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Retirement

Author: Mrs. Phoebe H. Brown Appears in 634 hymnals Topics: Communion of Saints With God First Line: I love to steal awhile away Lyrics: 1 I love to steal awhile away From every cumbering care, And spend the hours of setting day In humble, grateful prayer. 2 I love in solitude to shed The penitential tear, And all his promises to plead, Where none but God can hear. 3 I love to think on mercies past, And future good implore, And all my cares and sorrows cast On him whom I adore. 4 I love by faith to take a view Of brighter scenes in heaven; The prospect doth my strength renew, While here by tempests driven. 5 Thus, when life's toilsome day is o'er, May its departing ray Be calm as this impressive hour, And lead to endless day. Used With Tune: WOODSTOCK

Redeeming Love

Author: George Burder Appears in 101 hymnals Topics: Communion of Saints With each other First Line: Sweet the time, exceeding sweet! Lyrics: 1 Sweet the time, exceeding sweet! When the saints together meet, When the Saviour is the theme, When they joy to sing of him. 2 Sing we then eternal love, Such as did the Father move: He beheld the world undone, Loved the world, and gave his Son. 3 Sing the Son's amazing love; How he left the realms above, Took our nature and our place, Lived and died to save our race. 4 Sing we, too, the Spirit's love; With our stubborn hearts he strove, Filled our minds with grief and fear, Brought the precious Saviour near. 5 Sweet the place, exceeding sweet, Where the saints in glory meet; Where the Saviour's still the theme, Where they see and sing of him. Scripture: Matthew 18:20 Used With Tune: INNOCENTS

Retirement

Author: William Cowper Appears in 269 hymnals Topics: Communion of Saints With God First Line: Far from the world, O Lord, I flee Lyrics: 1 Far from the world, O Lord, I flee, From strife and tumult far; From scenes where Satan wages still His most successful war. 2 The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer and praise agree; And seem by thy great bounty made For those who follow thee. 3 There, if thy Spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode; Oh! with what peace, and joy, and love, She then communes with God. 4 Author and Guardian of my life! Sweet Source of light divine, And--all harmonious names in one-- My Saviour!--thou art mine! Used With Tune: FARRANT

"Sun of my soul!"

Author: John Keble Appears in 1,480 hymnals Topics: Communion of Saints With Christ First Line: Sun of my soul! thou Saviour dear Lyrics: 1 Sun of my soul! thou Saviour dear, It is not night if thou be near: Oh, may no earth-born cloud arise To hide thee from thy servant's eyes! 2 When soft the dews of kindly sleep My weary eyelids gently steep, Be my last thought--how sweet to rest For ever on my Saviour's breast! 3 Abide with me from morn till eve, For without thee I cannot live; Abide with me when night is nigh, For without thee I dare not die. 4 Be near to bless me when I wake, Ere through the world my way I take; Abide with me till in thy love I lose myself in heaven above. Scripture: Luke 24:29 Used With Tune: HURSLEY

"Still with thee"

Author: James D. Burns Appears in 158 hymnals Topics: Communion of Saints With God First Line: Still, still with thee, my God Lyrics: 1 Still, still with thee, my God, I would desire to be: By day, by night, at home, abroad, I would be still with thee. 2 With thee, when dawn comes in, And calls me back to care, Each day returning to begin With thee, my God, in prayer. 3 With thee, when day is done, And evening calms the mind; The setting, as the rising, sun With thee my heart would find. 4 With thee, in thee, by faith Abiding I would be; By day, by night, in life, in death, I would be still with thee. Scripture: Psalm 139:18 Used With Tune: DENNIS

Evening

Author: G. W. Doane Appears in 892 hymnals Topics: Communion of Saints With Christ First Line: Softly now the light of day Lyrics: 1 Softly now the light of day Fades upon my sight away; Free from care, from labor free, Lord, I would commune with thee. 2 Thou, whose all-pervading eye Naught escapes without, within, Pardon each infirmity, Open fault, and secret sin. 3 Soon, for me, the light of day Shall for ever pass away; Then, from sin and sorrow free, Take me, Lord, to dwell with thee. 4 Thou who, sinless, yet hast known All of man's infirmity; Then from thine eternal throne, Jesus, look with pitying eye. Used With Tune: SEYMOUR

"Foretastes"

Author: O. P. Appears in 54 hymnals Topics: Communion of Saints With God First Line: For the mercies of the day Lyrics: 1 For the mercies of the day, For this rest upon our way, Thanks to thee alone be given, Lord of earth and King of heaven! 2 Cold our services have been, Mingled every prayer with sin: But thou canst and wilt forgive; By thy grace alone we live. 3 While this thorny path we tread, May thy love our footsteps lead; When our journey here is past, May we rest with thee at last. 4 Let these earthly Sabbaths prove Fortastes of our joys above; While their steps thy children bend To the rest which knows no end. Used With Tune: SEYMOUR

Psalm 23

Author: Isaac Watts Appears in 593 hymnals Topics: Communion of Saints With Christ First Line: The Lord my Shepherd is Lyrics: 1 The Lord my Shepherd is, I shall be well supplied; Since he is mine, and I am his, What can I want beside? 2 He leads me to the place Where heavenly pasture grows Where living waters gently pass And full salvation flows. 3 If e'er I go astray, He doth my soul reclaim; And guide me in his own right way, For his most holy name. 4 While he affords his aid, I cannot yield to fear; Tho' I should walk thro' death's dark shade, My Shepherd's with me there. 5 In spite of all my foes, Thou dost my table spread; My cup with blessings overflows, And joy exalts my head. 6 The bounties of thy love Shall crown my future days; Nor from thy house will I remove, Nor cease to speak thy praise. Scripture: Psalm 23:2 Used With Tune: SEIR

In one fraternal bond of love

Author: James Montgomery Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 23 hymnals Topics: Communion with saints Lyrics: 1 In one fraternal bond of love, One fellowship of mind, The saints below and saints above Their bliss and glory find. 2 Here, in their house of pilgrimage, Thy statutes are their song; There, through one bright, eternal age, Thy praises they prolong. 3 Lord, may our union form a part Of that thrice happy whole, Derive its pulse from Thee, the heart, Its life from Thee, the soul. Amen. Used With Tune: CHURCH

Retirement and Meditation

Author: Dr. Doddridge Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 184 hymnals Topics: Communion with Saints with our own hearts First Line: Return, my roving heart, return Lyrics: 1 Return, my roving heart, return, And chase these shadowy forms no more Seek out some solitude to mourn, And thy forsaken God implore. 2 O thou great God, whose piercing eye Distinctly marks each deep recess; In these sequester'd hours draw nigh, And with thy presence fill the place. 3 Thro' all the windings of my heart, My search let heavenly wisdom guide; And still its radiant beams impart, 'Till all be search'd and purify'd. 4 Then, with the Visits of thy love, Vouchsafe my inmost soul to cheer; 'Till every grace shall join to prove, That God hath fix'd his dwelling there. Scripture: Psalm 4:4