385 "Master, I will follow Thee whithersoever Thou goest.”

mfTHROUGH good report and evil,
Lord,

Still guarded by Thy faithful word,
Our staff, our buckler, and our sword,
We follow Thee.

In silence of the lonely night,
es In the full glow of day's clear light,
Through life's strange windings, dark
We follow Thee. [or bright,

4mf With enemies on every side,

We lean on Thee, the Crucified; cres Forsaking all on earth beside, We follow Thee.

5mf Great Master, point Thou out the
way,

Nor suffer Thou our steps to stray;
Then, in the path that leads to day,
We follow Thee.

mf Strengthened by Thee, we forward go, 6mf Thou hast passed on before our face; 'Mid smile or scoff of friend or foe; Through pain or ease, through joy or We follow Thee.

[woe,

Thy footsteps on the way we trace;
Oh, keep us, aid us by Thy grace:
We follow Thee.

7mf Whom have we in the heaven above,
Whom on this earth, save Thee, to love?
Still in Thy light we onward move :
f We follow Thee.

Amen.

ST. OSWALD, DURHAM.

8,7,8,7.

Rev. J. B. DYKES, Mus. Doc.

A-men.

386

"Ye are called in one hope of your calling."

mƒTHROUGH the night of doubt and 4mf One the object of our journey,

sorrow

Onward goes the pilgrim-band, Singing songs of expectation,

One the faith which never tires, One the earnest looking forward, One the hope our God inspires;

5 f One the strain that lips of thou. sands

Marching to the promised land;
mf And before us, through the darkness,
Gleameth clear the guiding light;
Brother clasps the hand of brother,
Stepping fearless through the night.
One the light of God's own presence, 6
O'er His ransomed people shed,

res Banishing the gloom and terror,
Brightening the path we tread;

Lift as from the heart of one; One the conflict, one the peril ; cres One the march in God begun, ff

One the gladness of rejoicing
On the resurrection shore,
With one Father o'er us shining
In His love for evermore. Amen,

388

"The Lord went before them

by night in a pillar of fire, to give them

light."

ImfWHEN Israel, of the Lord be- 3 ƒ There rose the choral hymn of praise,

loved,

Out from the land of bondage came,
Her father's God before her moved,
An awful Guide, in smoke and
flame.

2 mf By day, along th' astonished lands
The cloudy pillar glided slow :
cres By night, Arabia's crimsoned sands
Returned the fiery column's glow.

And trumpand timbrel answered keen, And Zion's daughters poured their lays,

[tween.

With priest's and warrior's voice be

5 And, oh, when gathers on our path,
In shade and storm, the frequent night,
cres Be Thou, long-suffering, slow to wrath,
ƒ A burning and a shining light! Amen.

IRENE.

7,7,7,5.

Rev. C. C. SCHOLEFIELD.

Amen.

389

"At Thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore."

I WHEN the day of toil is done,
When the race of life is run,
Father, grant Thy wearied one
Rest for evermore.

2 When the strife of sin is stilled, When the foe within is killed, cres Be Thy gracious word fulfilledPeace for evermore.

3mf When the darkness melts away
At the breaking of Thy day,
cres Bid us hail the cheering ray,
f Light for evermore.

JACOBS' CHANT (1st Tune). Irregular.

Rev. WILLIAM JACOBS.

A-men.

390

"Non is our salvation nearer than when we believed."

I ONE sweetly | sólemn | thought
Comes to me | o'er and | o'er:
I'm nearer | hóme to- | day
Thanéver I've been be- | fore;
2 mf Nearer my | Father's | house
Where themány | mansions | bc;
Nearer the great white | throne:;
Near- ér the | jasper | sea;

3 Nearer the | bound of | life,

Where we lay our | burdens | down; Nearer leaving the cross; cres Nearer wear-]ing the | crown!

4

But lying | dárkly be- | tween,
Winding down through the night,
Is the silent, | únknown | stream,
To be crossed | ére we reach the

5mf Father, pérfect my trust; [light.

Strengthen the | míght | of my | faith;| Let me feel Thee | néar, when I stand dim On the rock of the | shore of | death; 6p Feel Thee | néar, when my | feet

Are | slipping | over the brink; aim For it may be I'm | néarer | homeNearer | nów, | than I think. Amen.

wearing

the

crown!

Let me feel Thee near, when I stand On the rock of the shore

of

death;

Nearer the great white throne; Nearer the jas per sea; Is the silent, unknown stream, To be crossed ere we reach the light. For it may be I'm nearer

66 But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly."