BEFORE THE SACRAMENT. BREAD of the world in mercy broken, Look on the heart by sorrow broken, EVENING HYMN. GOD, that madest Earth and Heaven, Who the day for toil hast given, For rest the night; May Thine Angel guards defend us, AT A FUNERAL. BENEATH our feet and o'er our head Beneath us lie the countless dead, Their names are graven on the stone, And ere another day is gone, Death rides on every passing breeze, Our eyes have seen the rosy light Our eyes have seen the steps of age Turn, mortal, turn! thy danger know; The earth rings hollow from below, Turn, Christian, turn! thy soul apply To truths divinely given; The bones that underneath thee lie Shall live for Hell or Heaven! AN INTROIT, TO BE SUNG BETWEEN THE LITANY AND COMMUNION SERVICE. Он most merciful! Oh most bountiful! God the Father Almighty! By the Redeemer's Sweet intercession Hear us, help us when we cry! AT A FUNERAL. : THOU art gone to the grave! but we will not deplore thee, Though sorrows and darkness encompass the tomb : Thy Saviour has pass'd through its portal before thee, And the lamp of His love is thy guide through the gloom! Thou art gone to the grave! we no longer behold thee, Nor tread the rough path of the world by thy side; But the wide arms of Mercy are spread to enfold thee, And sinners may die, for the SINLESS has died! Thou art gone to the grave! and, its mansion forsaking, Perchance thy weak spirit in fear linger'd long; But the mild rays of Paradise beam'd on thy waking, And the sound which thou heardst was the Seraphim's song! Thou art gone to the grave! but we will not deplore thee, Whose God was thy ransom, thy guardian and guide: He gave thee, He took thee, and He will restore thee ; And death has no sting, for the Saviour has died! ON RECOVERY FROM SICKNESS. OH Saviour of the faithful dead, With whom Thy servants dwell, No more we cling to mortal clay, "Twas hard from those I loved to go, Whose tears bedew'd my burning brow, As fading from my dizzy view, 'Twas dreadful when th' Accuser's power Assail'd my sinking heart, Recounting every wasted hour, And each unworthy part; But, Jesus! in that mortal fray, When, soon or late, this feeble breath When cloth'd in fleshly weeds again Judge of the world! bethink Thee then |