3 Let me be slow to do my will, Help me to sacrifice myself 4 Let me no wrong or idle word Set thou a seal upon my lips 5 Let me in season, Lord, be grave, Let me be faithful to thy grace, 6 And if to-day this life of mine Give me thy Sacrament divine, 7 So for to-morrow and its needs Still keep me, guide me, love me, Lord, Amen. 37 Mary Xavier, 1877 Six 6's THEN morning gilds the skies, WMy heart awaking cries, May Jesus Christ be praised; May Jesus Christ be praised. 2 Whene'er the sweet church bell May Jesus Christ be praised: O hark to what it sings, May Jesus Christ be praised. 3 My tongue shall never tire May Jesus Christ be praised 4 When sleep her balm denies, May Jesus Christ be praised; 5 Does sadness fill my mind? May Jesus Christ be praised; May Jesus Christ be praised. 6 The night becomes as day, 7 In heaven's eternal bliss 8 Be this, while life is mine, My canticle divine, 38 May Jesus Christ be praised; May Jesus Christ be praised. Anon., German, 1828; Tr. Edward Caswall, 1855 7.7.7.5 HREE in One, and One in Three, THH Hear us while we lift to thee 2 Light of lights! with morning shine, Lift on us thy light divine; And let charity benign Breathe on us her balm. 3 Light of lights! when falls the even, Fold us in the peace of heaven; 4 Three in One, and One in Three, Gilbert Rorison, 1849 39 SAVI L.M. AVIOUR, when night involves the skies, Thee, self-abased in mortal guise, 2 On thee my waking raptures dwell, When crimson gleams the east adorn, Thee, Victor of the grave and hell, Thee, source of life's eternal morn. 3 When noon her throne in light arrays, To thee my soul triumphant springs; Thee, throned in glory's endless blaze, Thee, Lord of lords and King of kings. 4 O'er earth, when shades of evening steal, To death and thee my thoughts I give; To death, whose power I soon must feel, To thee, with whom I trust to live. 40 Thomas Gisborne, 1805 Six 8's LIGHT, whose beams illumine all From twilight dawn to perfect day, Shine thou before the shadows fall, That lead our wandering feet astray; At morn and eve thy radiance pour, That youth may love and age adore. 2 O Way, through whom our souls draw near To yon eternal home of peace, Where perfect love shall cast out fear, cease; In strength or weakness may we see Our heavenward path, O Lord, through thee. 3 0 Truth, before whose shrine we bow, Thou priceless pearl for all who seek, To thee our earliest strength we vow; Thy love will bless the pure and meek; When dreams or mists beguile our sight, Turn thou our darkness into light. 4 O Life, the well that ever flows To slake the thirst of those that faint, Thy power to bless, what seraph knows? Thy joy supreme, what words can paint? In earth's last hour of fleeting breath Be thou our conqueror over death. 5 O Light, O Way, O Truth, O Life, Edward H. Plumptre, 1864 41 7.7.7.5 Lotmankind the life and light, ORD of mercy and of might, Maker, Teacher infinite: 2 Strong Creator, Saviour mild, 3 Throned above celestial things, 4 Soon to come to earth again, Reginald Heber, 18271 1 Published after his death. |