FROM THE LIBRARY OF REV. LOUIS FITZGERALD BENSON. D. D BEQUEATHED BY HIM TO THE LIBRARY OF PRINCETON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY sec 3^ ¥3 ■ ■ * ■19 ^H . ■ /?o i/V §clect pst of (Subscribers far this ^Saofe, Well within three months, the response to the proposals for my book multiplied by three my fondest expectations. The ' specimens ' have brought me letters from all quarters that will remain a prized family heir-loom, as collected and bound together. As elsewhere stated, the addition of a third Century of Hymns, and other sacred poems, is an expression of my gratitude. The limits of space forbid record of all my subscribers. Personal and private friends will please accept a general but not less cordial acknowledgment of their 4 : good words." The following 'Select List ' is printed not boastfully or for public or Press notice, but as preserving a testimony to unity in diversity of a gratifying sort. I should hardly be human if I were not gladdened and cheered by this testimony. For the rest, St Augustine puts my feeling accurately and memorably — "To whom tell I this? not to Thee, my God ; but before Thee to mine own kind, even to that small portion of mankind as may light upon these writings of mine" (Conf. B. ii., iii.). Of necessity names and titles are abridged throughout. A. B. G. *gjtx ^ftajestu th* Queen, for ilu ilojml pbrarg, SHhibsor. A. Abram, W. A., Esq., J. P., Blackburn. Adam, Sir Charles E., Bart., London. Adam, John, D.D., Glasgow. Adamson, William, D.D., Edinburgh. Ainger, Canon Alfred, M.A., London. Ainsworth, Thomas, M.A., Grammar School, Blackburn. Aird, Hugh, M.A., D.D., Brechin. Aitchison, James, M.B. , CM., Black- burn. Alexander, Mrs, The Palace, Derry. Alexander, William, M.D., Liverpool. Alexander, W. , Esq. , LL. D. , Aberdeen. | Alison, John, D.D., Edinburgh. Alliott, Rich., B.A., Bishop Stortford. Allon, Henry, D.D., London. Anderson, Alexander ("Surfaceman"), Edinburgh. Angus, Henry, D.D., Arbroath. 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Wilton, Richard, M.A., Londeslough. Winchester, The Bishop of. Windle, William, Rev., Brockley. Wray, J. Jackson, Rev., London. Wright, C. H. H., D.D., Dublin. Wright, J. Morley, Rev., Brockley. Wright, W. Aldis Esq., LL.D., Cambridge. Wright, William, D.D., London. V. Yellowlees, John, Rev., Carron. Young, A. Waugh, M.A., Tettenhall. Young, David, D.D., Glasgow. Young, R. Newton, D.D., Handsworth. SONGS OF THE DAY AND NIGHT; OR, THREE CENTURIES OF ORIGINAL HYMNS. ETC., ETC., ETC. INVOCATION. In our old English saw 'tis writ Brevity is the sotil of wit : But methinks it is sophistry, Rather wit soul of brevity. Brevity oft means shallow thought And the trooping words poorly wrought Wit is wisdom, or long or brief — Whether broad harvest- field or sheaf. Yet to genius doth belong Immortal phrases "five words long" ; Jewels o' the mind, whose keen blaze Holds us to reverence and praise. Spirit of God ! give me the fire Shall shine and flame, nor e'er expire ; A soul of wit, a wit of soul " My Lord, my God " Thee to extol. <\X>" '£ ^ OCT 19 1934 ^ SONGS OF THE DAY AND NIGHT OR THREE CENTURIES OF ORIGINAL HYMNS FOR PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PRAISE AND READING THE LIFE-STORY OF JESUS CHRIST— A CANTATA WITH OTHER SACRED POEMS Rev. ALEXANDER B. GROSART, D.D. LL.D. (Edin.), F.S.A. (Scot.) st george's, blackburn, Lancashire PRINTED FOR PRIVATE CIRCULATION ONLY 1890 All Rights of Translation and Reproduction reserved MY HEART. A REMINISCENCE OF ST AUGUSTINE. As in the stillness of the night I lie awake ; The hours — like birds wing-weary — flight Towards Heav'n take ; And from the beating of my heart Untaught of Art, Fancy, from every pulse and pause, Quaint symbols draws. A lifted axe it seems to me, With steady stroke Like woodman's that falls momently Against an oak ; Felling, felling the tree of life : O fateful strife ! I hush myself that I may hear, Yet do not fear. The solemn sign I would receive — To Thy sweet will Yielding myself — its sense believe, Aye and until Thou, Lord ! shalt give the word to smite It shall be right ; Let the tree fall ; 'tis in Thy Hand, I'll fearless stand. Go MY DEAR WIFE AND OUR FOUR BOYS WITHOUT WHOM THESE "SONGS OF THE DAY AND THE NIGHT" WOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN WRITTEN : Gbis ;fi5ook is Dedicated, LOVINGLY AND GRATEFULLY. ALEXANDER B. GROSART. AN ALLEGORY OF THE GOD-PROTECTED CHILD OF GOD. i. Once on a time in an ancient close Of a grey Norman town; Where through a whole week scarce any one goes, Save priest with shaven crown ; I saw a hawk dash at a caged bird Whilst it warbled sweetly ; Songster and loving mistress were scar'd But the hawk baulk'd completely ; For the cage was hung and softly swung Within a window wide ; That crystal wall of protection flung Round the songster inside : The bird of prey in defeated rage Dash'd again and again ; But vain the warfare it sought to wage ; It but struck the window-pane : Bruis'd and bleeding, and with shatter'd wing At length it flew away ; And there the canary you hear sing In that old close to-day. 2. Is not all this sweet Allegory Of our own Christian life ? Vain the assaults of the Adversary, As vain his vengeful strife ; He dreams that the lowly child of God Unguarded before him lies ; He dashes on him with smiting rod ; But to meet a strange surprise ; For a crystal wall, unseen yet strong, Circleth God's humblest child ; Faith's eye beholds it, with trustful song ; And the enemy is foil'd : Traise to our God, and confession low If pulse of fear be started ; For stronger than he who aims the blow Is Jesus the loving-hearted : And the dear Lord grant that you and I, Be never put to shame ; But unfearing stand as beneath His eye, And strong in His GREAT NAME. PREFACE. In offering the present contribution to our Hymnology, I must leave my Hymns to speak for themselves and vindicate their being ' put into print.' I trust that they will be found in line (so to say) with our great national Hymnology in all the fundamental truths of evangelical Christianity, whilst presenting them in new settings, and as having regard to aspects and experiences not ex- haustively represented therein. I make my own the profound words of VINCENT OF LERINS, " what has been believed by all, always, every- where " — Quod semper, quod ubique, quod ab omnibus. I know not that I can better exhibit my con- ception of the function of Praise, than by repro- ducing here a Paper which was published in my congregational Friendly Visitor (March 1889), and which in turn was the substance of a special sermon (preached on 10th February 1889). It thus runs : — "Praise. — I wish to submit some guiding and, I trust, quickening thoughts on certain aspects of our public Praise. I am anxious that it should be Praise and not mere singing and playing. I have neither the technical knowledge nor inclina- xvi Preface. tion to discuss or pronounce upon either the sing- ing or playing. I leave that to others. Only I will say this, that just as I believe the magnificence of the Temple at Jerusalem warrants any splendour, beauty or richness of adornment for God's House, so the arrangements for the musical service or service of song of the Temple, sanctions the utter- most of painstaking, the finest art, the highest culture, the most perfect execution. It is also to be remembered that the Psalmist demands not only singing and playing, but ' skill,' as witness Psalm xxxiii. 3, " Sing unto Him a new song ; play skilfully with a loud noise." Personally, there- fore, I welcome the most beautiful music and the most admirable performance that can be found, alike in the Church and Sunday School. But mere singing and playing, mere 'performance' and 'skill' go for nothing and less than nothing, unless they be sanctified by being transmuted into Praise and Worship. How then is this transmutation to be obtained ? I answer only as David obtained it. We too must 'pray ' as he did in even the amazing 51st Psalm, " O Lord, open Thou my lips, and my mouth shall show forth Thy praise" (Psalm li. 15). Exactly so : it needs the very same grace of God, the very same ministry of the Holy Spirit, to 'open' our lips and purify our hearts for Praise as it does for Prayer. As therefore we would be safe-guarded from stopping short at mere singing or playing, be it ours understand ingly and believ- ingly and expectantly, to ask grace to sing aright and play aright. Grace as largely, as fully, as strongly, as tenderly, as forgivingly is required for Preface. xvii Praise as (I reiterate) for Prayer. This leads to a second aspect of Praise — that to be really Praise, over and above ' skilful ' singing and playing, God must be consciously addressed. When the Psalmist prayed, " O Lord, open Thou my lips, and my mouth shall show forth Thy praise" it is clear that the ' Thy praise ' was emphatic, and in short, the motive of the prayer. Similarly, when St Paul instructs on Praise through " psalms and hymns and spiritual songs," he is careful twice over to remind the Ephesians and Colossians and all of us, that it is to be ' to the Lord' It will keep us from pre-occupation about our own voices, or our own ' parts,' or our own skill, or our own selves altogether, if we will only steadfastly remember that our singing and playing are the vehicles of Praise and Worship, and that God Himself is in the assemblies of His people, present to hear and accept, to own and be glorified. Hence all prac- tisings, preparations, details of tunes and key-notes, and 'parts,' ought to precede entrance into the Church. So much for what may be called the divine side of Praise. Now for the human side. Here I recur to the apostolic teaching already re- ferred to, as follows : " Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, and making melody in your hearts to the Lord " (Ephesians v. 19) — " Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord " (Col. iii. 16). We may place beside these the earlier counsel of the Psalmist (Psalm cv. 2), " Sing unto Him, sing xviii Preface. psalms unto Him : tell ye of all His wondrous works." In my judgment these several portions of Holy Scripture ought to set Church and Sunday Schools a-thinking as to whether our Praise is not impoverished of its function and purpose by failure to carry out what I have designated as its human side. We have seen the divine side by which alone singing and playing becomes Praise ; but practi- cally how largely is it forgotten that the call of the Psalmist is that succeeding our service of song, we shall " talk of all His wondrous works " as set forth in song and psalm, and that the praise and worship of God are to be accompanied with ' Speaking to ourselves ' and with ' teaching and admonishing one another' through 'psalms and hymns and spiritual songs.' I feel strongly that this 'speaking to ourselves,' this 'teaching and ad- monishing one anotlicr' would broaden and deepen and enrich our Praise immeasurably. Specifically were Praise thus given its full scope and function we would not be perplexed with fears and doubts about our joining in given " psalms and hymns and spiritual songs." Necessarily there are those for 11 babes in Christ," for beginners, for those little ex- perienced in the spiritual life, and beyond whom the advanced Christian is far ahead. But retrospec- tively, the most advanced may and ought to sing them, and not only so, but this advance may be turned into gracious " teaching and admonishing of one another '." Similarly with the awfulness and anguish of certain "psalms and hymns and spiritual songs." Some, even many Christians know no such terrors of conviction, or pungency of distress ; Preface. xix they have gratefully to sing rather " Thy gentleness hath made me great" (Psalm xviii. 35), or of ' life for a look.' But "no man liveth to himself" only. By the unity of Christian fellowship we owe it to exchange experiences and again to turn these and those to " teaching and admonishing one another." And so when we are called upon to join in "hymns and psalms and spiritual songs " that are not be- hind but beyond us, as telling of faith and love, glow and rapture, consecration and surrender that are to us an ideal only, we will wrong ourselves if we hesitate to ' make melody in our hearts ' through the loftiest and deepest. As a Christian I have no objection to sing a hymn that is better than I am, any more than I have objection to the company of a fellow-Christian better than I am, who knows more, feels more, does more than I. Such singing of the greater hymns may be blessed as an excitant to rising higher than I have ever risen, and attaining more than I have ever attained. But besides I would re-accentuate, Praise is not fully exercised unless it be followed up with ' speaking ' to ourselves, and " teaching and ad- monishing one another!' I can scarcely conceive any "psalm or hymn or spiritual song" that may not be thus turned to beneficent account. If be- hind us, or beyond us, or unknown or unfelt, let us ' talk,' ' speak ' of the particular hymn and do not let any of us be above being ' taught/ neither shrink from admonition. The more faithfully the human side of Praise is carried out as Psalmist and Apostle counsel, the more likely is it that the divine side will be advanced." xx Preface. In accord with this Paper, my endeavour lias been to make each one of my Hymns — whilst suit- able for direct praise addressed to God as really as prayer is, also— a fitting subject for Christian con- versation and interchange of opinion, sentiment and experience. I add these further observations : — I. I have found that wherever actual human ex- perience has been truly told, responses have been found. The human heart and human lives are so alike all the world over, that even the most per- sonal and individual and seeming unique experi- ences prove to be in touch with others. In this relation I would observe that our Hymn-books, speaking broadly, have been prepared too much as Praise not only for Christians but for Christians at their best and highest. The matter of fact is that no actual or conceivable congregation or assembly answers to this basis. Human and Christian ex- perience is progressive ; and, as before stated, in my Hymns I have kept before myself the steps and stages of the process and progress, cor- responding with human and Christian fluctuations. But here again I must guard against misconcep- tion. Whether in public or private a hymn is not intended to be the expression of merely presently- existing thought or emotion, but to quicken and stimulate potential thought and emotion whereby the soul may be uplifted. Toward this uplifting, whether of the still unconverted, or undecided, or of the Believer from high to higher and highest, I desiderate more faith in the power of the gospel of Jesus Christ so to uplift, and a deeper realisation of His presence in the midst of our "solemn Preface. xxi assemblies " and as responsive to waiting and expectant souls. I deplore the cry for ' attractions/ as I see sorrowfully, much in the schemes and con- trivances meant to attract. It is a weak-kneed race who need such pseudo-attractions. Jesus Christ lives and reigns. His gospel has lost nothing of its ancient power. What we require is stronger Christians with absolute convictions that Jesus Christ is equal to the most ultimate demands upon Him. The multiplied social problems are too many for philanthropy, but not for Christianity, under the sovereignty of Christ and the ministry of the Holy Ghost. I make these observations because only so will the intention of many of my Hymns be realised. Once more I ask that through my Hymns, with the Apostle, we " speak to one another" and "teach and admonish one another " in mutual sympathy and forbearance and teachableness. 2. It is possible that some of my Hymns may be condemned as revealing and recording a spiritual (or unspiritual) condition that ought not to exist. I am prepared for such heartless criticism. I can only protest that this type of hymn is the truest of the true to actual facts. Nor do I despair of the saddest, or call them awful hymns, being help- ful to others similarly " walking in darkness and seeing no light." I hold that Praise ought herein to run parallel with Prayer ; and we know that our most reason- able and gracious God wishes us to come to Him just as we are, and to make a clean breast of what- ever is in us or on us or around us ; e.g., has He xxii Preface. not charged us, " Come now let us reason together ; though your sins be as scarlet they shall be white as snow, though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool" (Isaiah i. 18). I accept this literally ; and I am strengthened in so doing by the psalm-prayers and prayer-psalms of the Book of Psalms and by the supremest of all prayers ever prayed — our Lord's intercessory prayer as recorded by St John. But thus read, what are we thereby taught about prayer ? This at least, that we are free to argue out the whole mystery, burden and anguish of our experience with God, and not merely in (so-called) orthodox and traditional phrasing, shut up to worship or adoration alone. " Nay verily." He welcomes us and " hears " what- ever we have to say and however we say it. Each of us has direct access to " God manifest in the flesh," the living and enthroned Saviour, and He seeks that we confide everything to Him. He cannot " away with " the running of prayer into moulds of conventional phrases and ordering of words. He loves to hear our very own thought and emotion in integrity, e.g., it was self-evidently far more honest and so far more acceptable to God that Jonah cried straight out, " I do well to be angry," than to have uttered pious platitudes. So with the poor father in the Gospels whose faith in Christ had inevitably been shaken by the failure of His disciples to heal his stricken boy. Measure- lessly more precious to the Lord was his " Help mine unbelief" than if he had professed inviolate and untouched faith. Similarly with ourselves to-day — alike in Praise and Prayer — it being the Preface. xxiii fact that I am in doubt and dread, in darkness and despair, I am bound in prayer and praise to tell my heavenly Father through Jesus Christ, that it is so with me ; I must not — at the peril of my spiritual life — cover up my state with sonorous unrealities. Hence " a beautiful prayer " (as the phrase goes) is not the ideal of real prayer any more than is a mere dulcet hymn a hymn. I quote here the following suggestive and confirming words in Besant's very striking story of the " Children of Gibeon." " I can sing," said Valentine. " I will sing you a hymn, mother." She hesitated, and then for some fancied appropriateness — I know not what, perhaps it existed only in her imagination — of the place and the time with the motif of the hymn, — she chose an old Puritan hymn which has now dropped out of use and been forgotten, since the churches resolved to stifle the sadness of life and to simulate the voice of one who continually rejoices and is not afraid, and has neither doubt nor question. This hymn had very little joy in it, save that of a faith, humble and resigned, with an under-current of an unexpressed feeling of sorrow, and even perhaps of humble remonstrance, that things had not been ordered otherwise from the beginning. This hymn begins with the words, "We've no abiding city here," and as Valentine sang them the blind old woman joined her hands as one who prays, and the tears gathered in her eyes (Book II., c. iii.). 3. Turning now to the form of my Hymns, I have tried to walk in the footsteps of our earlier evan- gelical Singers and Hymnists — whose strength, xxiv Preface. directness and simplicity of wording have always commended them to me. I do not over-value mere " smoothness," nor do I under-value subtlest and finest technique of workmanship. But I do value substantiveness, solidity of thought, and pro- nounce against sentimentalism and jingle. The majority of my Hymns will (I think) prove to be readily interpretable by well-known tunes. 4. This is not the place or occasion for literary criticism of our Hymnology. I limit myself to a few words on the late Mr Matthew Arnold's dis- sympathetic contrast of Lord Selborne's " Book of Praise " with Professor Palgrave's " Golden Treasury" of English Poetry, in his famous Essay — to the discrediting of the former. In limine Mr Arnold rendered himself unfit to sit in judgment on religious and spiritual matters by his avowed irreligiousness in any sense of the word Christian. Then specifically he seems to have forgotten or in- tentionally concealed his knowledge that secular poetry covers several great fields — narrative — human character — landscape, &c, &c, whilst sacred poetry covers only one ; and again that our Hymns proper form but a limited section of this limited field. Hence to weigh one book against the other in regard to the amount of poetical value, was mis- leading and unfair to the last degree and uncharac- teristically (in him) uncritical. I shall be profoundly thankful if any of my Hymns enable any fellow-Christian or fellow-man to offer worthy Praise ; and it will not be held ambitious (I hope) if I covet the passing of some of them into the Hymnology of the Church Universal. Preface. xxv The bloom and fruitage of elect moments of a life- time, these Hymns may perhaps thus live after me. I cannot close this Preface without very cordially acknowledging my obligations to various friends who have given me the benefit of reading my MSS. from whence the " Three Centuries" have been selected. More or fewer have been thus read by Professor Palgrave of Oxford ; Thomas Ashe, M.A.; and the late lamented Rev. J. H. Clark, M. A., of East Dereham, Norfolk. But most of all have I been indebted to my 'brothers beloved,' the Rev. Richard Wilton, M.A., the poet of" Wood-notes and Church- bells," Rector of Londesborough, and the Rev. Samuel M'Naughton, M.A. Preston, who have trans- muted a task into a labour of love by each reading a large proportion with a painstaking and loving in- terest that I can hardly characterize. The fulness of the response to my little circular, with specimens, has cheered me much, and I have met it by giving Three instead of Two Centuries as first intended, and additional Poems. The appended Notes and Illustrations will supply anything else that is likely to be needed. ALEXANDER B. GROSART. %* Persons desirous to use any of the Hymns in this book must previously communicate with me. MERGERE NOS PATITUR, SED NON SUBMERGERE CI I REST U.S.— Medieval Saying. 1. Christ suffereth His Own To sink— but not to drown ; If fiercest tempest come, Whit'ning the sea to foam ; Or, blows wave-tramping wind No human force can bind ; Or, thundrous lightnings Hash As tho' the sky would crash ; Lo ! His outstretched Hand And we in safety stand : Christ suffereth His Own To sink — but not to drown. 2. Lord, unto Thee I creep, Look on me as I weep ; Lord, unto Thee I look, See how my faith is shook ; Lord, unto Thee I cling, Heal Thou Sin's deadly sting ; Lord, unto Thee I cry, Pity my misery ; I know not what to think, Alas ! alas ! I sink : Ah! Christ suff'reth His Own To sink — but not to drown. 3. Cometh temptation sore, Pressing still more and more ; Reviving native sin, That still lurks me within ; Cometh temptation sly As Pleasure's mimicry ; Yea, cometh in prayer, In praise, in all soe'er ; Cometh temptation still Ev'n in God's " holy hill ": But Christ suff'reth His Own, To sink — but not to drown. 3. Perfume of God's presence 'Vond Art's subtlest essence ; A light not fetch'd from skies, Or aught in our Earth lies ; Strength not of limbs or thews That " daily bread " renews ; The overcoming life Still victor in the strife ; The "closer walk " with God, These all to Jesus ow'd : Christ suffereth His Own, To sink — but not to drown. CONTENTS. T Those marked with a star [*] appeared in a tiny privately-printed volume of which under a hundred copies were issued ; those marked t have appeared as annual Watch-word cards or as leaflets. PAGES Selected Names of Subscribers . . Fly-leaves prefixed Invocation X My Heart xii Dedication xiii An Allegoi ■y of the God-protected Child of God xiv Preface . XV Mergere nos patitur, sed non submergere Christus . xxvi Contents . xxvii Zacharias xl I. God the Father. i. Father -God — Reverence 3-4 ii. Worship . 4-6 in. The Glory of God in Creation 6-8 IV. God's Fairness 8-9 v. The Hiding of God's Power . 9-10 VI. God's Hand ii VII. The Everlasting Arms Underneath 12-13 VIII. Most Hidden and most Manifest I3-H IX. Grandeur of Man's Soul 15-17 X. Dark Thoughts of God 17-18 XI. I know their Sorrows . 18-19 XII. The Broken Heart . 19-20 XIII. Losing by leaving God 20-21 XIV. Distance from God 21-22 XXV111 Contents. -God the Father — continued. xv. Awaking with God xvi. Ever at Work and ever at Rest xvii. Our God a Consuming Fire XViii. The Unchanging God xix. God's Loving-kindness xx. The Earth not God-forsaken xxi. Man Proposes, God Disposes xxii. God turning the Bed xxiii. Judgment and Mercy xxiv. Gentle Guidance II. God the Son. XXV. Bethlehem .... XXVI. Birth of Christ .... XXVII. Bethlehem and Calvary XXVIII. Immanuel .... XXIX. God Unmanifest in Flesh *xxx. " He comes" — " Until He come " XXXI. The Scape-goat .... XXXII. The Divine Child XXXIII. Flight and Return of the Holy Child XXXIV. Twelve Years Old XXXV. Christ ..... XXXVI. Temptation .... XXXVII. " Suffer the little children to come unto Me XXXVIII. Tears ..... XXXIX. Seeker who lackest nothing XL. Tempted to Forsake XLI. The Hands of Jesus XLII. Faith not Sight XLIII. Rest after Toil .... XLIV. The Two Sleeps — Tabor and Gethsemane XLV. Emmaus : Fellowship with Jesus *XLVI. Moriah and Calvary XLVII. " By His Stripes we are healed " . Contents. xxix II. God the Son — continued. pages XLVHI. Victim-Victor : Victor-Victim . . 69 xlix. The Once-marred Face ... 70 L. The King on His Cross-Throne . . 7I_72 LI. Stabat Mater .... 72-73 Lil. It is Finished .... 73-74 Lin. Mystery of Sin counterworked . . 74_75 Liv. Shame changed to Glory . . 76 lv. The Shed Blood .... 77-78 lvi. The Risen Saviour . . . 78-79 lvii. The Abiding Presence . . . 80-81 LVIII. Christ's Words .... 81-83 Lix. Jesus Reigns .... 83-84 lx. Longing for Christ's Second Coming . 84-85 lxi. Cross-bearing after Christ . . 85-86 lxii. Unseen ye< Loved . . . 86-87 lxiii. Safety and Comfort ... 88 lxiv. The Divineness of the Christian . . 89 lxv. Jesus — Sun and Shield . . . 90-91 lxvi. Leader and Guide . . . 91-92 lxvii. Heart-Surrender . . . 92-93 lxviii. Clefts of the Rock . . . 93-94 lxix. Rose of Sharon .... 94_95 lxx. Everlasting Love . . . 95-96 lxxi. Love of God in Christ . . . 96-97 t.xxii. Boundlessness of Christ's Love . . 97-98 LXXIII. Love of God — God of Love . . 98-99 lxxiv. Heart-keeping by Jesus . . 100 lxxv. Serenity ..... 101-102 lxxvi. Imputed Righteousness . . . 102-103 lxxvii. Not Graces but Christ , . . 103-104 lxxviii. The Names of our Blessed Redeemer . 104-105 *LXXix. The Living Way .... 105-106 lxxx. Power from on High . . . 107-108 lxxxi. Unrest ..... 109 lxxxii. Full Supply for utmost Need . . 109-110 XXX Contents. II. God the Son— continued. lxxxiii. Christ all in all . lxxxiv. Indwelling— Dwelling in LXXXV. I, yet not I, but Christ . lxxxvi. Triumph . lxxxvii. Vision of Glory . III. God the Holy Spirit, lxxxviii. The Dove in Holy Scripture LXXXIX. God the Holy Spirit xc. The Love of the Spirit xci. The Holy Spirit our Strength XCII. Serenity under the Spirit's Reproof xcili. Symbols of God the Holy Spirit . XCIV. Grace Perfecting . Love without Measure IV. The Holy Scriptures. xcv. The Bible in all Languages XCVI. Symbols of Holy Scripture xcvii. The Guiding Lamp xcviii. The English Bible The Ten Commandments . V. The Sabbath. XCIX. The Resurrection— Sunday Morning c. Sunday "made " of God ci. Sunday First Day of the Seven . cn. The Lord's Day . cm. Sabbath Prayer-song VI. The Church of Christ in its Work and Seri civ. One in Christ cv. Wonder cvi. Longings for a Revival . CVII. On joining the Church on a public Profession of Faith CVIII. Preparation for the Communion . PAGES no til 112- 113 "3- 114 114- 116 . 119- 122 122- 123 • 123- 124 . 124- 125 126 . 126- 127 . 128- 129 130 • 133- 134 • 134- 135 • 135- 136 . 136 137 138 . 141 142 . 142 H3 • i44 145 • i45 -146 146 -148 'ICES. • "5" 152 • 152 ■153 • 153 -155 155-156 156 15s Co ?i tents. xxxi VI. The Church of Christ in its Works axd Services — continued. Cix. The Lord's Supper ex. After the Lord's Supper CXI. Gethsemane and the Judgment-hall *cxn. "Unworthy" — "Unworthily" cxili. Evangelization CXIV. Home Missions cxv. Evangelizing in the Streets cxvi. Weeds— Waifs CXVII. The Salvation Army CXVIII. Evangelization of the World cxix. Ultimate Christianisation of the World cxx. Ultimate Triumph . cxxi. Advance .... cxxn. Ordination of Foreign Missionaries cxxin. The Missionary at Sea cxxiv. The Jews .... texxv. The Church and Sunday School . cxxvi. The Sunday School Teacher CXXVII. Children's debt of love to their Christian Parents .... cxxviil. Parents' debt of love to Children . exxix. Prayer-meeting—" Two or Three " exxx. The Mid-week Sendee cxxxi. Sunday School Anniversary cxxxil. Marriage cxxxni. Marriage . cxxxiv. Baptism of Children exxxv. Baptism VII. Lights and Shadows of Spiritual Experik cxxxvi. Watching by a Death-bed cxxxvii. He leads round, but He leads right tcxxxvin. " The Blue of Heaven is larger than the Cloud" .... 198-199 PAGES 158 159 . l60- 161 . l6l- 162 • I63- 164 . I64- 165 . I66- 167 . I67-I69 . I69- 170 170- 171 • 171- 173 • 173- 174 • 174- 175 • 175- 176 . 176- 177 • 177- 179 • 179- 180 181 . 182- 183 • 183 184 185 186 . 187 188 . 188 189 . 189 • 190 190 191 192 :xce. • 195 196 . 197 -198 XXX11 Contents. VII. Lights and Shadows of Spiritual Experience — continued. paces cxxxix. The Furnace of Affliction . . 199-200 cxl. The Light not Self to Shine . . 201 CXLi. Growth in Grace . . . 202 cxlii. Love is Cold .... 203 CXLin. Joy in Sorrow .... 203-205 CXLiv. Heart-surrender . . . 205-206 CXLV. Pleading .... 206-207 cxlvi. Angelic Ministry . . . 207-208 cxlvii. The One Talent improved . . 208-209 cxlviii. The Unrenewed Heart . . . 209-210 CXLix. After a Long Illness . . . 211 cl. Little Faith .... 212-213 cli. Weariness . . . .213-214 clii. Divine Choosing . . . 214-215 CLIII. Onward ..... 215 cliv. Castaway . . . . 216 clv. Despondency . . . . 217 clvi. Rest ..... 217-218 CLVII. Heavenly Use of Earthly Things . 219 CLVIII. God's Choosing for us . . . 220 clix. The God of Patience . . . 221-222 clx. Deadly Sweet .... 222-224 CLXi. Divine and Human Love . . 224-225 clxii. Compensations .... 226 CLXin. Impatience .... 227-228 CLXiv. Joy born of Pain . . . 228-229 clxv. Returns ..... 229-230 CLXVI. It is Well .... 230-231 CLXVii. Remaining Sin .... 231-232 clxvi 1 1. Mary, Sister of Lazarus . . 233-234 CLXix. Ruins ..... 234 clxx. " Faith without a Perhaps " . . 234-236 clxxi. The Bending Bough, or Song and Wings 236 clx \i 1. My Choice .... 237 Contents. xxxm VII. Lights axd Shadows of Spiritual Experience— continued. pages clxxiii. Longings .... 237-238 clxxiv. Loveliness .... 238-239 CLXXV. A Jubilee Royal Saying . . 239-240 CLXXVi. Cup running over . . . 241-242 *clxxvii. The Bow in the Cloud . . . 242-243 CLXXViii. Wakefulness and Unrest . . 243-244 clxxix. The Cup of Consolation . . 244-246 clxxx. The Rod that budded and blossomed . 246 clxxxi. Rooted by the River . . . 247 CLXXXii. " We are tired, my heart and I " . 248-249 CLXXXiii. Sons and Daughters of God . . 249-250 CLXXXiv. In the far Country by the Swine-Troughs 251-253 clxxxv. The Uplifted Serpent . . . 253-254 CLXXXVi. Litany ..... 254-255 CLXXXVH. Penitence .... 255-256 clxxxviii. The Penitent .... 257-258 clxxxix. Penitent Return . . . 258-259 cxc. Contrition .... 259-260 CXCl. Each Day the Evening comes at last . 261 cxcu. God of Peace .... 262 cxciii. The Shining Face . . . 263-264 cxciv. Lily and Cedar . . . 264-265 cxcv. Laid Aside .... 265-266 cxcvi. Unity in Diversity . . . 267-269 cxcvu. Divine Teaching . . . 269-270 cxcvni. Thy Will be done . . . 270-271 cxcix. Fading Leaf .... 271-272 CC. The Blessing of Sadness . . 273-274 cci. Dignity of the Body . . . 274-275 CCII. Compunction r.ot Conversion . . 275-276 CCIII. Life is the Day of Grace . . 276-278 CCiv. The Spent Bottle and the Well revealed 278-279 ccv. There's a bright side to Darkest Things 279-280 CCVI. Aimlessness .... 280-281 XXXIV Contents, VII. Lights and Shadows of piritual Experience— continued. CCVII. Longing CCVIII. Fretting . ccix. Progress and Fidelity ccx. Cradle Songs CCXI. The Garment of Praise ccxn. Praise ccxi II. Morning Hymn of Praise ccxiv. Within and Without cexv. Experience Sanctified CCXVI. Darkness ccx vi i. Sleep— God's Gift CCXVin. A Bright Christian CCXix. Sunset Longings cexx. Barrenness ccxxi. Mizpah . ccxxn. Trembling cexxm. Discipline PAGES 282-283 283-284 284-285 286-287 287-288 289-290 290-291 291-292 293 293-294 294-295 295-296 297-298 298 299 299-300 300-301 301-302 VIII. Christian Graces. Conscience ; or, Short Work with Unbelief *ccxxiv. Holiness CCXXV. Hatred of Sin CCXXVI. God of Hope *CCXXVII. Peace CCXXVIII. Faith ccxxi x. Patient Waiting . cexxx. Forgivingness ccxxxi. The Meek *ccxxxn. Song of Joy ccxxxi 1 1. Purity ccxxxiv. To-day not to-morrow CCXXXV. Content . CCXXXVI. I 'leasing Jnbehef 304 305-306 306 307 308-309 309-310 310-311 3I1-3I2 312-313 313-314 314-315 315-316 3*7 318-319 319-320 Contents. XXXV VIII. Christian Graces— continued. ccxxxvu. Be Courteous ccxxxviii. Unfearing cexxxix. Sympathy ccxl. The Three Sisters— Faith, Hope, and Love .... ccxli. Faith, Hope, and Love ccxlii. Love .... ccxliii. Seen though unseen CCXLiv. Character CCXLV. The Heart an alabaster Cruse of Ointment for Jesus Host and Guest .... PAGES 320-321 321-322 322-323 323-324 324-325 326-327 327-328 328-329 329 330 IX. Work and Workers for Christ. Word-Pictures .... ccxlvi. Work while it is Day ccxlvii. Angels .... ccxlviii. Count one for Christ ccxlix. Every Christian bound to be a Worker CCL. Kindness in Giving CCLI. " God bless you ! " CCLii. " If we can't all gather a sheaf, let us all glean an ear " ccliii. Go, not Send CCLiv. Liberality cclv. Known and Unknown . cclvi. Simulation cclvii. Never Despair . cclviii. Erring .... cclix. Unshared Pleasure cclx. Missed .... *cclxi. Humble Usefulness CCLXii. "Forgive her, and don't give over trying cclxiii. God buries His workmen but carries on His work . 332 333 334-335 335-336 337-338 338-339 339-340 340-341 342-343 343-344 344-345 345-347 347 348 349 349-350 35o-35i 352-353 353-354 XXXVI Contents. IX. Work and Workers for Christ — continued. pages CCLXIV. " If you want a thing well done you must do it yourself "... 355-356 Enduring to the End .... 357 Work and Rest, . . . . . 358 X. Christian Views of Death. Our dead First-born and other two " little ones " CCLXV. Sorrowful yet Rejoicing CCLXVI. A Christian's Death-bed cclxvii. The Dying Conqueror . CCLXViii. Crossing to the other side CCLXix. Longings for Departure , cclxx. Mi disse : " Non cercar, l'ho sotterato ! cclxxi. The good die not CCLXXII. Death Dethroned CCLXXIII. No more death nor pain CCLXXiv. No more pain CCLXXV. The Christian's Gain by Death . CCLXXVI. Christ with me or I with Christ CCLXXVii. "Not dead, but just beginning to live" +CCLXXVIII. The Tear-dimmed Lamp cclxxix. Tears but Hope CCLXXX. Types of Resurrection CCLXXXI. Gone Before, CCLXXXII. Thankfulness, . Sanctified Ills, XL Prayer and Praise and Thanksgiving. Prayer — a Godly Peasant Home in Scotland : 1824 onward .... cclxxxi 11. Prayer . CCLXXXIV. The Wrestling at Jabbol CCLXXXV. Sustained Prayer cclxxxvi. Restraint in Prayer CCLXXXVU. Prayer . 360 361 362-363 363-364 364-365 365-366 367 368-369 369-370 370-371 372-373 373-374 374-375 375-376 376-378 378-379 379-38o 380-381 381 382 384 3S5-387 387.388 388-390 390-392 393 394 Contents. XL Prayer and Praise and Thanksgiving— ^h tinned. cclxxxviii. The " Shut Door " cclxxxix. Prayer is the Dew of Faith cexc. Family Prayer . ccxci. Winter ccxcn. Spring . ccxciil. Summer — a Metrical Medley . CCXCIV. Harvest Festival, or Joy in Harvest XXXV11 PAGES 395-396 396397 397-398 398-399 399-400 401-402 4O3-4O4 XII. National Hymns and for Sailors. Of the increase of His Government there shall be no end .... ccxev. For Old England ccxcvi. For England ccxcvii. For Sailors ccxcviil. After a Storm at Sea . ccxcix. In the desired Haven . ccc. The Sea. Lux in Tenebris The Miners' Song 406 407-408 408-409 410 411-412 412-413 414 415 416 XIII. Old and New Year Services, &c, for " Little Ones." tl am the Light of the World . . . . 418 tLooking back — Old and New Year . . . 419-420 tOnward — Upward — Heavenward . . . 420-421 . tThe New Year Born .... 423-423 tAnother Year ..... 423-424 tA New Year's Hymn .... 425 A Child's Song-Prayer and Prayer-Song . . 426 A little Boy's Prayer .... 427 A very little Child's Prayer .... 427-428 Transient and Permanent .... 429 The Cross (" Bitter Tree ") Foreshadowed . . 430 XXXV111 Contents. The Life-story of Jesus Christ our Lord : Thy Kingdom Come Fire of the Spirit Poems — Prayer and Praise the Soul's Wings Nature's Field of Cloth of Gold Three Birthday Gifts to a Little Girl Story of the Lost Sheep No Retreat "Sunny Memories" of the "Dead in Despair and God Marriage " in the Lord " The First Cradle of the First-Born My Body my Cross . The Abandoned The Rich Young Man In la sua voluntade e nostra pace Genuineness . Necessity and Freedom A Last Request Notes and Illustrations Other Books by the Author a Sacred Cantata a Life Story Christ : " an Elegy PAGES 431-453 432 454 456 457 467 477 480 481 494 500 5oi 502 503 505 506 507 508 5io 495-509 5II-5I2 THREE CENTURIES OF ORIGINAL HYMNS. ZACHARIAS. St Luke i. 5-25 Zacharias, saint of old, Has his story sweetly told : Dumb and deaf, he yet remain'd And his priestly post retain'd ; Clos'd his ears and clos'd his tongue, None the less he censer swung ; And all holy rites appointed, Telling of the Great Anointed ; Ceaseless day by day he serv'd, Nor from single duty swerv'd. O my soul, the lesson learn, Nor from post of duty turn When afflictions thee assail, And accustom'd succours fail ; Weak and silenc'd, still attend Where thy Lord doth blessing send ; He will keep alive thy hope, Iu His time thy mouth will ope ; He Who loosen'd His saint's tongue Will fill thine, too, with a song. I. GOD THE FATHER. E belicbe in (Sxri the Jfitthcr^Umightjr., ittakcr of ^jtabtn anb (Earth.— The Creed. I. FATHER-GOD— REVERENCE. Psalms iv. 4 and xxxiii. 8. i. O Father-God, fill me with awe, Like Moses', when Thy Face he saw ; Or Peter's in his self-abasement, When he spake in his amazement : That I may reverence more and more, And in very deed adore ; More and still more, Rev'rence and adore. 2. O Father-God, I seek that Thou May'st my whole inmost being bow ; Great God, forbid that I should be Forgetful of Thy Majesty : O may I reverence more and more, And in very deed adore ; More and still more, Rev'rence and adore. 3. O Father-God, Creator art ! I but a creature, and my part As lowly sinner low to bend, And suppliant words to Thee up-send : That I may reverence more and more, And in very deed adore ; More and still more, Rev'rence and adore. 4 Worship. 4. O Father-God, I keep my tryst With Thy Eternal Son, The Christ,— A man, but yet " God manifest " " My Lord my God " to be addressed : That I may reverence more and more, And in very deed adore ; More and still more, Rev'rence and adore. 5. O Father-God, Thy Spirit give, — Not only now, or fugitive, — That, hushed and awed, I never may Presumption in Thy sight betray : That I may reverence more and more, And in very deed adore ; More and still more, Rev'rence and adore. 6. O Father-God, to Thee I come ; Rather in mercy hold me dumb, Than that, unto Thee drawing near, I think of mortal men that hear : O may I reverence more and more, And in very deed adore ; More and still more, Rev'rence and adore. II. WORSHIP. " Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of Hosts ; the whole Earth is full of His glory." — Isaiah vi. 3. (Cf. Romans i. 19-20.) i. Holy! Holy! Holy Lord ! God o'er all, by all adored ; Earth and Heav'n join'd in accord, Praise united bring. Worship. 5 2. The great song- cry in Heaven heard — Holy ! Holy ! Holy Lord ! Let it our key-note afford ; Sing, all mortals, sing. 3. Holy! Holy! Holy Lord ! God o'er all by all adored ; Earth and Heav'n join'd in accord, Praise united bring. 4. By the guiltiest implored, As the Gospel-leaves record ; Holy ! Holy ! Holy Lord ! To the cross we cling. 5. Holy ! Holy ! Holy Lord ! God o'er all by all adored ; Earth and Heav'n join'd in accord, Praise united bring. 6. Slaves of sin to sons restored ; By grace, all sin now abhorred ; Holy! Holy! Holy Lord ! Thanks we loudly ring. 7. Holy ! Holy ! Holy Lord ! God o'er all by all adored ; Earth and Heav'n join'd in accord, Praise united bring. 8. O my heart ! strike every chord ! All thy gratitude outpoured ; Holy ! Holy ! Holy Lord ! Sound out voice and string. The Glory of God in Creation. 9. Holy ! Holy ! Holy Lord ! God o'er all by all adored ; Earth and Heav'n join'd in accord, Praise united bring. 10. Draw us with Thy Love's strong cord, When Death's torrent we must ford ; Holy ! Holy ! Holy Lord ! Help, O heav'nly King ! 11. Holy! Holy! Holy Lord ! God o'er all by all adored ; Earth and Heav'n join'd in accord, Praise united bring. 12. Grace and glory, in concord, Wait us, with all blessings stored ; Holy ! Holy ! Holy Lord ! Faith ! rise on bright wing. III. THE GLORY OF GOD IN CREATION. " All Thy works shall praise Thee, O Lord." — Psalm cxlv. 10. " The heavens declare Thy glory, O God ; and the Earth sheweth Thy hand -work." — Psalm xix. 1. i. Morn unfolding gates of gold ; Chariot of the Day forth-rolled ; Declares the glory of God. And the NOON-DAY splendour blazing — Our aw'd eyes now upward gazing — Declares the glory of God. The Glory of God in Creation. ) 2. EVE as tranquilly she closes, Sprinkling the great West with roses ; Declares the glory of God. The starry grandeurs of the NlGHT, Filling Heaven's infinite ; Declare the glory of God. 3. The great SEA in its far-booming, Thro' the fierce dark tempest looming; Declares the glory of God. And no less the inviolate sand Held there by Divine command ; Declai'es the glory of God. 4. The broad-bas'd Mountain of all lands That like " the great White Throne" up stands Declares the glory of God. Stream and Lake, in light and shadow, By rocks, by cornfields, and green meadow ; Declare the glory of God. 5. WOODS ' clap hands ' with jubilant voice And, as many-ton'd, they rejoice ; Declare the glory of God. Spring's rath freshness and Summer's glow ; Autumn's red leaves and Winter's snow; Declare the glory of God. 6. Birds of the air ; flowers of the field ; All smallest things that tribute yield — Declare the glory of God. All, from the lowest to the highest, From remotest unto nighest ; Declare the glory of God. 8 - And thou, O Max, dost thou refr To s\\\ iding strain 1 Redeem'd by Him, Who for Thee died. Be not thy d : IV, GOD'S FAIRNESS n. ■ - - i. Thy fj Lord to all things fair Th impart With subtle art : : In " the new heart, " Where Thou dost part S irit and 0 purely purge our drc- T: [XOSS. 2. Thy fairness I in all things fair Th reveal. As when man's seal Is j .1 and rar On - feel Th .1 — Like forming — Me :; Thy conform! fair Th [ ?w And still dost shew Amidst the :are The Hiding of God's Power. 9 That e'en below If Thee we know, Thou dost Thyself clothe the meek with white Preparing for the " goodly land " of light. Thy fairness, Lord ! thro' all things fair Thou causest rest : Like peacock's crest Or dove's neck turning in warm air ; So richly drest As doth attest That Heaven to Earth cometh down And all of sin from it far flown. Thy fairness, Lord ! to all things fair Thou dost impart With subtle art ; But chief, yea far beyond compare, In "the new heart," Where Thou dost part Spirit and flesh, and "purely purge our dross," Transforming us by Thy strange sad cross. V. THE HIDING OF GOD'S POWER. Habakkuk iii. 3-4. i . GOLD on gold in furnace burning ; Light on light to darkness turning Where Paran's pinnacles up-tower ; Yet 'twas " the hiding of Thy power." i o The Hiding of God's Power. 2. O the splendor and amazement ! — To eyes of mortals the bedazement, Of Thy vast Hand's flashing dower ; Yet 'twas "the hiding of Thy power." 3. When from Sinai's top tremendous, Thy grand " ten words " Thou didst send us ; Thine Own Israel did cower ; Yet 'twas " the hiding of Thy power." 4. When the strong sea is uprisen, And its waves dash 'gainst their prison, Whilst thro' the darkness tempests lour ; 'Tis but " the hiding of Thy power." 5. When the sunshine fiercely flameth, Thou Thy law, O God, so frameth That the cool night comes with shower ; Shewing " the hiding of Thy power." 6. When Thou sendest " plenteous rain," Thou Thy control dost still retain In "small drops" — unhurting flower, — Gracious " hiding of Thy power." 7. When at my heart's door Thou dost knock, Thou might'st crash in with stroke and shock But, soft and sweet as dew in bower, Thou com'st in " hiding of Thy power." 8. Laud, O God, that thus Thou dealest, And tenderly Thyself revealest To Thy lowliest follower : Laud for the " hiding of Thy power." God's Hand. 1 1 VI. GOD'S HAND. In Thine Hand is there power and might." — 2 Chronicles xx. 6. i. Power and might are in Thine Hand: None may venture to withstand Thine inflexible command. 2. Power and might are in Thine Hand: Ocean cannot break the band, Fix'd, where Thou hast fix'd the strand. 3. Power and might are in Thine Hand: By Thee thrones, or fall, or stand ; Who may dare to countermand ? 4. Power and might are in Thine Hand: Thou sav'st e'en the " burning brand " ; Largely doth Thy grace expand. 5. Power and might are in Thine Hand : Gentle art Thou, Lord, and bland ; Slow Thine Own to reprimand. 6. Power and might arc in Thine Hand: Thanks that we this understand ; Bring us, Lord, to Thy " Good Land." 7. Power and might are in Thine Hand. Make Thy Church a holy band, Telling out Thy Love's demand. 12 The Everlasting Arms Underneath. VII. THE EVERLASTING ARMS UNDER- NEATH. Deuteronomy xxxiii. 27. i. The child, that to its mother clings, Lies not all safely on her breast, Till she her arm around it flings, Sweetly caressing and caressed : Ev'n so, my God, Thy mighty arms, Not my poor Faith, shield me from harms. 2. I bless Thy Name for every grace, Wherewith Thou dost enrich Thine own ; Yea, I would seek each day to trace Myself more like my Master grown : Yet, O my God, Thy mighty arms, Not my faint Love, shield me from harms. 3. I walk along this sin-scarr'd Earth, In brightness now and now in dole ; Now all " cast down " and now in mirth ; Now griefs, now joys, possess my soul : But, O my God, Thy mighty arms, Not my dim Hope, shield me from harms. 4. Within, amidst the World's unrest, Thou, Lord, the calming word hast given \ Thy peace abides, howe'er I'm prest ; And yields an antepast of Heaven : But, O my God, Thy mighty arms, Not my own PEACE, shield me from harms. Most Hidden and Most Manifest. 1 3 My mouth Thou fillest with " sweet songs " ; Makest my feet run in " the Way " ; Giv'st me the joy to Thine belongs ; Nor scarcely ever sayest me nay : But, O my God, Thy mighty arms, Not my scant Joy, shield me from harms. 6. The child, that to its mother clings, Lies not all safely on her breast, Till she her arms around it flings, Sweetly caressing and caressed : Ev'n so, my God, Thy mighty arms, Not aught of mine, shield me from harms. VIII. MOST HIDDEN AND MOST MANIFEST. Secretissime et PriTsentisshne. — St Augustine (Conf., lib. i. iv.). " Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but He revealeth His secret unto His servants the prophets." — Amos iii. 7. "The secret of the Lord is with them that fear Him ; and He will shew them His covenant." — Psalm xxv. 14. (Cf. Ephesians i. 9, 18 ; St John vii. 17.) I. MOST hidden and most manifest : O Thou my unworthy bosom's guest, Tho' Thou fillest highest Heaven, Thou this grace to me hast given ; That I know Thee in my breast — Most hidden and most manifest. r4 Most Hidden and Most Manifest. 2. Most hidden and most manifest : Let carping Unbelief protest, Thou, lowliest believer, know'st, Thou, lowliest believer, show'st With him Thou still art pleased to rest- Most hidden and most manifest. 3 . Most hidden and most manifest : Faith yet succeedeth in its quest ; And the peace all peace surpassing, Sweetest peace of Jesus glassing ; Thy Holy Spirit doth attest — Most hidden and most 7nanifest. 4. Most hidden and most manifest : Ye scorners in your wild unrest, O would that ye would turn to Him, Far — far above the Seraphim ; And of His mercy make request ! Most hidden and most manifest. 5. Most hidden and most manifest : Let the phrase golden us arrest ; By a saint of old-time spoken, It to-day remains unbroken ; Redeeming love His grand bequest — Most hidden and most manifest. 6. Most hidden and most manifest : Thou the mystery dost invest With Thy human-ness, O Christ ! Sweetness, tenderness unpriced ; With this grace may we be blest ! Most hidden and most manifest. Grandeur of Man s Soul. 1 5 IX. GRANDEUR OF MAN'S SOUL. " I [Almighty God] will dwell in them and walk in them. ..." — 2 Corinthians vi. 15. Qiiis mihi dabit adquiescere in Te? Quis mihi dabit, tit venias in cor tneum, et inebries tilted, ut obliviscar mala mea, et unum bonum meum amplectar Te? — St Augustine (Conf., lib. i. c. v.). . . . aula ingmti memorial . . . infinita tmritiplicitas . . . Varia, multimoda vita, et immensa vehementes. — {lb., x., xii. : xvii.) i. Forgive, Lord, if 'fore Thy great words Doubts pierce me as of piercing swords ; For like him at the Burning Bush I hear, but cannot my fears hush : Great, O my God is Thy appeal ! Wilt Thou my stopped ears unseal ? 2. Wilt Thou my stopped ears unseal And fulness of Thy truth reveal ? That it is true all that I hear — That Thou not only drawest near, But seekest entrance to my soul, And all its straitness to control. 3. And all its straitness to control : All its thick darkness off to roll ; Breaking my will in its rebelling, Me glorifying for Thy dwelling ; " Walk " Thou in me that I may be Partaker of Thy majesty. 4. Partaker of Thy majesty Thou the Lord God, our God Most High ; The spacious largeness for Thy feet Where Thou didst with Thy People meet In the great halls of Temple old, Fashion'd of cedar and of gold. 1 6 Grandeur of Mans Soul. 5 Fashion'd of cedar and of gold, As in the Holy Scriptures told ; The vast fabric that there uprose In splendor of white Hermon's snows ; O God ! dost Thou indeed thus " dwell," Yea thus " walk " ? 'Tis unspeakable. 6. Yea thus "walk "? 'Tis unspeakable, Yet abideth immutable : O thanks for these fore-glimpses giv'n By blessed light sent down from heav'n Of the spaciousness of man's spirit Enlarg'd wide by Jesus' merit. J. Enlarg'd wide by Jesus' merit, That by the Gospel we inherit ; Till Thou O God e'en here dost find In a sanctifi'd human mind Grander dwelling than above, Made grand by Thy redeeming love. 8. Made grand by Thy redeeming love, With mystic curtains all enwove ; Reason's high throne and scepter'd state With rank'd servants that on her wait : O many august Faculties With whom power penetrative lies. g. With whom power penetrative lies, Touch'd with splendors of the skies ; Conscience — in purple-curtain'd shrine Making the heart semi-divine ; Chambers nobler than palace-halls Where Memory herself installs. Dark Th oughts of God. i 7 10. Where Memory herself installs, Girded with adamantine walls ; Imagination's gorgeous rooms Near awful with their lustrous glooms ; The spirit's inner court where Will The Spirit of God doth fulfil. 1 1. The Spirit of God doth fulfil, With grace divine infus'd until Imparting of divine nature Creator crowneth His creature: O God ! dost Thou indeed thus " dwell," Yea " walk " ? Tis unspeakable. X. DARK THOUGHTS OF GOD. " Wilt Thou be altogether unto me as a liar ? " — Jeremiah xv. 18 (and cf. iv. 10). 1. I SAW the Great White Throne of sculptured light ; A shadow moved across it, black as night, And filled all heaven with horror and affright. 2. And whence that shadow ? Lo ! far off its birth : 1 God hath deceived him ' is with mock and mirth, At saint, sarcastic flung. For hear O Earth ! — 3. ' God hath proved false,' he moans in blank despair, With thin clenched hands and grey dishevel'd hair — The prayer of saint flung into empty air. B i 8 / knoio their Sorrows. 4. A cross without a Christ ; the heavens dumb : Oh who may dare the mystery to plumb ? Or who to such a God will longer come ? 5. God's servant-seer, found out his dread mistake, That did his soul t' its inmost centre shake, And bowed him 'fore his God, rash speech to make. 6. False prophets claimed a message from the Lord, Persuading him they had a heav'n-sent word ; Which said " peace peace " when God meant the red sword. 7. O, soul of mine, when thus assailed with doubt, Flee to thy God and tell thy anguish out ; He will give light and all thy tempters rout. XI. I KNOW THEIR SORROWS. Exodus iii. 7. 1. " I KNOW their sorrows," Thou saidst, Lord ; And still the great word standeth true ; The Past and Present in accord Bring an unchanging God to view. 2. My heart is heavy as a stone, And yet I quiver in sharp pain; O Lord, as on the grass new-mown, Descend on me like sweet soft rain. 3. Wistful and sad, I look within, But naught there do I find to heal ; Immitigable is this sin ; To Thee, O God, I make appeal. The Broken Heart. 19 4. I place me in the Hands they nailed ; I rest me on the Heart which bled ; My future, Lord, is thickly veiled ; " I KNOW their sorrows," Thou hast said. 5. " I know their sorrows," Thou saidst, Lord ; And still the great word standeth true ; The Past and Present in accord Bring an unchanging God to view. XII. THE BROKEN HEART. Psalm cxivii. 4. 1. Broken in heart ! broken in heart ! He bindeth up our wounds ; My God how tender is Thine art ! Thy word, how soft it sounds ! 2. I have a broken heart, O God ! Am smitten out and in ; The Tempter lays on me his rod ; Alas ! is like to win. 3. O sin and sorrow weigh me down Until I scarce can see ; The billows swell as they would drown ; Now unto thee I flee. 4. A broken heart ! O trifle small Beside the radiant skies ! Yet Thou, God, for my heart dost call When I myself despise. 20 Losing by Leaving God. 5. Thou numberest the shining stars As goldenly they roll ; The soul Thou healest that sin mars O come then, make me whole. 6. Broken in heart ! broken in heart ! He bindeth up our wounds ; My God how tender is Thine art, Thy word, how soft it sounds ! XIII. LOSING BY LEAVING GOD. Hebrews iii. 12. Te nemo amittit, nisi qui dimittit. — St Augustine (Conf., lib. ix.). 1. NONE God loseth but who leaveth, None who leaveth but God grieveth, God grieveth, by his forsaking ; Froward heart its own doom making : O my God ! I would Thee choose, Thou wilt not my cry refuse. 2. Broken from all other trusting ; Enfranchis'd from all " former lusting " ; Thy freedman, Lord, on Thee calling, Guard me in my dol'rous falling : O my God ! I would Thee choose, Thou wilt not my cry refuse. 3. How uncertain my affection ! Cleaving follow'd by defection ; Ebb and flow, like tides of ocean, In an ever-changeful motion : O my God ! I would Thee choose, Thou wilt not my cry refuse. Distance from God. 4. Saviour God, well thou me knowest, Yea, me to myself Thou shewest ; Save me, save, Christ, ever-living, Keep me by Thy gracious giving : 0 my God ! I would Thee choose, Thou wilt not my cry refuse. 5. Anoint my eyes with Thy own seeing, Interpenetrate my being ; That by Thee all " apprehended " This weary conflict may be ended : O my God ! I would Thee choose, Thou wilt not my cry refuse. 6. If my feet, O Lord, be sliding Lead me by Thy gentle guiding ; Reveal Thee O Thou crucified ; Thou for me — for me hast died : O my God ! I would Thee choose, Thou wilt not my cry refuse. XIV. DISTANCE FROM GOD. Nam lotige a vultu tno in adfectu tenebroso. Non enim pedibus ant spatiis locornm itur abs Te, ant reditnr ad Te. — St Augustine (Conf., lib. i. xviii.). i. Not change of place, but unchangd heart, Removes us, Lord, from where Thou art j Darken'd love ! Thrice-saddest wonder ! Putteth God and us asunder. 22 Awaking with God. 2. Not change of place, but unchangd heart, Maketh the dear Lord Christ depart To distance unmeasured of feet, But as we obdurate retreat. 3. Not change of place, but change of heart, Winneth the sweet wounds of Love's dart ; Coming or leaving, Thy power alone Shatt'reth or melteth heart of stone. 4. Not change of place, but change of heart, (O precious change ! O easeful smart !) Will ever to the Cross us move Or the saint's " closer walk " approve. 5. Not change of place, but changed heart, Won by the Spirit's gracious art Christ's temple is, to which He comes With blessings nothing of Earth sums. 6. Not change of place, but unchanged heart, Removes us, Lord, from where Thou art ; Darken'd love ! Thrice-saddest wonder ! Putteth God and us asunder. XV. AWAKING WITH GOD. :< When I awake, I am still with Thee." — Psalm exxxix. 18. THROUGH darkness and stillness Thou watchest Thine Whether night cometh or the day doth shine ; Thou touchest our eyelids that we may see, When I awake. I am still with Thee. Ever at Work and ever at Rest. 23 2. All the toiling day Thou art ever near, All the restful night we have naught to fear ; Working or sleeping this aye our glad plea, When I awake, I am still with Thee. 3. Our hearts all unconscious keep beating on ; Our brain rests ; and, the dark night being gone, Again Thou settest us for duties free, When I awake, I am still with Thee. 4. We praise Thee O God, that by day and night, Thou keepest us safe " in the way " of right ; Lord God adoring, we would bow the knee ; When I awake, T am still with Thee. XVI. EVER AT WORK AND EVER AT REST. Semper agens et sempei- quietus. — St Augustine (Conf. . lib. i. iv.). Romans viii. 28. 1. EVER at work and ever at rest : All things fulfilling Thy behest : From archangel and seraphim To little child trilling its hymn ; Ever blessing and ever blest — Ever at work and ever at rest. 2. Ever at work and ever at rest : Ever for guilty man in quest ; Still doth Thy living Word appeal ; Still doth Thy Spirit grace reveal ; Working widely from East to West— Ever at work and ever at rest. 24 Ever at Work and ever at Rest. 3. Ever at work and ever at rest : Making Thyself a gracious guest In humblest home, in humblest heart, With all tenderness of Love's art ; Knocking still at the human breast — Ever at work and ever at rest. 4. Ever at work and ever at rest : Catching up each pleaded request; Hearing still and answering prayer ; Knowing well and lightening care ; Daily Thy love made manifest — Ever at work and ever at rest. 5. Ever at work and ever at rest : Ne'er surceasing thine interest ; In the "far country " watching still, Striving the heart of stone to thrill ; Guarding e'en little bird in nest — Ever at work and ever at rest. 6. Ever at work and ever at rest : By the universe unopprest ; Yet softening, Lord, Thy mighty Hand Ev'n to pluck out a " burning brand " As day by day Thy mercies attest — Ever at work and ever at rest. 7. Ever at work and ever at rest : The wonder not to be exprest ; Leading the vast world on and on Toward the Cross of Redemption ; Ever blessing and ever blest — Ever at work and ever at rest, Our God a Consuming Fire. 25 XVII. OUR GOD A CONSUMING FIRE. " Our God is a consuming fire." — Hebrews xii. 29 ; Deuteronomy '. 22. i. O Lord my God, wilt Thou me bless With aw'd sense of Thy holiness ? Thy searching words my heart inspire, 0?cr God is a consuming fire. 2. Shew me how pure, O God, Thou art, And Thine Own purity impart ; That, my poor life still hid in Thine, I may shew forth the life divine. 3. Give me to know Thou hatest sin, And " put " like hatred me within ; Forbid I should forget Thy ire ; Our God is a consuming fire. 4. But, though Thou hatest sin, we know Not on the sinner falls the blow ; For on the Cross of Calvary Behold the sinner's Surety die ! 5. Now guilt removed is from all Who on The Crucified shall call ; Thus, thus alone, the words expire — Our God is a consuming fire. 6. Holy art Thou, O God, and Just, Thus the vast problem to adjust; Avenging sin, exalting Law, Yet saving sinners without flaw, 26 The Unchanging God. 7. Praise to Thy Name, 0 Holy One, Who this transcendent work hast done ; Uplifting- man e'en from the mire ; God in Christ, no consuming fire. 8. O Lord, Thy Spirit to me give, To see and know how 'tis I live ; That drops of blood have quench'd the flame; The blood of Him Who died in shame. 9. O Lord my God, wilt thou me bless With aw'd sense of Thy holiness ? Thy searching words my heart inspire, Oiw God is a con sinning fire. XVIII. THE UNCHANGING GOD. " I am the Lord, I change not ; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed." — Malachi iii. 6. i. Thanks that my God amid all change Unchanging still abideth ; Broad-based stands the mountain-range The while the dark cloud glideth ; Ev'n so, O Lord, by Thy sure word Nothing can blot, "Thou changest not." 2. Thou livest, though men come and go, Each age Thee still retaining ; The tides perpetual ebb and flow, The sea alway remaining ; Ev'n so, O Lord, by Thy sure word Nothing can blot, "Thou changest not" God's Loving-kindness. 27 With open Hand, Thy blessings free, Upon us Thou outpourest ; In field and barn, in blade and tree, Rich gifts of Thine Thou storest ; Ev'n so, O Lord, by Thy sure word Nothing can blot, " Thou changest not." Erring and weak and prone to fall, Thee, Saviour, oft provoking ; Still, Lord, upon us Thou dost call, Never Thy grace revoking ; Ev'n so, O Lord, by Thy sure word Nothing can blot, " Thou changest not." XIX. GOD'S LOVING-KINDNESS. " My song shall be ever of the loving-kindness of the Lord.'''' — Prayer-Book. " Have mercy upon me, O God, according to Thy loving-kind- ness."— Psalm li. 2. i. Thy "loving-kindness": 'tis the word To sing the kindness of the Lord ; Not in mere kindness, but in love ; With tender feeling, hearts to move. 2. With us, in that for kindness meant, Sharp word, chill look, is often blent ; Till, all the grace of kindness gone, The heart is sore and still unwon. The Earth not God-forsaken. 3. Thy " loving-kindness," Lord, impart, And give to us Thy gracious art — In kindness to be truly kind ; Nor wound the heart that we would bind. 4. Give us, O Lord, an eye to melt, Revealing that we too have felt ; Give us the greeting word of cheer, That tells our brotherhood sincere. 5. Yea teach us, Lord, that there may be Xo love ev'n in our ' charity ' ; Forbid our kindness should be alms Dropt grudging into abject palms. 6. Thy a loving-kindness " : 'tis the word To sing the kindness of the Lord; Not in mere kindness, but in love ; With tender feeling, hearts to move. XX. THE EARTH XOT GOD-FORSAKEX. " The Lord hath forsaken the Earth." — Ezekiel ix. 9. I . The Lord hath forsaken the Earth : Saying of old of mocking mirth, But read to-day with gleam of tears, So deeply speaks it to our fears ; Alas ! Faith by facts is shaken And dreads our Earth is " forsaken." Man Proposes, God Disposes. 29 2. The Lord hath forsaken the Earth : Thought, at the first, of sinful birth ; But now, in shadow of events Such, that to it e'en Hope assents ; So utter is the mystery Of things that all around us lie. 3. The Lord hath forsaken the Earth .• I sit with darken'd heart and hearth ; Of all bereav'd, and not a spark To lighten the appalling dark ; Prayer unanswer'd, all peace taken ; If not this, what is " forsaken*' ? 4. The Lord hath forsaken the Earth: O to o'er-cross Death's narrow Firth ! To get to Thee, O Christ, and know What is so thick-veil'd here below : My old faith was not mistaken — And Earth of God is not " forsaken." 5. The Lord hath forsaken the Earth: Nay — light arises and shines forth ; I lay me with mouth in the dust ; Tho' He slay me, I still shall trust ; Thou, my Christ, hast Thou not died ? I'll cling unto The Crucified. XXI. MAX PROPOSES, GOD DISPOSES. I will gird thee though Thou hast not known Me.'' — Isaiah xlv. 5. I. MAN proposes, God disposes : Faith on this great word reposes ; Leaves to Christ the yea and nay, The brighter, or the dimmer way. Man Proposes, God Disposes. 2. Man proposes, God disposes : Hope, with the sweet maxim closes ; Anchors still within the vail, E'en when heart and flesh do fail. 3. Man proposes, God disposes : Guiding thro' our blind supposes ; Now holding up, now casting down, Until, thro' Christ, we win the crown. 4. Man proposes, God disposes : Whether thorns be ours or roses ; Silver light the clouds still lining ; Stars in blackest darkness shining. 5. Man proposes, God disposes : The event His end discloses ; Affliction's fires no accident But with a gracious purpose blent. 6. Man proposes, God disposes : This, each human life encloses ; With His great embracing love Lifting to the peace above. 7. Man proposes, God disposes : Madly tho' our will opposes ; O to have no will but His ! Antepast of heavenly bliss. 8. Man proposes, God disposes : Faith on this great word reposes ; Leaves to Christ the yea and nay, The brighter, or the dimmer way. God htrning the Bed. XXII. GOD TURNING THE BED. ' The Lord will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing : Thou wilt make [" turn "] all his bed in his sickness." — Psalm xli. 3. 1. As sick upon my bed I languish, My heart knowing its own anguish ; Softly there falls upon my ear Word, that assures me Thou art near ; Word like to rain on mown grass shed : When sick, the Lord ivill turn thy bed. 2. Ev'n when heaviest lies Thy rod, I have found it so, O God ; Bruised and weak, I have cried to Thee, And, behold, Thou strengthenedst me ! Fulfilling all that Thou hast said : When sick, the Lord will turn thy bed. 3. Burdened and pained, wistful and faint, I lifted unto Thee, my plaint ; Nor ever found Thy promise fail, That the tempter should not prevail ; From night to morn by Thy Hand led : When sick, the Lord will turn thy bed. 4. Shadows fall and my eyes grow dim ; I grasp a " cup " fill'd to the brim ; Deep and dark it resembles Thine own Down-bent head, heart-shaking groan ; One look to Thee, I'm strengthened : When sick, the Lord zvill turn thy bed. Judgment and Mercy. 5. " Turn thy bed /" O most tender word ! Spoken by the mouth of the Lord ; Still I'll trust, still on it rest, Leaning, like child, upon Thy breast ; Living, dying, I shall be sped : WJicn sick, the Lord will turn thy bed. XXIII. JUDGMENT AND MERCY. Lamentations iii. 33 and Isaiah xxviii. 21. 1. O God, of old Thy judgments came In war, in tumult, and in flame ; Great earthquakes shook the solid Earth ; Grim Pestilence stalk'd after Dearth ; But, ah ! " strange " was such work to Thee Thy heart yearn'd o'er man's misery. 2. Thy Holy City, how it lies, Heaps upon heaps 'ncath parching skies ! Thy glory gone, Jerusalem ! Once Israel's lustrous diadem ; But, Lord, Thy promises are sure, When Thy fix'd moment is mature. 3. Men of to-day, His judgments dread, Before Him bow your contrite head ; Awake ! awake ! whilst yet 'tis day ; Risk not the hazards of del a)- ; His wrath 'gainst sin eternal burns, Yet Jesus saves whoever turns. Gentle Guidance. 33 4. Now, ev'n now, His Spirit strives, That sinners may shake off their gyves ; Looking to Him Who on the Cross Aton'd for man's infinite loss ; His loud appeal, " Why will ye die ? " Reverberating from the sky. 5. How long will ye forget your God ! How long will ye invite the rod ! How long neglect, and still neglect. — ■ Yet, to repent, one day expect ! Slow move His wheels but they do move ; Listen and bow to Incarnate Love. XXIV. GENTLE GUIDANCE. "I will guide thee with Mine eye." — Psalm xxxii. 8. NOT like the angel with drawn sword, Neither with rod threat'ningly; Leadst Thou, Lord, but fulnTst Thy word, / will guide thee with Mine eye. We see Thee not, but Thou seest us, Be where we may, Thou art nigh ; Whisp'ring, timid or valorous, / will guide thee with Mine eye. Dark days come and our path is dark, We know not to go or fly ; From the sky falls, like trill of lark, I will guide thee with Mine eye. c 34 Gentle Guidance* 4. Ah, Lord, we're wayward and we're weak, Our gladness changing to sad sigh ; 0 keep Thou us as Thou dost speak, And guide us ever with Thine eye. 5. So be it, Lord, through earthly life, Until in Thee, O Christ ! we die ; By Thy word strengthen'd in the strife, / zv ill guide thee with Mine eye. 6. Not like the angel with drawn sword, Neither with rod threat'ningly ; Leadst Thou, Lord ! but fulnTst Thy word ; / will guide thee with Mine eye. II. GOD THE SON. I beliebc .... in Jesus Christ g?is [the father ^Umightp/s] onhj .Son our l!orb, Wtho uias ronceibcb bj} the ^)olg ©host, born of the birgin cfttarij, suffered nnber Pontius #ilatc, uias mtcifieb, beab anb buricb : ^)e bescenbeb into hell: the ihirb bag |pe rose again from the beab : ^)c ascenbeb into heaben: anb sitteth on the right hanb of (Sob the father Almighty : from thence ^)e shall come to jubge the quirk anb the beab. — The Creed. XXV. BETHLEHEM Christ for all the world and all the world for Christ. 1. FULL eighteen hundred years have flown, Since in the low skies burn'd a star More brilliant than in our skies are; And angels ministrant made known The Birth supreme, 'midst things a-jar ; 2. The Birth supreme, 'midst things a-jar : Broke o'er Bethlehem the glad song — That seers and saints should far prolong " Glory to God " and " peace " for war ; A Saviour for our Race " made strong" ; 3. A Saviour for our Race " made strong" : O Christ, to-day Thy crimson Cross — That wrought redemption of man's loss- God's lever is — O God, how long ! — To move our Earth, no more to toss ; 4. To move our Earth, no more to toss In anguish of a guilty sleep ; To bring hope to sad eyes that weep ; To sever pure ore from the dross ; Back to the light the round globe sweep. 3 8 Birth of Christ. XXVI. BIRTH OF CHRIST. " Light is come into the world." — St John iii. 19. "The heavenly host praising God." — St Luke ii. 13. " Good tidings of great joy." — St Luke ii. 10. St Luke ii. 15— St Matthew ii. 2— St Luke ii. 25. 1. Who are these with glist'ning pinions Crowding down from Heav'n's dominions, To our low Earth swift-winging ? Angels descending from Above With glad songs of Incarnate Love, To hearts expectant bringing. 2. Hark ! All Heav'n and Earth rejoices, As proclaim celestial voices Heaven and Earth reconcil'd ; In the fields of Bethlehem Buddeth again King David's stem — Now is born the Holy Child. 3. Their flocks and herds the shepherds keeping, By sweet invasion of their sleeping Do catch the mighty tidings ; Before Him fall, with low adoring, Full homage to " the Babe " outpouring, GOD, spite of lowly hidings. 4. O Birth most mighty of all time ! Heav'n, Earth, might well together chime And break forth into singing ; Well might the skies all radiant glow, And opening heavens their splendor show, The fields with " glory " ringing. Bethlehem and Calvary. 39 5. For sages by His star led on, Welcome the World's redemption ; Their kingly gifts rich-laying ; And in the Temple-courts there wait Simeon and Anna consecrate, Their great hope them up-staying. 6. Who are these with glist'ning pinions, Crowding down from Heav'n's dominions, To our low Earth swift-winging ? Angels descending from Above, With glad songs of Incarnate Love, To hearts expectant bringing. XXVII. BETHLEHEM AND CALVARY. St Matthew ii. i and St Luke xxiii. ^. i. Bethlehem and Calvary — A human Child ! that God might die This the stupendous mystery- Bethlehem and Calvary. 'oJ 2. Bethlehem and Calvary — The crib, the cross turn'd to a throne, That the whole round globe yet will own Bethlehem and Calvary. 3. Bethlehem and Calvary — Supremest Birth ! supremest Death ! That the world's history doth sheath — Bethlehem and Calvary. 40 Bethlehem and Calvary. 4. Bethlehem and Calvary — Did ever burst such splend'rous light ? Did ever darken Earth such night ? Bethlehem and Calvary. 5. Bethlehem and Calvary — Sweet picture of Humility, And Earth and Hell's hostility — Bethlehem and Calvary. 6. Bethlehem and Calvary — The mystery of sin now solved, Mercy with righteousness evolved — Bethlehem and Calvary. 7. Bethlehem and Calvary — Shepherds and sages sought THE CHILD, We seek a High-priest undefined — Bethlehem and Calvary. 8. Bethlehem and Calvary — Now Death's dethron'd, man's life achieved Where'er the Gospel is believed — Bethlehem and Calvary. 9. Bethlehem and Calvary — A human Child that God might die : This the stupendous mystery — Bethlehem and Calvary. Immanuel. 4 1 XXVIII. IMMANUEL. " A virgin shall conceive, and bear a Son, and shall call His Name Immanuel." — Isaiah vii. 14; St Matthew i. 23. i. When the sky is as lead above, When all the Earth is bleak below ; When nothing — nothing — seems to move, Or all things backward still to go ; When Truth is fallen in the street — Street that seems to neighbour Hell ; O God, I fall down at Thy feet — Immanuel ! Immanuel ! 2. When the old World's heart was sore ; When " holy men " kept watch in vain ; When God seem'd sworn to speak no more Tho' men were thirsting as for rain ; When few were left who waited still For the great hope of Israel ; Ah, then Thou didst that hope fulfil — Immanuel ! Immanuel ! 3. When the great hope once more had died, And dimness fell on the Great Birth ; When still dead rites were multiplied, But scarce faith found in all the Earth ; When godlessly men came and went, Controll'd as by some hideous spell ; Thou from Thy Nazareth wast sent — Immanuel ! Immanuel ! 42 Immanuel. 4. When by Thy mighty word and deed, Going about aye doing good ; Richly dispersed was the seed, And Thy life in completeness stood ; When Thy doom'd Church in frantic hate Against the clear light did rebel ; Thou died'st for a world ingrate — Immanuel ! Immanuel ! 5. When the full triumph seem'd achieved ; When Thy cross was a name of scorn ; When even Thine own eleven grieved, All their sad hearts with terror torn ; When Thou, the King of men, wast dead, Guards set at Thy grave sentinel ; Thou lived'st ! Death was captive led — Immanuel ! Immanuel ! 6. And so, O Christ, from age to age, Thou hast lived on and Thou hast seen ; What tho' Thine en'mies fiercely rage. Still art Thou silent and serene ; Still Thy good cause Thou bearest on ; 'Tis Thine, all enemies to quell ; No power that is can shake Thy throne — Immanuel ! Immanuel ! 7. The waves of the World's sea may surge, But the blue sky above is calm ; Tho' sometimes fear a doubt may urge, We still shall sing a conquering psalm. Light spreads ; Thy Truth its way doth win ; Clear amid storm as wave-swung bell Comes Thy great promise, " No more sin " — Immanuel! Immanuel! God Unmanifest in Flesh. 43 XXIX. GOD UNMANIFEST IN FLESH. " I will not meet thee as a man; I will take vengeance." — Isaiah xlvii. 3. i. / WILL not meet thee as a man : O words of portent, words of ban ! Yet spoken, Lord, not to Thine Own, But unto guilty Babylon. 2. / will not meet thee as a man : O words of portent, words of ban ! Laud to Thy Name, O Lord my God, Thou all their terror didst unload. 3. / will not meet thee as a man : O words of portent, words of ban ! Revers'd unto Thine Israel, When Thou didst come, Immanuel. 4. / will not meet thee as a man : O words of portent, words of ban ! But ah ! the crimson of Thy blood Did show Thee man, tho' also God. 5. / will not meet thee as a man : O words of portent, words of ban ! Yea, Lord, but He The Crucified For our race liv'd, for our race died. 6. / will not meet thee as a man : O words of portent, words of ban ! Wilt not meet us but we'll meet Thee, Clinging unto the bitter tree. 44 " He Comes " — u Until He Comer 7. / will not meet thee as a man : O words of portent, words of ban 'Fore naked God we cannot stand : O Jesus, reach Thy nail-pierc'd Hand. 8. / will not meet thee as a man : O words of portent, words of ban ! Yet spoken, Lord, not to Thine Own, But unto guilty Babylon. XXX. "HE COMES"— "UNTIL HE COME." St Luke x. 23-24. " As often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till He come." — 1 Corinthians xi. 26. i. "He comes" — in the dim ages old, Symbol and sign the promise told : " Until He come " — our watchword now With upward look and wistful vow : " He comes " — the elders were made wise By priestly rite and sacrifice : " Until He come " — we joyful wait, Watching expectant at the gate. 2. " He comes " — hearts hush'd if that perhaps They might catch echoings of His steps : " Until He come " — Lord, is it nigh, When Thou shalt burst on ev'ry eye? " He comes " — they had this mighty hope Kindled by type, and sign, and trope : "Until He come"— Lord, at Thy Table We feel Thy promises are stable. The Scape-goat. 45 " He comes " — the fathers falter'd not Nor bated of their faith a jot : " Until He come " — we onward gaze And notes of trust and hope still raise : " He comes " — and so in faith they died Trusting their Lord, The Crucified : " Until He come " — O Calvary Thy sinless Victim sure is nigh ! " Until He come " our watchward now With upward look and shining brow. XXXI. THE SCAPE-GOAT. "The Lord hath laid on Him the iniquities of us all." — Isaiah liii. 6. i. High-priestly hands the lots have cast, And forth into the desert vast, Behold the doomed Scape-goat sent, Life, Death, in mystic union blent : Thou, O my Saviour, for our sake The anti-type Thyself didst make ; Led forth into the wilderness, This fallen race of Thine to bless. 2. High-priestly hands the Scape-goat prest, And thus by symbol caus'd to rest Upon its fated head, the guilt Figur'd by blood on altar spilt : Thou, O my Saviour, not by sign, But very deed of Love divine, Our sin upon the Cross didst bear, Nor for Thyself one sorrow spare. 46 The Divine Child. 3. Voiceless, alone, and hunger-bitten, Lo! where the Scape-goat stands sun-smitten; Or now amid the sere sedge lying Parched, and as by inches dying : Jesus, my Saviour, there I see Of Thy dread death, the epitome ; But ah ! on Thee a mightier load Thou God-forsaken Son of God ! 4. High-priestly hands up-lifted were, Sending the Scape-goat forth with prayer ; Seeking that Israel would now Accept the rite and pay the vow : O, Thou my Saviour-substitute ! Thy all-atoning death impute ; As to Thy Cross I dare to cling Partaker of Thy sorrowing. XXXII. THE DIVINE CHILD. Isaiah ix. 6 ; St John iii. 16. . O PRODIGIOUS wonder ! To be sounded by the thunder — Our God on Earth a Child ; But as the light, not lightning ; Attracting, not affright'ning, Earth and Heav'n reconcil'd. !. O infinitude of grace ! That our dreadest terrors chase — Our God on Earth a Child ; Mystery of mystery, Coming not to live but die — God's own pure ' UndenTd.' Flight and Relttrn of the Holy Child. 47 3. O unfathomable SIN, What victory thou didst win ! But Christ ! Thou " woman's seed " Then didst take up the gage, Facedst Hell's fellest rage ; In Thy vast love didst bleed. 4. Joy, O Christ, for Thy work done ! Joy, O Christ, for triumph won ! High-Priest ever-pleading ! With human heart of sympathy, As on Earth, so in the sky, For us interceding. XXXIII. FLIGHT AND RETURN OF THE HOLY CHILD. St Matthew ii. Part I. 1. To Egypt of old in flight On a memorable night, Sudden pass'd and hastily God's Own Holy Family. 2. Herod's wicked stratagem, Planned 'gainst sacred Bethlehem, Sought to kill the UndenTd— God in flesh, the " Holy Child." 3. The minist'ring angels of God, Visited His low abode ; And with celestial gleam Gave fore-warning in a dream. 48 Flight and Return of the Holy Child. 4. Safely went they on their way : Nothing- could Love's purpose stay ! And as the Seer had foretold God's Son went to Egypt old. 5. Soon the angel re-appears Hushing Mary's bosom-fears ; Cruel Herod is now dead, Home again they must be led. 6. Guarded of the Lord they went, Still to do His will intent ; And guided by divine breath, Turned aside to Nazareth. 7. No city of grand renown That riches and fame did crown ; Small and unknown, bad-nam'd, wild — The new home of the " Holy Child." 8. Here He grew thro' thirty years — Nor ever cost His mother tears — Known only as ' The Carpenter ' To each homely villager. 9. But the hour naught can prorogue Finds Him in the Synagogue ; And op'ning the Holy Book Men's hearts with awe He shook. 10. He told them He was " The Christ " Fulfilling old words unpric'd ; Appointed to go forth and teach And God's mighty Gospel preach. Flight and Return of the Holy Child. 49 Part II. 1 1. Sin's exile, Lord, look on me, In my Egypt Thou dost see How held captive as by chain Slave of Satan, I remain. ] 2. By Thy Gospel to men sent Wilt Thou end my banishment ? Bring me home again, that I May thro' Thee to all sin die. 13. Lord, I seek no lofty place But that by abounding grace Thou wouldst place me underneath Some low- hidden Nazareth. 14. Grant, O God, to cast my lot In some still sequester'd spot; Where I may my fellow-men Win to Thee by tongue and pen. 15. And, O Christ, if Thou shalt deign To sanctify in heart and brain ; Hear, that I may faithful be And eain some few souls to Thee. t>" 16. O Thou Holy Paraclete, Fill me with all graces meet ; Faith make strong and my Hope clear That I never may know fear. Twelve Years Old. 17. Although, like those of Nazareth Men be round me sunk in death Grant me still to do and dare, Taking Thy Word ev'ry where. 18. Give me courage to be bold, Still Thy pierced Hand to hold ; Give me never to despair ; But Thy deathless love declare. 19. 'Tis Thy work, O Saviour dear ; Thou my pleading words wilt hear ; Little, all that I can do, Yet for blessing I would sue. 20. From my Nazareth below Grant that I may higher go ; And, my battle fought and won, Win Thy gracious word " Well done. XXXIV. TWELVE YEARS OLD. St Luke ii. 42. 1. How sweet the story, Jesus, of Thy youth ; When twelve years old to th' Temple taken j Hard must that heart be — all untouch'd of ruth — In which it doth not soft thoughts waken. 2. I see Thee — as I read — a dark-fac'd boy ; Grave with a gravity beyond Thy years ; I hear Thee breaking forth with a strange joy All tremulous and aw'd and wet with tears. Christ. 5 1 3. I follow Thee — as still I read — now going 'Mongst white-haired Rabbis and priests stoled ; I catch Thy words — from Thy pure mouth flowing — Question and answer, deep truth to unfold. 4. I join Thy mother with her wistful eyes, Seeking Thee, her lost Son, with grief-fill'd heart ; I mark her find Thee, in a meek surprize ; 'Midst doctors seated, filling doctor's part. 5. I list her ask — as unto Thee she nears — " My Son, know, sorrowing we have sought Thee " ; I hear Thee hush her questioning and fears ; " Wist not I must on my Father's bus'ness be ? " 6. I read again, how back to Galilee, Still subject to earthly parents, Thou didst go; Thrice holy, beautiful humility ! O Boys of England will ye this grace shew ? XXXV. CHRIST. "Christ the Lord."— St Luke ii. 11. I. Many are Thy Names, O Saviour! All beyond what may be priced ; But none goes to our hearts deeper Than doth this, " The Christ ! The Christ ! 2 Temptation. 2. For it tells how as " Anointed," Thou shouldst come our Priest to be ; Sacrifice and Sacrificer, By Love's all-supreme decree. 3. Seers and saints that hope proclaimed, Nor e'er from it were enticed ; Still they hush'd their hearts, and waited, Looking for " The Christ ! The Christ ! " 4. Wistfully they scann'd the heavens, For first dawning of His star ; Listened for His coming footsteps Who should close Sin's weary war. 5. Age on age of expectation Vainly look'd for the great tryst ; But at length the angels holy, Sane aloud, " The Christ ! The Christ ! " '& 6. And the day is speeding onward, That shall all to judgment bring ; When "The Christ" enthron'd shall summon The whole Earth before its King. 7. Many are Thy Names, O Saviour ! All beyond what may be priced ; But none goes to our hearts deeper Than doth this, " The Christ! The Christ!" XXXVI. TEMPTATION. Hebrews ii. 18. 1 . Tempted Thyself, Lord, Thou dost know How hard 'tis in The Way to go ; How foes without and foes within Still hold us captive unto sin ; Temptation. 53 How, even with Thy full grace giv'n, Earth, too, too oft veils Thy pure heav'n ; O break our chain, Lord, set us free ; Thou, tempted once, us tempted see. 2. These eyes of ours where'er they turn, Alas ! see sights that make us burn ; These ears of ours, how oft they list, And we are taken ere we wist ; This heart of ours through vain desires Against Thy grace, how it conspires ! O break our chain, Lord, set us free ; Thou, tempted once, us tempted see. 3. We would lift up our supplication : Lord, lead us not into temptation ; Jesus ! They're Thine Own tender words, O let them touch hearts' deepest chords ; When tempt the world, or flesh, or devil, Do Thou deliver from all evil ; O break our chain, Lord, set us free ; Thou, tempted once, us tempted see. 4. We mourn, Lord, that our wav'ring will So oft invites the tempter's skill ; We must confess that still we find Some fleshly lusts war 'gainst the mind ; Thou Holy One, us purify, That unto all sin we may die ! O break our chain, Lord, set us free ; Thou, tempted once, us tempted see. 54 " $uffcr the Little Children'* 5. Lord, pour on us the Sprite of prayer, So that when tempted we are soe'er, We may, believing, to Thee cry, For Thy help in our misery ; Alas! Lord, 'tis our prayerlessness Gives to temptation its success ; O break our chain, Lord, set us free ; Thou, tempted once, us tempted see. XXXVII. "SUFFER THE LITTLE CHIL- DREN TO COME UNTO ME." St Matthew xix. 14. i. It was no mere accident, But with gracious purpose blent, That in our English tongue (As tho' it had been sung) We read in the Gospel story How Jesus, Lord of Glory, Said of little children all, As He one to Him did call, Suffer them to come to Me. Lord, Thou knewest it would be Very sore — our heart-strings riven — To yield them e'en for Heaven : Suffer — 'tis a tender word ; Strength and grace it doth afford. 2. Lord, Thou know'st time and again I have heard the sad refrain ; First-born, second, and a third Silenc'd, as a singing bird In the middle of its song (O pathetic, cruel wrong !) Tears. 55 Thou hast call'd to Thee away, Letting not our children stay In our mortal erring- keeping : Now for years in cold grave sleeping Our hearts ache, and verify Thy word suffer, pitifully : Suffer — 'tis a tender word ; Strength and grace it doth afford. XXXVIII. TEARS. " Jesus wept. "-St John xi. 35. . . . "a man of Sorrows and acquainted with grief." — Isaiah i. 3. " Thou hast put my tears in Thy bottle." — Psalm lvi. 8. i. SACRED are tears — for " Jesus wept," When to His feet the shadow crept Soon to blacken into gloom, In Jerusalem's awful doom. 2. Sacred are tears — for " Jesus wept " At Bethany, when Laz'rus slept ; Wept in human sympathy, — Tho' deliverance was nigh. 3. Sacred are tears — for " Jesus wept " ; All our sorrow o'er Him swept ; A Man of Sorrows was His Name, Nor was it held of Him for shame. 4. Sacred are tears — for " Jesus wept " ; He will not His saints except ; Yet He softens grief that shakes, And the burden lighter makes, 56 Seekei' Who lackest Nothing. 5. Sacred are tears — for " Jesus wept ; What He sends let us accept ; He puts the " cup " into our hands, And all within it understands. 6. Sacred are tears — for "Jesus wept": In trial we by Him are kept ; Then let us turn our weeping eyes To Him enthron'd beyond the skies. XXXIX. SEEKER WHO LACKEST NOTHING. Qiuzrens cum nihil desit tibi. — St Augustine (Conf. , lib. i. iv.). Isaiah xli. 10-14. " Tims saith the Lord God, Behold, I, even I, will both search My sheep and seek them out." — Ezekiel xxxiv. 11 (and vv. 12-16). 1. THE Lord lacketh nothing ; yet He asketh — Asketh of me, my heart ; He lacketh nothing ; yet Himself tasketh — Tasketh, to fill the part Of seeking Shepherd, over dale and height, For each of His " lost sheep " ; Asking and seeking, with many a sleight Of love ; yea, He doth weep. 2. The Lord lacketh nothing ; yet He masketh — Masketh power in weakness ; So that this fallen race of ours basketh — Basketh in His meekness. Not wrath He measureth to us delaying : O Thou most patient Christ, Thou lackest nothing ; yet, our hope staying, ghewest Thy cross unpriced, Tempted to Forsake. 5 7 3. The Lord lacketh nothing; yet He encasqueth — Encasqueth His head with thorns ; That He might die for us ; and damasketh — Damasketh, 'midst men's scorns His hands — His feet — His side, with His blood ; Love all love excelling ; And still, before His cross, our race has stood, This vast love repelling. 4. The Lord lacketh nothing ; yet He asketh — Asketh of me, my heart ; He lacketh nothing ; yet Himself tasketh — Tasketh, to fill the part Of seeking Shepherd, over dale and height, For each of His " lost sheep " ; Asking and seeking, with many a sleight Of love ; yea, He doth weep. XL. TEMPTED TO FORSAKE. " Would ye also go away? " — St John vi. 67. i. Plaintive comes Thy word to-day, Would ye also go away ? Lord, forgive the bursting tear, As for our own selves we fear ; Lord, we tremble as we find We have from " the Way " declined. 2. Would ye also go away ? Gently thus Thou sought'st to stay, When they stumbled at Thy Word, As of Thee " the Bread " they heard ; Ah ! how many Followers fled, When they heard and wondered. 5 8 The Hands of Jeszis. 3. Mystic words Thou spakest then, Words to shake the hearts of men ; Living still Thou, Lord, did'st tell Of a food unspeakable ; O ! anointed eyes alone, Could see their solution. 4. Peter made confession great Others proving thrice-ingrate ; — Lord, to iv J win then shall we go ? O make Thou us it to know ; Thy words of eternal life Only Helper in Sin's strife. 5. Plaintive comes Thy word to-day, Would ye also go away ? Lord, forgive the bursting tear, As for our own selves we fear ; Lord, we tremble as we find We have from " the Way " declined. XLI. THE HANDS OF JESUS. . . " and He shewed them His Hands." — St Luke xxiv. 40. 1. Thy Hands I seek my Saviour dear To toil, like Thee, in lowly sphere ; Thy dignity on labour shed Makes noble, earning " daily bread." 2. Thy Hands I seek O Jesus, Friend ; Help me like Thee my time to spend In seeking souls to win and guide, And faithful be whate'cr betide. Faith not Sight. 59 3. Thy Hands I seek, O mighty Healer, Of true soul-health alone Revealer ; Sin-sick to heal — to comfort poor — To help all in their trying hour. 4. Thy Hands I seek, O Gentle One, That laid on child-heads benison ; O Thou Good-Shepherd, let me lead To pastures green, Thy Lambs to feed. 5. Thy Hands I seek, Messiah-Man, Winnowing with Thine awful Fan ; That I may warn, yea and affray, And win back unto Thee "the Way." 6. Thy Hands I seek, Thou Christ of God, Nail-pierced to bear Sin's damning load ; That I may shew prints of the nails And how Thy Blood for all avails. 7. Thy Hands I seek, O great High-priest, Thy pleading office not surceased ; That I may by the might of prayer Gain souls for Thee and Thee endear. 8. Thy Hands I seek, Thou throned King, That to Thy cross men I may bring ; Trophies winning my Lord for Thee, Thro' Thy " glorious liberty." XLII. FAITH NOT SIGHT. Acts of the Apostles ix. 31. i. Empty now Thy cross, O Christ! For Thou didst rise again ; Kept'st Thy sacred holy tryst, And faithful dost remain. 60 Rest after Toil. 2. Now not on Thy cross I look, But up unto the Throne ; Nor is my Faith or Peace e'er shook That Thou from Earth art gone. 3. Thou, I know, art in the skies, The Living One o'er all ; Faint, I feel, my words and sighs ; Yet unto Thee I call. 4. Lord, I still would walk by Faith, And wait till I shall " see " ; By-and-bye will come kind Death, And take me home to Thee. XLIII. REST AFTER TOIL. St Mark vL 30-31. 1. The Disciples were bow'd by stress of their toil; The Master was touch'd and with gracious smile, Said ' Come to tJie desert and rest awliile! 2. Still, O Master beloved, Thou art ever nigh To Thy workers, in tenderest sympathy ; With Thy strengthening arm and Thy guiding eye. 3. When the lamp-flame burns dim, there's need of fresh oil ; After brightness and rapture there comes sure recoil ; Thou dost see and whisper Come rest awliile. The Two Sleeps — Tabor and Gcthsemane. 61 4. Lord ! Blest is the work Thou hast given to me, To speak to my fellows, from sin to set free ; But Master, my heart yearns to speak more to Thee. 5. The well always drawn on will cease its supplies ; But the springs on the mountain-tops flow when it dries ; This lesson He teaches Who never denies. 6. When the battle is o'er men gather the spoil ; And sweet 'tis to hear after tumult and toil This, Come to the desert and rest awhile. XLIV. THE TWO SLEEPS— TABOR AND GETHSEMANE. St Luke ix. 32 and St Matthew xxvi. 43. I. When Thou, Lord Jesus, stood'st on Tabor's height Transfigured ; Thy vesture unto Heaven's own native light Configured ; Thy Three Disciples then were with Thee there, The sight to share ; Prophet and sage — the dead — on either hand Beside Thee stand ; The wondrous theme of " talk " 'twixt Thee and them, Jerusalem ; And Thy " decease " upon the awful tree Of Calvary : 62 The Two Sleeps — Tabor and Gethsemane. O wondrous scene ! To see in that grand hour Thee, in Thy power ; But as the splendor round about Thee shone, Self-humbl'd One ; And the great sea of glory o'er Thee swept; Thine Own Three slept : Alas ! alas ! The cost of that sad Sleep, I needs must weep ; For all ye "spake of" — who, Lord, would not moan ? — Remains unknown : O Three Disciples ! That ye slept, ye slept, All Time has wept ! 2. When, Lord, Thou mettest in Gethsemane Thine Agony ; And once again Thy favoured Three were there, The sight to share ; Thou soughtest that with Thee Thy Own should " watch," And, wistful, catch The mighty pleading of Thy prayers and tears In God's Own ears ; Alas ! alas ! e'en while their Master wept Again they Slept ; Second and third time didst Thou come to ask In Thy dread task, And ask in vain. Alas ! they did not weep ; They were asleep : O costliest, heaviest, saddest sleep of all Us could befall ! Losing for us the supreme prayer and cry 'Fore Calvary ; The Two Sleeps — Tabor and Gethsemane. 63 Losing — and leaving but one broken phrase Us to amaze : 0 grievous Sleep ! guilt most unspeakable Of them to tell ; Yet, Gentlest One, Thy gracious pitying love Did it remove. 3. What are these Sleeps to thee I ask, my soul? Do they not toll E'en as it were a sudden midnight bell ? Or cry from Hell ? Beware, beware, lest now thy Tabor be As to the Three ; Beware, lest even sad Gethsemane, Thou sleeping see ; Awake ! for now is the " accepted time " ; The hour doth chime ; The Lord hath spoken, and the Lord still speaks ; Lo ! the light breaks ; Awake ! awake ! Lo ! still the Spirit strives ; Mercy forgives ; The preached Gospel still to thee appeals, And grace reveals ; Here in His House He doth expostulate Ere't be too late ; Awake ! O soul ! Why wilt thou longer sleep? The angels weep ; Awake ! awake ! Yield not to Slumber's sleight On Tabor's height ; Awake ! and by Gethsemane's sleeping Three, Thy danger see ! 64 The Two Sleeps — Tabor and Gethsemane. 4. Awake ! awake ! Church of the Living God ! At home, abroad ; God's voice calls louder than the tempest loud From Sinai's cloud ; Awake ! awake ! Why will ye sleep ? arouse ! This is God's House ; Ye sleep : Why will ye sleep ? O hear ! O hear ! The great Three fear ; Awake ! awake ! God in the world now speaks ; The Earth He skakes ; He shakes and topples down the opposing host ; The Holy Ghost Still with His own magnanimous patience pleads, And intercedes ; Awake ! awake ! Time short is ; life more short ; Loud I exhort ! Awake ! awake ! Ere Mercy haste away ; Lo ! Still 'tis day! Awake ! awake ! 'Tis God's own voice that calls On you it falls ; Awake ! Why will ye sleep ? " Too late ! Too late ! " (O ye ingrate !) May sudden peal from thunder-darken 'd sky : Vain then your cry ! Ernmcms : Fellowship with Jesus. 65 XLV. EMMAUS : FELLOWSHIP WITH JESUS. St Luke xxiv. 13-35. I. ABIDE with us, for far spent is the day ; To Christ, unknown, the Two Disciples said : O Jesus ! known and lov'd, hear us we pray While the old words again to Thee are pled ; Hear us, dear Saviour, hear, as then, Perplex'd and sadden'd sons of men. 2. Abide with us, when comes the ev'ning hour, And home we from Thy House and worship hie ; Reveal Thyself, O Lord, in gentle power, Let not Thy preached Gospel in us die ; But bless'd of Thee in sweet return, Like theirs cause Thou our hearts to burn. 3. Abide with us, when dark'ning sorrows fall, And Hope burns low and even Faith is weak ; Attend our cry, Lord, when on Thee we call, O let us not in vain Thy comfort seek ; To our bruis'd hearts, and lonely, shew Thou dost our lightest sorrow know. 4. Abide with us, when wildered and lost, We seem, O Christ, to have let go Thy Hand ; Draw near to us as we are tempest-tost, And bear us safely to the further strand ; When winds and waves beat threat'ningly, Come with Thy great " Fear not 'tis I." 66 Moriah and Calvary. 5. Abide with us, when at Thy Supper set, Rememb'ring Thee in Thy appointed sign ; Breathe Thou upon us with Thy People met, And feed us with Thy living bread and wine ; And whilst fulfilling Thy commands Shew us as they, Thy nail-pierced Hands. 6. Abide with usy when our life's close draws nigh, And Jordan's swellings haunt the list'ning ear ; Ev'n then, O Christ, flash to our glazing eye, Visions of Thine Own self to conquer fear ; O Saviour blest, thus let it be ! Then go aye to abide zvitli Thee. XLVI. MORIAH AND CALVARY. " Lay not thine hand upon the lad : neither do thou anything to him.' — Genesis xxii. 12. " He spared not His Own Son, but delivered Him up for us all." — Romans viii. 32. 1. God! Thou spared'st Abraham's son, But Thou spared'st not Thine Own ; Thou beheld'st the victim bound, But another, lo ! is found ; When the mighty faith is shewn ; When the knife was gleaming down. 2. God ! Thou spared'st Abraham's son, But Thou spared'st not Thine Own ; Spared'st neither shame nor wrong ; Thorn-crown, spitting, smiting, thong ; Laid'st upon the Lamb of God All our sins in all their load. " By His Stripes we are Healed'' 67 3. God ! Thou spared'st Abraham's son ; But Thou spared'st not Thine Own ; Spared'st not the traitor-kiss, Nor the Twelve's unfaithfulness ; Anguish of Gethsemane ; Bitter cross of Calvary. 4. God ! Thou spared'st Abraham's son, But Thou spared'st not Thine Own : Bruised'st Him with utter grief, Void of solace as relief ; While the darken'd earth and sky- Shudder at His agony. 5. God ! Thou spared'st Abraham's son, But Thou spared'st not Thine Own ; Over His unspotted soul All Thy waves in thunder roll ; Till His heart with sorrow breaks ; Light His glazing eye forsakes. 6. God ! Thou spared'st Abraham's son, But Thou spared'st not Thine Own ; We adore that wondrous love, Which Thy matchless grace doth prove ; Him Thou spared'st not that we Might be spared and blest of Thee. XLVII. "BY HIS STRIPES WE ARE HEALED." Isaiah liii. 5. 1. By His stripes we are healed : This truth to us is sealed, Ev'n by the Holy Spirit, As witness to Christ's merit : 68 "By His Stripes we are Healed" Sin-wounded, bleeding, sore, We catch — " Go, sin no more," As 'tis to us revealed By His stripes we are healed. 2. By His stripes we are healed : Long long by trope concealed, We now, O Lord, perceive Ev'n as heart-touched we grieve This the one remedy, For us the Lord did die ; Law of love ne'er repealed, By His stripes we are healed. 3. By His stripes we are healed: None vainly have appealed : Thou, surT'ring Lamb of God, Bearing the world's dread load, How may we magnify So immense clemency : To Thee, heart-changed, we yield By His stripes we are healed. 4. By His stripes we are healed : Ah ! tears must be congealed, And heart as hard as stone, If men weep not, nor feel Sweet anguish o'er them steal ; Let it aloud be pealed, By His stripes we are healed. Victim- Victor : Victor- Victim. 69 XLVIII. VICTIM-VICTOR: VICTOR- VICTIM. St John i. 29. Pro nobis tibi victor et victima, et ideo victor, quia victima; pro nobis tibi sacerdos et sacrificium, et ideo sacerdos, quia sacrificmm. — St Augustine (Conf., lib. x. xliii.). i. Victor yet Victim manifest ! Love to its mighty task addrest : Victim yet Victor — righteousness Suffering, our fallen race to bless. 2. Victim yet Victor — on the cross Redeeming our stupendous loss ; Victim yet Victor — sacrifice By which eternally Death dies. 3. Victor yet Victim — lo ! Lord Christ ! Our Sacrifice at once and Priest ; Victim, yet Victor over Hell, Blood atoning ineffable. 4. Victim yet Victor — O my soul ! The waves of wrath see o'er Him roll ; Victor yet Victim — His work done, Finished a World's Redemption. Jo The Once Marred Face. XLIX. THE ONCE MARRED FACE. Isaiah Hi. 14. i. Of all faces none so marred O Jesus, as was Thine ; But 'tis now no longer scarred ; Its lustre is divine. For crown of thorns, Thy " many crowns " ; And all Heav'n Thy conquest owns. 2. Soldier's cast-off robe they gave — Jest on Thy regal claim ; Frail reed in Thy Hand would have — Still putting Thee to shame ; But now Thy robe is woven light, And Thy sceptre might of right. 3. Laud, O Christ, The Crucified ! Thou didst assume our blame ; Laud that when we must have died Thou baredst all the shame ; Pierced hands and feet and red-mark'd brow Trophies of Love's grand vict'ry now. 4. Man of Sorrows when on Earth, Thou us forgettest never ; Kin to us by mortal birth, In sympathy for ever ; We adore Thee, we implore Thee ; Haste the glad time will restore Thee. The King on His Cross- Throne. 7 1 L. THE KING ON HIS CROSS-THRONE. "Throned upon the awful tree." — John Ellerton. 1 ' Dominies regnavil a Ligtio." Galatians vi. 14. i. Throned upon the awful tree : Yea, Lord, this the sight we see ; Tho' men put Thee to all shame ; Cast despite upon Thy Name ; Yet Thou reignest, reignest now With crown of thorns upon Thy brow. 2. T J ironed upon the awful tree : Love's redeeming mystery ; Wondering, we watch Thee die ; Shuddering we hear Thy cry ; Yet Thou reignest, reignest now With crown of thorns upon Thy brow. 3. Throned upon the awful tree : Releasing from captivity, All, even all the sons of time, Who by faith to Thee shall climb ; Yes ! Thou reignest, reignest now, With crown of thorns upon Thy brow. 4. Throned upon the aw fid tree : Breaketh forth Thy majesty ; By Thy side " a burning brand " Pluck'd from Hell by Thy strong Hand ; Yes ! Thou reignest, reignest now, With crown of thorns upon Thy brow. 7 2 Stabat Mater. 5. Throned upon the awful tree : Thus Thou willed'st it to be ; Powers of darkness 'gainst Thee hurled ; So Thou didst redeem — a World ; Yes ! Thou reignest, reignest now, With crown of thorns upon Thy brow. LI. STABAT MATER. St John xix. 25. 1. As pallid as the marble cold, Lo ! near the stark cross Mary stands With bowed head and clasped hands ; While all the waves o'er Him are roll'd, Who naught of anguish countermands. 2. Again and yet again His voice Proclaimeth to the shudd'ring skies, That on Him now a world's guilt lies, By no constraint but Love's great choice- Redemption by His agonies. 3. O mother-maid, within thy heart Bleed deeper wounds than by the nails ; And, tho' we read not of thy wails, We know how tragic was thy part ; Each hurt to Him thy heart assails. 4. But what is this awaits her ear, St John and she approaching nigh ? No longer lamentable cry, But sweet words of filial care — A home provided tenderly. // is Finished. 73 5. Thanks to Thee, Saviour, for Thy cross j Thanks for the greatness of Thy love ; But thanks to Thee, all thanks above, That, in redeeming our dread loss, Thy breaking heart to HER did move. 6. As pallid as the marble cold, Lo ! near the stark cross Mary stands With bowed head and clasped hands ; While all the waves o'er Him are roll'd, Who naught of anguish countermands. LII. IT IS FINISHED. St John xix. 30. 1. His brow was wreath'd with crown of thorn ; In frenzied hate and bitter scorn, They wait to watch Him die ; Wild mockeries and insult heaping, Taunt and jeer from fierce lips leaping ; Callous to His agony. 2. But what mean these dreadful signs ? Are we on Hell's own confines ? Thund'reth forth the Sea of Wrath ? The great sun is black above, Shrouded, as Incarnate Love Treads the valley of Death. 3. Lo ! The mighty work is done ! Lo ! Redemption is begun ! Satan spoil'd and sin o'erthrown : Louder than the sev'n-fold thunder, Shaken Hell and Heaven wonder, As the cross becomes a throne. 74 Mystery of Sin Counterworked. 4. Upward soars the Son of God ; Freed now from His awful load, He now re-enters Heaven ; Hosts on hosts attend on Him, Seraphim and cherubim — Divinest homage given. 5. Lift up your heads, ye pearly gates, That He Who all things subjugates May, conqueror, enter in : Achieved His work, and raised on High, Now come the fruits of Calvary — The " shed blood " purging SIN. LIII. MYSTERY OF SIN COUNTER- WORKED. 1 Corinthians xv. 24-28 ; Ephesians i. 20-23. . Great disaster of the World, When man from his throne was hurl'd ; When the tempter seem'd to win Through unfathomable sin : Ah ! But it was only seeming : Lo ! The Christ hath come redeeming Vast, unmeasur'd was the treason ; Yet 'tis fundamental reason Of our Christianity, That enfolds humanity : See in blood-red flag unfurl'd, Jesus, Saviour of the World ! Mystery of Sin Counterworked. 75 3. O Great reconciliation ! O Supreme propitiation ! Grace and Truth thro' Him resounding And redeeming love abounding : Lo ! The hosts of hell are shatter'd By the Prince of Life far-scatter'd ! 4. Grace is infinite and strong ; Right is mightier than Wrong ; Meagre are all Sin's resources, Against Love Eternal's forces : Christ ! Gird on Thy conqu'ring robe ; Hast Thou not redeemed the globe ? 5. O Church of the Living God ! Lift up thine almighty rod ; Far and wide the Gospel story Tell of Jesus thron'd in glory : Working in His love and might ; Bringing back mankind to light. 6. Is it vain The Crucified For man liv'd and for man died ? Can sin still be so tremendous That His death no boon did send us ? Nay O Christ ! Thou victor art Hatred, yet Thy Love shall thwart. 7. Hasten, Lord, the gladsome time ; Let the golden hour now chime; When Thy Love destroying evil Shall assur'd, dethrone the devil ; And the World's stupendous loss Be regain'd by Thy great Cross. 76 Shame changed to Glory. LIV. SHAME CHANGED TO GLORY. Romans i. 16. i. Men thought all o'er when Thou hadst died The Crucified ! The Crucified ! Sunken beneath a load of shame They dreamed they had befouled Thy name ; The crosses base of Calvary Securing deathless infamy. 2. But Thou on the supreme Third Day Alive thro' grave didst take Thy way ; Stepping forth as a conqueror From its stone-closed and sealed door ; Grasping in nail-pierc'd Hand the palm With Omnipotence's sure calm. 3. For forty days and forty nights Thou shewdst Thyself to human sights ; To chosen witnesses appointed Who knew Thee well the Lord's Anointed ; Fore-casting the far-onward strife And telling not of death but life. 4. And now to-day in all the Earth A thousand tongues tell of Thy worth ; The cross luminous with glory Blest sign of the old Gospel story ; And the World's heart will cease to ache As men Thee for their Saviour take. 5. Far and wide the Gospel soundeth, And where'er it goes astoundeth ; Faiths and worships of all ages Toppling down 'midst priestly rages ; Nor shall pause be till, His work done, The round globe for TlIE CHRIST be won. The Shed Blood. 77 LV. THE SHED BLOOD. Washed from our sins in His own blood." — Revelations i. 5. I am Thine, save me. " — Psalm cxix. 94. i. Save me, Lord, for I am Thine ! Hear me, Lord, for Thou art mine ! Thou a sinner's only Way ; I grim Satan's wished-for prey ; Save me, Lord, for I am Thine ! Wash me in the blood divine ! 2. Save me, Lord, for I am Thine ! Hear me, Lord, for Thou art mine ! Guilty, Lord, I am indeed ; But for me Thou once didst bleed : Save me, Lord, for I am Thine ! Wash me in the blood divine ! 3. Save me, Lord, for I am Thine ! Hear me, Lord, for Thou art mine ! I'm sin-stain'd, 0 wilt Thou cleanse ? Put away my deep offence ? Save me, Lord, for I am Thine ! Wash me in the blood divine ! 4. Save me, Lord, for I am Thine ! Hear me, Lord, for Thou art mine ! Pity me, I am so weak ! Make me meek as Thou art meek ! Save me, Lord, for I am Thine ! Wash me in the blood divine ! 78 The Risen Saviour. 5. Save me, Lord, for I am Thine ! Hear me, Lord, for Thou art mine ! When to that dark vale I come, Where cold Jordan's waters foam ; Save me, Lord, for I am Thine ! Wash me in the blood divine ! 6. Save me, Lord, for I am Thine ! Hear me, Lord, for Thou art mine ! Unto Thee I still shall cling, And thro' Thee I still shall sing. Save me, Lord ! for I am Thine ! Wash me in the blood divine ! LVI. THE RISEN SAVIOUR. "The Lord is risen indeed." — St Luke xxiv. 34. HE Lord is risen indeed : We say it as a Creed ; But O to feel its power Daily thro' ev'ry hour. 2. The Lord is risen indeed : Glad, I the great word read ; For He for us hath died, Jesus, The Crucified. 3. The Lord is risen indeed: Heart of mine, on this feed ; He is not dead ; He lives And ev'ry blessing gives. The Risen Saviour. 79 The Lord is risen indeed: No more a bruised reed ; Most glorious of news ! Who — who shall it refuse ? 5. The Lord is risen indeed: Gone up to intercede ; On His Great Throne on High, No more, no more to die. 6. The Lord is risen indeed: The grand Fact we may plead ; O Christ ! Who liv'st above, Shew unto us Thy love. 7. The Lord is risen indeed : Grim Death himself did bleed ; The Last Foe conquered, And all in triumph led. 8. The Lord is risen indeed : O let the Gospel speed ! Tell the "good news" all round To the Earth's utmost bound. 9. The Lord is risen indeed : We say it as a Creed ; But O to feel its power, Daily thro' ev'ry hour. 80 The Abiding Presence. LVII. THE ABIDING PRESENCE. " Lo ! I am with you alway." — St Matthew xxviii. 20. 1. BLESS, my soul, thy Saviour dear, As He still to thee is near; Still He is The Crucified, Tho' in Heaven glorified ; From the sky He looketh down And the lowliest will own. 2. Bless, my soul, thy Saviour dear, As He still to thee is near ; With all human sympathy For all who lift pleading eye ; Near to humble and to poorest ; Friend of all friends the surest. 3. Bless, my soul, thy Saviour dear, As He still to thee is near ; Near to chief of sinners still That He may His words fulfil ; Thy " closet " lowly may be, He looks not at it but thee. 4. Bless, my soul, thy Saviour dear, As He still to thee is near ; Tell Him all lies in thy heart, Be it joy or be it smart ; He will breathe by Spirit mild Witnessing thou art His Child. 5. Bless, my soul, thy Saviour dear, As He still to thee is near ; Him thou ne'er canst weary, know With the longest tale of woe ; Christ's Words. Si Tell it, tell it all, and He Will speak peace benign antly. 6. Bless, my soul, thy Saviour dear, As He still to thee is near ; " Abba father " be thy cry Howe'er great thy agony ; Plead, re-plead His promises, Richly, freely He will bless. 7. Bless, my soul, thy Saviour dear, As He still to thee is near ; Still He is The Crucified, Tho' on His throne glorified ; From the sky He looketh down And the lowliest will own. LVIII. CHRIST'S WORDS. "Never man spake like this man." — St John vii. 46. "He taught them as one having authority." — St Matthew vii. 29. 1. Amid the Babel of men's clam'rous speech, Lord Jesus, what a " still small voice " is Thine ! And yet where are there words that men's hearts reach Like those of Thee — the human and divine ? 2. Thy words rule men as statutes ne'er have rul'd, Not penalty but conscience gives them power; Men find out soon or late themselves befool'd, And bruis'd and broken, seek Thy Spirit's dower. F 82 Christ's Words. 3. How have Thy words, Lord, quicken'd human thought ! How have they penetrated human lives ! How have they into grandest deeds been wrought ! And how on their deep lines all Progress drives ! 4. How have Thy words up-flamed as into swords ! How have they gone straight to the World's great heart ! How Freedom thence has fetched her battle- words ! How Thy word-pictures glorified all Art ! 5. How have Thy words pass'd on to end of Earth ! Yea single words — as ' come ' and ' look ' and Most' Caused wail of anguish break into glad mirth, And calmed the hearts a-weary, tired and tost! 6. 'Tis not the thunder's reverberating roar That shakes or smites, but 'tis the shatt'ring levin ; And not men's words will slay proud Errors hoar But poignant words, like Thine, revealed from Heaven. 7. I seek retreat from all this empty noise, Mere human words in books that have no end ; In the one Book supreme I still rejoice : O Lord, more mighty fire-touch'd Preachers send ! Jesus Reigns. 83 8. Send Seers who know Thy voice and follow Thee ! To height and depth, not sham'd of Jesus' blood ; O give us, Lord, these more and more to see ; Thy Words still their predestin'd heav'nly food. 9. Amid the Babel of men's clam'rous speech, Lord Jesus, what a "still small voice" is Thine ! And yet where are there words that men's hearts reach Like those of Thee — the human and divine ? LIX. JESUS REIGNS. Psalm xcvii. i. ; Isaiah Hi. 7 ; 1 Corinthians xv. 25 ; Revelations xi. 15. i. I LOOK around and tumult see, Men toss'd about like tossing sea ; Hearts in unrest, and tired brains ; But the Word speaketh — " Jesus reigns." 2. Error's maze, Sin's downward road, The multitudes lead far from God ; As I gaze, even Faith complains, But the Word speaketh — "Jesus reigns." 3. Treacherous voices throng the air ; False lights hang out everywhere ; Wild the rush for Mammon's gains ; But the Word speaketh — "Jesus reigns." 84 Longing for Christ's Second Coming. 4. Darkness broods where might be light ; Truth falleth in the street — foes smite ; All around, Lord, clanking chains ; But the Word speaketh — "Jesus reigns." 5. Thy Cross, Lord, still a "stumbling-block1 Thy Gospel, the World's wise men mock ; Thy Abels hated, slain by Cains ; But the Word speaketh — "Jesus reigns." 6. Lord God, is not Thy set time come ? Aye wilt Thou to our cries be dumb? Wilt Thou not end strife that profanes ? Yes, the Word speaketh — "Jesus reigns." 7. Ah, Lord, Thou seest to the end ; All things to Thy Love's purpose tend ; Thou yet shalt cleanse Earth of its stains For the Word speaketh — " Jesus reigns." 8. Praise to our God ! His Word is sure ! Praise God the triumph is secure ! Amidst all these discordant strains His Word still speaketh — "Jesus reigns." LX. LONGING FOR CHRIST'S SECOND COMING. Hebrews ix. 28. I. EARTH still travaileth in pain That Thou, Lord, would'st come again ! Waits and waits age after age, Searching still the holy page ; Still Thou com'st not, nor yet Givest sign the time is set. Cross-bearing after Christ. 85 2. Emptied of Thy glory then, When Thou dwelled'st among men ; Thou art high-enthroned now " Many crowns " upon Thy brow ; Earth still travaileth in pain That Thou, Lord, would'st come again. 3. O Thou blessed Holy Ghost, Pleading, we dare Thee accost ; Hast Thou not from days of old Of His Second Coming told ? Hast Thou not by word and trope Giv'n Thy Church this mighty hope ? 4. Look, O Saviour, as we kneel ; Lord, Thou knowest all we feel ; Sinking heart and pulsing brain, That Thou comest not again : What Thy Spirit long has said Give, O Christ ; come to our aid ! 5. O my God, how long, how long Thy return to Earth prolong ? How long till Thou shalt appear All Thy foes to put to fear ? How long till Thou, the Crucified, Take the world for which Thou'st died ? LXI. CROSS-BEARING AFTER CHRIST. " Take up thy cross." — St Matthew xvi. 24. i. Take tip thy cross ■, My soul, thy cross ! Take it, thou wilt not suffer loss : Thy Lord knows all its heaviness ; Thou sippest but of His distress. 86 Unseen yet Loved. 2. Take up thy cross ! 'tis thine, my soul, But subject to thy Lord's control ; Then take it up ; to let it lie Will make it heavier by-and-bye. 3. Take tip thy cross /nor fear to take Whate'er He sends, for His Name's sake ; He is too loving to o'ertask : And He gives grace as we do ask. 4. Take up thy cross ! still follow Him, Ay, even if thy eyes be dim : Take 7ip thy cross, my soul, and know His eyes are on thee in thy woe. 5. Take 7ip thy cross ! take up thy cross ! Take it, thou wilt not suffer loss : The Lord knows all its heaviness ; Thou sippest but of His distress. LXIL UNSEEN YET LOVED. 1 St Peter i. 8 ; St John xx. 29. i. Unseen we love ; but hope to see When from this earthly body free, And pass'd to yonder world Above ; But now, by grace, unseen we love. 2. Unseen we love ; we know not how ; Nor may we ever think to know, Till upward unto Thee we move, To find there how unseen we love. Unseen yet Loved. 87 3. Unseen we love ; for Thou hast giv'n A thousand motives this side Heav'n, To yield response, O Holy Dove ! To Thy alluring unseen love. 4. Unseen we love ; as on Thy Rood, All crimson'd with Thy precious blood, We know Thee, Lord, our sins remove ; This melts our hearts — unseen we love. 5. Unseen we love ; O gracious Lord, Thou hast fulfill'd in us Thy Word ; How long Thy patience with us strove! No marvel, that unseen we love. 6. Unseeji we love ; 'gainst guileful arts We yielded have to Thee our hearts ; O keep Thou us that we ne'er rove : Still verify, unseen we love. 7. Unseen we love ; rejoicing still To grow like Thee and do Thy will ; Grant that our daily lives approve That Thee we know and unseen love. 8. Unseen we love ; but hope to see, When from this earthly body free, And pass'd to yonder world Above ; But now, by grace, unseen we love. 88 Safety and Comfort. LXIII. SAFETY AND COMFORT. St John x. 27-29. 1. I AM safe, for Christ holds me, Comforted, for I hold Him ; Saviour, O thus let it be, When my dying eyes are dim : I held of Thee, Thee holding; Thy strong love me enfolding. 2. Thou art strong and I am weak ; Weakness clinging unto strength ; Me thus, dear Lord, Thou dost seek ; Taking home Thine own at length ; Thy promises fulfilling, " Thy people making willing." 3. I am weak and Thou art strong ; Thy strength girding me, so weak ; Ah ! my joy breaks forth in song, Lauding Thee in strength so meek ; My sin by Thee forgiven Gives glimpse of op'ning Heaven. 4. When my sense of safety pales, Shew Thy nail-mark'd Hand in mine ; When my sense of comfort fails, Place my trembling hand in Thine ; Lord, shew me Thy salvation ! Lord, give Thy consolation ! 5. I am safe, for Christ holds me ; Comforted, for I hold Him ; Saviour, O thus let it be, When my dying eyes are dim ; I held of Thee, Thee holding ; Thy strong love me enfolding. The Divincness of the Christian. 89 LXIV. THE DIVINENESS OF THE CHRISTIAN. Made partakers of divine nature." — 2 Peter i. 4 ; Hebrews xii. 1 Corinthians ix. 10. i. Lo ! The mighty act is done ! Christ and I are now made one ; One in nature, yes, divine ; I am His, and He is mine. 2. Wondrous Lord, that Thou should'st seek O'er me so great word to speak ; Word that does a sinner change And with God Almighty range. 3. God, the Holy Ghost divine, Making Jesus' merit mine ; Thou did'st quicken my dead soul, Thou did'st make me wholly whole. 4. Father-God, Thou calledst me son, When this conquest high was won ; Grant that I be still Thy child, " Holy, harmless, undefiled." 5. I will wear my august name ; My full privilege will claim ; In each feature copy Thine, My whole nature made divine. 6. Lo ! The mighty act is done ! Christ and I are now made one ; One in nature, yes, divine ; I am His, and He is mine. 90 Jesus— Stm and Shield. LXV. JESUS— SUN AND SHIELD. "The Lord God is a sun and shield." — Psalm Ixxxiv. u. "Jesus ! Sun and Shield art Thou, Sun and Shield for ever." Dr Horatius Bonar. i . Jesus, Sun and Shield art Thou : Sun, ever and for ever ; But a Shield, Lord, only now, Yonder ! — O never, never ! There — no danger and no foe, Nor e'er need to ward a blow. 2. Jesus, Sun and Shield art Thou ; Sun, failing never, never ; Shield too, whilst we walk below ; To guard us ever, ever ; O guard, Lord, from fiery dart, That would seek to wound my heart ! 3. Jesus, Sun and Shield art Thou ; Sun ever and for ever ; O that my path still may glow, Paling never, never; And, if tempted still to yield, O place over me Thy Shield. 4. Jesus, Sun and Shield art Thou ; None like Thee, ever ever ; For rich and poor, high and low ; Keeping back blessing never. Our Sun — Hcav'n's unsetting light ; Shield but in Sin's earthly fight. Leader and Guide. 9 i Jesus, Sun and Shield art Thou ; Sun, ever and for ever ; But a Shield, Lord, only now ; Yonder — O never, never ! Present armour all laid down, Gain'd the robe, the palm, the crown ! LXVI. LEADER AND GUIDE. Shew me Thy ways, O Lord ! teach me Thy paths." — Psalm xxv. 4. i. Shew me Thy ways, 0 Lord, Thy paths 0 do TJwu teach : I bring Thee Thine own word ; Hear me, I Thee beseech. 2. O take me by the hand, That I may feel Thee near ; And when my foes withstand, I shall be kept from fear. 3. Many the " ways " there be, And " paths " that downward go ; O grant that I may see Thine — Thine alone to know. 4. Voices allure, left, right; Around — beneath — within ; How they do me invite ! Lord, arm me 'gainst all sin. 5. Each step, O Lord, me lead ! I stumble in the way ; Indwelling grace I need ; Or I shall go astray. Heart-Si . ider. 6. Shew me Thy ways, 0 L Thy paths O do Thou teach ! I bring; Thee Thine Own word. To Thee my hands I reach. LXVII. HEART-SURRENDER. i Thessalonians ?. 23, i. Lift us up in adoration. Seeing Thee upon Thy Throne ; Save us, Lord, from mere prostration As to carven wood or stone. 2. Four upon us Thine Own unction, That The Spirit witness may. By His sharp, yet sweet, compunction, Thou art leading in " the W 3. Calm in us that perturbation, Which instinctive thro' us darts ; O take without reservation. Full possession of our hearts. 4. Blend I th adoration, Adoration with our love ; Set Thy seal of restoration. On each heart, O Heavenly Dove ! 5. Burden 'd, darken'd, in depression Lord, upon us flash Thy Face ! F us wholly take possession, Make us miracles of grace. Clefts of the I 6. Thanks for hope of " heavenly mansion," Thanks for all givrn now and here ; For the soul's more wide expansion, Prelibation of more there. 7. More gifts, more of Thine Ascension, Through Thy holy grace and power ; That in progress or declension We may share Thy blood-bought dower. 8. Save us, Lord, from mere prostration, As to can-en wood or stone ; Lift us up in adoration, Seeing Thee upon Thy throne. LXVIII. CLEFTS OF THE ROCK. I 1. Clefts of the Rock ! O precious saying Of His fast-hasting Day dismaying ! Sure hiding place in ev'ry shock, Clefts of the Rock ! clefts of the Rock ! 2. Clefts of the Rock ! all fear allaying ; Clefts of the Rock ! our faith up-stayin 'Tis Christ that speaks — O to Him flock Clefts of the Rock ! clefts of the Rock ! CD ' o- Clefts of the Rock ! poor souls, obeying, Return ye from your long far-straying ; Lay hold of His strength, list His knock Clefts of the Rock ! clefts of the Roc,: . 94 Rose of Sharon. 4. Clefts of the Rock ! all else outweighing ; Clefts of the Rock ! haste ye delaying ; Sound out the tidings whoe'er mock, Clefts of the Rock ! clefts of the Rock ! 5. Clefts of the Rock ! still undecaying ; Well all who trust and flee, repaying ; The way is open none may block ; Clefts of the Rock ! clefts of the Rock ! LXIX. ROSE OF SHARON. Song of Solomon ii. I ; viii. 5. ROSE of Sharon ! Mystic flower No man knoweth to this hour : Yet upon which sweetly lies Light more lustrous than of skies ; Symbol of the supreme Birth Crown'd all beauty of the Earth. Rose of Sharon ! O how sweet ! — For the Gentle One most meet — Falls the title on Faith's ear To Song of Songs drawing near, To behold in joy The Christ 'Neath apple-tree a-keeping tryst. Rose of Sharon ! What perfume As of incense fires consume, Floats around thy gracious name Setting forth the Cross-marked shame Of that Holy Sacrifice, Which cleanses all our sin-stained cries. Everlasting Love. 95 4. Rose of Sharon ! We are told No sharp thorns did Thee enfold ; Only royal crimson bloom Touch'd with spots of changeful gloom ; Thus the King of kings forth-shewing In thy sweet and hurtless blowing. 5. Rose of Sharon ! May thy dower Of beauty rare upon me shower ; May the grace so typified Be ever in my heart descried ; O tender Saviour ! wilt me bless With Thy spotless righteousness ? LXX. EVERLASTING LOVE. I have loved thee with an everlasting love." — Isaiah xxxi. 3. . Eternal Love ! Eternal Love! O for fervours of those Above, To tell how we from sin may part, Holding from Thee the changed heart ; Thy Spirit in us still must move, Eternal Love ! Eternal Love ! . Eternal Love ! Eternal Love ! To tell it all too vast doth prove ; In man's extremity of need, Thou promised'st " the Woman's seed ; " E'en when Thy love from Eden drove : Eternal Love ! Eternal Love ! 96 Li . . red in ( Virisi, 3 Eternal Love! Eternal Love! In prophecy and gospel wove ; Thou did'st the mighty hope excite, Nor ever fail'd to keep a-light ; 0 how can men still from Thee rove ! Eternal Love ! Eternal Love ! 4. Eternal Love ! Eternal Love ! Man's primal sin Thy great heart clove ; As on the Cross 'twixt Earth and sky For our fallen race Thou deign'dst to die ; Whilst serried Hell against Thee strove : Eternal Love ! Eternal Love ! 5. Eternal Love ! Eternal Love ! O brood o'er me, Thou heav'nly Dove ! Make me to see Thy purpose stands, Wrought out by Thy nail-pierced hands ; Shew how strong faith doth me behove ; Eternal Love ! Eternal Love ! LXXL LOVE OF GOD IN CHRIST. " A'.'. :' ngs gether for good." — Romans viii. 28. Thy love, O God. flows round us tenderly, As round and round the yellow sands, the sea ; That breaks with musical lapse slenderly ; Telling how gentle Law is us'd by Thee. And yet Thy love, like a bared sword can be ; Or, like the deep sea. hush'd and still, and next — Trod of the Tempest's feet — rous'd thund'ringly. Till ev'n the heart of Faith doth sink perplext. Boundlessness of Christ's Love. gj 3. Help us, whatever form Thy love may take, To know and feel 'tis love 'neath ev'ry form ; Whether our face shine, or our aw'd hearts shake ; Still let Thine " It is I " come, calm or storm. 4. Yea, O Lord God, give us to know Thy love Mingleth the bitt'rest cup plac'd in our hands ; Give us to rise the passing clouds above, And meekly willing, wait on Thy commands. 5. Ah, Lord, for this more grace, and more, we need ; Thou know'st it all ; O on us more bestow ! Thy love redeeming, all love doth exceed ; O give us its sweet restfulness to know ! 6. Thy love, O God, flows round us tenderly, As round and round the yellow sands, the sea ; That breaks with musical lapse slenderly ; Telling how gentle Law is us'd by Thee. LXXII. BOUNDLESSNESS OF CHRIST'S LOVE. . . . " passeth knowledge." — Ephesians iii. 19. 1. Thy Love, O Christ, is boundless, More boundless than the sky ; To deepest plummet soundless ; For Thou for me did'st die. 2. Thy Love is "Grace Abounding," With fulness like the sea ; Still — still is it forth-sounding, " Glad tidings " unto me. G 98 Love of God — God of Love. 3. Thy Love no love can equal ; Tis love without return ; Unchanging and perpetual ; Me, vilest, did not spurn. 4. Thy Love is meet for singing, With heart and string and voice ; I, sinner, to Thee clinging, Cannot enough rejoice. 5. Thy Love on Earth is treasure; It tells of sin forgiven ; But who may seek to measure The perfect bliss of Heaven ? 6. Thy Love, O Christ, is boundless, More boundless than the sky ; To deepest plummet soundless ; For Thou for me did'st die. LXXIII. LOVE OF GOD— GOD OF LOVE. " We read Thee best in Him Who came To bear for us the cross of shame ; Sent by the Father from on High, Our life to live, our death to die." Dr Horatius Bonar. " For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast unto the end." — Hebrews iii. 14. (Cf. 1 Peter iv. 13.) i. OUR life to live, o?ir death to die : Singer, is not thy note too high ? Sinless He and sinless ever ; Sinful we and sinless never ; Love of God — God of Love. 99 Even in glory — sinners saved, As in the crimson fountain laved ; Singer, is not thy note too high ? Our life to live, our death to die. 2. Our life to live, onr death to die : If so — whence that stupendous cry ? Whence rocking Earth and livid skies ? Immeasurable agonies ? Cross of shame, and great heart broken ? No word by His Father spoken ? Not thus, not thus, mere mortal dies ; Or, His Own four-fold Gospel lies. 3. Our life to live, our death to die : Yea, Lord, by Thy fine alchemy Tis even so — by Thy grace given Thou dost here meeten us for Heaven ; Thine Own strong life Thou dost impart With the great gift of the " new heart " ; And, breathing in us heav'nly breath, Mak'st us partakers in Thy death. 4. Our life to live, our death to die : Incarnate Love, Thou did'st come nigh ; Thus Thou did'st live as we do live, By Thy divine prerogative ; Thus Thou did'st die as we do die, Sharer of our humanity ; Sweet paradox ! I see it now, Thro' grace, we live and die as Thou. i oo Hea rt-keep in% by Jesus. LXXIV. HEART-KEEPING BY JESUS. Psalm cxxi. 5 and Philippians iv. 7. i. Wilt Thou, O Lord, me holier make ! Wilt Thou, O Lord, me holier keep ! The power of sin within me break ! Behold me as I troubled weep. 2. Behold me as I troubled weep ; Alas ! alas ! 'tis a hard fight. What can I do but to Thee creep ? Lord, I go dimly, give me light. 3. Lord, I go dimly, give me light, That I may not " unworthy " prove ; Shield me, O shield with gentle might, In the long patience of Thy love. 4. In the long patience of Thy love, That I may conquer lingering sin ; Yea, Lord, as dross from ore remove, Purge and repurge me all within. 5. Purge and repurge me all within, In thought and word, desire and deed ; Fain would I final conquest win : Hear me as Thou for me did'st bleed. 6. Hear me as Thou for me did'st bleed ; Holy and lowly would I be ; I tell Thee, Lord, Thou know'st my need ; Help, help me of Thy clemency. Serenity. 101 LXXV. SERENITY. St John xiv. 27. A mas nee reshias. — St Augustine (Conf., lib. i. iv.). " A God is! A Holy Will lives ! however the human heart may stagger. High over the weavings of time and space lives the sub- lime purpose ; and though all creatures groan in a circle of change, yet unchanging in the midst of change there is one Quiet Spirit." . . . — Schiller. i. Thy love, Lord, is serene, No tumult marks its flow ; Calm as that Sea was seen When forth Thy word did go ; O that my love to Thee Shew'd Thy tranquillity. 2. Alas ! Lord, I must own O'er all the love I feel — Ev'n that unto Thee shewn — Dim mists of passion steal ; Lord ! Pardon my offence, And from this taint me cleanse. 3. I mourn, Lord, that my love So poorly copies Thine; Unrest me still doth move With influence malign ; Let Thy sweet quietness My whole soul re-possess. 4. Without — I look to Thee, Within myself I look ; O Thy strange constancy How it doth me rebuke ! O hear me as I sigh, Shew me that Thou art nieh. io2 Imputed Righteousness. 5. How changeful is our love ; How mix'd of grief our joy ! How short our raptures prove ! How certain an alloy ! Lord, Thy love in us burn ; Restless to Thee we turn. LXXVI. IMPUTED RIGHTEOUSNESS. "The Lord our righteousness." — Jeremiah xxiii. 16. "Cover me with the robe of righteousness." — Isaiah lxi. 10 (cf. xxviii. 10). i. Thou, Lord, gavest me for dress, Spotless robe of Righteousness ; Woven in what loom, O Christ ? On Thy Cross, by Love unpric'd. 2. Thou, Lord, gavest me for dress, Spotless robe of Righteousness ; It makes black or dew or rain ; And an angel's tear would stain. 3. Thou, Lord, gavest me for dress, Spotless robe of Righteousness ; Who may set its praises forth? Who may tell its unmatch'd worth ? 4. Thou, Lord, gavest me for dress, Spotless robe of Righteousness ; In my shame to Thee I went ; Thy grace made me penitent. Not Graces but Christ. 5 . Thou, Lord, gavest me for dress, Spotless robe of Righteousness ; Fully covering all my sin, Hiding all the guilt within. 6. Thou, Lord, gavest me for dress, Spotless robe of Righteousness ; Here now this fair robe I wear, Yonder shall in it appear. 7. Thou, Lord, gavest me for dress, Spotless robe of Righteousness ; Crimson sin 'neath Thy blood shed Is to white transfigured. 8. Thou, Lord, gavest me for dress, Spotless robe of Righteousness ; Woven in what loom, O Christ? On Thy CROSS, by Love unpric'd. LXXVII. NOT GRACES BUT CHRIST. Galatians ii. 20-21. I. I BLESS Thee, Lord, for all the graces That on Thine Own Thou dost bestow ; By which we can lift up our faces In light that from Thy Face doth glow ; But, Jesus, 'tis Thyself I seek : O hear me as I, pleading, speak ! 04 The Names of our Blessed Redeemer. 2. I bless Thee, Lord, for Faith and Love, For Meekness —Peace — Humility; For Patience sweet, like Thine above ; For Courage 'midst hostility ; But, Jesus, 'tis Thyself I seek, O hear me as I, pleading, speak ! 3. More grace and graces, Lord, impart, That to " full stature " I may grow ; Keep Thou all issues of the heart, Thou Who alone each heart dost know ; But, Jesus, 'tis Thyself I seek : O hear me as I, pleading, speak ! 4. For Thee Thyself, O Lord, I pine ! Fulfil Thy word and in me dwell ; Myself am Thine, Thyself be mine ; Conquer all thoughts that do rebel, O Jesus, 'tis Thyself I seek ! O hear me as I, pleading, speak ! LXXVIII. THE NAMES OF OUR BLESSED REDEEMER. Ephesians i. 20-23. 1. Jesus ! That sweetest of Thy Names ; Jesus ! That saving grace proclaims ; Jesus ! The Saviour all men need ; Jesus ! Who on the Cross did bleed. 2. Christ ! Once by seer and saint expected ; Christ ! Whom Thine Own of old rejected ; Christ I The Messiah true appointed ; Christ! The one High-priest anointed, The Living Way. 105 3. Lord ! Many-crowned King of men ; Lord ! Mighty still to-day as then ; Lord ! Who above all lords art Lord ; Lord ! Ruling all things by Thy word. 4. Lord Jesus Christ ! Our Three-in-One ; Lord Jesus Christ ! Thy will be done ; Lord Jesus Christ ! Adored be, In the Most Holy Trinity. LXXIX. THE LIVING WAY. "Iam the Way, the Truth and the Life." — St John xiv. 6 (Greek). i. JESUS, we wake to see the light, For Thou hast kept us through the night ; Now may we hear Thee softly say, / am the true and living Way. 2. Jesus, we would this morning raise Upwards our hearts in votive praise ; We give ourselves anew this day To Thee, the true and living Way. 3. Jesus, protect our home-ones dear, Keep them and us within Thy fear ; In thought nor word to go astray From Thee, the true and living Way. 4. Jesus, when mingling with the crowd, Or silent, or 'mid clamours loud ; Be this our watchword while we pray, / am the true and living Way, io6 The Living Way. 5. Jesus, help us Thy truth to keep, When we are glad, or when we weep ; The life within, grant that it may Shew forth, the true and living Way. 6. Jesus, may we Thy cause commend ; Freely receiving freely spend ; The good attract, the base affray, In Thee, the true and living Way. 7. Jesus, from morning unto night, Sustain us in the paths of right ; Make us to grow as we obey, Like Thee, the true and living Way. 8. Jesus, we ask our " daily bread " From Thee, by Whom we all are fed ; By more than earthly food us stay, Thyself bestow, true living Way. 9. Jesus, pour out on us Thy grace, To live as ever 'neath Thy Face ; Forbid that we should e'er betray Or leave, the true and living Way. Power from on High. 107 LXXX. POWER FROM ON HIGH. St Luke xxiv. 49. Da quod htbes, et ittbe quod vis. — St Augustine (Conf., lib. x. xxix.). i. Command, Lord, what Thou wilt, But give what Thou commandest ; Thou knowest all my guilt, Me throughly understandest ; Whate'er be on me laid I shall stand unafraid. 2. Command, Lord, what Thou wilt ; All dangers I shall dare ? I flee to Thy Blood spilt, To Thy Word and to Prayer ; Thus arm'd, I'm clad in mail, When en'mies me assail. 3. Command, Lord, what Thou wilt, Thou all my wounds shalt cure ; Howe'er fair they are gilt Sin's charms shall not me lure ; 0 look to me and bring Me forth conqu'ring to sing. 4. Command, Lord, what Thou wilt, My way be dark or bright ; Upon the Rock I'm built, Thou shalt defend the right ; 1 look to Thee O God ! I bringito Thee my load. 1 08 Unrest. 5. Command, Lord, what Thou wilt, But give what Thou commandest Thou knowest all my guilt, Me throughly understandest : Whate'er be on me laid I shall stand unafraid. LXXXI. UNREST. St Matthew xi. 28. 1. I AM driv'n to and fro Unknowing where to go ; As tho' a thing of chance Or of mere circumstance. 0 Lord ! I am hard-prest. Where — where shall I find rest ? " Come unto Me." 2. I hear, O Christ ! Thy voice ; 1 hear Thee and rejoice ; I am no thing, I find, Nor do the Fates me bind : 0 Lord ! I am opprest, But Thou canst give me rest : " Come unto Me." 3. Again and yet again, Like to some sweet refrain ; 1 catch Thy gladsome call As it doth on me fall ; Thus bidding turmoil cease, Imparting Thine Own peace : " Come unto Me." Full Supply for utmost Need. 109 LXXXII. FULL SUPPLY FOR UTMOST NEED. Philippians iv. 9. 1. " My need, and all my need, Thou wilt supply " : I take Thee at Thy word, and ask not why ; Or, if I ask 'tis but Thy Name to bless, Who art my " all in all," my righteousness. 2. " My need, and all my need, Thou wilt supply " : O Lord, I place Thy words beneath Thine eye ; See me as troubled to Thy Throne I'm led ; Teach me to trust Thee for my " daily bread." 3. " My need, and all my need, Thou wilt supply " : Praise to Thee, Lord, for this sufficiency ; For wants of me and mine, I look to Thee ; From care, O living Saviour, keep me free. 4. " My need, and all my need, Thou wilt supply " : O Lord my God, need is a constancy ; Look on me from Thy dwelling-place in Heav'n, And as Thou look'st, O let me be forgiv'n ! 5. " My need, and all my need, Thou wilt supply " : O blessed Jesus, hear my urgent cry ; That I may grow in grace and lowliness, Partaker of Thy blood-bought holiness. 6. " My need, and all my need, Thou wilt supply " : O Saviour mine, give me Thy ecstasy ; That day by day for Thee I witness may, And others bring to walk along " The Way." [ io Christ all in all. y. " My need, and all my need, Thou wilt supply " : Thy word Thou dost fulfil right faithfully ; O grant that all I am and have may be, My Saviour, dedicated unto Thee. LXXXIII. CHRIST ALL IN ALL, Colossians iii. n. i. All the world for Christ, and Christ for all the world ; Hoist this watchword flag, and let it ne'er be furled ; Wide as human need and wide as human sin, A full and free salvation Christ has died to win. 2. Christ for all the zvorld, and all tJie world for Christ ; Tell it fully — of redeeming love unpric'd ; Tell it bravely — tell, whoever be the foes ; Tell it plainly — God's one cure for human woes. 3. All the world for Christ, and CJirist for all the world ; Tell it proudly — from its throne sin hurled ; Tell it strongly — that none may e'er despair ; Tell it too, at all times ; tell it everywhere. 4. Christ for all the zvorld, and all the world for Christ ; Tell it to the guiltiest, from the cross entic'd ; Tell it to the lowest, whom none seem to heed ; Tell it to the noblest — for the noblest need. Indwelling — Dwelling in. 1 1 1 LXXXIV. INDWELLING— DWELLING IN. St John vi. 56. i. Dwell in me, O my Lord, That I in Thee may dwell ; Fulfil Thy tender word, That Thy evangels tell ; Thou in me, I in Thee, By Thy sweet courtesy. 2. But wilt Thou my guest be, In this poor heart of mine ? Thy guest ? Is this for me ? In that pure heart of Thine ? Thou in me, I in Thee, By Thy sweet courtesy. 3. Thy chamber, Lord, prepare, Whither Thou deignest come ; I may not seek to share The making of Thy home : Thou in me, I in Thee, By Thy sweet courtesy. 4. Thy gracious gifts bestow, Humility and love ; O cause my heart to glow By fire sent from above : Thou in me, I in Thee, By Thy sweet courtesy. 112 1 \ yet not /", but Christ. LXXXV. I, YET NOT I, BUT CHRIST. Galatians ii. 20. 1. Like to twin-stars that revolve Around the lorn wan moon, That the blackest clouds dissolve ; Full of hope and high resolve, I found — ah God ! how soon ! That without Thy mightier might, I should soon stray from the light, Plunging into starless night ; Thy grace, O Lord ! my boon. 2. Vain all graces without grace, Me to sanctify ; Vain by my own strength to trace Noble plans, or to embrace Opportunity; Thou, my God, and Thou alone, Changing this hard heart of stone, Giving benediction, Liftest and keepest high ; 3. Loving Lord, to Thee I come, Lo ! self-emptied quite, — All to confess in all its sum ; When Thou say'st 'guilty,' I am dumb; Lord, see my heart contrite ! I would see, when I am weak Then I'm strong : and now, Lord, speak That from Thee I strength aye seek ; Yea, more and more, give light. Triumph. 1 1 3 4. Alas ! O God, I must sigh ! As each day closes ; I start well, but by-and-bye I, self-convicted, sad descry In my heart reposes Evil thoughts and ill desires Like to hidden smould'ring fires Base self- pride that still aspires, Thorns 'neath all my roses. LXXXVI. TRIUMPH. Revelations xi. 15. i. Rejoice! Rejoice! Rejoice! We will lift heart and voice ; Lo ! nations at a birth Of Him are making choice ; Christ ! King of all the Earth, O 'tis a glorious noise ! This universal mirth. 2. 'Twas promised of old All should come to His fold ; Like thunder of sea-waves From thousand shores 'tis rolled ; Hark ! The great word that saves Is being grandly told, And high His banner waves. 3. How long O Lord ! how long ! Till shall break forth the song ? Sages and seers foresaw The dawning of this Day ; And we with hush of awe Behold it on its way ; Lord ! all hearts to Thee draw, n 1 1 4 Vision of Glory. 4. The valley of dry bones Insensate as the stones Beneath Thy quick'ning breath Rose up a living host ; O 'midst our sin and death Come stir Thou Holy Ghost ; We plead, we plead " He sarin." 5. Rejoice! Rejoice! Rejoice! We will lift heart and voice ; Lo ! nations at a birth Of Him are making choice; Christ ! King of all the Earth, O 'tis a glorious noise ! This universal mirth. LXXXVII. VISION OF GLORY. Revelations i. 10 ; 1 Peter iv. 13. On dream-wings lifted up I heard the stainless praise of the redeemed hosts above, Even as it was heard on Patmos isle by the dis- ciple whom the Lord did love ; 'Twas as the voice of many waters rolling clang- rously towards a whitened shore ; And as the voice of a great thunder, deep-boom- ing, with Earth's and sky's commingled roar ; And clear and high o'er all, as holy worshippers foregathered there with thronging feet Harpers harping with their harps, that softened tenderly the awful with the sweet, Vision of Glory. 1 1 5 2. Then there flashed before my burdened eyes, like bickering flames, so vast a multitude That never mortal may essay to set it forth by any known similitude ; And still in billowy swell forth from the myriad numbers of that vast unnumbered throng, There rose, like to the ring'd ascending smoke of incense, the melody of the " new song," — The song of His great love redeeming, Who, by cross of shame, had saved them on the Earth, And in His grace infinite transported them thither, though of sinful mortal birth. 3. I saw the Great White Throne to th' utmost verge, in purest splendor of Mount Her- mon's whiteness, And in the midst the Lamb, lo ! as He had been slain, effulgent in His dreadful brightness ; I saw too in the streets of shining gold, that led up to the Lord Christ seated there, The glorious company of the redeemed from first of time, who the " new name " did bear : O it was such a beatific glimpse, that thus to me in my deep sleep was given, That now I walk this scarred, sin-shattered Earth, as tho' already I were there in Heaven. 4. And now beneath a lowly roof of God's Own House on Earth, I dare to offer praise, Ev'n though sin-stained, because from human lips, the highest notes mere mortal man may raise; For hast not Thou, the chief of sinners' Saviour, spoken from Thy Throne of Grace on high, Most gracious words of benediction : ' Whoso off'reth praise, the Lord doth glorify ' ? i 1 6 Vision of Glory. O Holy Intercessor, clarify with Thine Own Spirit's breath, our poor frail singing, That not as music only but praise-prayer it may reach Thee, like white doves winging. 5. Ah ! This sad globe of ours, so insignificant amid the blaze of worlds supernal, And marked yea branded with the brand of human sin, by man's base fall, through hate infernal, In crimson vesture hangs before the Throne, by Calvary's cross and Jesus blood redeemed, So mightier grander far is this small Earth of man's, than by proud Science it is deemed ; We, therefore, God Almighty, Holy, Holy, Holy One, would draw near with our praise : Accept of it, O Christ, and sanctify, as with one heart we all adoring gaze. 6. Praise to God, Almighty Father ! Praise to the Son Eternal ! Praise to the Holy Ghost ! From all on Earth and in the heavens, from a love-united and redeemed host ; From child-lips praise, and praise from dewy youth ! from manhood praise, and praise from hoar old age ! Praise from lowly huts and humble men ! from toilers praise, and praise from broad-browed sage ! Praise from Faith, and Hope, and Love, and Joy, and praise from Penitence, and Griefs parched lips ! All who have being praise, until this mortal life is lost in the Apocalypse. III. GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT. I bclhU m the ^jolj) (Slurst.— The Creed. LXXXVIII. THE DOVE IN HOLY SCRIPTURE. i. Creation. Genesis 1.2. Bird of the ringed throat ! Bird of the plaintive note ! Methinks from days of old Thou still hast been enroll'd Very gospel to bring Upon thy little wing, Ev'n more than birds that sing. Symbol of rich blessing Faith's full heart addressing, Midst sorrow still caressing ; With brooding breast of love Blackest of chaos above : Bird of the ringed throat ! Bird of the plaintive note ! 2. THE DELUGE. Genesis viii. 8-12. Far back in the dread Flood — Doom of man's second feud ; Lo ! flying out of ark, Nothing the Dove could mark ; But sent forth yet again, When ceas'd the awful rain ; She, by plucked olive leaf, Told of coming relief: Bird of the ringed throat ! Bird of the plaintive note ! i 20 The Dove in Holy Scrip hire. 3- SACRIFICE. Genesis xv. 9; Leviticus i. 14: v. 7 ; xii. 6 ct set/. ; St Luke ii. 2\ Onward by type and rite " Good news " for the contrite : In prefiguring Law Men day by day thee saw For sacrifice accepted, The poorest not neglected. By its few drops of blood The Dove for atonement stood : Bird of the ringed throat ! Bird of the plaintive note ! 4. David in Sorrow and Unrest. Psalm Iv. 6. Bird of the ringed throat ! Bird of the plaintive note ! When the sweet-singer king His restless heart did bring Unto the Lord appealing, All his unrest revealing ; How did he by thee tell Wish else unspeakable ! " Oh for wings of a DOVE That I might far remove ! " 5. Mourning, isaiahiix. n. Saints unto thee turning To paint deepest ' mourning ' ; Still yearning, thought of thee In thy sweet misery ; The Dove in Holy Scripture. 1 2 1 Bird of the ringed throat ! Bird of the plaintive note ! " All the day we do roar And like to Doves mourn sore ; " Heart of grief to the Lord Bears the pathetic word. 6. Gospel-day foreseen, isaiah ix. 8. Bird of the ringed throat ! Bird of the plaintive note ! Prophets far-on gazing, Christ's Day them amazing ; 'Midst all jeers and mocking " Like unto Doves flocking " ; Saw the assur'd success That the gospel should bless ; Saw the beatitude Of redeem'd multitude By Grace's plenitude. 7. The Baptism of our Lord. St Matthew iii. 16. Augustest sign of all, When from cleft sky did fall The great voice proclaiming " The Beloved Son " naming, Thou O Dove ! ministred, Descending on His Head ; Whilst the Holy Spirit Seal gave to His merit : Bird of the ringed throat ! Bird of the plaintive note ! 1 2 2 God the Holy Spirit. 8. Christian Character, st Matthew x. 16. Bird of the ringed throat ! Bird of the plaintive note ! When the Lord in sweet speech His followers would teach, How in a world like this Ne'er the path of life to miss ; Thus He taught humility, " Harmless as doves be ye : " Lord ! We thy word accept So of Thee be we kept. Summary. Brood o'er our hearts O Dove ! Fill us with peace and love ; By story of the Flood ; By the poorest's "shed blood "; By David's weary breast ; By the sign on Christ did rest ; By teaching of the Lord : Be all these in us stor'd. Bird of the ringed throat ! Bird of the plaintive note. LXXXIX. GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT. Romans xv. 30. i. O Holy Ghost ! Come as the Dew, Softly, stilly, this quiet eve ; Our first love's joy do Thou renew, As to those who did first believe. The Love of the Spirit. 1 2 3 2. O Holy Ghost ! Come as the Fire, Kindle in all our hearts Thy flame ; That, touch'd of Thee, we may aspire, And shrink not from His glorious shame. 3. O Holy Ghost ! Come as the Wind Shake Thou ev'ry barrier down, That, restfully on Him reclin'd, We Him, He us, may gracious own. 4. O Holy Ghost ! Come as the Rain, Sweetly healing the new-mown grass ; Refresh and strengthen, that again We on our upward way may pass. 5. O Holy Ghost ! Come as the Light, Purely, brightly as break of Day ; Work in us by Thy gentle might Such hope as shall our fears affray. 6. O Holy Ghost ! Be Thou our Life— Our life that's hid with Christ in God ; Make Thou us strong in the sore strife, Guarding us in the paths He trod. 7. O Dew ! O Fire ! O Wind ! O Rain ! O Light of Life ! O Life of Light ! We would the height of heights attain — We would be strengthened by Thy Might. XC. THE LOVE OF THE SPIRIT. Romans xv. 30 and Philippians ii. I. i. 'Biding still on Earth with us, O Thou patient Holy Ghost ! Had Thy grace magnanimous, Left us, we had all been lost. 124 The Holy Spirit our Strength. 2. Still Thy Presence is confess'd ; Still Thou flashest inward light ; Still the strife continuest, Still the wayward dost invite. 3. Still stray'd feet Thou guidest home, From " far country " they have sought ; Still dost shew Redemption come, On the Cross by Jesus wrought. 4. Heav'nly Dove, Thou mightst us shun, And spread wide Thy wings for flight ; But till the Last Man is won, Thou shalt strive to reunite. 5. 'Biding still on Earth with us, O Thou patient Holy Ghost ! Had Thy grace magnanimous, Left us, we had all been lost. XCI. THE HOLY SPIRIT OUR STRENGTH. St John xiv. 16. i. O Comforter, The Holy Ghost! Before Thee mortal may not boast ; Yet lowlily I would declare That I am strong as Thou art near ; Thy Presence puts in me new strength, Until that now I can at length Take Thee for Helper — Advocate — Guide and Teacher : were ingrate If I burst not into song, By Thy Presence still kept strong. The Holy Spirit our Strength. 1 25 2. O Comforter, The Holy Ghost ! Before Thee mortal may not boast ; Yet not alone driest Thou my tears, Yet not alone stillest Thou my fears ; But, when my blackest guilt I see, Thou shewest me from sin set free ; All accusations of The Law Are hushed, as near Thy cross I draw ; Therefore burst I into song, By Thy Presence still kept strong. 3. O Comforter, The Holy Ghost ! Before Thee mortal may not boast ; I grasp Thy Name of Paraclete But find Thee strong as well as sweet ; Consoler Thou, as Thou giv'st peace Still whisp'ring of the great release ; But more — Thy Presence felt so near The eyes of Faith makes bright and clear; My glad heart bursts into song, By Thy Presence still kept strong. 4. O Comforter, The Holy Ghost ! Before Thee mortal may not boast ; I, a sinner, now and ever, Sinner safe, but sinless never ; And by Thy grace, O Thou most meek, I cling to Thee or I am weak ; I draw from Thine Omnipotence A strength divine, a precious sense ; Words not enough, but bright song, By Thy Presence still kept strong. 1 26 Symbols of God the Holy Spirit. XCII. SERENITY UNDER THE SPIRIT'S REPROOF. Stjohnxvi. 8. 1. Lord, what is this that Thou hast sent? My heart, like sea-wave turbulent, Quivers with strange sweet agony : 0 born not of the Earth but sky ! Of ' sin ' Thou seek'st me to convince And 'neath Thy probing touch I wince. 2. Lord, what is this more Thou hast sent ? Lo ! grace mix'd with Thy chastisement ! Accusing, yet Thou dost me bless — Convincing me of Righteoiisness : Behold I plumb the mystery ; 1 die not, for Thou, Christ, did'st die. 3. Lord, what is this ? still more sent ? Thy righteousness with ' judgment ' blent : But Saviour, in Thy boldness clad I shall, by Thee, be no more sad ; Assured that on that fateful Day Thou blessed Christ will be my stay. XCIII. SYMBOLS OF GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT. St Matthew iii. 16 ; Acts of the Apostles ii. 2-3 ; xvi. 14 ; xvi. 26. I. THOU earnest as the Dove ; O Holy Spirit blest ! His heav'nly Father's love, Fully Thou did'st attest ; May this witness to Him giv'n ; Seal me, too, a son of Heav'n. Symbols of God the Holy Spirit. \ 2 7 2. Thou earnest as the Fire, In the great " Upper Room " ; Camest; but not in'ire, With benison, not doom ; May this witness to them giv'n, Seal me, too, a son of Heav'n ! 3. Thou camest as the Wind, Rushing thro' city-street ; Jerusalem did find Sound of invisible feet ; May this witness to it giv'n, Seal me, too, a son of Heav'n. 4. Thou camest as the Light, Soft op'ning Lydia's heart ; In gentleness of might, Shewing "the better part " ; May this witness to her giv'n, Seal me, too, a son of Heav'n ! 5. Thou camest, with earthquake shock Shaking the prison-walls ; Jailor, as Earth doth rock, For mercy on Thee calls ; May the witness to him giv'n Seal me, too, a son of Heav'n. 6. O Dove ! 0 Fire ! O Wind ! O Light ! O Earthquake dread ! By each, by all combined Be my heart monished ! May each witness of old giv'n Seal me, too, a son of Heav'n, 1 2 8 Grace Perfecting. XCIV. GRACE PERFECTING. 2 Corinthians xiii. 9 ; 2 Corinthians vii. t ; Galatians iii. 3. 1. Years on years I went in dread, Gloom below and overhead ; Christ as austere Master served, Trembling when in aught I swerv'd ; But "my chain " His sweet love broke, The Lord's ransom'd I awoke. Joy, O joy, to me is given On Earth to taste the bliss of Heav'n. 2. " God forbid " that I should boast, Knowing my redemption's cost ; Pard'ning love I magnify, Nor His mercy may belie ; Grace abounding is my song, Sinner, I to Christ belong. Joy, O joy, to me is given, On Earth to taste the bliss of Heav'n. 3. I have enter'd into rest ; " Peace of God " doth calm my breast ; 11 Perfect love " has cast out fear, For the Lord is ever near : In me beateth "the new heart," Wrought by gracious Spirit's art. Joy, O joy, to me is given, On Earth to taste the bliss of Heav'n. Grace Perfecting. i 29 Holier, I trust, I grow, Thro' " the seed " which Thou dost sow ; Lowlier I fain would be, By Thy sweet humility ; And the pureness of Thy Will Which I choose — like light, doth fill : Joy, O joy, to me is given, On Earth to taste the bliss of Heav'n ! Years on years I went in dread, Gloom below and overhead ; Christ as austere Master serv'd, Trembling when in aught I swerv'd ; But " my chain " His sweet love broke, The Lord's ransom'd I awoke : Joy, O joy, to me is given, On Earth to taste the bliss of Heav'n. LOVE WITHOUT MEASURE. (After St Bernard.) 1. All I have, I have received ; All hold, as I have believed ; Believed, by Christ's gracious art — Art, that giveth the " new heart " ; Ah ! the " new heart " which He taketh And it His Own temple maketh. 2. All I do, He doeth in me, Thro' His " glorious liberty " ; Freedom that makes me the Lord's By the rich grace He affords ; Making that I loud rejoice With my heart and with my voice. 3. Mind in my intelligence, Intelligence made excellence ; Excellence produc'd by Love, Quickened by the Holy Dove ; That in me hath sweetly wrought As I by His Blood am bought. 4. Vain all glory but in Him, His all glory else doth dim ; Save as we're, by grace, The Christ's Ah ! He true keeps His sweet trysts, Keeps them, and still shews the Way, That leads to Eternal Day. 5. What the measure of our love, That aye toward Him doth move ? Toward Him our richest treasure, Treasure far transcending measure ; Measure yea, that knows no bound, Only in the boundless found. IV. THE HOLY SCRIPTURES. ci)J>lg scripture coniaineth all things necessary to salbation : so that tohatsoeber is not reab therein, nor map. be nrobeb thereby, is not to be rcquireb of ang man, that it shoulb be beliebeb as an article of the Jfaith, or be thought reqnisite or necessary to saltation. In the name of the ^ioig