Why do You Wait, Dear Brother?-Concluded.

Why not? why not? Why not come to Him

Breathe on Me, Breath of God.

(WHITTLE.)

152

C. Elliott.

O Holy Saviour, Friend Unseen.

(KIRKSTALL.)

F. Carr.

1. O

faint, the weak, on Thee may lean; what Thou wilt, shall I re- pine, earth-ly friends and joys remove, to tread alone Some bar-ren waste with thorns o'ergrown,

Holy Saviour, Friend un-seen, The 2. Blest with com-mun-ion. SO divine, Take 3. What tho' the world de- ceit- ful prove, And 4. Oft when I seem

Father, Whate'er of Earthly Bliss.-Concluded.

154 Sun of My Soul, Thou Saviour Dear.

J. Keble.

(HURSLEY.)

Arr. by W. H. Monk.

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1. Sun of my soul, Thou Saviour dear, It is not night if
2. When the soft dews .of
3. A bide with me from morn till eve,
4. If some poor wand'ring child of Thine

Thou be near; gently steep,

kindly sleep

My wea-ry eye - lids
For without Thee I
Have spurn'd to-day the voice di - vine,

can not live;

.

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Oh, may no earth-born cloud a-rise, To hide Thee from Thy ser-vant's eyes.
Be my last tho't, how sweet to rest For ever on my Saviour's breast.
Abide with me when night is nigh, For without Thee I dare not die.
Now, Lord, the gracious work begin; Let him no more lie down in sin. A

5 Watch by the sick: enrich the poor
With blessings from Thy boundless store;
Be every mourner's sleep to-night,
Like infant's slumbers, pure and light.

6 Come near and bless us when we wake,
Ere through the world our way we take,
Till in the ocean of Thy love
We lose ourselves in heaven above.

am clinging, clinging close to Thee; I go;

2. Thro' this changing world be- low, Lead me gen-tly, gently as
3. Let me love Thee more and more, Till this fleeting, fleet-ing life is o'er;

pow'r; May Thy ten der love to me Bind me clos -er, closer, Lord, to Thee.