Via Crucis, Via Lucis: Ye who, treading paths obscure, Hear His word who knows each trial, Saying, "Blessed are the pure!" Via Crucis, Via Lucis: Not for us earth's dazzling glare Find beneath His cross our station: Via Crucis, via Lucis: Ambush'd foes about us lie, Jesu, grant us victory! Once in dark and awful hour Thou didst quell the tempter's power; Via Crucis, Via Lucis: Through the night-watch chill and damp Let the virgin trim her lamp, Till the sun, the east adorning, Via Crucis, Via Lucis: Then the glory, now the fightNow the darkness, then the light: Lord that we, through Thy great merit, This salvation may inherit, Keep us faithful in Thy sight. "For Thy name's sake lead me and guide me." HOU who wast before me Thou who bendest o'er me, As a true believer In the Crucified, Keep me Thine for ever, If the way be lonely, Find Thy presence near, Bid the darkness cease; And the night of mourning End in perfect peace. When the flesh is failing, When the heart is numb, And the foe prevailing Seeks to overcome, From Thy throne all glorious Hear my suppliant breath, Once Thyself victorious Faithful unto death. When, like solemn dirges From the moaning sea, Sound the ocean surges Of Eternity; When the angel, beckoning, Saith"the hour is come, And the Master, reckoning, Sends to call thee home;" When, in those far regions Where around the throne Bid me dwell with Thee. "Then shall the Lord be my God." GOD of Bethel, by whose hand Who through this weary pilgrimage Hast all our fathers led; Our vows and prayers we now present Before Thy throne of grace; God of our fathers! be the God Of their succeeding race. E Through each perplexing path of life Our wandering footsteps guide; O spread Thy covering wings around Such blessings from Thy gracious hand And Thou shalt be our chosen God, And portion evermore. Scotch Paraphrase. "My Beloved is mine and I am His." JONG did I toil, and knew no earthly rest; Far did I rove, and knew no certain home; At last I sought them in His sheltering breast, |