Hymns for Morning and Evening. PROPER FOR SUNDAY. Morning. "Ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of Light."--Eph. v. 8. 98 MORN of morns, and Day of days! Silent as the morning's rays, From the prison of the tomb, Thou Who dost the Spirit give, 5. All who dwell beneath the sky, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen. "God said, Let there be light! and there was light."Gen. i. 3. 99 AGAIN the Sunday morn Calls us to prayer and praise; 2. But Christ yet brighter shone, 3. When first the world sprang forth, And bath'd in streams of purest light;- 4. But oh, what love! when Christ, 5. Jesu, Eternal Son, To Thee all glory be, With Father, Spirit, Three in One, "This is the Day which the Lord hath made."-Psalm, cxviii. 24. 100 ON this blest Day, when first the light From darkness broke in glory bright, The Day's own Maker rose again, And vanquish'd death, and burst our chain; 2. O Father of unclouded Light, We pray Thee, kneeling in Thy sight, 3. O pitying Lord, we cry to Thee Through Jesus Christ, Thine only Son; "The Lord shall give His people the blessing of peace."Ps. xxix. 10. 101 GREAT Creator, loving Lord, 2. On this day, Eternal One, Was Thy glorious work begun, 3. On this day, His travail o'er, And from Death's dark midnight brought 4. Grant us grace that still to Thee 5. Jesu, by Thy toil and pain "And they that went before, and they that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna! Blessed is He that cometh in the Name. of the Lord. Blessed be the kingdom of our father David, that cometh in the Name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!"-S. Mark, xi. 9, 10. 102 THIS is the Day the Lord hath made, Let heaven rejoice, let earth be glad, 2. To-day He rose and left the dead, 3. Hosanna to the anointed King, 4. Hosanna in the highest strains The Church on earth can raise ; 5. Through times unknown to earthly thought To Him Who our deliv'rance wrought, Evening. "And the evening and the morning were the first day."Gen. i. 4, 8. 103 SOURCE of light and life divine, Thou didst cause the light to shine; 2. Shade of night and morning ray, 3. May we ne'er, by guilt depressed, 4. Rather let them seek the skies, 5. All who dwell beneath the sky, Glorify, ye heavenly host, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen. "Then shall Thy light break forth as the morning."Isa. lviii. 8. 104 THOU, Whose Throne is hid from men, By more than earthly rays, Before Whose Face the angels shrink, 2. Here we Thy people sit forlorn, |