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While we pour in chant and hymn
Full hearts, flowing o'er the brim,—

Water by Thy power benign

Blushing as celestial wine,

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Till within the golden gates,

Where the Lamb His bridal waits,

We with all the white-robed throngs

Sing the heavenly Song of Songs.

This Hymn may be most appropriately sung to the first tune (Air

by Mendelssohn) assigned to No. 43, "Hark! the herald angels sing," in "Hymns Ancient and Modern."

1869.

XII.

THE VILLAGE EVENING HYMN.

"Strangers and pilgrims on the earth."— HEB. xi. 13.

HARK, the nightly church-bell numbers
One day more with by-gone things;
Saviour, o'er our peaceful slumbers

Spread Thy everlasting wings.

One day less of sin and sadness,
One day nearer heaven and home:

Travellers to light and gladness,

Onward stage by stage we roam.

One day less of toil and labor,

One day nearer rest, and Thee.

Child and parent, friend and neighbor,

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Blessed Spirit, hover o'er us,

Sleeping, waking, be Thou near; Comrades, there is joy before us,

Rest in peace, and rise in prayer.

XIII.

HYMN TO BE USED AT SEA.

"O God of our salvation, who art the confidence of them that are

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LORD of the ocean, hear our cry,
As o'er the trackless deep we roam;
Be Thou, our haven, always nigh;
On homeless waters Thou our home.

O Jesu, Saviour, at whose voice

The tempest sank to perfect rest,

Bid Thou the mourner's heart rejoice,

And cleanse and calm the troubled breast.

O Holy Ghost, beneath whose power

Creation woke to life and light,

Command Thy blessing in this hour,

Thy fostering warmth, Thy quickening might.

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Great God, Triune Jehovah, Thee
We love, we worship, we adore;
Our refuge on time's changeful sea,
Our joy on heaven's eternal shore.

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