4 The flowers are strewn in field and copse, on the hill and on the plain :

Thy Name, Lord, be adored! The soft air stirs in the tender leaves that clothe the trees again :

Glory to the Lord!

5 The works of Thy hands are very fair; and for all Thy bounteous love

Thy Name, Lord, be adored! But what, if this world is so fair, is the Better Land above?

Glory to the Lord!

6 Oh, to awake from death's short sleep, like the flowers from their wintry grave!

Thy Name, Lord, be adored! And to rise all glorious in the day when Christ shall come to save!

Glory to the Lord!

7 Oh, to dwell in that happy land, where the heart cannot choose but sing!

Thy Name, Lord, be adored! And where the life of the blessèd ones is a beautiful endless Spring!

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Glory to the Lord!

Alleluia. Amen.

SUMMER.

6.5.

"Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun."-ECCLES. Xi 7.

I SUMMER suns are glowing

Over land and sea,
Happy light is flowing

Bountiful and free.

2 Every thing rejoices

In the mellow rays,

All earth's thousand voices
Swell the psalm of praise.

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3 God's free mercy streameth
Over all the world,
And His banner gleameth
Every where unfurled.

4 Broad and deep and glorious
As the heaven above,
Shines in might victorious
His eternal Love.

5 Lord, upon our blindness
Thy pure radiance pour;
For Thy loving-kindness
Make us love Thee more.
6 And when clouds are drifting
Dark across our sky,
Then, the veil uplifting
Father, be Thou nigh.

7 We will never doubt Thee,
Though Thou veil Thy light:
Life is dark without Thee;
Death with Thee is bright.

8 Light of Light! Shine o'er us
On our pilgrim way,

Go Thou still before us
To the endless day.

Amen.

AUTUMN.

"He gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons.'

ACTS xiv. 17.

I THE year is swiftly waning;
The summer days are past;
And life, brief life, is speeding;
The end is nearing fast.
2 The ever-changing seasons
In silence come and go;
But Thou, Eternal Father,
No time or change canst know.

7.6.

3 Oh! pour Thy Grace upon us That we may worthier be,

Each year that passes o'er us,

To dwell in heaven with Thee.
4 Behold, the bending orchards
With bounteous fruit are crowned;
Lord, in our hearts more richly
Let heavenly fruits abound.
5 Oh! by each mercy sent us,
And by each grief and pain,
By blessings like the sunshine,
And sorrows like the rain,
6 Our barren hearts make fruitful
With every goodly grace,

That we Thy Name may hallow,
And see at last Thy Face.

Amen.

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WINTER.

7s.

"And now men see not the bright light which is in the clouds."

JOB Xxxvii. 21.

I WINTER reigneth o'er the land,
Freezing with its icy breath;
Dead and bare the tall trees stand;
All is chill and drear as death.

2 Yet it seemeth but a day

Since the summer flowers were here,
Since they stacked the balmy hay,
Since they reaped the golden car.
3 Sunny days are past and gone :
So the years go, speeding fast,
Onward ever, each new one
Swifter speeding than the last.
4 Life is waning; life is brief;
Death, like winter, standeth nigh:
Each one, like the falling leaf,
Soon shall fade, and fall, and dic.

5 But the sleeping earth shall wake,
And the flowers shall burst in bloom,
And all Nature rising break
Glorious from its wintry tomb.
6 So, Lord, after slumber blest
Comes a bright awakening,
And our flesh in hope shall rest
Of a never-fading Spring.

Amen.

"The Redeemer shall come."-ISA. lix. 20.

I CREATOR of the starry height,
Thy people's everlasting light,

O Christ, Redeemer, bow Thine ear;
In mercy our petitions hear.

2 Thou, who, for grief that all mankind
In death their hopeless doom should find,
Didst come to save a guilty race
By healing gifts of heavenly grace;
3 Who didst our very flesh assume,
Abhorring not the Virgin's womb;
That so to God on high might rise
An all-atoning Sacrifice;

4 At whose great Name of glory now
All knees in lowly homage bow;
Whom things in heaven and earth adore,
Their mighty King for evermore ;

5 To Thee, O Holy One! we pray,
Our Judge in that tremendous day;
Ward off, while yet we dwell below,
The weapons of our crafty foe.

6 To God the Father, God the Son,
And God the Spirit, Three in One,
Praise, honour, might, and glory be,
From age to age eternally.

Amen.

L.M.

66 IOS. "They that went before and they that followed cried, saying 'Hosanna!' . . . And Jesus went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold and bought in the temple." -ST. MARK xi. 9, 15.

I DRAW nigh to Thy Jerusalem, O Lord, Thy faithful people cry with one accord; Ride on triumphantly! Behold, we lay Our passions, lusts, and proud wills in Thy way ! 2 Thy road is ready; and Thy paths, made straight,

With longing expectation seem to wait

The consecration of Thy beauteous Feet;
And silently Thy promised Advent greet.

3 Hosanna! Welcome to our hearts! For here Thou hast a temple too, as Sion dear,

Yea, dear as Sion, and as full of sin :

Nothing but thieves and robbers dwell therein.

4 Enter and chase them forth, and cleanse the floor!

O'erthrow them all, that they may never more Profane with traffic vile that holy place,

Where Thou hast chosen, Lord, to set Thy face.

5 And then, if our stiff tongues shall faithlessly Be mute in praises of Thy Deity,

The very temple stones shall loud repeat Hosanna! and Thy glorious footsteps greet.

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Amen.

8.7.

"Now it is high time to awake out of sleep."-ROM. xiii. 11.

I HARK! a thrilling voice is sounding:

'Christ is nigh!' it seems to say;

'Cast away the dreams of darkness,
O ye children of the day !'