From age to age unchanging, still the same, Hallowed forever be thy reverend name When the glad morn upon the hills was spread, Now, as the darkness gathers overhead, Night spreads her shade upon another day So o'er our faults, thy love, we humbly pray, Silence and calm, o'er hearts by earth distrest, So every fear that struggles in the breast. Thou, through the dark, wilt watch above our sleep With eye of love; And thou wilt wake us when the sunbeams leap The hills above. Oh! may each heart its gratitude express And find the triumph of its happiness NOW 38. VESPER HYMN. OW, on sea and land descending, Let our vesper hymn be blending With the holy calm around. Soon as dies the sunset glory, Now, our wants and burdens leaving Hope and Faith and Love rise glorious, Shining in the Spirit's skies. Samuel Longfellow. UPW 39. UPWARD. PWARD, where the stars are burning, Round the never-changing pole ; Far above that arch of gladness, I would find my mansion there. Where the glory brightly dwelleth; That must be the home of homes. Blessing, honor, without measure, Rev. H. Bonar. 40. A CHILD'S HYMN. Jo the stream that softly flows; In thy pastures guide and feed me, There no evil thing can find me; There no crooked paths shall wind me; Jesus, gentle shepherd, hear me; Agatha Ernest. TRUST. A 1. THE LOVE OF GOD. LL things that are on earth shall wholly pass away, Except the love of God, which shall live and last for aye. The forms of men shall be as they had never been; The blasted groves shall lose their fresh and tender green; The birds of the thicket shall end their pleasant song, And the nightingale shall cease to chant the evening long; The kine of the pasture shall feel the dart that kills, And all the fair white flocks shall perish from the hills; The goat and antlered stag, the wolf and the fox, The wild boar of the wood and the chamois of the rocks, |