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Darkened now each

ray

O'er the traveller's way;

Let me know that Thou hast found me,
Let me feel Thine arms around me,
Sure from every ill

Thou wilt guard me still.

Blessed, heavenly Light,
Shining through earth's night;

Voice, that oft of love hast told me;
Arms, so strong to clasp and hold me;
Thou Thy watch wilt keep,
Saviour, o'er my sleep.

13 (THE RADIANT MORN) 8.8.8.4.

1 The radiant morn hath passed away, And spent too soon her golden store; The shadows of departing day

Creep on once more.

2 Our life is but a fading dawn;

Its glorious noon how quickly past: Lead us, O Christ, when all is gone,

Safe home at last.

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Rev. William Romanis, 1878

O by Thy soul-inspiring grace
Uplift our hearts to realms on high;
Help us to look to that bright place

Beyond the sky,

4 Where light and life and joy and peace
In undivided empire reign,
And thronging angels never cease
Their deathless strain;

5 Where saints are clothed in spotless white,
And evening shadows never fall,
Where Thou, Eternal Light of Light,

Art Lord of all.

Rev. Godfrey Thring, 1864

1 The radiant morn hath passed away, And spent too soon her gold en store;

Sir Joseph Barnby, 1872

2 Let evil thoughts and spirits flee before us;
Till morning cometh, watch, O Master, o'er us;
In soul and body Thou from harm defend us,
Thine angels send us.

3 Let holy thoughts be ours when sleep o'ertakes us;
Our earliest thoughts be Thine when morning wakes us;
All day serve Thee, in all that we are doing

Thy praise pursuing.

4 As Thy beloved, soothe the sick and weeping,
And bid the prisoner lose his griefs in sleeping;
Widows and orphans, we to Thee commend them,
Do Thou befriend them.

5 We have no refuge, none on earth to aid us,
Save Thee, O Father, who Thine own hast made us;
But Thy dear presence will not leave them lonely,
Who seek Thee only.

6 Father, Thy Name be praised, Thy kingdom given,
Thy will be done on earth as 'tis in heaven;
Keep us in life, forgive our sins, deliver

Us now and ever.

Rev. Petrus Herbert, 1506. Trans. by Catherine Winkworth, 1863

2 Pilgrims here on earth, and strangers, 3 Triune God, let all adore Thee,

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HURSLEY L. M.

Alt. from "Katholisches Gesangbuch," Vienna, c. 1774

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1 Sun of my soul, Thou Saviour dear, It is not night if

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Thou be near;

O may no earth-born cloud a

rise To hide Thee from Thy servant's eyes. A - MEN.

2 When the soft dews of kindly sleep
My wearied 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 If some poor wandering child of Thine
Have spurned to-day the voice Divine,
Now, Lord, the gracious work begin;
Let him no more lie down in sin.
5 Watch by the sick; enrich the poor
With blessings from Thy boundless store;
Be every mourner's sleep to-night,
Like infants' slumbers, pure and light.

6 Come near and bless us when we wake,
Ere through the world our way we take,
Till in the ocean of Thy love

ABENDS L. M.

We lose ourselves in heaven above.

Rev. John Keble, 1820 (Text of 1827)

Sir Herbert S. Oakeley, 1874

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1 O Light of life,

O Saviour dear, Before we sleep bow down Thine ear:

Through dark and day, o'er land and sea, We have no other hope but Thee. A - MEN.