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3 May erring minds that worship here
Be taught the better way;

And they who mourn, and they who fear,
Be strengthened as they pray.

4 May faith grow firm, and love grow warm, And pure devotion rise,

While round these hallowed walls the storm Of earth-born passion dies.

538. L. M.

1 The perfect world by Adam trod,
Was the first temple, -built by God:
His fiat laid the corner-stone,

And heaved its pillars one by one.

2 He hung its starry roof on high,— The broad illimitable sky;

He spread its pavement, green and bright, And curtained it with morning light.

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3 The mountains in their places stood,-
The sea, the sky, and "all was good":
And when its first pure praises rang,
The morning stars together sang.

4 Lord! 't is not ours to make the Sea,
And Earth, and Sky a house for Thee:
But in Thy sight our offering stands,
A humbler Temple, " made with hands.'

539. P. M.

1 Christ to the young man said: "Yet one thing

more,

"If thou wouldst perfect be:

"Sell all thou hast, and give it to the poor, 'And come and follow me!"

2 Within this temple Christ again, unseen,
Those sacred words hath said,

And his invisible hands, to-day, have been
Laid on a young man's head.

3 And evermore beside him on his way,
The unseen Christ shall move,

That he may lean upon his arm, and say,
"Dost thou, dear Lord, approve?'

4 Beside him at the marriage feast shall be,
To make the scene more fair:
Beside him in the dark Gethsemane
Of pain, and midnight prayer.

5 Oh holy trust! O endless sense of rest!
Like the beloved John,

To lay his head upon his Saviour's breast,
And thus to journey on!

540. C. M.

1 O God! Thy children, gathered here,
Thy blessing now await;

Thy servant, girded for his work,
Štands at the temple gate!

2 A holy purpose in his heart
Has deepened calm and still;
Now from his childhood's Nazareth
He comes, to do Thy will.

3 O Father! keep his soul alive
To every hope of good;
And may his life of love proclaim
Man's truest brotherhood!

4 O Father! keep his spirit quick
To every form of wrong;
And in the ear of sin and self
May his rebuke be strong!

5 And as he doth Christ's footsteps press,
If e'er his faith grow dim,
Then, in the dreary wilderness,
Thine Angels strengthen him!

6 And give him in Thy holy work
Patience to wait Thy time,

And, toiling still with man, to breathe
The soul's serener clime.

7 O grant him many hearts to lead
Into Thy perfect rest;

Bless Thou him, Father, and his flock:
Bless! and they shall be blest!

541. L. M.

1 Pour out Thy spirit from on high; Lord, Thine assembled servants bless; Graces and gifts to each supply,

And clothe Thy priests with righteousness. 2 Within thy temple, when we stand To teach the truth, as taught by thee; Saviour, like stars in thy right-hand, The angels of the Churches be.

3 Wisdom, and zeal, and faith impart, Firmness with meekness, from above, To bear thy people on our heart,

And love the souls whom thou dost love:

4 To watch, and pray, and never faint,
By day and night, strict guard to keep,
To warn the sinner, cheer the saint,
Nourish thy lambs, and feed thy sheep.
5 Then, when our work is finished here,
In humble hope our charge resign ;
When the Chief Shepherd shall appear,
O God! may they and we be Thine!

542. L. M.

1 Ye who your Lord's commission bear,
His way of mercy to prepare ;
Angels He calls you: be your strife
To lead on Earth an Angel's life.

2 Think not of rest; though dreams be sweet,
Start up, and ply your heavenward feet;
Is not God's oath upon your head,
Ne'er to sink back on slothful bed?

3 Never again your loins untie,

Nor let your torches waste and die,
Till, when the shadows thickest fall,
Ye hear your Master's midnight call?

543. C. M.

1 Lift up your heads, ye gates of brass!
Ye bars of iron! yield;

And let the King of Glory pass,—
The Cross is in the field.

2 That banner, brighter than the star
That leads the train of night,
Shines on their march, and guides from far
His servants to the fight.

3 A holy war those servants wage;
Mysteriously at strife,

The powers of heaven and hell engage
For more than death or life.

4 Ye armies of the living God,

His sacramental host!

Where hallowed footsteps never trod,
your appointed post.

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