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Saviour, Again To Thy Dear Name We Raise

Saviour, Again To Thy Dear Name We Raise
With One Accord Our Parting Hymn Of Praise;
We Stand To Bless Thee Ere Our Worship Cease,
Then, Lowly Kneeling, Wait Thy Word Of Peace.

Grant Us Thy Peace Upon Our Homeward Way;
With Thee Begun, With Thee Shall End The Day;
Guard Thou The Lips From Sin, The Hearts From Shame,
That In This House Have Called Upon Thy Name.

Grant Us Thy Peace, Lord, Through The Coming Night,
Turn Thou For Us Its Darkness Into Light;
From Harm And Danger Keep Thy Children Free,
For Dark And Light Are Both Alike To Thee.

Grant Us Thy Peace Throughout Our Earthly Life,
Our Balm In Sorrow, And Our Stay Ln Strife;
Then, When Thy Voice Shall Bid Our Conflict Cease,
Call Us, O Lord, To Thine Eternal Peace.

Words: John Ellerton.    Music: Edward J. Hopkins

Unstooping by Walter de la Mare

 Unstooping

Low on his fours the Lion
  Treads with the surly Bear;
But Men straight upward from the dust
  Walk with their heads in air;
The free sweet winds of heaven,
  The sunlight from on high
Beat on their clear bright cheeks and brows
  As they go striding by;
The doors of all their houses
  They arch so they may go
Uplifted o'er the four-foot beasts,
  Unstooping, to and fro.

Hearing the Voice of God?

 

 

The watches of the night  by Kristyn Getty

I look towards the wintering trees

To hush my fretful soul

As they rise to face the icy sky

And hold fast beneath the snow

Their rings grow wide, their roots go deep

That they might hold their height

And stand like valiant soldiers

Through the watches of the night

No human shoulder ever bears

The weight of all the world

But hearts can sink beneath the ache

Of trouble's sudden surge

Yet far beyond full knowing

There's a strong unsleeping light

That reaches round to hold me

Through the watches of the night

I have cried upon the steps that seem

Too steep for me to climb

And I've prayed against a burden

I did not want to be mine

But here I am and this is where

You're calling me to fight

And You I will remember

Through the watches of the night

You I will remember

Through the watches of the night

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