TEMPERANCE. O THOU, BEFORE WHOSE PRESENCE. "Jesu, Magister Bone." 7. 6. 7. 6. D. 214 REV. SAMUEL JOHN STONE, (1839- ) 1889. Rev. John Bacchus Dykes, (1823-1876) 1875. 1. O Thou before whose presence Naught e vil may come in, 2. Fierce is our subtle foe man: The forces at his hand 3. So hast Thou wrought a - mong us The great things that we see: 4- Lead on, O Love and Mercy, Purity and Power; 0 give us no ble Till purpose To set the sin-bound free, gainst them, In strife so keen and long, uplifting Faint hands and fee ble knees, all who prayed and strug-gled To set their breth-ren free, And Christ-like ten - der pit y To seek the lost for Thee. A-men. 217 RETURN, O WANDERER, RETURN. REV. WILLIAM BENGO COLLYER, (1782—1854) 1812. And seek an injured Father's face; Those warm desires, that in thee burn Were kindled by reclaiming grace. 2 Return, O wanderer, return, And seek a Father's melting heart; His pitying eyes thy grief discern, His hand shall heal thine inward smart. 3 Return, O wanderer, return, 4 Return, O wanderer, return, And wipe away the falling tear: "Tis God who says, "No longer mourn." 'Tis mercy's voice invites thee near. |