Of Thy Cross the wondrous story,
Be it to the nations told;

Let them see Thee in Thy glory,
And Thy mercy manifold.

2. Far and wide, though all unknowing,
Pants for Thee each mortal breast;
Human tears for Thee are flowing,
Human hearts in Thee would rest;
Thirsting, as for dews of even,

As the new-mown grass for rain,
Thee they seek, as God of Heaven,
Thee, as Man, for sinners slain.

3. SAVIOUR, lo, the isles are waiting,

1.

Stretched the hand, and strained the sight, For Thy SPIRIT new creating,

Love's pure flame and wisdom's light; Give the word, and of the preacher

Speed the foot, and touch the tongue,

Till on earth by every creature

Glory to the LAMB be sung. Amen.

357.

"Turn us, O GOD, our SAVIOUR." LMIGHTY GOD, Whose only SON O'er sin and death the triumph won, And ever lives to intercede

For souls who Thy sweet mercy need;

2. In His dear Name to Thee we pray
For all who err and go astray,
For sinners wheresoe'er they be,
Who do not serve and honour Thee.

3.

There are who never yet have heard
The tidings of Thy blessèd Word,
But still in heathen darkness dwell,
Without one thought of heaven or hell;

4. And some within Thy sacred Fold
To holy things are dead and cold,
And waste the precious hours of life
In selfish ease, or toil, or strife;

5. And many a quickened soul within
There lurks the secret love of sin;
A wayward will, or anxious fears,
Or lingering taint of bygone years':

6. O give repentance true and deep
To all Thy lost and wandering sheep,
And kindle in their hearts the fire
Of holy love and pure desire.

7. That so from angel-hosts above
May rise a sweeter song of love,
And we, with all the blest, adore
Thy Name, O God, for evermore.

Amen.

1.

358.

Burial of a Child

TENDER

"They are in peace,"

ENDER Shepherd, Thou hast stilled
Now Thy little lamb's brief weeping;

Ah, how peaceful, pale, and mild,

In its narrow bed 'tis sleeping,

And no sigh of anguish sore
Heaves that little bosom more.

2.

In this world of care and pain,

LORD, Thou wouldst no longer leave it; To the sunny, heavenly plain

Thou dost now with joy receive it;

Clothed in robes of spotless white
Now it dwells with Thee in light.

3. Ah, LORD JESU, grant that we
Where it lives may soon be living,
And the lovely pastures see

That its heavenly food are giving;

Then the gain of death we prove,
Tho' Thou take what most we love.
Amen.

359. Harvest.

"While the earth remaineth, seed time and harvest shall

1.

not cease.

GOD the FATHER, Whose creation

Gives to flowers and fruits their birth,

Thou, Whose yearly operation

Brings the hour of harvest mirth,
Here to Thee we make oblation
Of the August-gold of earth.

2. God the WORD, the sun maturing
With his blessèd ray the corn,
Spake of Thee, O Sun enduring,
Thee, O everlasting Morn,
Thee in Whom our woes find curing,
Thee, That liftest up our horn.

3.

GOD the HOLY GHOST, the showers

That have fattened out the grain,
Types of Thy celestial powers,
Symbols of Baptismal rain,
Shadowed out the grace that dowers
All the faithful of Thy train.

4. When the harvest of each nation
Severs righteousness from sin,
And Archangel proclamation
Bids to put the sickle in,
And each age and generation.

Sink to woe, or glory win;

5. Grant that we, or young or hoary,
Lengthened be our span or brief,
Whatsoe'er the life-long story

Of our joy or of our grief,
May be garnered up in glory
As Thine own elected sheaf.

6. Laud to Him, to Whom Supernal
Thrones and virtues bend the knee;
Laud to Him, from Whom infernal
Powers and dominations flee;
Consubstantial, Co-Eternal,
Beatific Trinity.

Amen.

360.

"The eyes of all wait upon Thee, O LORD, and Thou givest them their meat in due season.

1.

WE plough the fields, and scatter

The good seed on the land,

But it is fed and watered

By God's Almighty Hand;
He sends the snow in winter,
The warmth to swell the grain,

The breezes, and the sunshine,
And soft refreshing rain.

All good gifts around us

Are sent from heaven above,

Then thank the LORD, O thank the LORD,
For all His love.