nd find our home in Thee.
3 When faith Thy guidance humbly takes,
And seeks Thy will to do,
Clear light upon our pathway breaks,
The world to guide us through.
4 Thy spirit send, our souls to keep;
Thy wisdom make our own;
And though our way leads through the deep,
We wander not alone.
458. 7 & 6s. M. Anonymous.
Light For All.
1 The light pours down from heaven,
And enters where it may;
The eyes of all earth's children
Are cheered with one bright day.
2 So let the mind's true sunshine
Be spread o'er earth as free,
And fill men's waiting spirits,
As the waters fill the sea.
3 The soul can shed a glory
On every work well done;
As even things most lowly
Are radiant in the sun.
4 Then let each human spirit
Enjoy the vision bright;
The truth which comes from heaven
Shall spread like heaven's own light;
5 Till earth becomes God's temple;
And every human heart
Shall join in one great service,
Each happy in his part.
459. C. M. J. Weiss.
For a Summer Festival.
1 Beneath Thy trees to-day we met,
Amid Thy summer flowers;
And every heart is blessing yet
These happy, fleeting hours.
2 But creeping shades to vespers call,
And timely lore impart,
To make our latest shadows fall
From sunshine in the heart.
3 Yes, even so; the summer leaf,
The summer flowers, declare
Their childlike, chastening belief,
That Thou dost make them fair.
4 O, let us cherish nature's creed,
And live and bloom to Thee;
For only childlike hearts, we read,
Can grace eternity.
460. P. M. Anonymous.
Morning Hymn.
1 Our Father! we thank Thee for sleep,
For quiet and peaceable rest;
We bless the kind care that doth keep
Thy children from being distressed:
O, how in their weakness shall children repay
Thy fatherly kindness, by night and by day?
2 Our voices shall utter Thy praise,
Our hearts shall o'erflow with Thy love;
O, teach us to walk in Thy ways,
And lift us earth's trials above!
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