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Tarry with me, O my Saviour!

Author: Caroline L. Smith Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 232 hymnals Lyrics: Tarry with me, O my Savior! For the day is passing by; See! the shades of evening gather, And the night is drawing nigh. Deeper, deeper grow the shadows, Paler now the glowing west, Swift the night of death advances; Shall it be the night of rest? Lonely seems the vale of shadow; Sinks my heart with troubled fear; Give me faith for clearer vision, Speak thou, Lord, in words of cheer. Let me hear thy voice behind me, Calming all these wild alarms; Let me, underneath my weakness, Feel the everlasting arms. Feeble, trembling, fainting, dying, Lord, I cast myself on thee; Tarry with me through the darkness; While I sleep, still watch by me. Tarry with me, O my Savior! Lay my head upon thy breast Till the morning; then awake me! Morning of eternal rest. Amen. Topics: Daily Prayer Evening Used With Tune: ST. PAUL'S

O Love that wilt not let me go

Author: George Matheson Meter: 8.8.8.8.6 Appears in 677 hymnals Lyrics: O Love that wilt not let me go, I rest my weary soul in thee; I give thee back the life I owe, That in thine ocean depths its flow May richer, fuller be. O Light that followest all my way, I yield my flickering torch to thee; My heart restores its borrowed ray, That in thy sunshine's blaze its day May brighter, fairer be. O Joy that seekest me through pain, I cannot close my heart to thee; I trace the rainbow through the rain, And feel the promise is not vain That morn shall tearless be. O Cross that liftest up my head, I dare not ask to fly from thee; I lay in dust life's glory dead, And from the ground there blossoms red Life that shall endless be. Amen. Topics: Sundays after Trinity The Divine Love Used With Tune: MALLETT

Sing Alleluia forth in duteous praise

Author: John Ellerton Meter: 10.10.7 Appears in 106 hymnals Lyrics: Sing Alleluia forth in duteous praise, Ye citizens of heaven, O sweetly raise An endless Alleluia. Ye powers, who stand before the eternal Light, In hymning choirs re-echo to the height An endless Alleluia. The holy city shall take up your strain, And with glad songs resounding wake again An endless Alleluia. In blissful antiphons ye thus rejoice To render to the Lord with thankful voice An endless Alleluia. Ye who have gained at length your palms in bliss, Victorious ones, your chant shall still be this, An endless Alleluia. There, in one grand acclaim, for ever ring The strains which tell the honour of your King, An endless Alleluia. This is sweet rest for weary ones brought back, This is glad food and drink which ne'er shall lack, An endless Alleluia. While thee, by whom were all things made, we praise For ever, and tell out in sweetest lays An endless Alleluia. Almighty Christ, to thee our voices sing Glory for evermore; to thee we bring An endless Alleluia. Amen. Topics: Sundays after Trinity Praise and Adoration; Sunday Schools General Use Used With Tune: ALLELUIA PIIS EDITE Text Sources: Latin

King of saints, to Whom the number

Author: John Ellerton Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 22 hymnals Lyrics: King of saints, to whom the number Of thy starry host is known, Many a name, by man forgotten, Lives for ever round thy throne: Lights, which earth-born mists have darkened, There are shining full and clear, Princes in the court of heaven, Nameless, unremembered here. In the roll of thine apostles One there stands, Bartholomew, He for whom today we offer, Year by year, our praises due: How he toiled for thee and suffered None on earth can now record; All his saintly life is hidden In the knowledge of his Lord; None can tell us: all is written In the Lamb's great book of life, All the faith, and prayer, and patience All the toiling, and the strife: 264 There are told thy hidden treasures: Number us, O Lord, with them, When thou makest up the jewels Of thy living diadem. Amen. Topics: Holy Days St. Bartholomew Used With Tune: IONA

Safe upon the billowy deep

Author: Henry Coppée Meter: 7.7.7.7 Appears in 13 hymnals Lyrics: Safe upon the billowy deep, Loving Lord, thy servants keep; Helpless, trusting pilgrims they, Guard them on their watery way. In the morning fill their sails, Mid the dark send favouring gales; If their sky be overcast, Calm the waves, and still the blast. Let thy sunshine guide by day; Send at eve the starry ray; Through the watches of the night, Be thou, Lord, their shining light. Thus, as hour by hour rolls by, Watch them with thy sleepless eye: Guide with thine almighty hand Safe unto the haven-land. 380 And at last, life's voyage o'er, Take us to the heavenly shore, Safe in port, to dwell with thee Where there shall be "no more sea." Amen. Topics: Travelers by Sea and Land; Sunday Schools National Days Used With Tune: LEW TRENCHARD

Holy Spirit, Lord of Love

Author: William D. Maclagen Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7 Appears in 35 hymnals Lyrics: Holy Spirit, Lord of love, Thou who camest from above, Gifts of blessing to bestow On thy waiting Church below; Once again in love draw near To thy children gathered here. From their bright baptismal day, Through their childhood's onward way, Thou hast been their constant Guide, Watching ever by their side; May they now till life shall end, Choose and know thee as their Friend. Give them light thy truth to see, Give them life to live for thee, Daily power to conquer sin, Patient faith the crown to win; Shield them from temptation's breath, Keep them faithful unto death. When the holy vow is made, When the hands are on them laid, Come, in this most solemn hour, With thy sevenfold gifts of power, Come, thou blessèd Spirit, come, Make each heart thy happy home. Amen. Topics: Confirmation; Sunday Schools Whitsunday Used With Tune: HOLY SPIRIT

Lord, Who fulfillest thus anew

Author: Henry W. Mozley Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 3 hymnals Lyrics: Lord, who fulfillest thus anew Thine own blest dying prayer, That they who know not what they do, May in thy ransom share: When foes thy Church's power defy, Or slight thy sacred word, Or thee, true God and Man, deny, Grant them conversion, Lord. Grant that the light may round them shine; That, set from error free, They in thy word the truth divine, Thee in thy Church may see; 251 That so, when our brief time is done, We may with them adore The Father, and coequal Son, And Spirit evermore. Amen. Topics: Holy Days Conversion of St. Paul Used With Tune: MOUNT CALVARY

Lord God of hosts, Whose mighty hand

Author: John Oxenham Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 24 hymnals Lyrics: Lord God of hosts, whose mighty hand Dominion holds on sea and land, In peace and war thy will we see Shaping the larger liberty; Nations may rise and nations fall, Thy changeless purpose rules them all. For those who weak and broken lie In weariness and agony, Great Healer, to their beds of pain Come, touch and make them whole again. O hear a people's prayers, and bless Thy servants in their hour of stress! For those to whom the call shall come, We pray thy tender welcome home; The toil, the bitterness, all past, We trust them to thy love at last. O hear a people's prayers for all Who, nobly striving, nobly fall! For those who minister and heal, And spend themselves, their skill, their zeal; Renew their hearts with Christ-like faith, And guard them from disease and death; And in thine own good time, Lord, send Thy peace on earth till time shall end. Amen. Used With Tune: ST. JEROME

O Jesus! Lord most merciful

Author: James Hamilton Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 17 hymnals Lyrics: O Jesus! Lord most merciful, Low at thy cross I lie; O sinner's Friend, most pitiful, Hear my bewailing cry. I come to thee with mourning, I come to thee in woe; With contrite heart returning, And tears that overflow. O gracious Intercessor! O Priest within the veil! Plead, for a lost transgressor, The blood that cannot fail. I spread my sins before thee, I tell them one by one; O for thy Name's great glory, Forgive all I have done! O by thy cross and passion, Thy tears and agony, And crown of cruel fashion, And death on Calvary; By all that untold suffering Endured by thee alone; O Priest! O spotless Offering! Plead for me and atone! And in this heart now broken, Reenter thou and reign; And say, by that dear token, I am absolved again; And build me up, and guide me, And guard me day by day; And in thy presence hide me, And keep my soul alway. Amen. Topics: Ash Wednesday and Lent; Parochial Missions Used With Tune: NEED

God of the nations, Who hast led

Author: Frederick Edwards Appears in 3 hymnals Lyrics: God of the nations, who hast led Thy children since the world began, Through doubt and struggle, pain and tears, Unfolding thy eternal plan; From countless hilltops as of old The fire upon the altar flares; Through countless rites, in countless tongues, Men offer their imperfect prayers; Hasten the time of our release, Bring in thy reign of truth and peace. O Jesus Christ, Incarnate Son, Who bore our flesh that men might see The Vision of the Perfect Life Fashioned in their humanity; By all thy words of heavenly truth, By all thy deeds of mercy wrought, 402 By all the passion of thy cross, By the redemption thou hast brought; Hasten the time of our release, Bring in thy reign of truth and peace. O Holy Spirit, who dost touch The prophets with thy sacred fire, Eternal Wisdom to whose light All seekers after truth aspire; Behold the warring sons of men, The helpless by the strong oppressed, The truth with error still concealed, The evil grudgingly confessed; Hasten the time of our release, Bring in thy reign of truth and peace. O God Triune, thy Church today In penitence before thee kneels, Mourning her years of slothful ease, Her deafness to the world's appeals; Divided where she should be one, Enamoured of a lesser strife, Tithing the mint and cummin while Men perish for the Bread of Life; Hasten the time of our release, Bring in thy reign of truth and peace. Restore to us the vision, Lord, Descend with fires of Pentecost; Our tongues unloose, our hearts inflame, To preach the Gospel to the lost: Here at thy feet our prayer is made, Here life and wealth we dedicate; Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, Lord, thy anointing we await; Hasten the time of our release, Bring in thy reign of truth and peace. Amen. Topics: National Days Used With Tune: PAX VERITATIS