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RATISBON.

bymns for Men's Voices.

Six 7's.

WERNER'S Ghoralbuch, 1815.

1 Christ, Whose glo-ry fills the skies, Christ, the true, the only Light,

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Sun of Righteous-ness, a - rise! Tri-umph o'er the shades of night:

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Dayspring from on high, be near; Daystar, in my heart ap-pear. A-men.

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2 Dark and cheerless is the morn

Unaccompanied by Thee;

Joyless is the day's return,

Till Thy mercy's beams I see;
Till they inward light impart,
Glad my eyes and warm my heart.

3 Visit then this soul of mine!

Pierce the gloom of sin and grief!

Fill me, Radiancy Divine;

Scatter all my unbelief;

More and more Thyself display,

Shining to the perfect day. Amen.

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CHARLES WESLEY, 1740.

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EVENTIDE.

1 A-bide with me: fast falls the e-ven- tide; The darkness deep-ens;

Lord, with me a bide: When other help- ers fail, and com-forts

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O Thou Who changest not, abide with me.

I need Thy presence every passing hour;

What but Thy grace can foil the tempter's power?
Who, like Thyself, my guide and stay can be?
Through cloud and sunshine, Lord, abide with me.

4 I fear no foe, with Thee at hand to bless:
Ills have no weight, and tears no bitterness.
Where is death's sting? where, grave, thy victory?
I triumph still, if Thou abide with me.

5 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.

HENRY F. LYTE, 1847.