Hold Thou Thy cross before my closing eyes; Shine through the gloom, and point me to the skies.

Heaven's morning breaks, and earth's vain

shadows flee !

In life, in death, O Lord, abide with me.

Amen.

2

ALL hail the great Emmanuel's Name!
Ye angels, prostrate fall:

Bring forth the royal diadem,
And crown Him Lord of all.

Crown Him, ye martyrs of our God,
Who from His altar call;

Extol the stem of Jesse's rod,
And crown Him Lord of all.

Ye saints, redeem'd of Adam's race
From sin and Satan's thrall,
Hail Him who saves you by His grace,
And crown Him Lord of all.

O that with yonder sacred throng
We at His feet may fall!
Join there the everlasting song,
And crown Him Lord of all.

LMIGHTY Father! robed with light,
Seated upon Thy heavenly throne,

O teach our hearts to feel aright;

And tongues to say, "Thy will be done!"

In all Thy just and righteous ways
Thy grace and goodness may we own;
For every mercy yield our praise,

And say, O Lord, "Thy will be done!"

And when oppress'd with grief we lie,
When brighter scenes are fled and gone,
Still may our souls submissive cry,
"Father in heaven, Thy will be done!"

4

ALL praise to Thee, my God, this night,
For all the blessings of the light;

Keep me, O keep me, King of kings,
Beneath Thine own Almighty wings!

Forgive me, Lord, for Thy dear Sor,
The ill that I this day have done;
That with the world, myself, and Thee,
I, ere I sleep, at peace may be.

Teach me to live, that I may dread
The grave as little as my bed d;
Teach me to die, that so I may
Rise glorious at the Judgment Day

O let my soul on Thee repose!

And may sweet sleep mine eyelids close! Sleep, that shall me more vigorous make To serve my God when I awake.

5

ANGELS, from the realms of glory
Wing your flight o'er all the earth,

Ye who sang creation's story,
Now proclaim Messiah's birth!
Come, and worship;

Worship Christ, the new-born King!
Shepherds, in the field abiding,
Watching o'er your flocks by night;
God with man is now residing,
Yonder shines the Infant-light.
Come, and worship;

Worship Christ, the new-born King! Saints, before the altar bending, Watching long in hope and fear! Suddenly the Lord, descending, In his temple shall appear: Come, and worship;

Worship Christ, the new-born King! Sinners, wrung with true repentance, Doom'd for guilt to endless pains; Justice now revokes the sentence, Mercy calls you-break your chains! Come, and worship;

Worship Christ. the new-born King!

ANOTHER year-another year

Hath sped its flight on silent wing;
And all that marked its brief career
Hath passed from mortal reckoning.

Lord, for Thy grace and patient love,
Unwearied still and still the same,
For all our hopes of joy above

We laud and bless Thy holy Name.

We bless Thee for each happy soul,
Throughout another fleeting year,
Or by Thy quick'ning grace made whole,
Or parted in Thy faith and fear.

Still bear with us, and bless us still,
And, while in this dark world we stay,
O let us love Thy sacred will,

O let us keep thy narrow way.

So, when the rolling stream of time
Hath opened to a boundless sea,
Loud will we raise that song sublime,
"All power and glory be to Thee !"

AS pants the hart for cooling streams,
When heated in the chase;

So longs my soul, O God, for Thee,
And Thy refreshing grace.

For Thee, my God, the living God,
My thirsty soul doth pine;
O when shall I behold Thy face,
Thou Majesty Divine?

Why restless, why cast down, my soul?
Hope still, and thou shalt sing
The praise of Him who is thy God,
Thy health's eternal spring.

8

AS through this wilderness I stray,
Be Thou my Light, be Thou my Way;

No foes, no evil, need I fear,

If Thou, my Lord, my God, art near.

When rising floods my soul o'erflow. When sinks my strength in waves of woe, Saviour, Thy timely aid impart,

And raise my head, and cheer my heart.

Teach me, where'er Thy steps I see,
Dauntless, untired, to follow Thee;
O let Thy hand support me still,
And lead me to Thy holy hill.

If rough and thorny be the way,
My strength proportion to my day;
Till toil and grief and pain shall cease,
Where all is calm and joy and peace.