I THE hours of day are over,

The evening calls us home; Once more to Thee, O Father, With thankful hearts we come; F For all Thy countless blessings

We praise Thy holy Name,
And own Thy love unchanging,
Through days and years the same.
2 For life, and health, and shelter

From harm throughout the day,
The kindness of our teachers,
The gladness of our play;
For all the dear affection

Of parents, brothers, friends,
To Him our thanks we render
Who these and all things sends.

3 But these, O Lord, can show us
Thy goodness but in part;
Thy love would lead us onward
To know Thee as Thou art;

Thy Son came down from heaven
To take away our sin,

Thy Spirit dwells among us

To make us clean within.

4 For this, O Lord, we bless Thee,
For this, we thank Thee most,-
The cleansing of the sinful,

The saving of the lost;

The Teacher ever present, The Friend for ever nigh, cres. The Home prepared by Jesus f For us above the sky.

5 Lord, gather all Thy children
To meet Thee there at last,
When earthly tasks are ended,

And earthly days are past;
With all our dear ones round us
In that eternal home,

Where death no more shall part us,

And night shall never come! Amen.

PI By Thy birth, O Lord of all,

In a stable's lowly stall,
Where Thou didst vouchsafe to rest
On a human mother's breast;

Guard Thy children, Lord, to Thee
Chanting this our Litany.

2 By Thy humble bed of straw,
Thy obedience to the Law;
By Thy forty days of woe
Wrestling with the mighty foe;
Guard Thy children, &c.

3 By the hallowed water poured
On Thy sacred Head, O Lord,

When Thou Jordan's wave didst bless,
And fulfil all righteousness;

Guard Thy children, &c.

4 By the anguish laid on Thee,
Kneeling in Gethsemane,
By Thy Cross and precious death,
By Thy last expiring breath;
Guard Thy children, &c.

5 By the word of pardon blest
To the dying thief addressed,
By Thy cold and rocky bed,
By Thy sojourn 'midst the dead;
Guard Thy children, &c.

F 6 By Thy Resurrection bright,
By Thy wondrous heavenly flight,
By the Throne where Thou dost stand
At Thy Father's own right hand;

Guard Thy children, Lord, to Thee p Chanting this their Litany. Amen.

PI GOD the Father, God the Word,
God the Holy Ghost adored,
Blessed Trinity, One Lord;
Spare us, Holy Trinity.

2 Jesu, David's Root and Stem,
Jesu, Bright and glorious Gem,
Jesu, Babe of Bethlehem;
Hear us, Holy Jesu.
3 Jesu, Saviour ever mild,
Born for us a little Child
Of the Virgin undefiled;
Hear us, Holy Jesu.

4 Jesu, by the Mother-Maid
In Thy swaddling-clothes arrayed,
And within a manger laid;

Hear us, Holy Jesu.

5 Jesu, at whose infant Feet,
Shepherds, coming Thee to greet,
Knelt to pay their worship meet;
Hear us, Holy Jesu.

6 Jesu, unto whom of yore
Wise men, hastening to adore,
Gold and myrrh and incense bore;

Hear us, Holy Jesu.

7 Jesu, to Thy Temple brought, Whom, by Thy good Spirit taught, Simeon and Anna sought:

Hear us, Holy Jesu.

PI HEAVENLY Father, from Thy throne
Look in love and pity down,
On each kneeling little one;
Father, Lord, deliver us.

2 Jesus, Saviour undefiled,
Once on earth a helpless Child,
Thou on little ones hast smiled;
Jesu, Lord, deliver us.

3 Blessed Spirit, gentle Dove,
From Thy home in heaven above,
Come and fill our hearts with love;
Holy Ghost, deliver us.

4 Heavenly Father, Spirit, Son,
Glorious Godhead, Three in One,
Thou canst hear, and Thou alone;
Three in One, deliver us.