5 The sky is as a temple's arch: Is glorious with the spirit-march 10s. M. 681. ANONYMOUS. Via Crucis, via Lucis. 1 THROUGH night to light! And though to mortal eyes Creation's face a pall of horror wear, Good cheer! good cheer! The gloom of midnight flies: Soon shall a sunrise follow, mild and fair. 2 Through storm to calm! And though His thunder-car The rumbling tempest drive through earth and sky, Good cheer! good cheer! The elemental war Tells that a blessed, healing hour is nigh. 3 Through toil to sleep! And though the sultry noon, With heavy, drooping wing, oppress thee now, Good cheer! good cheer! The cool of evening soon Shall lull to sweet repose thy weary brow. 4 Through cross to crown! And though thy spiritlife Trials untold assail with giant strength, Good cheer! good cheer! Soon ends the bitter strife, And thou shalt reign in peace with Christ at length. Through woe to joy! And though at noon thou weep, And though the midnight find thee weeping still, Good cheer! good cheer! The Shepherd loves his sheep; Resign thee to the watchful Father's will. 6 Through death to life! And through this vale of tears, And through this thistle-field of life, ascend To the great supper, in that world whose years 10s. M. 682. "Lovest thou me?" MONTGOMERY. 1 "LOVEST thou me?" I hear my Saviour say: Would that my heart had power to answer, "Yea; Thou knowest all things, Lord, in heaven above And earth beneath; thou knowest that I love." 2 But 't is not so: in word, in deed, in thought, I do not, cannot love thee as I ought; Thy love must give that power, thy love alone; There's nothing worthy of thee, but thine own. C. M. 683. Earth's broken Ties. MONTGOMERY. 1 THE broken ties of happier days, To come before the mental gaze, And earthly hand can ne'er again 2 O who, in such a world as this, That hope the Sovereign Lord has given, Hope that unites our souls to heaven, 3 Each care, each ill of mortal birth, To lift the lingering heart from earth, And every pang that wrings the breast, L. M. 684. ANONYMOUS. "Him that cometh to me, I will in no wise cast out." 1 JUST as I am, without one plea, But that thy blood was shed for me, And that thou bid'st me come to thee,O Lamb of God, to thee I come! 2 Just as I am, though tossed about 3 Just as I am,- poor, wretched, blind; 4 Just as I am, — thou wilt receive, 5 Just as I am,- thy love now known L. M. 685. H. M. WILLIAMS. God seen in All. 1 My God! all nature owns thy sway; 2 Or when, in paler tints arrayed, The evening slowly spreads her shade, 3 In every scene thy hands have dressed, Or where the sheltering woods are spread; In every note that swells the gale, 4 As o'er thy work the seasons roll, Pass o'er the human sense in vain! C. M. 686. H. WARE, JR. On opening an Organ. 1 ALL nature's works His praise declare 2 Sweet music fills the world abroad 3 To God the tribes of ocean cry, To God the powers that dwell on high 4 Like them let man the throne surround, |