259.

Psalm V.

I LORD, in the morning Thou shalt hear

Ι

2

My voice ascending high;

To Thee will I direct my prayer,

To Thee lift up mine eye.

Oft to Thy house will I resort,
To taste Thy mercies there;
I will frequent Thine holy court,
And worship in Thy fear.

3 O may Thy Spirit guide my feet
In ways of righteousness;

I

Make every path of duty straight
And plain before my face. Amen.

My

Morning or Evening.

260.

God, how endless is Thy love!
Thy gifts are every evening new ;
And morning mercies from above

Gently distil like early dew.

I. Watts.

2 Thou spreadst the curtains of the night,
Great Guardian of my sleeping hours!
Thy sovereign word restores the light,
And quickens all my drowsy powers!
3 I yield my powers to Thy command;
To Thee I consecrate my days;
Perpetual blessings from Thy hand
Demand perpetual songs of praise!

I. Watts.

I

261.

THE day is past and gone ;

Great God, we bow to Thee;
Again, as shades of night come on,
Unto Thy side we flee.

[Advent.

2 Oh, when shall that day come,
Ne'er sinking in the west,
That country, and that holy home,
Where none shall break our rest?

3

Where all things shall be peace
And joyaunce without end,
And golden harps that never cease,
With echoing lips shall blend?

4

So we, preserved beneath

The sheltering of Thy wing,

For evermore Thy praise shall breathe,

And love Thee, Lord, and sing.

5

To God the Sire be praise,

And to the Eternal Son,

And to the Holy Ghost always;

Co-equal Three in One. Amen.

262.

[Christmas.

I

O BRIGHTNESS of the Immortal Father's

Face,

Most Holy, Heavenly, Bless'd,

Lord Jesus Christ, in whom His truth and grace
Are visibly express'd.

2 The sun is sinking now, and one by one
The lights of evening shine:

We hymn the Eternal Father, and the Son,
And Holy Ghost Divine.

3 Worthy art Thou at all times to receive
Our hallowed praises, Lord :

O Son of God, be Thou, in whom we live,
Through all the world adored. Amen.

Athenogenes. E. W. Eddis. (tr.)

I

2

263.

THE day, O Lord, is spent ;

Abide with us, and rest;

Our hearts' desires are fully bent
On making Thee our guest.

[Epiphany.

We have not reached that land,
That happy land, as yet,

Where holy angels round Thee stand,

Whose sun can never set.

O Sun of Righteousness, do Thou

Shine on us evermore !

Amen.

J. M. Neale.

I

264.

[Septuagesima & Lent.

Oh Splendor æterni Patris.

THOU Brightness of Thy Father's face,

Thou Sun of heavenly day,

Thou Christ, whose gracious beams remove
The soul's dark shades away!

2 The sun is sunk; the shadowy night
Is reigning in his room;
Continue, Lord, Thy saving help,
And keep us through the gloom

3 What though our eyes be sunk in sleep,
To Thee our hearts ascend:

Do Thou, with Thine Almighty hand
Thy loving saints defend.

4 Oh Thou Who art our only hope,
Thy help we humbly crave,
Defend Thy blood-bought people, Lord,
Whom Jesus died to save.

5 To God the Father, God the Son,
And God the Holy Ghost,

All glory be from saints on earth,
And from the angel-host. Amen.

I

265.

7. Chandler. (tr.)

[Passion-tide.

THE sun is sinking fast,

The daylight dies;

Let love awake, and pay

Her evening sacrifice.

2

As Christ upon the Cross
His head inclined,

And to His Father's hands

His parting soul resigned;

3 So now herself my soul Would wholly give

Into His sacred charge,

In Whom all spirits live;

4 So now beneath His eye
Would calmly rest,

Without a wish or thought
Abiding in the breast;

5 Save that His Will be done,
Whate'er betide;

Dead to herself, and dead
In Him to all beside.

6 Thus would I live; yet now
Not I, but He

In all His power and love
Henceforth alive in me :

7 One sacred Trinity!

One Lord Divine !

Myself for ever His,

And He for ever mine. Amen.