3 Saviour! breathe this benediction
O'er our spirits while we pray;
Let us part in sweet conviction
Thou hast blessed our souls to-day.

C. M.

757.

DODDRIDGE.

God's Guidance.

1 IN paths unknown God leads us on
To his divine abode,

And shows new miracles of grace
Through all the heavenly road.

The ways, all rugged and perplexed,
He renders smooth and straight,
And strengthens every feeble knee
To march to Zion's gate.

3 Through all the paths I'll sing his name,
Till I the mount ascend,

Where toils and storms are known no more, And anthems never end.

7s. M.

758.

J. NEWTON.

Hymn at Parting.

As the sun's enlivening eye
Shines on every place the same,
So the Lord is always nigh
To the souls that love his name.

2 When they move at duty's call,
He is with them by the way;
He is ever with them all,

Those who go and those who stay.

3 From his holy mercy-seat
Nothing can their souls confine;
Still in spirit may they meet,
And in sweet communion join.

8 & 7s. M.

759.

Close of Worship. Evening.

C. ROBBINS.

1 Lo! the day of rest declineth;
Gather fast the shades of night;-
May the Sun that ever shineth,
Fill our souls with heavenly light.

2 Softly now the dew is falling;

Peace o'er all the scene is spread;On his children, meekly calling, Purer influence God will shed.

3 While, thine ear of love addressing,
Thus our parting hymn we sing,
Father, give thine evening blessing;
Fold us safe beneath thy wing.

L. M.

760.

ANONYMOUS.

Close of Worship. Evening.

I WHILE NOW, upon this Sabbath eve, Thy house, Almighty God, we leave, 'T is sweet, as sinks the setting sun, To think on all our duties done.

2 O evermore may all our bliss
Be peaceful, pure, divine, like this;
And may each Sabbath, as it flies,
Fit us for joy beyond the skies.

L.M.

761.

Sunday Evening.

MONTGOMERY.

1 MILLIONS within thy courts have been;
Millions this day have bent the knee;
But thou, soul-searching God! hast seen
The hearts of all that worshipped thee.

2 Still, as the light of morning broke
O'er island, continent, or deep,
Thy far-spread family awoke,
Sabbath all round the world to keep.

3 From east to west, the sun surveyed,
From north to south, adoring throngs;
And still, where evening stretched her shade,
The stars came forth to hear their songs.

4 And not a prayer, a tear, a sigh,
Hath failed this day some suit to gain;
To those in trouble thou wert nigh;
Not one hath sought thy face in vain.

5 Yet one prayer more; and be it one

In which both heaven and earth accord:
Fulfil thy promise to thy Son;

Let all that breathe call Jesus Lord!

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