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We Thank Thee, Loving Father

Author: Anon. Meter: 7.6.7.6 Appears in 3 hymnals Lyrics: We thank thee, loving Father, For all thy tender care, For food and clothes and shelter and all the world so fair. Amen. Topics: God's Care Used With Tune: MAGADALENA

To Father, Son and Spirit, The God whom we adore

Meter: 7.6.7.6 Appears in 6 hymnals Lyrics: To Father, Son, and Spirit, The God Whom we adore, Be loftiest praises given, Now and for evermore. The Hymnal: revised and enlarged as adopted by the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the year of our Lord 1892

Slowly, Slowly Darkening

Author: Samuel Greg Meter: 7.6.7.6 Appears in 4 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Slowly, slowly darkening The evening hours roll on; And soon behind the cloud-land Will sink my setting sun. 2. Around my path life’s mysteries Their deepening shadows throw; And as I gaze and ponder, They dark and darker grow. 3. But there’s a voice above me Which says, Wait, trust and pray; The night will soon be over, And light will come with day. 4. Father! the light and darkness Are both alike to Thee; Then to Thy waiting servant, Alike they both shall be. 5. The great unending future, I cannot pierce its shroud; Yet nothing doubt, nor tremble, God’s bow is on the cloud. 6. To Him I yield my spirit, On Him I lay my load; Fear ends with death; beyond it I nothing see but God. 7. Thus moving towards the darkness I calmly wait His call, Now seeing, fearing—nothing; But hoping, trusting—all! Used With Tune: IMPLICIT TRUST Text Sources: Written in the midst of affliction, Sept. 1868, and pub. in his Layman's Legacy 1877...entitled "The Mystery of Life" (Julian, p. 466).

The Pilgrim

Author: Rozzel Meter: 7.6.7.6 Appears in 4 hymnals First Line: Amidst ten thousand dangers Lyrics: 1 Amidst ten thousand dangers, Which everywhere abound, The pilgrims and the strangers Alone secure are found; For on their Lord they’re waiting, They seek him night and day; His aid they’re supplicating In his appointed way. 2 [How signal are the blessings My Saviour has bestowed! He taught me wisdom’s lessons, When I had lost the road. From death he has me raisèd, By his almighty power; Let his great name be praisèd, Both now and evermore.] 3 Through Christ, the Mediator, To God access we find; The Spirit’s own dictator, Who knows the Father’s mind. Thus through this world of trouble His saints in safety go; They count the world a bubble, All vanity below. Topics: Tribulation and Inconstancy of Mind

Sing praise to our Creator

Author: Mark Evans, b. 1916 Meter: 7.6.7.6 Appears in 1 hymnal Topics: Holy Baptism Used With Tune: CHRISTUS, DER IST MEIN LEBEN

From Distant Shores Returning

Author: H. Brueckner; C. Barth Meter: 7.6.7.6 Appears in 2 hymnals Lyrics: 1 From distant shores returning, The pilgrim journeys home; For rest His soul is yearning, He would no longer roam. 2 A flowered grave encloses What he had held so dear; He sees the wilting roses, And looks beyond for cheer. 3 Great cities often glory In boundless wealth of gold, But soon the doleful story Of their decay is told. 4 The harps sweet tones are waning Upon the silent air, Nor day nor night retaining That melody so fair. 5 The pilgrim who the pleasures Of yonder world can taste, Cares naught for earthly treasures, That soon will go to waste. 6 He longs for things immortal, For joys that ne'er decay, And so to heaven's portal He fondly wends his way. Topics: Meditation Used With Tune: VIATOR

O Gift of God, We Praise Thee

Author: Grace E. Uhler Meter: 7.6.7.6 Appears in 3 hymnals Lyrics: 1. O Gift of God, we praise Thee, That ever Thou didst come To guide our wayward footsteps Back to the Father’s home. 2. O Gift of God, we take Thee To be our All in All; We know Thou art sufficient Whatever may befall. 3. O Gift of God, we give Thee Ourselves, Thine own to be; Accept us, save and keep us Throughout eternity. Used With Tune: DONUM DEI