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AT EVENTIDE.
Thou infmitely merciful!
Thy garment's hem in prayer we pull;
Bringing our burdens on our knees,
We take the hand that lends release:
Turn on us one forgiving look,
Before this day shall close its book.
Thy garment's hem in prayer we pull;
Bringing our burdens on our knees,
We take the hand that lends release:
Turn on us one forgiving look,
Before this day shall close its book.
So yearningly we seek thy face
When darkness is our dwelling-place.
Our foolish hearts, that daily roam,
Would nightly nestle with Thee at Home.
Be with us Here, and grant that we
Hereafter, Lord, may be with Thee!
When darkness is our dwelling-place.
Our foolish hearts, that daily roam,
Would nightly nestle with Thee at Home.
Be with us Here, and grant that we
Hereafter, Lord, may be with Thee!
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Father! our inmost parts lie bare
To Thine own purifying air;
We spread our stains out in Thy sight;
O, Sun of Pureness, turn them white:
And make our spirits clear as dew
For thine own Self to lighten through.
To Thine own purifying air;
We spread our stains out in Thy sight;
O, Sun of Pureness, turn them white:
And make our spirits clear as dew
For thine own Self to lighten through.
Send down the Comforter, we plead,
For all who are in bitter need;
Let homeless Hagars find, we pray,
Some well of succour by the way:
With the Angel of Thy Presence bless
Poor wanderers in the wilderness.
For all who are in bitter need;
Let homeless Hagars find, we pray,
Some well of succour by the way:
With the Angel of Thy Presence bless
Poor wanderers in the wilderness.
God keep our darlings safe this night,
Tho' scattered, one still in Thy sight!
Lead on, by many ways, and past
All perils, till we join at last:
With us the broken links! with Thee
The circle perfect endlessly.
Tho' scattered, one still in Thy sight!
Lead on, by many ways, and past
All perils, till we join at last:
With us the broken links! with Thee
The circle perfect endlessly.
Now take us, Father, to Thy breast,
And still all troubled thoughts to rest;
Thy watch and ward about us keep,
That tired souls may smile asleep,
And, having been in heaven awhile,
May wake to-morrow with Thy smile!
And still all troubled thoughts to rest;
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That tired souls may smile asleep,
And, having been in heaven awhile,
May wake to-morrow with Thy smile!
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