842 8s, 7s & 4s. Lead us, heavenly Father, lead us. Lead us, heavenly Father! lead us O’er the world’s tempestuous sea; Guard us, guide us, keep us, feed us, For we have no help but thee. Yet possessing Every blessing, If our God our Father be. 2 Saviour! breathe forgiveness o’er us; All our weakness thou dost know; Thou didst tread this earth before us, Thou didst feel its keenest woe. Lone and dreary, Faint and weary Through the desert thou didst go. 3 Spirit of our God descending! Fill our hearts with heavenly joy; Love with every passion blending, Pleasure that can never cloy. Thus provided, Pardoned, guided, Nothing can our peace destroy. 843 10s. Faint yet pursuing. My feet are worn and weary with the march O’er the rough road and up the steep hill-side; O city of our God! I fain would see Thy pastures green, where peaceful waters glide. 2 My hands are worn and weary, toiling on, Day after day, for perishable meat; O city of our God! I fain would rest— I sigh to gain thy glorious mercy-seat. 3 My garments, travel-worn and stained with dust, Oft rent by briers and thorns that crowd my way, Would fain be made, O Lord, my righteousness! Spotless and white in heaven’s unclouded ray. 4 My eyes are weary looking at the sin, Impiety, and scorn upon the earth; O city of our God! within thy walls All—all are clothed again with thy new birth. 5 My heart is weary of its own deep sin— Sinning, repenting, sinning still again; When shall my soul thy glorious presence feel, And find, dear Saviour, it is free from stain? 6 Patience, poor soul! the Saviour’s feet were worn; The Saviour’s heart and hands were weary too; His garments stained, and travel-worn, and old; His vision blinded with a pitying dew. 7 Love thou the path of sorrow that he trod; Toil on, and wait in patience for thy rest: O city of our God! we soon shall see Thy glorious walls—home of the loved and blest. 844 10s & 11s. The night is far spent, etc. Rom. 13:12. Soon and for ever the breaking of day Shall chase all the night-clouds of sorrow away; Soon and for ever we’ll see as we’re seen, And know the deep meaning of things that have been, Where fightings without and conflicts within Shall weary no more in the warfare with sin— Where tears, and where fears, and where death shall be never, Christians with Christ shall be soon and for ever.