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: Thy Captain speaks: His words obey; So shall thy strength be as thy day. 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? 4 At length the chorus clear er grows That shepherds heard of old. 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. 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 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 246 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; |