596 REST 8 8 8 8 8 8 John Stainer, 1875 1. The saints of God! Their con-flict past, And life's long battle won at last, 4 No more they need the shield or sword, They cast them down be-fore their Lord: O hap-py saints! for ev - er blest, At Je-sus' feet how safe your rest. A-MEN. 2 The saints of God! Their wanderings 4 The saints of God their vigil keep done, No more their weary course they run, 3 The saints of God! life's voyage o'er, While yet their mortal bodies sleep, 5 O God of saints, to Thee we cry; 597 MUNICH 76767676 Meiningsiches Gesangbuch, 1693 Harmonized by Mendelssohn 1. For thee, O dear, dear coun try, Mine eyes their vigils keep; And medi- cine in sick-ness, And love, and life, and rest. A-MEN. 2 O one, O only mansion! O Paradise of joy! Where tears are ever banished, And smiles have no alloy; With jaspers glow thy bulwarks, Unite in thee their rays; 3 Thine ageless walls are bonded The cross is all thy splendor, 4 O sweet and blessed country, That eager hearts expect! To that dear land of rest; And Spirit, ever blest. Bernard of Cluny, 12 Cent. Tr. John M. Neale, 1851, arr. 598 MAGDEBURG 7 4 7 4 7 4 7 4 Lüneburg Gesangbuch, 1686 26 1. Stand-ing forth on life's rough way, Fa-ther, guide them; b 4 26 O we know not Fa-ther, hide them; Waking, sleeping, Lord, we pray, Go be-side them. A-MEN. 2 When in prayer they cry to Thee, Thou wilt hear them: From the stains of sin and shame Thou wilt clear them. 'Mid the quicksands and the rocks 3 Unto Thee we give them up, In the world we know must be Many striving oft and strong Trustful, in Thy hands of love We must leave them. William Cullen Bryant 26 1. To Him who chil-dren blessed And suffered them to come, 4 Το Him who took them to His breast, We bring these chil-dren home. A-MEN. 2 To Thee, O God, whose face Their spirits still behold, We bring them, praying that Thy grace May keep, Thine arms enfold. 480 3 And as this water falls On each unconscious brow, Thy Holy Spirit grant, O Lord, To keep them pure as now. James Freeman Clarke 1844 601 BROCKLESBURY 8787 Charlotte A. Barnard, 1868 #4 4 1. Saviour, who Thy flock art feed-ing With the shep-herd's kind-est care, All the fee - ble gen- tly lead-ing. While the lambs Thy bos - om share. A-MEN. And vow to hold the world but loss For Thy Re-deem- er's name. A-MEN. 2 Arise, and be baptized, And wash thy sins away; Thy league with God be solemnized, 3 No more thine own, but Christ's; 481 4 In God's whole armor strong, 5 O bright the conqueror's crown, Edward H. Bickersteth, 1870 |