VI.

FRIDAY.

75 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after 88.6.

our likeness. Gen. i. 26.

1 m THE last great day of work had come
God spake again :-Now let the
earth

With joy her teeming brood forth bring,
Beast, cattle, every creeping thing,
Whilst birds their happy welcome sing
In carols at their birth.'

2 mf So beast and cattle, creeping thing,
Each perfect in their order stood,
And trod the yet untrodden strand,
Obedient to the high command,

Fresh from their great Creator's hand,
Who saw that all was good.

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3 God spake :-and through the heavenly
spheres

A thrill of adoration ran-
'Now let Us in Our image make,
And from the sleeping dust awake,
Ere yet the Sabbath morn shall break,
In Our own likeness-man.'

4 Then rose from earth's benignant breast,
In fearless freedom at his birth-

my Not then, as now, worn, weak, and wan,
cres But calm, majestic, guiltless-Man,

Formed with a wondrous power to span
The void 'tween heaven and earth.

5

ƒ And as in wonder, love, and joy,

They stood on earth's primeval shore,
Increase and fill

The word went forth:

Each fruitful valley, plain, and hill,
Fulfilling all your Maker's will,
Both now and evermore.'

6 ƒ And over all dominion hold,

And all alike shall own thy sway;
Fish, beast, and cattle be thy care,
And every bird that cleaves the air :'-
my So the evening and the morning were
The last great working day.

7 ƒ Then praise Him, sun, and moon, and stars,

cres

Beast, cattle, creeping things, and ye,
Ye heavens above and earth beneath,
And everything that draweth breath,
His praises sing in life and death,
In endless harmony.

8 mf But thou, in God's own image made,
In
song more glad His Name adore,
Who hath in mercy given to thee,
Thou child of immortality,

A soul to live unfettered, free,

With Him for evermore ;

9 And Who, when thou wast dead in sin, Hath come in His redeeming love,

The second Adam, to restore

His image, that was thine before;
And dying, opened wide the door
To deathless life above.

Amen.

76

VII.

SATURDAY.

And on the seventh day God ended His work which He
88.6.
had made; and He rested on the seventh day from all
His work which He had made. Gen. ii. 2.

1 AND now, 'mid myriad worlds enthroned, Whilst stars in adoration stood,

God saw the earth's foundation laid,
The heavens in radiant robes arrayed,
The countless hosts His Word had made,
And all He saw was good.

2 m Six days had gone ;-then calmly woke

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The seventh, in new-born beauty drest

For all He thought to do was done,
Well ended what was well begun,
And with the now uprising sun
Uprose the Day of Rest.

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Rest! hallowed rest! (mf) for God Himself,

Though needing not, yet rested now; Rest! hallowed rest! (cres) (for so He wills) Both man and beast with joyaunce fills, my The cattle on a thousand hills,

As all before Him bow.

4 Then praises to our Heavenly King, Who in His own transcendent love

dim Was laid to rest within the grave p This day, (cres) a fallen race to save, That they, though lost, through Him might have

Eternal rest above.

5 And myriad tongues henceforth shall tell,
From sea to sea and shore to shore,
The wonders wrought by Father, Son,
And Holy Spirit-Three in One-
From dawn of day to set of sun,
Then, now, and evermore.

Amen.

Godfrey Thring.

Week Days.

(GENERAL.)

777 Do all in the Name of the Lord Jesus. Col. iii. 17. C.M.

1 mƒ BEHOLD us, Lord, a little space From daily tasks set free,

And met within Thy holy place dim To rest awhile with Thee.

2 mf Around us rolls the ceaseless tide
Of business, toil, and care;

And scarcely can we turn aside
For one brief hour of prayer.

3 mf Yet these are not the only walls
Wherein Thou may'st be sought;
On homeliest work Thy blessing falls,
In truth and patience wrought.

4 my Thine is the loom, the forge, the mart,
The wealth of land and sea;

The worlds of science and of art,
Revealed and ruled by Thee.

5

Then let us prove our heavenly birth
In all we do or know;

And claim the kingdom of the earth
For Thee, and not Thy foe.

6 Work shall be prayer, if all be wrought
As Thou would'st have it done;

And prayer, by Thee inspired and taught,
Itself with work be one.

Amen.

J. Ellerton.

78

Let my prayer be set forth in Thy sight as the incense,
and let the lifting up of my hands be an evening sacri-
fice. Ps. cxli, 2.

1 mf O LORD, it is a blessed thing

To Thee both morn and night to bring
Our worship's lowly offering :-

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2 mf And, from the strife of tongues away,
Ere toil begins, to meet and pray
For blessings on the coming day :-
3 mf And night by night for evermore
Again with blended voice to pour
Deep thanks for mercies gone before.

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4 PO Jesu, be our morning Light, cres That we may go forth to the fight With strength renewed and armour bright.

5 mf And when our daily work is o'er,

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And sins and weakness we deplore,

cres Oh, then be Thou our Light once more.

6 mf Light of the world! with us abide, cres And to Thyself our footsteps guide

ƒ At morn, and noon, and eventide. Amen. Bishop W. W. How.