1. O day of rest and glad - ness, O day of joy and light, O balm of care and

- ges joined in tune, Sing Ho- ly, Ho-ly, Holy, To the great God Tri-une.

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Thy church waits with long - ing eyes, Thus to be owned and blest.

MENDEBRAS 7. 6. 7. 6. D. (Second Tune)

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Thro' ages joined in tune, Sing ho -ly, ho- ly, ho- ly! To the great God Tri-une.

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This is the day our rising Lord Hath made, and called His own.

4 Blest be the Lord, who comes to men
With messages of grace;
Who comes in God His Father's name,
To save our sinful race.

5 Hosanna, in the highest strains
The Church on earth can raise !
The highest heavens in which He reigns
Shall give Him nobler praise.

68 LANESBORO C. M.

William Dixon (1750-1825)

2 Accept our faint attempts to love; Our frailties, Lord, forgive;

Where the assembly ne'er breaks up,
The Sabbaths ne'er shall end.

We would be like Thy saints above, 4 Where we shall breathe in heavenly air,

And praise Thee while we live.

3 Increase, O Lord, our faith and hope, And fit us to ascend,

69 BELMONT C. M.

With heavenly lustre shine;
Before the throne of God appear,
And feast on love divine.

Rev. Simon Browne, 1720

Arr. from William Gardiner, 1812

2 Thy chosen temple, Lord, how fair! 4
As here Thy servants throng

To breathe the humble, fervent prayer,
And pour the choral song.

3 Spirit of grace, O deign to dwell
Within Thy Church below;
Make her in holiness excel,
With pure devotion glow.

Let peace within her walls be found;
Let all her sons unite

To spread with holy zeal around
Her clear and shining light.

5 Great God, we hail the sacred day
Which Thou hast called Thine own;
With joy the summons we obey
To worship at Thy throne.

70 LEICESTER C. M.

W. Hurst, 1875

ry shines!

2 Here may the wretched sons of want 4 0 may these heavenly pages be Exhaustless riches find;

Riches above what earth can grant,

And lasting as the mind.

My ever dear delight;

And still new beauties may I see,
And still increasing light.

3 Here the Redeemer's welcome voice 5 Divine Instructor, gracious Lord,

Spreads heavenly peace around;

And life and everlasting joys

Attend the blissful sound.

71 NOX PRAECESSIT C. M.

Be Thou for ever near;

Teach me to love Thy sacred word,

And view my Saviour there.
Anne Steele, 1760

J. Baptiste Calkin, 1875

2 Bread of our souls, whereon we feed, 4 Word of the ever-living God,
True manna from on high;

Our guide and chart, wherein we read
Of realms beyond the sky:

3 Pillar of fire, through watches dark, 5
Or radiant cloud by day; [bark,
When waves would 'whelm our tossing
Our anchor and our stay:

Will of His glorious Son;
Without Thee how could earth be trod,
Or heaven itself be won?

Lord, grant us all aright to learn
The wisdom it imparts;
And to its heavenly teaching turn,
With simple, childlike hearts.