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men. Ju bila te, Ju-bi-la-te, Ju-bi- la - te,

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1 SOFT as fades the sunset splendor, And the light of day grows dim,

We to thee our praises render;

Sing we thus our vesper hymn:
Jubilate! Amen!

Father, gracious, loving, tender,
O, accept the grateful strain.

2 Day by day comes rich in blessing;
Night by night brings holy calm;
Lord, to thee our praise addressing,
Rises thus our joyful psalm:
Jubilate! Amen!

But, unworthiness confessing,
Into silence fades again.

1 HARK! the vesper hymn is stealing
O'er the waters soft and clear;
Nearer yet, and nearer pealing,
Now it bursts upon the ear!
Jubilate! Amen!

Farther now, now farther stealing,
Soft it fades upon the car.

2 Now like moonlight waves retreating
To the shore, it dies along;
Now like angry surges meeting,
Breathes the mingled tide of song.
Jubilate! Amen!

Hush! again like waves retreating
To the shore, it dies along.

1 THE stream is calmest when it nears the tide,

[tide, 2 And flowers are sweetest at the evenAnd birds most musical at close of day, And saints divinest when they pass away.

2 Morning is lovely, but a holier charm Lies folded close in Evening's robe of 3 balm;

And weary man must ever love her best, For morning calls to toil, but night to rest.

3 She comes from Heaven, and on her 4 wings doth bear

A holy fragrance, like the breath of prayer;

Footsteps of angels follow in her trace, To shut the weary eyes of day in peace.

4 0, when our sun is setting, may we glide Like summer's evening down the golden

tide;

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Of those high scenes whose glories all are wrought

sun,

[tence. By God's pure love, and his omnipoThe golden bars that shine behind the [him poured, The glorious seas that seem beneath The splendid hues, all melting into [Lord! These look thy outworks, palace of the Yet not, not here, O city of our God! Do we thy ageless glories truly see, As when the souls, submissive 'neath the rod,

one,

Or white in pureness, testify of thee! A holy charity still tells us more [high, Of thy real beauty, bright, serene and Where love and faith walk on the emblazoned floor,

And perfect joy doth sing unceasingly. O Son of God! exalted on thy throne, By whom our pardon, light, and peace are given, [alone, Impart the grace that comes from thee And make us feel, that we may see, thy heaven.

Guidance of the Faith.

BEARD'S COLL

beam's ray,

Let concord spread one universal day; And faith, by love, lead all mankind to

thee,

Parent of peace, and fount of harmony!

Father in heaven! the day is declining: Safety and innocence flee with the light; Temptation and danger walk forth with the night;

From the fall of the shade till the morning bells chime, Shield us from danger and keep us from

crime!

Father, have mercy, through Jesus Christ our Lord! Amen.

Thro' Jesus Christ, who is Saviour of all! Fainting and feeble, we trust in thy might:

In doubting and darkness, thy love be our light!

Let us sleep on thy breast while the night taper burns,

And wake in thy arms when the morning

returns.

Father, have mercy, through Jesus Christ our Lord! Amen.

1 THROUGH the changes of the day

Kept by thy sustaining power, Offering of thanks we pay, Father, in this evening hour. Praises to thy name belong,

Source and Giver of all good; While we lift our evening song, Fill our souls with gratitude!

ANON.

There thy pity, softening pour,
There the spirit's calm restore;
Till each tongue, from murmuring free,
Wakes the hymn of praise to thee.

1 PILGRIM, burdened with thy sin,
Come the way to Zion's gate;
There, till mercy speaks within,
Knock, and weep, and watch, and wait::
Knock-he knows the sinner's cry;
Weep-he loves the mourner's tears;
Watch, for saving grace is nigh;

Wait, till heavenly grace appears. 2 Hark! it is the Saviour's voice, "Welcome, pilgrim, to thy rest!'” Now within the gate rejoice, Safe, and owned, and bought, and blest:: Safe, from all the lures of vice;

Owned, by joys the contrite know; Bought by love, and life the price; Blest, the mighty debt to owe.

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1 0 SHADOW in a sultry land!
We gather to thy breast,
Whose love, enfolding us like night,
Brings quietude and rest;
Glimpse of a fairer life to be,

In foretaste here possessed.

2 From all our wanderings we come,
From drifting to and fro,
From tossing on life's restless deep,
Amid its ebb and flow;
The grander sweep of tides serene
Our spirits yearn to know.

3 That which the garish day has lost,
The twilight vigil brings;-
The breezes from celestial hills,
The draughts from deeper springs,
The sense of an immortal trust,
The touch of angel wings.

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1 I ASK thee for the daily strength To none that ask denied;

A mind to blend with outward life
While keeping at thy side:
Content to fill a little space,
If thou be glorified.

2 Briers beset my every path,
Which call for patient care;
There is a cross in every lot,
An earnest need for prayer:
But lowly hearts that lean on thee
Are happy anywhere.

1 AND wilt thou now forsake me, Lord? I feel it cannot be;

No earthly tongue can ever tell

What thou hast been to me:
Through all the changing scenes of life
Thy love hath sheltered me.

2 And wilt thou now forget thy child?
Thy grace forbids a fear:
Thy love hath been my heritage
Through many a weary year;
I've trusted in thy promises,
And thou hast dried each tear.

3 In life or death, I take my stand
Where I have ever stood,
Beneath the shelter of thy cross,
Still trusting in thy blood,-
E'en when my youth and health and
Shall fail along life's road. [strength

4 And when in all the helplessness
Of death I turn to thee,

Thou wilt not then forsake me, Lord'
I feel it cannot be;

The shades of evening then shall close
Around me peacefully.