Alas! What Hourly Dangers Rise CADDO—William Batchelder Bradbury CHRISTMAS—George Frederick Handel CHELMSFORD—Aaron Chapin Alas! What Hourly Dangers Rise 1 Alas! what hourly dangers rise, What snares beset my way; To heav’n I fain would lift my eyes, And hourly watch and pray. 2 How oft my mournful thoughts complain, And melt in flowing tears! Striving against my foes in vain, I sink amid my fears. 3 O gracious God, in whom I live, My feeble efforts aid; Help me to watch, and pray, and strive,