OBPACHER BROTHERS NEW YORK $ MUNICH. 3 W when the sun was setting, all they that had any sick with divers diseases brought • I *i them unto him ; and he laid*-t his hands on every , one of them, and healed them. LUKE IV: 40. en he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd. matt, ix: 36. J^EHOLD, I, even I, will both se my sheep, and seek them ou EZ. XXXIV: 11. gOME unto me, all ye that labour and are h laden, and I will give you rest. *01 MATT. XI: 28. a£tpn b Liu, net jJDU nuaantia mppklu, atpalinq, \j ppt]erl), turn iijpir nipani atppa iu ihpp. ^ • BY OB'PACHER *•> N.Y. ar iar aroap, like LipIIb at upmna, p pa ling p noirp nf Jpaua anunka oVr lancJ anr) a pa. H?18» COPYRIGHT 1887. ARK! hark, my soul; angelic songs are swelling O’er earth’s green fields and ocean’s wave-beat shore: How sweet the truth those blessed strains are telling Of that new life when sin shall be no more. Angels of Jesus, Angels of Light, Singing to welcome the pilgrims of the night. QNWARD we go, for still we hear them singing, “Come, weary souls, for Jesus bids you come:” And, through the dark its echoes sweetly ringing, The music of the gospel leads us home. Angels of Jesus, Angels of Light, Singing to welcome the pilgrims of the night. AR, far away, like bells at evening pealing, The voice of Jesus sounds o’er land and sea, And laden souls by thousands meekly stealing, Kind Shepherd, turn their weary steps to Thee. Angels of Jesus, Angels of light, Singing to welcome the pilgrims of the night N G E L S sing on! your faithful watches keeping; Sing us sweet fragments of the songs above, Till morning’s joy shall end the night of weeping And life’s long shadows break in cloudless love. ... % Singing to welcome die pilgrims Angels of Jesus, Angels of light, of the night Rev. FREDERICK W. FABER, If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me. /\ J E A, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee. H Y art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me ? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God. PSA. XLII: ii. PSA. CXXXIX: ii, ia . At puming time let tljrrr bp ligljt, life’s little bag brains near its rinse rraron mg iS 2 - to enb mg in ops, Jit pupnmg time let tljere BY 08PACHER S'? N Y I I T shall come to pass, that at shall be- light. evening time it ZECH. XIV: 7- * r -y/fr's-'-yy WILL lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them. ISA. XLII: 16, T evening time let there be light, Life’s little day draws near its close; Around me fall the shades of night, The night of death, the grave’s repose, To crown my joys, to end my woes ; At evening time let there be light. T evening time let there be light. Stormy and dark have been my days, Yet rose the morn divinely bright; Dews, birds, and blossoms cheered the way; Oh, for one sweet, one parting ray! At evening time let there be light. T EVENING time there shall be light! ^ ^ For God hath spoken fy*** it must be; Fear, doubt and anguish take their flight; His glory now is risen on me; ine eyes shall His salvation see, Tis evening time, and there is light. sp N D, lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was. When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy. MATT. II: 9, io. rd went before them by day in a. pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar fire, to give them light. EX xiii: 2I . HEN spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the ligh of the world: he that followet me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life. JNO. VIII: t ¥ Jjacl kiriri U[ [ujtjt! arm cl tljp pnnrrhno, |loOTTl, rnp cm. hark ancl am far (ram h wl ‘ Jpa:! if) nmr, mi mr an. NVKB G0PYRIGHT W7 BY OBPACHER . BE£B fiB <$f) . D, kindly Light! amid th’ encircling gloom; Lead Thou me on; The night is dark, and I am far from home; Lead Thou me on; Keep Thou my feet; I do not ask to see The distant scene; one step enough for me. U- OF ILL. LIB. Y WAS not ever thus, nor prayed that Thou A Shouldst lead me on; I loved to choose and see my path; but now Lead Thou me on! I loved the garish day, and spite of fears, Pride ruled my will: Remember not past years! long Thy power hath bless’d me, sure it still Will lead me on O’er moor and fen, o’er crag and torrent, till The night is gone; And with the morn those angel faces smile Which I have loved long since, and lost awhile! Rev. JOHN HENRY NEWMAN, D. D. E not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help. PSA. XXII: ii. J^EHOLD, he that keep- eth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. PSA. CXXI: 4. Ji) U T they constrained him, saying, Abide with us; for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent. * LUKE, XXIV: 29. i ^ bid? rr\f>! jpa^r falls? pwnirde <|Y> darkness dr>r>^>m«5- isprd tpitb" mp abide ^ BY ( BYOBPACHER B r .s/fY. * A]i >IDE WI^p flB * N BIDE with me ! Fast falls the eventide; W The darkness deepens; Lord, with me abide! A K When other helpers fail, and comforts flee, Help of the helpless, O abide with me! W T F T to its close ebbs out life’s little day, Earth’s joys grow dim, its glories pass away; Change and decay on all around I see; O thou, who changest not, abide « with me! Y NEED Thy presence every passing ^ hour: What but Thy grace can foil the tempter’s power ? - f H O, like Thyself, my guide and stay can be ? Through cloud and sunshine, O, abide with me ! OT a brief glance I beg, a parting word; But as thou dwell’st with Thy disciples, Lord, Familiar, condescending, patient, free, Come, not to sojourn, but abide, with me ! OLD Thou Thy cross befor^ 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 F. LYTE. H E Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I f ear ? PSA. XXVII: i.' A yy HEN thou liest down, : thou shalt not be afraid: d*" yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be Jj > sweet. PROV. Ill O R the Lord God shield glory. is a sun an the Lord will give grace aru 4 PSA. LXXXIV: h. ^ ^ ^ no nee< ^ the sun, neither of the moon, to -HP shine in it: for the glory of God ^ ’ did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof. rev. xxi: a 3 . tie no^hiqbf m>ar E $ B f) I f) © * > * UN of my soul! my Saviour dear, It is not night if Thou be near; Oh, let no earth-born cloud arise, To hide Thee from Thy servant’s eyes! y^HEN the soft dews of kindly sleep, My wearied eyelids gently steep, \ | Be my last thought, how sweet to rest Forever on my Saviour’s breast. BIDE with me from morn till eve, For without Thee I cannot live: Abide with me when night is nigh, For without Thee I dare not die. Rbv. JOHN KEBLE. J F some poor wandering child of Thine, Has spurned this day Thy voice divine, Now, Lord, the gracious work begin; Let him no more lie down in sin. A T C H by the sick; enrich the poor, With blessings from Thy boundless store; Be every mourner’s sleep to-night, Like infants’ slumbers, pure and light. O M E near and bless us when we wake, Ere thro’ the world our way we Till, in the ocean of Thy love, We rest ourselves in Heaven above. H O U Framer of the light and dark, Steer through the tempest thine own ark; Amid the howling wintry Sea We are in port if we have Thee. there were certain Greeks among them that came up to worship at the feast: The same came therefore to Philip, which was of Bethsaida of Galilee, and desired him, saying, Sir, we would J esus. JNO. XII: 20, 21. Booking unto jesus the author and finisher of our faith. HEB. XII: 2. sp H Y sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the Lord shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended. ISA. LX: 2o. rt> t> a 1<1 e>pp pe>u0 - {or tt>> ^adon>6 l on^tl) ittt> land - 0rapt> oar mould j 0PP P0U0 our n>oak * faitt> to 0trorujt1>on fort^o la«r n> oari are 0 —Tl^V final strife M* 1619 COPYRIGHT 1887 BY OBPACHER B? E would see Jesus—for the shadows lengthen Across this little landscape of our life; We would see Jesus—our weak faith to strengthen, For the last weariness, the final strife. 'yyE would see Jesus—the great Rock foundation, Whereon our feet were set with sovereign fifrace: Not life, nor death, with all their agitation, Can thence remove us if we see His face. E would see Jesus—other lights are fading, Which for long years we have rejoiced to see; The blessings of our pilgrimage are failing, We would not mourn them, for we go to Thee. E would see Jesus—this is all v we’re needing, Strength, joy and willingness come with the sight; We would see Jesus, dying, risen, pleading, Then welcome day, and farewell mortal night! 3 0112 098503821 *