5 Hold Thou Thy cross before my closing eyes,

Shine through the gloom, and point me to the skies;
Heaven's morning breaks, and earth's vain shadows flee;
In life, in death, O Lord, abide with me.

Rev. HENRY FRANCIS LYTE, 1847

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DAY'S ENDING 9.8.9.8.

J. BARNEY, 1896

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Be-fore the day draws near its end - ing, And eve-ning steals o'er earth and sky,

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Once more to Thee our hymns ascending Shall speak Thy praises, Lord most High. Amen.

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MERRIAL 6.5.6.5.

Copyright, 1896, by NOVELLO, EWER & Co.

2 Thy Name is blessed by countless numbers
In vaster worlds, unseen, unknown,
Whose duteous service never slumbers,
In perfect love, and faultless tone.

3 Yet Thou wilt not despise the weakest
Who here in spirit bend the knee;
Thy Christ hath said, Thou, Father, seekest
For such as these to worship Thee.

4 When we no more on earth adore Thee,
And others worship here in turn,

O may we sing that song before Thee
Which none but Thy redeemed can learn.

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Rev. JOHN ELLERTON, 1880

J. DARNBY, 1868

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