981. S. M. Ancient Hymns.

Thanks for all Saints.

1For all thy saints, O God,

Who strove in Christ to live,

Who followed him, obeyed, adored,

Our grateful hymn receive.

2For all thy saints, O God,

Accept our thankful cry,

Who counted Christ their great reward,

And strove in him to die.

3They all, in life and death,

With him, their Lord in view,

Learned from thy Holy Spirit's breath

To suffer and to do.

4For this thy name we bless,

And humbly beg that we

May follow them in holiness,

And live and die in thee.

Quiet Religion.

1Open, Lord, my inward ear,

And bid my heart rejoice;

Bid my quiet spirit hear

The comfort of thy voice;

Never in the whirlwind found,

Or where earthquakes rock the place

Still and silent is the sound,

The whisper of thy grace.

2From the world of sin, and noise,

And hurry, I withdraw;

For the small and inward voice

I wait with humble awe;

Silent I am now and still,

Dare not in thy presence move;

To my waiting soul reveal

The secret of thy love.