Hymns ancient and modern, for use in the services of the Church, with annotations and with some metrical translations of the hymns in Lat. and Germ., re-ed. by L.C. Biggs

7 And for richer Food than this, John vi. 50, 51. Hymn 28,

Pledge of everlasting Bliss;

For His Mercies still endure

Ever faithful, ever sure.

8 Glory to our Bounteous KING ! ‡
Glory let creation sing! §

Glory to the FATHER, SON,

And Blest SPIRIT, THREE in ONE.

[ver. 2.

Psalm xlvii. 7.

§ Psalm xix. I—4.

Amen.

Rev. Sir H. W. BAKER, Bart., 1861 (partly suggested by JOHN MILTON'S version of Psalm cxxxvi.).

HYMN 225.

"Thou visitest the earth, and blessest it: Thou makest it very plenteous."-Psalm lxv. 9.

3 The spring's sweet influence, LORD, was Thine,

The seasons knew Thy call;

Thou mad'st the summer sun to shine,

The summer dews to fall.||

|| Psalm lxxiv. 18.

4 Thy gifts of Mercy from above

Matured the swelling grain;
And now the Harvest crowns Thy Love,

And plenty fills the plain.+

5 O ne'er may our forgetful hearts

O'erlook Thy bounteous care;‡
But what our FATHER'S Hand imparts
Still own in praise and prayer. §

6 TO FATHER, SON, and HOLY GHOST,
The GOD Whom we adore,

Be glory, as it was, is now,

And shall be evermore.

Amen.

* Psalm lxv. 12-14.

+ Jer. v. 24.

Psalm ciii. 2; cxlv. 16.

§ Phil. iv. 6.

Mrs. ANNE FLOWERDEW, 1811 (altered, and one verse omitted).
(Appropriate for the early part of Harvest.)

HYMN 226.

"The harvest is the end of the world, and the reapers are the angels."-Matt. xiii. 39.

LORD of the Harvest,* once again
We thank Thee for the ripened grain;
For
crops safe carried, sent to cheer
Thy servants through another year; +
For all sweet holy thoughts supplied
By seed-time, and by harvest-tide.

2 The bare dead grain, in autumn sown,‡
Its robe of vernal green puts on;
Glad from its wintry grave it springs,
Fresh garnished by the KING of kings:
So, LORD, to those who sleep in Thee§
Shall new and glorious bodies be. ||

* Matt. ix. 38.

Psalm civ. 15.

I Cor. xv. 37, 38. See [John xii. 24.

§ 1 Thess. iv. 14.

|| I Cor. xv. 42—44.

3 Nor vainly of Thy Word we ask
A lesson from the reaper's task:
So shall Thine angels issue forth ;*
The tares be burnt; the just of earth,
To wind and storm exposed no more,
Be gathered to their FATHER's store. +

4 Daily, O LORD, our prayers be said,
As Thou hast taught, for daily bread :‡
But not alone our bodies feed, §
Supply our fainting spirits' need :
O Bread of Life, || from day to day,
Be Thou their Comfort, Food, and Stay!

*Rev. xiv. 15.

+ Wisd. iii. I; v. 15 & 16.

Matt. vi. 9, II.

§ "Hymns for Little Children," 36, [ver. 8.

|| John vi. 33-35. See Hymn [205, ver. I.

Amen.

Rev. Professor Joseph Anstice, 1836.

HYMN 227.

(To be used when there is a deficiency in the Crops.)

"Although . the fields shall yield no meat, .