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HE Rev. Christopher Wordsworth, D. D. (Lambeth, England, Oct. 30, 1807— Lincoln, March 20, 1885), bishop of Lincoln, was one of the foremost scholars of the Anglican Church in his day. He published in 1862 a volume of poems entitled "The Holy Year," a collection of pieces for the different days of the church year, which contained one hundred and twenty-seven hymns of his own composition. This was the first hymn in the book. It is quite generally used as a song of morning worship on Sundays.

DAY OF REST

DAY of rest and gladness,
O day of joy and light,
O balm of care and sadness,

Most beautiful, most bright:
On thee, the high and lowly,
Through ages joined in tune,
Sing Holy, holy, holy,"

To the great God Triune.

On thee, at the creation,

The light first had its birth;
On thee, for our salvation,

Christ rose from depths of earth;
On thee, our Lord, victorious,
The Spirit sent from heaven;
And thus on thee, most glorious
A triple light was given.

To-day on weary nations

The heavenly manna falls;
To holy convocations

The silver trumpet calls,
Where gospel light is glowing
With pure and radiant beams,
And living water flowing

With soul-refreshing streams.

New graces ever gaining

From this our day of rest,

We reach the rest remaining
To spirits of the blest;
To Holy Ghost be praises,
To Father, and to Son;
The church her voice upraises
To thee, blest Three in One.

CHRISTOPHER

WORDSWORTH

GEORGE DUFFIELD (Carlisle, Pa.,

The

Sept. 12, 1818 - Bloomfield, N. J., July 6, 1888) came of a family of American hymn writers. He was a Presbyterian pastor in Brooklyn, in Philadelphia, in Michigan, and in Illinois. He is buried in Detroit. hymn for which, above all others, he is famous was the outcome of the Philadelphia revival of 1858. It was written as the conclusion of a sermon, and it quickly found its way all over the English world, and into German, Latin, and other translations. The author says that he first met it, after its composition, as the favorite song of the army of the James in 1864.

THE SOLDIERS OF THE CROSS

STAND

TAND up! stand up for Jesus!
Ye soldiers of the cross!

Lift high his royal banner,
It must not suffer loss ;
From victory unto victory
His army shall he lead,
Till every foe is vanquished,

And Christ is Lord indeed.

Stand up! stand up for Jesus!
The trumpet call obey;
Forth to the mighty conflict,
In this his glorious day;
"Ye that are men, now serve him,"
Against unnumbered foes;

Let courage rise with danger,

And strength to strength oppose.

Stand up stand up for Jesus!
Stand in his strength alone;
The arm of flesh will fail you

Ye dare not trust your own;
Put on the gospel armor,

And, watching unto prayer,
Where duty calls, or danger,
Be never wanting there.

Stand up! stand up for Jesus!

The strife will not be long;
This day, the noise of battle,
The next, the victor's song;
To him that overcometh,

A crown of life shall be;
He with the King of Glory
Shall reign eternally!

1801 — June

THE Rev. Carl Rudolph Hagenbach, D.D. (Basel, Switzerland, March 4, 1801 7, 1874), wrote this hymn in his own tongue somewhere about 1840. The translator is unknown, but, whoever he may be, he has fairly well carried over the quaintness and the sense of peace and quietness in the original. Dr. Hagenbach combined in himself the rare and seldom harmonious qualities of a successful professor of church history in the university of his native town and a poet of tender feeling. While this hymn is not used generally in congregational worship, it is well known and much used in smaller gatherings and for private devotions.