1. Chil-dren of the heav'nly King, As ye journey, sweet-ly sing;

Sing your Sav-iour's worthy praise, Glo-rious in his

I. Now to heav'n our pray'r ascending, God speed the right!

With success on earth re-ward-ed, God speed the right! God speed the right!

haust-ed

in the summer's chase, So pants my soul for thee, great King of be

thirsts to reach thy sacred dwelling-place. A men.

I O God, O Spirit, Light of all that live,

Who dost on them that sit in darkness shine!
The darkness ever with the light doth strive;
Yet pour on us again thy beams divine.

2 O Breath from out the Eternal Silence! blow
Softly upon our spirits' barren ground;
The precious fullness of our God bestow,
That fruits of faith, love, reverence may abound.

3 O Fountain! that dost unexhausted flow
To quench the thirst that seeks thy waters clear!
O God, O Spirit, Life of life! flow now

Into the quiet hearts which seek thee here.

Anon.

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