3 Sunny days are past and gone: 4 Life is waning; life is brief; 5 But the sleeping earth shall wake, 6 So, Lord, after slumber blest Theological Colleges. "He shall be holy unto thee."—Lev. xxi. 8. Wycliffe, 73.] 303 CAPTA APTAIN of our salvation, take And fit for Thy great service make And let them in Thine image rise, 2 Unspotted from the world and pure, The welcome burden of Thy cross: And preach the Death by which we live In Time of Mar. "He maketh wars to cease."--Ps. xlvi. 9. Rephidim, 489.] 11.10. [H. F. CHORLEY. OD the all terrible! King who ordainest, 304 G GOD Great winds Thy clarions, the lightnings Show forth Thy pity on high where Thou reignest: Give to us peace in our time, O Lord. 2 God the Omnipotent! Mighty Avenger, Watching invisible, judging unheard; Doom us not now in the hour of our danger: Give to us peace in our time, O Lord. 3 God the all-merciful! earth hath forsaken Thy ways of blessedness, slighted Thy word; Bid not Thy wrath in its terrors awaken: Give to us peace in our time, O Lord. 4 So shall Thy children in thankful devotion, Laud Him who saved them from peril abhorred, Singing in chorus from ocean to ocean, "Peace to the nations, and praise to the Lord." For the Queen. "For kings, and for all that are in authority."-1 Tim. ii. 2 Albion, 326.] 305 GOD 6.6.4. save our gracious Queen, Send her victorious, God save the Queen. 2 O Lord our God arise, And make them fall. Confound their politics, 3 Thy choicest gifts in store, May she defend our laws, To sing with heart and voice, A A Farewell Service. "The Lord of peace Himself give you peace always by all means. -2 Thess. iii. 16. Narenza, 45.*] 306 WI 2 3 4 We bid our brethren go; Peace as a river to increase, And ceaseless flow. With the calm word of prayer Our brethren to Thy watchful care, With the dear word of love With the strong word of faith 5 Then the bright word of hope 6 Farewell! in hope, and love, Tying notes 2 and 3, 4 and 5, in the last line. The Worker's Prayer. 'Thou hast wrought all our works in us."-Isa. xxvi. 12. Holley, 409.] L.M. [FRANCES R. HAVERGAL, 307ORD, speak to me, that I may speak, In living echoes of Thy tone: 5 O give Thine own sweet rest to me, 6 O fill me with Thy fulness, Lord, In kindling thought and glowing word, 7 O use me, Lord, use even me Just as Thou wilt, and when, and where; Thy rest, Thy joy, Thy glory share. |