2.

Spiritual Worship.

O LORD, where'er thy people meet,
There they behold thy mercy-seat;
Where'er they seek thee, thou art found,
And every place is hallowed ground.
For thou, within no walls confined,
Inhabitest the humble mind :
Such ever bring thee where they come,
And, going, take thee to their home.
With heavenly grace our souls endue ;
Thy former mercies here renew;
Here to our waiting hearts proclaim
The sweetness of thy saving name.
Here may we prove the power of prayer,
To strengthen faith and sweeten care;
To teach our faint desires to rise,
And bring all heaven before our eyes.

William Cowper.

O GOD, whose smile is in the sky,
Whose path is in the sea,

Once more from earth's tumultuous strife,
We gladly turn to thee.

Once more to thee our songs we sing,

Once more our prayers we raise, And for the refuge of these isles

Give thee our deepest praise.

Here all the myriad sounds of earth

In solemn stillness die ;

While wind and wave unite to chant

Their anthems to the sky; Far, far away the heat and dust And panting of the race, While here in Nature's temple vast, We meet thee face to face.

We come as those with toil far spent
Who crave for rest and peace,
And from the care and fret of life

Would find in thee release;
We come as those who yearn to know
The truth that makes men free;
And feel the love that binds us each
To all and all to thee.

O Father, soothe all troubled thought, Dispel all idle fear,

Purge every heart of secret sin,

And banish every care; Until, as shine upon the seas

The silent stars above,

There shines upon our trusting souls The light of thine own love.

John Haynes Holmes.