8 Yes, Heaven is the prize!
Death opens wide the door,
And then the spirit flies

To God for evermore.
'Tis Heav'n, &c.

Jesus, my God and my all.

1 O JESUS, Jesus, dearest Lord,
Forgive me if I say
For very love Thy sacred Name
A thousand times a day.
O wonderful that Thou shouldst
let

So vile a heart as mine

Love Thee with such a love as My heart's desire, my body's

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anxious heart.

Sweet Light of our eternal home,
To fleshly sense denied.
3 Brightness of God above,
Unfathomable grace,
Thy presence be a fount of love
Within Thy chosen place!

Loving Shepherd of Thy sheep.

1 LOVING Shepherd of Thy sheep,
Keep me, Lord, in safety keep;
Nothing can Thy power withstand,
None can pluck me from Thy
hand.

Loving Shepherd, Thou didst give
Thine own life that I might live;
May I love Thee day by day,
Gladly Thy sweet will obey.

2 Loving Shepherd, ever near,
Teach me still Thy voice to
hear;
Suffer not my step to stray

From the strait and narrow way.
Where Thou leadest may I go,

Walking in Thy steps below; Then before Thy Father's throne, Jesu, claim me for Thine own.

loving hearts.

2 We taste Thee, O Thou living Bread,

And long to feast upon Thee still; We drink of Thee, Thou Fountainhead,

And thirst our souls from Thee
to fill.

O Jesus, ever with us stay,
Make all our moments calm and
bright;

Chase Thou the night of sin away,
And o'er us shed Thy blessed
light.

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1 LIGHT of the soul, O Saviour blest,
Soon as Thy presence fills the breast
Darkness and guilt are put to flight,
And all is sweetness and delight.

2 Son of the Father, Lord most high,
How glad is he who feels Thee nigh!
How sweet in heav'n Thy beam doth glow,
Denied to eye of flesh below!

3 O Light of light celestial,
O Charity ineffable;

Come in Thy hidden majesty;
Fill us with love, fill us with Thee.

4 To Jesus from the proud conceal'd,
But evermore to babes reveal'd,
All glory with the Father be,
And Holy Ghost eternally.

O Jesu, my beloved King.

1 O JESU, my beloved King,
I give all thanks to Thee,
Who by Thy Cross hast merited
Celestial grace for me.
O gift of love, O gift immense,
Surpassing nature's law;
What strength to will and to per-
form

From this pure fount I draw!

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My Shepherd is
1 My Shepherd is the living God;
I know no craving need;
He sets me where the green herbs
Along the quiet mead. [grow
He leads me where the waters flow,
The waters soft and still,
And homeward He will gently
guide

My wand'ring heart and will.

2 By this to me is open'd wide,

Through death's inviting door,
A brighter realm, a nobler crown
Than Adam lost of yore.
O Jesu, on whose grace alone
I by Thy grace depend;
Grant me the grace to persevere
In grace unto the end.

the living God.

2 I fear no ill; for Thou, O Lord,
With me for ever art;
Thy Shepherd's staff, Thy guid-
ing rod,

Uphold my fainting heart.
Thy loving mercy still doth wait
Through all my life on me;
And I within my Father's house

For long bright years shall be

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1 PRAISE ye the Lord; on every height
Songs to His glory raise;

Ye angel hosts, ye stars of night,
Send forth your voice of praise:
For His the word that gave you birth,
And majesty and might;

Praise to the Highest from the earth,
And let the deeps unite.

3 O fire and vapour, hail and snow,
Ye servants of His will;
O stormy winds, that only blow
His mandates to fulfil;

Ye mountains, rocks, to heav'n that rise;
Fair cedars of the wood;

All things of life that wing the skies,
Or track the plains for food:

3 Ye judges, rulers, kings, whose hand
The sceptre waves on high;

O youths and virgins of the land;
O age and infancy;

Praise ye His name, to whom alone
All homage should be given,
Whose glory from th' eternal throne
Spreads wide o'er earth and heav'n.

My God, I love Thee. (Hymn of St. F. Xavier.) 1 My God, I love Thee, not be

2 Then why, O Blessed Jesu
Christ,

Should I not love Thee well;
Not for the sake of winning Hea-
Or of escaping hell: [ven,
Not with the hope of gaining
Not seeking a reward; [aught,
But as Thyself hast loved me,
O ever-loving Lord,

Ev'n so I love Thee, and will love,
And in Thy praise will sing;
Because Thou art my Lord and
God
my eternal King.

And