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Hymns CELEBRATION OF A LIFE WELL LIVED 51 HYMN 265 HYMN 686 HYMN 399 1. Thy way, not mine, O LORD, 1. The voice says, cry! what shall we 1. When our heads are bow’d with woe, However dark it be; cry? When our bitter tears o’erflow, Lead me by thine own hand, “All flesh is grass, and like the flower When we mourn the lost, the dear, Choose out the path for me. Its glories droop, its pleasures die, JESU, SON of Mary, hear. 2. Smooth let it be or rough, Its joys but last one fleeting hour,” 2. Thou our throbbing flesh hast worn, It will be still the best; 2. The voice says, Cry! O piteous cry! Thou our mortal griefs hast borne, Winding or straight, it leads And are there none to help and save? Thou hast shed the human tear; Right onward to Thy rest. Have all that live beneath the sky JESU, SON of Mary, hear. 3. I dare not choose my lot; No other prospect but a grave? 3. When the solemn death-bell tolls I would not if I might; 3. The voice says, Cry! Yet glorious cry! For our own departed souls, Choose Thou for me, my GOD, The world of GOD can never fall, When our final doom is near, So shall I walk aright. And tells how JESUS, Throned on high, JESU, SON of Mary, hear. 4. The kingdom that I seek Holds out eternal life to all. 4 Thou hast bow’d the dying head, Is thine, so let the way 4. The voice says, Cry! who needs the Thou the blood of life hast shed, That leads to it be thine, cry? Thou hast fill’d a mortal bier; Else I must surely stray. O brother men! who needs it not? JESU, SON of Mary, hear. 5. Take Thou my cup, and it By countless millions, far and nigh, 5. When the heart is sad within With joy or sorrow fill, ‘Tis still unheard, despised, forgot. With the Thought of all its sin, As best to Thee may seem; 5. The voice says, Cry! what stops the When the SPIRIT shrinks with fear, Choose Thou my good and ill. cry? JESU, SON of Mary hear. 5. Choose Thou for me my Our greed of wealth, our love of ease, 6. Thou the shame, the grief, hast friends, Our lack of earnest will to try known, My sickness or my health; Mankind to save, and GOD to please. Though the sins were not thine own; Choose Thou my cares for me, 6. The voice says, Cry! O let us cry! Thou hast deign’d their load to bear; My poverty or wealth Though standing on death’s awful JESU, SON of Mary, hear. 7. Not mine, not mine the choice brink, HYMN 196 In things or great or small; Men feast, they jest, they sell, they buy, 1. Guide me, O Thou great redeemer, Be thou my Guide, my strenth, And cannot see, and will not think. Pilgrim through this baren land; My wisdom, and my All. 7. The voice says, Cry! LORD, we would I am weak, but Thou art mighty, cry, Hold me with Thy powerful hand; But of Thy goodness teach us how; Bread of Heaven, For fast the hours of mercy fly, Feed me new and evermore, And, if we cry, it must be now!
52 MR. PETER WILLIAM BERNASKO 2. Open now the crystal fountain, SUPP. HYMN 40. HYMN 400 Whence the healing streams do flow; 1. When peace, like a river, 1. CHRIST will gather in His own Let the fiery cloudy pillar attendeth my way, To the place where He is gone, Lead me all my journey through; When sorrows, like see-billows, roll; Where their heart and treasure lie, strong deliverer Whatever my lot, Where our life is hid on high. Be Thou still my strength and shield. Thou hast taught me to know, 2. Day by day the voice saith, “come, 3. When I tread the verge of Jordan, It is well, it is well with my soul. Enter thine eternal home.” Bid my anxious fears subside; CHORUS Asking not if we can spare Death of death, and hell’s destruction It is well……… with my soul…… This dear soul it summons there. Land me safe on Canann’s side; It is well, it is well with my soul. 3. Had He ask’d us, well we know songs of praises 2. Though Satan should buffet, We should cry, “O spare this blow” I will ever give to Thee. though trials should come, Yes, with streaming tears should pray, SUPP. HYMN 19. Let this blest assurance control, “LORD, we love him, let him stay.” 1. Father, I know that all my life That Christ hath regarded my 4. But the LORD doth nought amiss, Is portioned out for me helpless estate! And, since He hath order’d this, And the changes that are sure to And hath shed His own blood for my We have nought to do but still come soul. Rest in silence on His Will. I do not fear to see 3. My sin --- oh, this bliss of this 5. Many a hearts no longer here, But I ask Thee for a present mind, glorious thought! Ah! was all too inly dear; Intent on pleasing Thee. My sin --- not in part, but the whole, Yet, O love, ‘tis Thou dost call, 2. I ask Thee for a Thoughtful love Is nailed to the cross; and I bear it no Thou wilt be our All in all. Through constant watching wise more; HYMN 184 To meet the glad with joyful smiles Praise the LORD, praise the LORD, O 1. Rock of ages, cleft for me, And wipe the weeping eyes my soul! Let me hide myself in Thee; And a heart at leisure from itself 4. But, Lord, ‘tis for Thee, Let the water and the blood, To soothe and sympathize. for Thy coming, we wait, From Thy riven side which flow’d 3. I would not have the restless will The sky, not the grave is our goal; Be of sin the double cure, That hurries to and fro Oh, trump of the angel, Cleanse me from its guilt and power, Seeking for some great thing to do Oh, voice of the Lord! 2. Not the labours of my hands Or secret thing to know Blessed hope! blessed rest of my Can fulfil Thy law’s demands; I would be treated as a child soul. Could my zeal no respite know, And guided where I go. 5. And, Lord, haste the day when Could my tears for ever flow, 4. Wherever in the world I am the faith shall be sight, All for sin could not atone; In whatsoe’er estate The clouds be rolled back as a scroll, Thou must save, and Thou alone. I have a fellowship with hearts The trump shall resound and the 3. Nothing in my hand I bring, To keep and cultivate Lord descends, Simply to Thy cross I cling; And a work of lowly love to do “Even so” it is well with my soul. Naked, come to Thee for dress; For the LORD on whom I wait. Helpless, look to Thee for grace; Foul, I to the fountain fly; Wash me, SAVIOUR, or I die.
4. While I draw this fleeting SUPP. HYMN 3. CELEBRATION OF A LIFE WELL LIVED 53 breath, 1. In heavenly love abiding When my eyelids close in death, No change my heart shall fear 3. There is the Throne of David: When I soar through tracts And safe is such confiding And there, from care released, unknown, For nothing changes here The shout of them that triumph, See Thee on Thy Judgment The storm may roar without me The Song of them that feast; Throne; My heart may low be laid And they, who with their Leader Rock of ages, cleft for me, But God is round about me Have conquer’d in the fight Let me hid myself in Thee. And can I be dismayed. For ever and for ever HYMN 228 2. Wherever He may guide me Are clad in robes of white, 1. Jerusalem the golden, No want shall turn me back 4. O sweet and blessed country, With milk and honey blest, My Shepherd is beside me The home of GOD’s elect! Beneath Thy contemplation And nothing can I lack O sweet and blessed country Sink heart and voice opprest, His wisdom ever waketh That eager hearts expect! I know not, oh, I know not His sight is never dim JESU, in mercy bring us What joys await us there, He knows the way He taketh To that dear land of rest; What radiancy of glory, And I will walk with Him. Who art, with GOD the FATHER What bliss beyond compare, 3. Green pastures are before me And SPIRIT , ever blest. 2. They stand, those hails of sion, Which yet I have not seen HYMN 623 All jubilant with Song, Bright skies will soon be o’er me 1. Give us the wings of faith to rise And bright with many an Angel Where the dark clouds have been Within the veil, and see And all the Martyr throng: My hope I cannot measure The Saints above, how great their The Prince is ever in them, My path to life is free joys, The daylight is serene: My saviour has my treasure How bright their glories be. The pastures of the blessed And He will walk with me. 2. Once they were mourning here Are deck’d in glorious sheen, HYMN 228 below, 3. There is the Throne of David: 1. Jerusalem the golden, And wet their couch with tears; And there, from care released, With milk and honey blest, They wrestled hard, as we do now, The shout of them that triumph, Beneath Thy contemplation With sins, and doubts, and fears. The Song of them that feast; Sink heart and voice opprest, 3. We ask them whence their victory And they, who with their Leader I know not, oh, I know not came ; Have conquer’d in the fight What joys await us there, They, with united breath, For ever and for ever What radiancy of glory, Ascribed the conquest to the Lamb, Are clad in robes of white, What bliss beyond compare, Their triumph to His Death. 4. O sweet and blessed country, 2. They stand, those hails of sion, 4. They mark’d the footsteps that He The home of GOD’s elect! All jubilant with Song, trod O sweet and blessed country And bright with many an Angel His zeal inspired their breast; That eager hearts expect! And all the Martyr throng: And, following their incarnate GOD, JESU, in mercy bring us The Prince is ever in them, They reach’d the promised rest. To that dear land of rest; The daylight is serene: Who art, with GOD the FATHER The pastures of the blessed And SPIRIT , ever blest. Are deck’d in glorious sheen,
54 MR. PETER WILLIAM BERNASKO 5. Our glorious Leader claims our praise With blest anticipation, HYMN 609 For His own pattern given; And cry aloud, 1. Safe home safe home in port! While the great cloud of witnesses And give to GOD Rent cordage, shatter’d deck, Show the same path to heav’n. The praise of our salvation, Torn sails, provision short, MHB 975 2. While in affliction’s furnace, And only not a wreck: 1. Now praise we great and famous men, And passing through the fire, But oh! the joy upon the shore The fathers named in story; Thy love we praise, To tell our voyage perils o’er! And praise the Lord who now as then Which knows our days, 2. The prize, the prize secure! Reveals in man His glory. And ever brings us nigher, The athlete nearly fell; 2. Praise we the wise and brave and We clap our hands exulting Bare all he could endure, strong, In Thine almighty favour; And bare not always well; Who graced their generation; The love divine But he may smile at troubles gone Who helped the right, and fought the Which made us Thine Who sets the victor garland on. wrong, Shall keep us thine for ever. 3. No more the foe can harm, And made our folk a nation. 3. Thou dost conduct Thy people No more of leaguered camp, 3. Praise we the great of heart and mind, Through torrents of temptation; And cry of night alarm, The singers sweetly gifted, Nor will we fear, And need of ready lamp; Whose music like a mighty wind While Thou art near, And yet how nearly had he fail’d- The souls of men uplifted. The fire of tribulation. How nearly had that foe prevail’d! 4. Praise we the peaceful men of skill The world with sin and Satan 4. The lamb is in the fold, Who builded homes of beauty, In vain our march opposes; In perfect safety penn’d; And, rich in art, made richer still Through Thee we shall The lion once had hold, The brotherhood of duty. Break through them all, And Thought to make an end; 5. So praise we great and famous men, And sing the Song of Moses. But One came by with wounded side, The fathers, named in story; 4. By faith we see the glory And for the sheep the Shepherd died. And praise the Lord who now as then To which Thou shalt restore us, 5. The exile is at home! Reveals in man His glory. The cross despise O nights and days of tears, HYMN 674 For that high prize O longings not to roam, 1. Head of Thy Church triumphant, Which Thou hast set before us. O sins and doubts and fears; We joyfully adore Thee: And if Thou count us worThy, What matters now grief’s darkest day? Till Thou appear, We each, as dying Stephen, The King has wiped those tears away. Thy members here Shall see Thee stand Shall sing like those in glory, At GOD’s right hand, We lift our hearts and voices To take us up to heaven.
CELEBRATION OF A LIFE WELL LIVED 55 HYMN 401 HYMN 19 4. Where light, and life, and joy and 1. Now the labourer’s task is o’er; 1. THE radiant morn hath pass’d peace Now the battle day is past; away In undivided empire reign, Now upon the farther shore And spent too soon her golden And thronging Angels never cease Lands the voyager at last. store Their deathless strain;- FATHER, in Thy gracious keeping The shadows of departing day 5. Where Saints are clothed in spotless Leave we now Thy servant sleeping. Creep on once more. White, And evening shadows never fall, 2. There the tears of earth are dried; 2. Our life is but a fading dawn Where Thou, Eternal Light of Light, There its hidden things are clear; Its glorious noon how quickly past; Art LORD of all. There the work of life is tried Lead us, O CHRIST, when all is gone, By a juster Judge than here. Safe home at last. FATHER, in Thy gracious keeping 3. O by Thy soul-inspiring grace Leave we now Thy servant sleeping. Uplift our hearts to realms on high; 3. There the sinful souls, that turn Help us to look to that bright place To the Cross their dying eyes Beyond the sky; All the love of CHRIST shall learn At his Feet in Paradise. FATHER, in Thy gracious keeping Leave we now Thy servant sleeping. 4. There no more the powers of hell Can prevail to mar their peace; CHRIST the LORD shall guard them well He Who died for their release. FATHER, in Thy gracious keeping Leave we now Thy servant sleeping. 5. “Earth to earth, and dust to dust,” Calmly now the words we say, Leaving him to sleep in trust Till the Resurrection-day FATHER, in Thy gracious keeping Leave we now Thy servant sleeping.
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