If thou, my Saviour, still be nigh, 131 Jesus, crucified for me, All to happiness aspire, Only to be found in thee; Thee to praise, and thee to know, Thee to see, and thee to love, Lord, it is not life to live While I feel thy love to me, Heaven below and heaven above. 132 ABIDE fast event' me BIDE with me, fast falls the eventide ; abide; When other helpers fail, and comforts flee, Swift to its close ebbs out life's little day; Not a brief glance I beg, a passing word, Come not in terrors, as the King of kings, Tears for all woes, a heart for every plea; Come, Friend of sinners, thus abide with me. I need thy presence every passing hour; What but thy grace can foil the tempter's power? Who like thyself my guide and stay can be? I fear no foe, with thee at hand to bless : I triumph still, if Thou abide with me. Hold thou thy cross before my closing eyes, Shine through the gloom, and point me to the skies : Heaven's morning breaks, and earth's vain shadows flee: In life, in death, O Lord, abide with me. 133 IN NCARNATE God! the soul, that knows Angels, unseen, attend the saints, Crosses and changes are their lot, But since their Saviour changes not, 134 10 To Zion's hill I lift mine eyes, From thence expecting aid: From Zion's hill, and Zion's God Rest, then, my soul, in safety rest, Shelter'd beneath the Almighty wings, Where neither sun nor moon shall thee, At home, abroad, in peace, in war, 135 ПHE Lord my shepherd is, He knoweth who are his, And watcheth o'er his sheep. Away with every anxious fear: I cannot want while He is near. His wisdom doth provide The pasture where I feed: Where the still waters glide Along the quiet mead, He leads my feet; and, when I roam, O'ertakes and brings the wanderer home. He leads himself the way His faithful flock should take. Them who his voice obey, His love will ne'er forsake; For He has pledged his holy name; L Let me but feel him near, The shadowy valley through: With rod and staff, my Shepherd's care My cruse is never dry: And surely love and mercy will 136 As God leads me, will I go, Nor choose my way. Let him choose the joy or woe They cannot hurt my soul, I leave to him the whole, His children may. As God leads me, I am still Though his purpose my self-will |