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Be-neath, on earth, Thy foot-stool fair, A-bove, in heaven, Thy throne. A-MEN.

2 Thy word is love; in lines of gold
There mercy prints its trace;

In nature we Thy steps behold,
The gospel shows Thy face.

5 Thy chastisements are love; more deep
They stamp the seal Divine,

And by a sweet compulsion keep
Our spirits nearer Thine.

3 Thy ways are love; though they transcend 6 Thy heaven is the abode of Love:
Our feeble range of sight,

They wind, through darkness, to their end
In everlasting light.

4 Thy thoughts are love; and Jesus is
The living voice they find:
His love lights up the vast abyss
Of the eternal Mind.

MANOAH C. M.

O blessed Lord, that we

[move, May there, when time's deep shades reBe gathered home to Thee:

7 There with Thy resting saints to fall
Adoring round Thy throne;
Where all shall love Thee, Lord, and all
Shall in Thy love be one.

Rev. James D. Burns, 1858

Arr. in Henry W. Greatorex's "Collection," Boston, 1851

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1 Begin, my tongue, some heavenly 3 His very word of grace is strong theme,

And speak some boundless thing, The mighty works, or mightier Name, Of our Eternal King.

2 Tell of His wondrous faithfulness, And sound His power abroad; Sing the sweet promise of His grace, And the performing God.

As that which built the skies;
The voice that rolls the stars along
Speaks all the promises.

4 O might I hear Thy heavenly tongue
But whisper, "Thou art Mine,"
Those gentle words should raise my song
To notes almost Divine.

Rev. Isaac Watts, 1707

127 SUN OF MY SOUL L. M.

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Rev. H. Percy Smith, 1874

1 Lord of all being, throned a - far, Thy glo-ry flames from sun and star;

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And morn-ing mer-cies from above Gently dis - til like early dew.

(See also CANONBURY, No. 109)

A - MEN.

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The thought of Thee is might-ier far Than sin and pain and sor - row are. A-MEN.

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(See also HASTINGS, No. 240)

2 Discouraged in the work of life,

Disheartened by its load,
Shamed by its failures or its fears,
I sink beside the road;
But let me only think of Thee,
And then new heart springs up in me.

3 Thy calmness bends serene above,
My restlessness to still;
Around me flows Thy quickening life,
To nerve my faltering will:
Thy presence fills my solitude;
Thy providence turns all to good.

4 Embosomed deep in Thy dear love,
Held in Thy law, I stand;
Thy hand in all things I behold,
And all things in Thy hand;
Thou leadest me by unsought ways,
And turn'st my mourning into praise.

129 (LOUVAN) L. M.

1 My God, how endless is Thy love!
Thy gifts are every evening new;
And morning mercies from above
Gently distil like early dew.

Rev. Samuel Longfellow, 1864

2 Thou spread'st the curtains of the night,
Great Guardian of my sleeping hours:
Thy sovereign word restores the light,
Ánd 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.

Rev. Isaac Watts, 1709

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And aid my tongue to bless His Name, Whose favors are Di - vine.

A - MEN.

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up, and bless the Lord your God With heart and soul and voice.

A - MEN.

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