3 Light of our souls! how strong it grows : That sun, how wide his beams he flings, As up the glorious sky he goes

With light and healing in his wings!

4 Give us that light! O God, 't is given!
Hope sees it open heaven's wide halls
To those who for the truth have striven;
And Faith walks firmly where it falls.

38. 10s. M.

10 THOU, whose power o'er moving worlds presides,

Whose voice created, and whose wisdom guides! On darkling man in pure effulgence shine,

And cheer the clouded mind with light divine.

2 'Tis thine alone to calm the pious breast With silent confidence and holy rest;

From thee, great God! we spring; to thee we tend;

Path, motive, guide, original, and end.

39. L. M.

1 WHEN, as returns this solemn day,
Man comes to meet his Maker, God,
What rites, what honors, shall he ?
How spread his Sovereign's praise abroad?

pay

2 From marble domes, and gilded spires,
Shall curling clouds of incense rise?
And gems, and gold, and garlands deck
The costly pomp of sacrifice?

3 Vain, sinful man! creation's Lord

Thy golden offerings well may spare; But give thy heart, and thou shalt find Here dwells a God who heareth prayer.

40. C. M.

1 O GOD! whose dread and dazzling brow Love never yet forsook,

On those who seek thy presence now,
In deep compassion look.

2 For many a frail and erring heart
Is in thy holy sight,

And feet too willing to depart
From the plain way of right.

3 Yet pleased the humble prayer to hear, And kind to all that live,

Thou, when thou seest the contrite tear,
Art ready to forgive.

4 Lord! aid us with thy heavenly grace
Our truest bliss to find;

Nor sternly judge our erring race.
So feeble, and so blind.

41. 11 & 10s. M.

1 FATHER, to us, thy children, humbly kneeling, Conscious of weakness, ignorance, sin, and shame,

Give such a force of holy thought and feeling
That we may live to glorify thy name; -

2 That we may conquer base desire and passion, That we may rise from selfish thought and will, O'ercome the world's allurement, threat, and fash

ion,

Walk humbly, gently, leaning on thee still.

3 Let all thy goodness by our minds be seen, Let all thy mercy on our souls be sealed; Lord, if thou wilt, thy power can make us clean, O, speak the word! Thy servants shall be healed.

42. L. M.

1 GREAT God! the followers of thy Son,
We bow before thy mercy-seat,

To worship thee, the Holy One,
And pour our wishes at thy feet.

2 O, grant thy blessing here to-day!
O, give thy people joy and peace!
The tokens of thy love display,
And favor that shall never cease.

3 We seek the truth which Jesus brought; His path of light we long to tread; Here be his holy doctrines taught,

And here their purest influence shed.

4 May faith, and hope, and love abound; Ŏur sins and errors be forgiven;

And we, from day to day, be found
Children of God and heirs of heaven.

43. 6 & 4s. M.

1 COME, thou Almighty King!
Help us thy name to sing;
Help us to praise!

Father all-glorious,

O'er all victorious,

Come and reign over us,
Ancient of Days!

2 Come, thou all-gracious Lord!
By heaven and earth adored,
Our prayer attend!
Come, and thy children bless;
Give thy good word success;
Make thine own holiness
On us descend!

3 Never from us depart;
Rule thou in every heart,
Hence, evermore!

Thy sovereign majesty
May we in glory see,

And to eternity

Love and adore.

44. L. M.

1 BEFORE Jehovah's awful throne,
Ye nations, bow with sacred joy;
Know that the Lord is God alone;
He can create, and he destroy.

2 We are his people, we his care,

Our souls and all our mortal frame;
What lasting honors shall we rear,
Almighty Maker, to thy name?

3 We'll crowd thy gates with thankful songs;
High as the heavens our voices raise;
And earth, with her ten thousand tongues,
Shall fill thy courts with sounding praise.

4 Wide as the world is thy command,
Vast as eternity thy love;

Firm as a rock thy truth must stand, When rolling years shall cease to move.

45. C. M.

1 HERE holy thoughts a light have shed
From many a radiant face,

And prayers of tender hope have spread
A perfume through the place.

2 And anxious hearts have pondered here The mystery of life,

And prayed the Eternal Spirit clear

Their doubts and aid their strife.