39-THE GUARDIAN ANGEL.

Dear Angel! e- ver at my side, How

joving must thou be, To leave thy home in

Heav'n to guard, A guilty wretch like me.

Thy beau-ti-ful and shining face I see not,

though so near; The sweetness of thy

soft low voice I am too deaf to hear. 40-PARADISE.

O Paradise! O Paradise! Who

would not

crave for

rest!

Who

would not seek that happy land, Where

they that lov'd are blest.

Where

loyal hearts and true, Stand e - ver

in the light, All raptured thro' and

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thro' In God's most ho-ly sight.

Oh it is sweet to think of

those that are de - part -ed, While murmur'd

a ·

ves sink To silence tender-hearted; While

sweet to think of those that are de

- part-ed, While murmur'd a ves sink To

dulness that hangs o'er thee now? Sing the

praises of Je

sus. and sing them a

-loud, And the song shall dis- pel the dark

43-VENI, SANCTI SPIRITUS.

Come, Holy Spirit, from the height Of

heav'n send down thy bless-ed light! Come,

Giv-er of gifts and light of hearts! Come