HYMNS

FOR

MISSION CHURCHES

AND

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

EDITED BY THE COMPILERS.

OF

́Hymns Ancient and Modern.”-

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR THE PROPRIETORS BY

WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, LIMITED,

STAMFORD STREET AND CHARING CROSS.

PUBLISHING OFFICE, 13, CHARING CROSS, W.

LENT 5, 21, 46, 57, 68, 75, 91, 106, 116, 123, 127, 132,

CHILDREN 2, 11, 20, 25, 26, 34, 36, 42, 46, 48, 58, 61, 62,

66, 74, 78, 84, 88, 93, 96, 97, 102, 103,

112, 126, 129, 160, 163, 165, 172, 192

The Hymns which are not specified in the above list
arc "General Hymns," and may be sung at any service.

PREFACE.

THE Compilers of "Hymns Ancient and Modern " put forth this collection of " Hymns for Mission Churches and Children's Services" in a good type and at a small cost, in compliance with the request of many of the clergy, who represented to them the need of such a publication.

It is not intended for temporary missions, but, as its title implies, for the use of congregations in Mission Churches and Rooms, for Cottage Lectures, Classes and Guilds, and for Children's Services.

The Compilers have to express their gratitude for very valuable assistance to the Rev. S. J. Stone, Vicar of S. Paul's, Haggerston; to the Rev. J. S. Pollock; to the Rev. T. B. Pollock, for hymns written by him for this book; and to the Rev. W. Plows, Vicar of Haddenham, from whom the suggestion of such a book originated. Their thanks are also due to the Rev. J. Ellerton for permission to use Hymn No. 128; to the Rev. J. H. Lester for the use of Hymn 32; and to the Rev. L. Tuttiett for the use of Hymn 42.

If this Book is found really to meet the want which it is intended to supply, a separate Tune Book for it will be issued. Meanwhile, the references in the margin to A & M and HMS (Hymns for Mission Services) will indicate where the tunes for these Hymns are to be found.

HYMNS FOR MISSION CHURCHES

AND

CHILDREN'S SERVICES.

1 A & M 27

A

BIDE with me; fast falls the eventide ;
The darkness deepens; LORD, with me
abide;

When other helpers fail, and comforts flee,
Help of the helpless, O abide with me.

Swift to its close ebbs out life's little day;
Earth's joys grow dim, its glories pass away;
Change and decay in all around I see;

O Thou Who changest not, abide with me.

I need Thy presence every passing hour;
What but Thy grace can foil the tempter's power?
Who like Thyself my guide and stay can be?
Through cloud and sunshine, LORD, abide with me.

I fear no foe with Thee at hand to bless;
Ills have no weight, and tears no bitterness;
Where is death's sting? Where, grave, thy
victory?

I triumph still, if Thou abide with me.

Hold Thou Thy Cross before my closing eyes; Shine through the gloom, and point me to the skies;

Heaven's morning breaks, and earth's vain shadows flee;

In life, in death, O LORD, abide with me. Amen.