TO-MORROW'S PRAYER SERVICE

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 5, Issue 99, 2 September 1942, Page 6

TO-MORROW'S PRAYER SERVICE

DETAILS ARRANGED SPECIAL HYMNS SELECTED The special service of prayer, which on the third anniversary of the outbreak of the war (Thursday, September 3rd) is to be conducted on a nationwide scale, at the express wish of His Majesty tlte King, wil'l be marked in Wh'akatane by a midday service in the Grand Theatre at 12.45 p.m. The service will be conducted by the local ministers of religion and at the invitation of His Worship the Mayor, it is anticipated that all fottsiriess premises will close for lVj hours* from 12 noon till 1.30 p.m. The hymns to be sung during the proceedings will be as under :— "O GOD OF BETHEL" O God of Bethel ! bj' whose liandj Thy people still are led.; Who through this weary pilgrimage Hast all our fathers led: Our vows, our prayers, we now present Before Thy throne of grace : God of our fathers ! be the God Of their succeeding race.

Through eaelY perplexing path of life Our wandering footsteps guide ; Give us each day our daily bread, And raiment fit provide. O spread Thy covering" wings around, Till all our wanderings cease, And at our Father's loved, abode Our souls arrive in peace. Such blessings from Thy gracious hand Our hu-mble-prayers implore! And Thou shalt. be our chosen God, And portion evermore. "JESUS, LOVER OF MY SOUL" Jesus, Lover of my soul, Let me to Thy bosom fly, While the nearer waters roll, While the tempest still is high ; Hide me, O my Saviour, hide, Till the storm of life is past; Safe into the haven guide : O receive my soul at. last ! Other refuge have I none ; Hangs my helpless soul on Thee; Leave, ah ! leave me not alone ; Still support and comfort me., All my trust on Thee is stayed; AH my help from Thee I bring ! Cover my defenceless head • With the shadow of Thy wing.

Thou, O Christ, art all I want ; More than all in Thee I find ; Raise the fallen, cheer the faint, Heal and sick, and lend -the blind Just and holy is Thy Name, I am all unrighteousness; False and full of sin I am, Thou art full of truth and grace.

Plenteous grace with Thee is found Grace to cover all my sin ; Let the healing streams abound; Make and keep me pure within. Thou of life the fountain art, Freely let me take of Thee; Spring Thou up within my heart, Rise to all eternity.

"HOLY FATHER, IN THY MERCY ' Holy Father, in Thy mercy. Hear our anxious prayer;; Keep our loved ones, now far distant, 'Neath Thy care. Jesus. Saviour. Jet Thy presence JJe their li-ghl and guide ; Keep. O kt'ijp thcui, in their weakness. At TJiy side. »\ .l'-'ii in when in danger, ilea in loneliness. In Thy luvx: iniik down ami eomi'yr• Their distress. Maj" the joy ol' Thy >alvatiuu Be tlieir strength and stay; May they love and may they praise Thee Day by day.. tlOly Spirit, iet Thy tcac.lzing Sanctify liK-ir life: Seiid Thy grncc li.ul 1 bey may conduer 11 > i• • r ii ife. Father. Son, ;m m ! h>; v Spirit. *!>. One U\ Three. • !3Jes.s thcin, tjuMe IheiU, .saw.- them., keep lia ai

"DEAR LORD AND FATHER OF MANKIND'' Dear Lord and Father of mankind, Forgive our foolish ways; Rcclothe us in our rightful mind ; In purer lives Thy service find. In deeper revcrence, praise. In simple trust like theirs who heard, Beside the Syrian sea, TllO gracious calling of the Lord, Let us, like them, without a word Rise up and follow Thee. O Sabbath rest by Galilee ! O calm of hills above, Where Jesus knelt to share with Thee The silence of eternity, Interpreted by love ! With that deep hush subduing all Our words and works that drown The tender whisper of. Thy call:, As noiseless let Thy blessing fall As fell Thy manna down. Drop Thy still dews of quietness, Till all our strivings cease : Take from our souls the strain and stress. And. let our ordered lives confess The beauty of Thy peace. Breathe, through the heat of our desire Thy coolness and Thy balm Let sense be dumb, let llesh retire ; Speak through the earthquake, wind,

and fire, O still small voice of calm!