Give us, for Thee long pining, 2 O water, life-bestowing, Forth from the Saviour's heart, Our burning thirst assuage; 3 Jesus, this feast receiving, Anon. (Latin, c. 17th Cent.) Tr. R. Palmer. 678 7s, 6s. THE voice that breath'd o'er Eden, The primal marriage blessing, 2 Still in the pure espousal Of Christian man and maid, 3 Be present, awful Father, 4 Be present, Son of Mary, 5 Be present, holiest Spirit, 679 J. Keble. 11s, 10s. O PERFECT Love, all human thought transcending, Lowly we kneel in pray'r before Thy throne, That theirs may be the love which knows no ending, Whom Thou forevermore dost join in one. 2 O perfect Life, be Thou their full assur ance Of tender charity and steadfast faith, Of patient hope, and quiet, brave endur ance, With childlike trust that fears nor pain nor death. 3 Grant them the joy which brightens earthly sorrow; Grant them the peace which calms all earthly strife, And to life's day the glorious unknown morrow That dawns upon eternal love and life. Dorothy F. Bloomfield. 680 LORD, who at Cana's wedding feast Thou dearer far than earthly guest Between the Church and Thee. C.M. 81. 2 The holiest vow that man can make, The golden thread in life, The bond that none may dare to break, Which, blest by Thee, whate'er betides, Thro' care-worn days each care divides, 3 On those who now before Thee kneel, That each may wake the other's zeal Oh, grant them here in peace to live, And, this world leaving, to receive 681 A. Thrupp. Alt. O LOVE divine and golden, The blesser and the blest, 7s, 6s. 81. 2 O love divine and tender, That through our homes dost move, Thy blessedness, are blest. 3 God bless these hands united; God bless these hearts made one! May they through life go on,- 682 J. S. B. Monsell. 7s. 81. WATCHMAN, tell us of the night, 2 Watchman, tell us of the night; Peace and truth, its course portends. Watchman, will its beams alone Gild the spot that gave them birth? Traveler, ages are its own; See, it bursts o'er all the earth. 3 Watchman, tell us of the night, 683 J. Bowring. HARK! the song of jubilee, When it breaks upon the shore. God omnipotent shall reign;' Echo round the earth and main. 2 Alleluia! hark, the sound, From the centre to the skies, See Jehovah's banners furled, 7s. 81. [done, Sheathed His sword; He speaks; 't is And the kingdoms of this world 3 He shall reign from pole to pole He shall reign, when, like a scroll God in Christ, is all in all. J. Montgomery. |