Now shall meet Him in the air:
Hallelujah!

See the day of God appear.

Yea, Amen; let all adore Thee,
High on Thine eternal throne:
Saviour, take the power and glory,
Make Thy righteous sentence known.
O come quickly,

Claim the kingdom for Thine own.

TUNE "HELMSLEY," OR "ST. THOMAS."

There are many forms of this hymn, but the above is as popular as any other.

V.- Litanies.

36-WHEN OUR HEADS ARE BOWED WITH WOE.

DEAN MILMAN's poem, on Christ's sympathy for human sorrows, was written for the sixteenth Sunday after Trinity. It is based upon the narrative (in the Gospel for that day) of Christ's miracle at Nain. As a Litany, in Lent, and at burials, the hymn is largely used. The refrain was originally written, "Gracious Son of Mary, hear!"

HEN our heads are bowed with woe,

WHEN

When our bitter tears o'erflow,

When we mourn the lost, the dear,
Jesu, Son of Mary, hear!

Thou our throbbing flesh hast worn,
Thou our mortal griefs hast borne,
Thou hast shed the human tear;
Jesu, Son of Mary, hear!

When the solemn death-bell tolls
For our own departing souls,
When our final doom is near,
Jesu, Son of Mary, hear!

Thou hast bowed the dying head,
Thou the blood of life hast shed,
Thou hast filled a mortal bier ;
Jesu, Son of Mary, hear!

When the heart is sad within
With the thought of all its sin ;
When the spirit shrinks with fear;
Jesu, Son of Mary, hear!

Thou the shame, the grief, hast known -
Though the sins were not Thine own,
Thou hast deigned their load to bear;
Jesu, Son of Mary, hear!

TUNE-"REdhead, No. 47."

37-SAVIOUR, WHEN IN DUST TO THEE. THIS hymn, written by Sir Robert Grant, at one time Governor of Bombay under the East India Company, has received the hall-mark of helpful usefulness in all parts of the English-speaking world.

AVIOUR, when in dust to Thee
we' bow the adoring knee;

When, repentant, to the skies
Scarce we lift our weeping eyes;
O! by all Thy pains and woe,
Suffered once for man below,
Bending from Thy throne on high,
Hear our solemn litany.

By Thy helpless infant years,
By Thy life of want and tears,
By Thy days of sore distress
In the savage wilderness,
By the dread mysterious hour
Of the insulting tempter's power;
Turn, O turn a favouring eye,
Hear our solemn litany.

By the sacred grief that wept
O'er the grave where Lazarus slept;
By the boding tears that flowed
Over Salem's loved abode;
By the anguished sigh that told
Treachery lurked within Thy fold;
From Thy seat above the sky,
Hear our solemn litany.

By Thine hour of dire despair,
By Thine agony of prayer;
By the cross, the nail, the thorn,
Piercing spear and torturing scorn;
By the gloom that veiled the skies
O'er the dreadful sacrifice,
Listen to our humble cry,
Hear our solemn litany.

By Thy deep expiring groan;
By the sad sepulchral stone;
By the vault whose dark abode
Held in vain the rising God;
O! from earth to heaven restored,
Mighty re-ascended Lord,
Listen, listen to the cry

Of our solemn litany.

TUNE "MISERERE 99 OR

"TICHFIELD."

38-WHEN THE WEARY, SEEKING REST.

THIS Litany, by Horatius Bonar, is modelled upon the prayer of Solomon at the dedication of the Temple.

WHEN

THEN the weary, seeking rest,
To thy goodness flee;

When the heavy-laden cast
All their load on thee;

When the troubled, seeking peace,

On thy Name shall call;
When the sinner, seeking life,
At thy feet shall fall:

Hear then in love, O Lord, the cry,
In heaven thy dwelling-place on high.

When the worldling, sick at heart,
Lifts his soul above;

When the prodigal looks back
To his Father's love:

When the proud man, in his pride,
Stoops to seek thy face;
When the burdened brings his guilt
To thy throne of grace;
Hear then in love, O Lord, the cry,
In heaven thy dwelling-place on high.

When the stranger asks a home,
All his toils to end;

When the hungry craveth food,
And the poor a friend;
When the sailor on the wave

Bows the fervent knee;
When the soldier on the field

Lifts his heart to thee:

Hear then in love, O Lord, the cry,
In heaven thy dwelling-place on high.

When the man of toil and care
In the city crowd;

When the shepherd on the moor
Names the name of God;
When the learned and the high,
Tired of earthly fame,
Upon higher joys intent,

Name the blessèd Name:
Hear then in love, O Lord, the cry,
In heaven thy dwelling-place on high.
When the child, with grave fresh lip,
Youth or maiden fair;

When the aged, weak and grey,
Seek thy face in prayer ;
When the widow weeps to thee,
Sad and lone and low;

When the orphan brings to thee
All his orphan woe :

Hear then in love, O Lord, the cry,

In heaven thy dwelling-place on high.

TUNE" INTERCESSION."

Bishop Fraser of Manchester used to say that he regarded this as the finest hymn in the English language. His second favourite was "I heard the voice of Jesus say."

VI. - Guidance.

39-LEAD, KINDLY LIGHT.

Of all the modern hymns praying for guidance, Newman's famous three verses seem to be most popular, especially with people who have not accepted the leading of any church or theological authority. "The only hymn of which words and music touched any chord in me," wrote the Hon. Reginald Brett, "is Cardinal New.