He binds each sense in slumber deep, And charms a way our pain.

2 How many wake to watch and weep!
Sad eyes they cannot close;
Billows of sorrow o'er them sweep,
In vain they woo repose.

3 But we lie down in perfect peace,
All well 'twixt us and God;
Guarded by love that cannot cease,
Love high and deep and broad.

4 So through the shadows of the night
Within His arms we rest;

And when returns the morning light
We wake upon His breast.

5 Lord, in the last long deathly sleep,
When friends shall close our eyes,
Do Thou Thy children safely keep
Until the Day-spring rise.

6 And when th' eternal morn shall break,
And dreary shadows flee,

May we from that calm slumber wake,
To find ourselves with Thee.

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Rev. Charles D. Bell, 1882.

Alan Gray, 1895.

1. Lord of life the Guard and Giv-er Blessed be Thy Name for-ev - er.

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Thou who slumberest not, nor sleep-est,

Safe are those Thou kindly keep-est.

2 Through night's curtains round us closing,
Seen of Thee is our reposing.
Trustful then, though all unworthy,
Weary we lie down before Thee.

3 Let Thine angels without number,
Watch around our beds of slumber;
Guard from spirits of perdition,
Guilty thought and evil vision.

4 Grant to those in pain that languish
Sleep to lull the sense of anguish ;
Give to those in sorrow waking
Sleep to soothe the heart's sore aching.

5 Thou that ever wakeful livest,

Sleep to Thy beloved givest;
Nightly from our cares release us,
Till we fall asleep in Jesus.

James Hogg, 1815.

732 ARNOLD.

German, 1800.

II. IO. II. IO. IO. IO. IO. IO.

Arr. by Ernst I. Erbe, 1895.

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blessed house, that cheerful-ly

That far beyond all other guests believeth, It must to Thee its re - ceiveth Thy visits, Je - sus

Christ, the soul's true Frien

warm-est cheer ex tend: Where ev'ry heart to Thee doth fond-ly turn,

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Where ev'ry eye for Thee with pleasure speaks, Where all to know Thy

will most truly yearn, And ev'ry one, to do it promptly seeks!

2 O blessed house, where man and wife united
In Thy true love, hath both one heart and mind,
Where both to Thy salvation are invited,

And in Thy doctrine both contentment find,
Where both, to Thee, in truth, for ever cleave,
In joy, in grief, make Thee their only stay,
And faithfully in Thee hope and believe
Both in the good and in the evil day.

3 O blessed house, where little children, tender,

Are laid upon Thy heart, with hands of prayer,
Thou Friend of children, who wilt freely render
To them more than a mother's loving care,
Where round Thy feet they gather, to Thee cling,
And hear Thy loving voice most willingly,
And in their songs, Thy hearty praises ring,
Rejoicing thus, O blessed Lord, in Thee.

4 O blessed house, where faithful servants, knowing
That all their works are done within Thy sight,
In all their works with holy zeal are glowing
To do alone what Thou esteemest right;
As Thy true servants, who are Thy delight,

In meekness willing, by that love constrained
Which shows, in all its works, the least, the bright
How in small things great faith may be maintained.

5 O blessed house, the joys of which Thou sharest,
And never art forgot in scenes of joy;

O blessed house, for whose sad wounds Thou carest,
Where all the sick Thy healing power employ;
Until, at last, when day's work fully ends,
All, finally, in joyful rapture, fly

To that blest House, where angels Thee attend,
Unto the blessèd Father's House on high!

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Carl Philip Spitta, 1833.

Tr. Chas. W. Schaeffer, 1890, alt.

Gotha, 1651.

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I. Lord, who hast made the marriage-state, When Thou didst man at first create;

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2 Lord, we have wandered forth through doubt and sorrow,
And Thou hast made each step an onward one;
And we will ever trust each unknown morrow;
Thou wilt sustain us till its work is done.

3 Now, Father, now in Thy dear presence kneeling,
Our spirits yearn to feel Thy kindling love;
Now make us strong; we need Thy deep revealing
Of trust, and strength, and calmness from above.

II. IO. II. IO.

Rev. Samuel Johnson, 1870.

1 0 Strength and Stay upholding all creation,
Who ever dost Thyself unmoved abide,
Yet day by day the light in due gradation
From hour to hour through all its changes guide:-

2 Grant to life's day a calm unclouded ending,
An eve untouched by shadows of decay,
The brightness of a holy deathbed blending
With dawning glories of the eternal day.

736 WATTS. L. M.

Rev. John Ellerton, 1865.

Sigismund Neukomm, 1840.