OW from labor and from care
Evening shades have set me free:
In the work of praise and prayer,
Lord, I would converse with Thee:
Oh behold me from above;
Fill me with a Saviour's love!
2 Sin and sorrow, guilt and woe,
Wither all my earthly joys;
Nought can charm me here below
But my Saviour's melting voice:
Lord, forgive, Thy grace restore;
Make me Thine for evermore!
3 For the blessings of this day,
For the mercies of this hour,
For the gospel's cheering ray,
For the Spirit's quickening power,
Grateful notes to Thee I raise ;
Oh accept my song of praise!
HEAVENLY Father, Lord of all,
Hear, and show Thou hear'st my call;
Let my cries Thy throne assail,
Entering now within the veil ;
Give the benefits I claim;
Lord, I ask in Jesus' name!
2 Meek and lowly be my mind,
Pure my heart, my will resigned;
Keep me dead to all below,
Only Christ resolved to know;
Firm and disengaged and free,
Seeking all my bliss in Thee.
3 Abba Father, hear Thy child,
Now in Jesus reconciled!
Hear, and all the graces shower,
All the joy and peace and power,
All my Saviour asks above,
All the life and heaven of love!
JESUS, lead us with Thy power
Safe unto the promised rest;
Hide our souls within Thy bosom ;
Let us slumber on Thy breast.
2 Feed us with the heavenly manna,
Bread that angels eat above;
Let us from the holy fountain
Drink of everlasting love.
3 Through the desert wild conduct us
With a glorious pillar bright,
In the day a cooling comfort,
And a cheering fire by night.
4 Be our Guide in every peril,
Watch us hourly night and day;
Otherwise we err and wander
From Thy Spirit far away.
5 In Thy presence we are happy;
In Thy presence we're secure;
In Thy presence all afflictions
We can easily endure:
6 In Thy presence we can conquer,
We can suffer, we can die ;
Far from Thee we faint and languish ; ·
Lord, our Saviour, keep us nigh!
HAIL, Thou God of grace and glory,
Who Thy Name hast magnified
By redemption's wondrous story,
By the Saviour crucified.
2 Thanks to Thee for every blessing
Flowing from the fount of love;
Thanks for present good unceasing,
And for hopes of bliss above.
3 Hear us, as thus bending lowly
Near Thy bright and burning throne,
We invoke Thee, God Most Holy,
Through Thy well-beloved Son!
4 Send the baptism of Thy Spirit,
Shed the pentecostal fire;
Let us all Thy grace inherit;
Waken, crown each good desire.
5 Bind Thy people, Lord, in union,
With the sevenfold cord of love;
Breathe a spirit of communion
With the glorious hosts above.
6 Let Thy work be seen progressing;
Bow each heart and bend each knee;
Till the world Thy truth possessing,
Celebrates its Jubilee.
ETERNAL Father, strong to save,
Whose arm hath bound the restless wave,
Who bid'st the mighty ocean deep
Its own appointed limits keep;
Oh hear us when we cry to Thee
For those in peril on the sea!
2 O Christ, whose voice the waters heard
And hushed their raging at Thy word,
Who walkedst on the foaming deep,
And calm amidst its rage didst sleep;
Oh hear us when we cry to Thee
For those in peril on the sea!
3 Most Holy Spirit, who didst brood
Upon the chaos dark and rude,
And bid its angry tumult cease,
And give, for wild confusion, peace;
Oh hear us when we cry to Thee
For those in peril on the sea!
4 O Trinity of love and power,
Our brethren shield in danger's hour;
From rock and tempest, fire and foe,
Protect them wheresoe'er they go :
Thus evermore shall rise to Thee
Glad hymns of praise from land and sea!
WHILE o'er the deep Thy servants sail,
Send Thou, O Lord, the prosperous gale;
And on their hearts, where'er they go,
Oh let Thy heavenly breezes blow.
2 If on the morning's wings they fly,
They will not pass beyond Thine eye;
The wanderer's prayer Thou bend'st to hear,
And faith exults to know Thee near.
3 When tempests rock the groaning bark,
Oh hide them safe in Jesus' ark ;
When in the tempting port they ride,
Oh keep them safe at Jesus' side.
4 If life's wide ocean smile or roar,
Still guide them to the heavenly shore;
And grant their dust in Christ may sleep,
Abroad, at home, or in the deep.
TAR of peace to wanderers weary!
Bright the beams that smile on me ;
Cheer the pilot's vision dreary,
2 Star of hope! gleam on the billow;
Bless the soul that sighs for Thee;
Bless the sailor's lonely pillow,
Far, far at sea.
3 Star of faith! when winds are mocking
All his toil, he flies to Thee;
Save him on the billows rocking,
Far, far at sea.
4 Star divine! oh, safely guide him,
Bring the wanderer home to Thee;
Sore temptations long have tried him,
Far, far at sea.
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