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fTo Thee, O Lord, our hearts we raise

In hymns of adoration,

To Thee bring sacrifice of prais
With shouts of exultation;

Bright robes of gold the fields adorn,
The hills with joy are ringing,
The valleys stand so thick with corn
That even they are singing.

f2 And now, on this our festal day,
Thy bounteous Hand confessing,
Upon Thine altar, Lord, we lay
The firstfruits of Thy blessing;
By Thee the souls of men are fed
With gifts of grace supernal;
Thou, Who dost give us earthly bread,
Give us the Bread Eternal.

mp3 We bear the burden of the day,
And often toil seems dreary;

cr But labour ends with sunset ray,
And rest comes for the weary;
f May we, the angel-reaping o'er,
Stand at the last accepted,
Christ's golden sheaves for evermore
To garners bright elected.

mf 4 O, blessed is that land of God,

Where saints abide for ever;

Where golden fields spread far and broad,
Where flows the crystal river:

cr The strains of all its holy throng
With ours to-day are blending;
f Thrice blessed is that harvest-song
Which never hath an ending. Amen.

W. C. DIX.

mif DAYS and moments quickly flying, mf 3 Jesu, Infinite Redeemer,

Blend the living with the dead;

Soon will you and I be lying,

Each within his narrow bed.

Maker of this mortal frame,

dim Teach, O teach us to remember

What we are, and whence we came;

2 Soon our souls to God Who gave them, 4 Whence we came and whither wending;

Will have sped their rapid flight;

cr Able now by grace to save them,
Oh, that while we can we might!

Soon we must through darkness go,

cr To inherit life unending,

Or the death of shame and woe.

5 Life passeth soon; death draweth near;
Keep us, good Lord, till Thou appear:
For Thee to live, in Thee to die,

With Thee to reign through eternity. Amen.

E. CASWALL; v. 5, E. H. BICKERSTETH.