O WORD of God incarnate,

O Wisdom from on high,
O Truth unchanged, unchanging,
O Light of our dark sky;
We praise Thee for the radiance,
That from the hallowed page
A lantern to our footsteps,

Shines on from age to age.

2 The Church from Thee, her Master, Received the gift divine;

And still that light she lifteth

O'er all the earth to shine.

It is the golden casket

Where gems of truth are stored;

It is the heaven-drawn picture
Of Thee, the living Word.

ST. OLAF S. M.

3 It floateth like a banner
Before God's host unfurled;
It shineth like a beacon
Above the darkling world;
It is the chart and compass,

That o'er life's surging sea,
'Mid mists, and rocks, and quicksands,
Still guide, O Christ, to Thee.

4 O make Thy Church, dear Saviour,
A lamp of burnished gold,
To bear before the nations

Thy true light, as of old.
O teach Thy wandering pilgrims
By this their path to trace,
Till, clouds and darkness ended,
They see Thee face to face.

William Walsham How 186;
F. J. HAYDN

23 4

ITALIAN HYMN 6s, 4s.

F. GIARDINI

3

4

92

to praise:

BARNBY L. M. D.

J. BARNBY

Sing to the Lord a

us His gracious

gifts be-long, To Him our

REFRAIN.

serve and saints a dore, To

Fa-ther, Son and

Holy Ghost, To whom be praise for ev · er- more.

95

SING to the Lord a joyful song,
Lift up your hearts, your voices raise:
To us His gracious gifts belong,

To Him our songs of love and praise.-REF.
2 For life and love, for rest and food,
For daily help and nightly care,
Sing to the Lord; for He is good:

And praise His name, for it is fair.-REF. 3 For strength to those who on Him wait, His truth to prove, His will to do, Praise ye our God; for He is great: Trust in His name, for it is true.-REF.

GROSTETE L.M.

4 For joys untold that daily move Round those who love His sweet employ, Sing to our God; for He is love:

Exalt His name, for it is joy.-REF.

5 For life below, with all its bliss,
And for that life, more pure and high,
That inner life, which over this

Shall ever shine, and never die.
Sing to the Lord of heaven and earth,
Whom angels serve and saints adore,
The Father, Son, and Holy Ghost;
To whom be praise for evermore.
John Samuel Bewley Monsell

H. W. GREATOREX

1862

E. ter-nal Father, when to

Beyond all worlds, by faith

I soar,