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Fairest Lord Jesus
Author: Anonymous Meter: 5.6.8.5.5.8 Appears in 571 hymnals Lyrics:
Fairest Lord Jesus,
Ruler of all nature,
O thou of God and man the Son;
Thee will I cherish, thee will I honor,
Thou, my soul's glory, joy, and crown.
Fair are the meadows,
Fairer still the woodlands,
Robed in the blooming garb of spring:
Jesus is fairer, Jesus is purer,
Who makes the woeful heart to sing.
Fair is the sunshine,
Fairer still the moonlight,
And all the twinkling, starry host:
Jesus shines brighter, Jesus shines purer,
Than all the angels heaven can boast.
Topics: Catechism; Processional; Sunday Schools Closing Hymns; Sunday Schools General Use Used With Tune: FAIREST LORD JESUS Text Sources: Münster, 1677; Tr. unknown; pub., Richard S. Willis, 1850
Fairest Lord Jesus
Now the day is over
Author: Sabine Baring-Gould Meter: 6.5.6.5 Appears in 946 hymnals Lyrics:
Now the day is over,
Night is drawing nigh;
Shadows of the evening
Steal across the sky;
Jesus, give the weary
Calm and sweet repose;
With thy tenderest blessing
May our eyelids close.
Grant to little children
Visions bright of thee;
Guard the sailors tossing
On the deep, blue sea.
Comfort every sufferer
Watching late in pain;
Those who plan some evil
From their sins restrain.
Through the long night watches,
May thine angels spread
Their white wings above me,
Watching round my bed.
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When the morning wakens,
Then may I arise
Pure, and fresh, and sinless
In thy holy eyes.
Amen.
Topics: Daily Prayer Evening; Catechism Used With Tune: MERRIAL
Now the day is over
O Thou Whose feet have climb'd life's hill
Author: Louis F. Benson Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 46 hymnals Lyrics:
O Thou whose feet have climbed life's hill,
And trod the path of youth,
Our Savior and our Brother still,
Now lead us into truth.
The call is thine: be thou the Way,
And give us men, to guide;
Let wisdom broaden with the day,
Let human faith abide.
Who learn of thee, the truth shall find;
Who follow, gain the goal:
With reverence crown the earnest mind,
And speak within the soul.
Awake the purpose high which strives,
And, falling, stands again;
Confirm the will of eager lives
To quit themselves like men:
Thy life the bond of fellowship,
Thy love the law that rules;
Thy Name, proclaimed by every lip,
The Master of our schools.
Amen.
Topics: School Life Used With Tune: DUNDEE
O Thou Whose feet have climb'd life's hill
O perfect Love, all human thought transcending
Author: Dorothy F. Gurney Meter: 11.10.11.10 Appears in 236 hymnals Lyrics:
O perfect Love, all human thought transcending,
Lowly we kneel in prayer before thy throne,
That theirs may be the love that knows no ending,
Whom thou for evermore dost join in one.
O perfect Life, be thou their full assurance
Of tender charity and steadfast faith,
Of patient hope, and quiet, brave endurance,
With childlike trust that fears nor pain nor death.
Grant them the joy which brightens earthly sorrow;
Grant them the peace which calms all earthly strife,
And to life's day the glorious unknown morrow
That dawns upon eternal love and life.
Amen.
Topics: Holy Matrimony Used With Tune: PERFECT LOVE
O perfect Love, all human thought transcending
Lord, it belongs not to my care
Author: Richard Baxter Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 258 hymnals Lyrics:
Lord, it belongs not to my care
Whether I die or live;
To love and serve thee is my share,
And this thy grace must give.
If life be long, O make me glad
The longer to obey;
If short, no labourer is sad
To end his toilsome day.
Christ leads me through no darker rooms
Than he went through before;
And he that to God's kingdom comes
Must enter by this door.
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Come, Lord, when grace hath made me meet
Thy blessed face to see:
For if thy work on earth be sweet,
What will thy glory be?
Then I shall end my sad complaints
And weary, sinful days,
And join with the triumphant saints
That sing my Savior's praise.
My knowledge of that life is small,
The eye of faith is dim;
But 'tis enough that Christ knows all,
And I shall be with him.
Amen.
Topics: Visitation Used With Tune: HOLY TRINITY
Lord, it belongs not to my care
Thy way, not mine, O Lord
Author: Horatius Bonar Meter: 6.6.6.6.6.6.6.6 Appears in 401 hymnals Lyrics:
Thy way, not mine, O Lord,
However dark it be:
Lead me by thine own hand:
Choose out the path for me.
Smooth let it be or rough,
It will be still the best;
Winding or straight, it leads
Right onward to thy rest.
I dare not choose my lot;
I would not, if I might;
Choose thou for me, my God:
So shall I walk aright.
Take thou my cup, and it
With joy or sorrow fill,
As best to thee may seem;
Choose thou my good and ill.
Choose thou for me my friends,
My sickness or my health;
Choose thou my cares for me
My poverty or wealth.
Not mine, not mine the choice,
In things or great or small
Be thou my Guide, my Strength,
My Wisdom, and my All.
Amen.
Topics: Circumcision; Visitation Used With Tune: BLESSED HOME
Thy way, not mine, O Lord
At even, when the sun was set
Author: Henry Twells Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 312 hymnals Lyrics:
At even, when the sun was set,
The sick, O Lord, around thee lay;
O in what divers pains they met!
O with what joy they went away.
Once more 'tis eventide, and we
Oppressed with various ills draw near;
What if thy form we cannot see?
We know and feel that thou art here
O Savior Christ, our woes dispel;
For some are sick, and some are sad,
And some have never loved thee well,
And some have lost the love they had,
And some have found the world is vain,
Yet from the world they break not free,
And some have friends who give them pain,
Yet have not sought a friend in thee.
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And none, O Lord, have perfect rest,
For none are wholly free from sin;
And they who fain would love thee best
Are conscious most of wrong within.
O Savior Christ, thou too art Man;
Thou hast been troubled, tempted, tried,
Thy kind but searching glance can scan
The very wounds that shame would hide.
Thy touch has still its ancient power;
No word from thee can fruitless fall;
Hear, in this solemn evening hour,
And in thy mercy heal us all.
Amen.
Topics: Daily Prayer Evening; Visitation; Parochial Missions Used With Tune: ANGELUS
At even, when the sun was set
O Love divine, that stooped to share
Author: Oliver Wendell Holmes Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 274 hymnals Lyrics:
O Love divine, that stooped to share
Our sharpest pang, our bitterest tear!
On thee we cast each earth-born care;
We smile at pain while thou art near.
Though long the weary way we tread,
And sorrow crown each lingering year,
No path we shun, no darkness dread,
Our hearts still whispering, thou art near.
When drooping pleasure turns to grief,
And trembling faith is changed to fear,
The murmuring wind, the quivering leaf,
Shall softly tell us, thou art near.
On thee we rest our burdening woe,
O Love divine, for ever dear!
Content to suffer while we know,
Living and dying, thou art near.
Amen.
Topics: Visitation Used With Tune: ABENDS
O Love divine, that stooped to share
Peace, perfect peace, in this dark world of sin?
Author: Edward H. Bickersteth Meter: 10.10 Appears in 389 hymnals Lyrics:
Peace, perfect peace, in this dark world of sin?
The blood of Jesus whispers peace within.
Peace, perfect peace, by thronging duties pressed?
To do the will of Jesus, this is rest.
Peace, perfect peace, with sorrows surging round?
On Jesus' bosom naught but calm is found.
Peace, perfect peace, with loved ones far away?
In Jesus' keeping we are safe, and they.
Peace, perfect peace, our future all unknown?
Jesus we know, and he is on the throne.
Peace, perfect peace, death shadowing us and ours?
Jesus has vanquished death and all its powers.
It is enough: earth's struggles soon shall cease,
And Jesus call us to heaven's perfect peace.
Topics: Sundays after Easter; Visitation Used With Tune: PAX TECUM
Peace, perfect peace, in this dark world of sin?
Asleep in Jesus! blessed sleep!
Author: Margaret Mackay Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 1,056 hymnals Lyrics:
Asleep in Jesus! blessed sleep!
From which none ever wakes to weep;
A calm and undisturbed repose,
Unbroken by the last of foes.
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Asleep in Jesus! O how sweet
To be for such a slumber meet;
With holy confidence to sing
That death hath lost its painful sting!
Asleep in Jesus! peaceful rest!
Whose waking is supremely blest;
No fear, no woe shall dim that hour
That manifests the Savior's power.
Asleep in Jesus! O for me
May such a blissful refuge be!
Securely shall my ashes lie,
Waiting the summons from on high.
Asleep in Jesus! far from thee
Thy kindred and their graves may be;
But there is still a blessed sleep,
From which none ever wakes to weep.
Topics: Burial of the Dead Used With Tune: REST (BRADBURY)
Asleep in Jesus! blessed sleep!
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