PARADISE. P. M.

JOSEPH BARNBY (1838

), 1866.

Where loyal hearts and true CHORUS.

al hearts and true

195

BENEVENTO. 7. D.

SAMUEL WEBBE (1740-1816), c. 1770.

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491

Keep us faithful, keep us pure, Keep us evermore Thine own; Help Thy servants to endure, Fit us for the promised crown.

Rev. Henry Downton (1818

The Old Year.

), 1839. Ab.

1 THOU who roll'st the year around,
Crowned with mercies large and free,
Rich Thy gifts to us abound,
Warm our thanks shall rise to Thee:
Kindly to our worship bow,
While our grateful praises swell,
That, sustained by Thee, we now
Bid the parting year farewell.

2 All its numbered days are sped,
All its busy scenes are o'er,
All its joys for ever fled,
Al its sorrows felt no more:
Mingled with th' eternal past,
Its remembrance shall decay;
Yet to be revived at last
At the solemn judgment-day.

3 All our follies, Lord, forgive;
Cleanse each heart and make us Thine;
Let Thy grace within us live,
As our future suns decline;

Then, when life's last eve shall come,
Happy spirits, let us fly

To our everlasting home,

To our Father's house on high.

Rev. Ray Palmer (1808-1887), 1832

GERMANY. L. M.

LUDWIG von BEETHOVEN (1770-1827),

1 GREAT God, we sing that mighty hand,
By which supported still we stand:
The opening year Thy mercy shows;
Let mercy crown it till it close.

2 By day, by night, at home, abroad,
Still we are guided by our God;
By His incessant bounty fed,
By His unerring counsel led.

3 With grateful hearts the past we own;
The future, all to us unknown,
We to Thy guardian care commit,
And peaceful leave before Thy feet.

OLD HUNDREDTH. L. M.

Rev. Philip Doddridge, 1755. Ab. and alt.

Forefathers' Day.

O GOD, beneath Thy guiding hand,
Our exiled fathers crossed the sea;
And when they trod the wintry strand,
With prayer and psalm they worshipped
Thee.

Thou heard'st, well pleased, the

prayer:

song,

the

Thy blessing came, and still its power Shall onward through all ages bear The memory of that holy hour.

3 Laws, freedom, truth, and faith in God Came with those exiles o'er the waves; And where their pilgrim feet have trod, The God they trusted guards their graves.

4 And here Thy Name, O God of love,
Their children's children shall adore,
Till these eternal hills remove,
And spring adorns the earth no more.
Rev. Leonard Bacon (1802-1881), 1845. Ab.

LOUIS BOURGEOIS, 1551.

197

Sir. GEORGE JOB ELVEY (1816

), 1859.

ST. GEORGE'S CHAPEL. 7. D.

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gath-er'd in,

2 All the world is God's own field,
Fruit unto His praise to yield;
Wheat and tares together sown,
Unto joy or sorrow grown;
First the blade, and then the ear,
Then the full corn shall appear:
Lord of Harvest, grant that we
Wholesome grain and pure may be.
3 For the Lord our God shall come,
And shall take His harvest home;
From His field shall in that day
All offences purge away;
Give His angels charge at last
In the fire the tares to cast;
But the fruitful ears to store
In His garner evermore.
4 Even so, Lord, quickly come
To Thy final Harvest-home;
Gather Thou Thy people in,
Free from sorrow, free from sin;
There, forever purified,
In Thy presence to abide:
Come, with all Thine angels, come,
Raise the glorious Harvest-home.

Rev. Henry Alford (1810-1871), 1844.

1 CHRIST, by heavenly hosts adored,
Gracious, mighty, sovereign Lord,
God of nations, King of kings,
Head of all created things,
By the Church with joy confest,
God o'er all forever blest;
Pleading at Thy throne we stand,
Save Thy people, bless our land.
2 On our fields of grass and grain
Drop, O Lord, the kindly rain;
O'er our wide and goodly land
Crown the labors of each hand;
Let Thy kind protection be
O'er our commerce on the sea;
Open, Lord, Thy bounteous hand,
Bless Thy people, bless our land.
3 Let our rulers ever be

Men that love and honor Thee;
Let the powers by Thee ordained,
Be in righteousness maintained;
In the people's hearts increase
Love of piety and peace;
Thus, united we shall stand
One wide, free, and happy land.

Rev. Henry Harbaugh (1818-1867), 1860. Ab. and alt