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popular as the first series, though their merit is scarcely inferior.

Mrs. Toke s hymn on John xx. 29, Blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed, also appeared in 1852

O Thou who didst with love untold

Thy doubting servant chide, Bidding the eye of sense behold

Thy wounded hands and side ; Grant us, like him, with heartfelt awe,

To own Thee God and Lord, And from his hour of darkness draw

Faith in the Incarnate Word.

Hymn 184. He is gone beyond the skies. ARTHUR PENRHYN STANLEY, D.D. (144).

Macmillan s Magazine, June, 1862. Verses 2, 5, 7 are here omitted.

Dean Stanley told Dr. Schaff that the hymn was written about 1859 at the request of a friend, whose children had com plained to him that there was no suitable hymn for Ascension Day, and who were eagerly asking what had been the feelings of the disciples after that event.

Hymn 185. God is gone up on high.

CHARLES WESLEY (i).

Hymns for Ascension Day, No. 2 ; Felix Farley, Bristol, 1746. Works, iv. 154.

Hymn 186. Clap your hands, ye people all.

CHARLES WESLEY (i). Psalms and Hymns, 1743 ; Works, viii. no. Psalm xlvii. Thirteen

��Hymn 187. See the Conqueror mounts in triumph.

CHRISTOPHER WORDSWORTH, D.D. Holy Year, 1862.

Bishop Wordsworth was born in 1807 at Lambeth, where his father was rector before he became Master of Trinity

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