the hour of trial,

Sor

1. In

Lest by base de2. With forbid - den pleas-ures Would this vain world charm, Or its sordid 3. Should Thy mer-cy send me Or should pain at

Jesus, plead for me,

row, toil and woe,

1. Keep thy-self pure! Christ's soldier, hear, Thro' life's loud strife the call rings clear: 2. Keep thy-self pure! Thrice bless-ed he 3. Keep thy-self pure! For He who died, 4. O Holy Spirit, keep us pure,

Whose heart from taint of sin is free:
Him-self for thy sake sanctified:
Grant us Thy strength when sins al - lure;

Thy Captain speaks: His words obey; So shall thy strength be as thy day.
His feet shall stand where saints have trod, He with rapt eyes shall see his God.
Then hear Him speaking from the skies; And victor o'er temp-ta-tion rise.
Our bod-ies are Thy tem-ple, Lord; Be Thou in thought and act a-dored. A-MEN.

At Length There Dawns the Glorious Day 244

OZORA S. DAVIS

(ALL SAINTS. C. M. D.)

HENRY S. CUTLER, 1872

1. At length there dawns the glorious day By proph-ets long fore-told,... 2. For what are sun-d'ring strains of blood, 3. One com- non faith

unites

us all,

Or an-cient caste and creed?
We seek one com-mon goal,.......

4

At length the chorus clear er grows That shepherds heard of old.
One claim u-nites all men in God To serve each hu
One ten der com-fort broods up on

man need.

The strug-gling hu

man soul.

man hatreds flee

be-fore The ra-diant east-ern skies.

al love, our stal-wart faith, Our serv-ice strong and true.
the glo-rious new cru-sade Of our great Lord and King. A-MEN.

Words by permission of Ozora S. Davis

245

Brightly Beams Our Father's Mercy

(LOWER LIGHTS. 8, 7, 8, 7. With Refrain)

PHILIP P. BLISS, 1877

PHILIP P. BLISS, 1877

From His light-house ever - more, gry bil-lows roar;

1. Bright-ly beams our Fa-ther's mer-cy
2. Dark the night of sin has set-tled, Loud the
3. Trim your fee ble lamp, my broth-er; Some poor sail

an ·

He gives the keep-ing are watching, long-ing,

Of

the lights along the shore. For the lights along the shore.

Try-ing now

to make the har-bor, In the dark-ness may be lost.

er lights be burn-ing! Send a gleam a- cross the wave!

Rescue the Perishing

(RESCUE. 11, 10, 11, 10, D. With Refrain)

FANNY J. CROSBY, 1870

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WILLIAM H. DOANE, 1870

1. Rescue the per-ish-ing, care for the dy - ing, Snatch them in pit - y from 2. Tho' they are slighting Him, still He is wait-ing, Wait - ing the pen - i-tent 3. Down in the human heart, crushed by the tempter, Feel - ings lie buried that 4. Rescue the per-ish-ing, du ty de-mands it; Strength for thy labor the

:4

sin and the grave; Weep o'er the er-ring one, lift up the fallen, child to receive; Plead with them ear-nest - ly, plead with them gen - tly: grace can re-store; Touched by a loving heart, wak-ened by kind-ness, Lord will pro - vide; Back to the nar-row way patient-ly win them;