Hymn Prayer

 From noon of joy to night of doubt our feelings come and go;

our best estate is toss'd about in ceaseless ebb and flow.

No mood of feeling, form of thought, is constant for a day,

but Thou, O God, Thou changest not; the same Thou are always.

I grasp They strength, make it my own, my heart with peace is bless'd;

I lose my hold, and then comes down darkness and cold unrest.

Let me no more my comfort draw from my frail grasp of Thee:

in this alone rejoice with awe, They mighty grasp of me.

Thy purpose of eternal good let me but surely know;

on this I'll lean, let changing mood and feeling come and go;

glad when Thy sunshine fills my soul, not sad when clouds o'er cast,

since Thou within Thy sure control of Love dost hold me fast.

John Campbell Shairp, 1871

Grateful Praise

 For the beauty of the earth, for the glory of the skies,

for the love which from our birth over and around us lies,

God of all, to You we raise this, our hymn of grateful praise.

For the wonder of each hour of the day and of the night, 

hill and vale and tree and flower, sun and moon and stars of light,

God of all, to You we raise this, our hymn of grateful praise.

For the joy of ear and eye, for the heart and mind's delight,

for the mystic harmony linking sense to sound and sight,

God of all, to You we raise this, our hymn of grateful praise.

For the joy of human love, sister, brother, parent, child,

friends on earth and friends above; for all gentle thoughts and mild,

God of all, to You we raise this, our hymn of grateful praise.

Folliot S. Pierpoint, 1867