! Thou high and holy One, To Thee we bow; Now, when the service of the day is done, 2. From age to age unchanging, still the same Hallowed for ever be Thy holy name 3. When the glad morn upon the hills was spread, Now, as the darkness gathers over head, 4. Night spreads her shade upon another day So o'er our faults, Thy love, we humbly pray, 5. Thou, through the dark, wilt watch above our sleep With eye of love, And Thou wilt wake us when the sunbeams leap 6. O may each heart its gratitude express And find the triumph of its happiness 789. I. Grant us Thy Peace. IOS. SAVIOUR! again to Thy dear name we raise, 2. Grant us Thy peace upon our homeward way; 3. Grant us Thy peace, Lord, thro' the coming night, Turn Thou for us its darkness into light; From harm and danger keep Thy children free, |