mf NEARER, my God, to TheeNearer to Thee, PE'en though it be a cross That raiseth me; cresStill all my song shall be, Nearer, my God, to Theedim Nearer to Thee. Though like the wanderer. cres Yet in my dreams, I'd be Nearer, my God, to Thee dim Nearer to Thee. mf There let the way appear, Steps unto heaven; All that Thou send'st to me In mercy given : Sun, moon, and stars forgot, cresStill all my song shall be, Nearer, my God, to Theedim Nearer to Thee. mp Lo! the world from Thee rebelling, Round Thy Church, in pride, is swelling; [ing, With Thy word their madness quelldim Lord and Saviour, help us. f On Thine own command relying, We our onward task are plying, Unto Thee for safety sighing, dim Lord and Saviour, help us. p By Thy birth, Thy cross, Thy passion, By Thy tears of deep compassion, cresBy Thy mighty intercession, dim Lord and Saviour, help us. II. Alford. Aught of its load: mp THROW away Thy rod, Throw away Thy wrath, O my God; Take the gentle path. For my heart's desire To a full consent. mf do not ask that flowers should mp Though I fail, I weep, always spring Beneath my feet; [sting Though I halt in pace, Yet I creep To the throne of grace. For with love Stony hearts will bleed. Throw away Thy rod: Though man frailties hath, Thou art God; Throw away Thy wrath. 327 G. Herbert. C.M. mf THOU, Lord, art Love, and everywhere Thy Name is brightly shown; Beneath, on earth-Thy footstool fair, Above, in heaven-Thy throne, mf Thy ways are Love-though they transcend Our feeble range of sight, They wind through darkness to their end cres In everlasting light. mp Thy thoughts are Love, and Jesus is His Love lights up the vast abyss mp Thy chastisements are Love-more They stamp the seal Divine, And by a sweet compulsion keep Our spirits nearer Thine. mp Thy heaven is the abode of Love! O blessed Lord, that we [remove, me, Heaven will bring me sweeter cresO! 'tis not in grief to harm me, May there, when time's dim shades mf Take, my soul, thy full salvation; Be gathered home to Thee! mf Then with Thy resting saints to fall Adoring round Thy throne, cres When all shall love Thee, Lord, and all Shall in Thy love be one. f 328 J. D. Burns. 8.7.8.7., double. mf JESUS, I my cross have taken, All to leave and follow Thee; All I sought, and hoped, and mf Yet how rich is my condition God and Heaven are still my own! [mf Let the world despise and leave me, They have left my Saviour too; Human hearts and looks deceive me; Thou art not, like man, untrue : Rise o'er sin, and fear, and When our bitter tears o'erflow; When we mourn the lost, the dear, dim Jesu, Son of Mary, hear! p Thou our throbbing flesh hast worn, Thou our mortal griefs hast borne, Thou hast shed the human tear : dimJesu, Son of Mary, hear! [p Thou hast bowed the dying head:. Thou the blood of life hast shed; Thou hast filled a mortal bier : dimJesu, Son of Mary, hear!] p When the heart is sad within With the thought of all its sin; When the spirit shrinks with fear, dimJesu, Son of Mary, hear! p Thou the shame, the grief, hast known, [own; cres Though the sins were not Thine Thou hast deigned their load to bear: dimJesu, Son of Mary, hear! H. H. Milman. |