37. L. M. Evening Worship. BOWRING. 1 How shall we praise thee, Lord of light! And life and beauty glow around. 2 We would adore thee, God sublime! Whose power and wisdom, love and grace Are greater than the round of time, And wider than the bounds of space. How shall we seek thee, glorious Mind, 3 But thou art present with us here, As in thy glittering, high domain; And grateful hearts and humble fear Can never seek thy face in vain. Help us to praise thee, Lord of light! Help us thy boundless love declare; And, here within thy courts to-night, Aid us, and hearken to our prayer. 38. C. M. MRS. BARBAuld. The Sabbath of the Soul. 10 FATHER! though the anxious fear No fear nor doubt shall enter here,- 2 We will not bring divided hearts But each unworthy thought departs, 3 Then sleep to-day, tormenting cares, Ye shall not dim the light that streams 4 To-morrow will be time enough 1 LORD, in heaven, thy dwelling-place, Till thy blessing makes it more 2 More of truth, and more of might, More of love, and more of light, More of reason, and of right, BOWRING. From thy pardoning grace be given! 59 40. L. M. M. W. HALB. The Day of Rest. 1 THIS day let grateful praise ascend To thee, our Father, and our Friend, Thee, Author of this holy light, Thee, throned in boundless power and might. 2 0, let the sacred hours be given To truth, to duty, and to heaven; While trusting faith and holy love Rise fervent to thy throne above. 3 Grant that our earthly Sabbaths be But dawnings of eternity, 41. To shadow forth the glorious rest, L. M. Improvement of the Sabbath. BATHURST. 1 THIS day the Lord hath called his own; And seek his face with fervent prayer. 2 Lord, in thy love we would rejoice, 3 Now let the world's delusive things 4 0, let these earthly Sabbaths, Lord, 42. 43. S. M. Sabbath Worship. 1 HAIL to the Sabbath day! BULFINCH. When men to God their homage pay, 2 Lord, in this sacred hour, Within thy courts we bend, And bless thy love, and own thy power, In courts by mortals trod; Nor only is the day thine own When man draws near to God. 4 Thy temple is the arch Of yon unmeasured sky; Thy Sabbath, the stupendous march 5 Lord, may that holier day The Delights of the Sabbath. 1 SWEET is the task, O Lord, Thy glorious acts to sing, To praise thy name, and hear thy word, 2 Sweet, at the dawning hour, Thy boundless love to tell; And when the night-wind shuts the flower, 3 Sweet, on this day of rest, 4 To songs of praise and joy, 44. L. M. RAFFLES The Hour of Prayer. 1 BLEST hour, when mortal man retires 2 Blest hour, when earthly cares resign 3 Blest hour, when God himself draws nigh, And wipe away the mourner's tear. 4 Blest hour! for, where the Lord resorts, 45. L. M. Devout Worship of God. SIR J E. SMITH. 1 PRAISE waits in Zion, Lord, for thee; |