FROM THE LIBRARY OF REV. LOUIS FITZGERALD BENSON, D. D. BEQUEATHED BY HIM TO THE LIBRARY OF PRINCETON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY Section vC&Ka 7 II Y \ S - THE IIMDETCSOS INSTITUTE. COMl'ILKD BY A. E. SLOAN, Principal. ; BOSTON: CROSBY, NICHOLS, LEE & CO., 117 Washington Street. 1860. i University Press, Cambridge : Printed by Welch, Bigelow, and Company. CONTEXTS The Seasons .... Morning and Evening . Adoration and Praise M i rBSTT of God The Holy Scriptures Thanksgiving and Praise Prayer for Divine Guidance . Early Instruction and Piety Christ the Saviour of Sinners Trust in God . Advent of Christ Invitations and Entreaties Repentance .... Meekness and Humility Love Fidelity .... Forgiveness .... Self-Examination Prater Page 1 21 . 56 79 . 106 112 . 133 152 . 176 202 . 220 230 . 248 257 . 265 276 . 284 288 . 294 IV CONTENTS. AsriRATioxs ....... 301 Lord's Day 316 Heaven 327 Conscience 332 Call to Labor 335 The Grace of Giving 338 Time and Eternity 343 Missionary 362 National 367 Occasional 372 Parting 386 Doxologies 392 INDEX OF FIRST LINES. A charge to keep I have 315 After life's eventful mission 417 Again, from calm and sweet repose 27 Again the Lord of life and light 383 Alas, what hourly dangers rise 171 All around us, fair with flowers 405 All earthly charms, however dear 354 All hail, the great Immanuel's name 240 All-powerful, self-existent God 112 Almighty God, in humble prayer 116 Almighty Maker, God 118 Am I a soldier of the cross 232 And dost thou say, " A>k what thou wilt ? " .... 123 And is the gospel peace and love 245 And now, my soul, another year 22 Another day of life is gone 46 Another fleeting day is gone 65 Another six days' work is done 394 Arise, my soul, with rapture rise 52 Al flows the rapid river 425 As the sun's enlivening eye 462 At the golden rise of day 35 Awake, and sing the song 238 Awake, my soul, and with the sun 407 Awake, my soul, in joyful lays 85 Awake, my soul, lift up thine eyes 264 Awake, my tongue, thy tribute bring 127 Awake, our souls ! away, our fears ! 253 Before Jehovah's awful throne 110 Before thy mercy's throne 348 b INDEX OF FIRST LINES Before we close our eyes each night Begin, my soul, the exalted lay Behold a Stranger at the door Behold, my soul, the narrow bound Behold ! the lofty sky Behold the morning sun . Behold, the Prince of Peace . Behold the sun, how bright Behold the throne of grace Beset with snares on every hand Bestow, O Lord, upon our youth Bless, O my soul, the living God Blest are the men, whose hearts do move Blest are the pure in heart Blest are the sons of peace . Blest be the tie that binds Blest day of God ! most calm, most bright Blest hour ! when mortal man retires Blest Instructor, from thy ways . Blest is the man whose liberal heart Blest is the man whose softening heart Blest work ! the youthful mind to win Break forth in song, ye trees By cool Siloam's shady rill Calm on the bosom of thy God . Can creatures to perfection find Child, amidst the flowers at play Children ! in years and knowledge youn; Children ! listen to the Lord Children of Christ, arise . Christian ! see ! the orient morning . Christian soldier, heavenward pressing Christian soldiers, wake to glory Come, and let us sweetly join Come, blessed Spirit, Source of light . Come, children, learn to fear the Lord Come, every pious heart Come, gracious Spirit, heavenly Dove Come hither, all ye weary souls Come, Holy Spirit, come . Come, let us join our cheerful songs . I\ I) I X OF FIRST LINES Come, L<>r<] ! and warm each languid heart Cones 1 1 1 > soul, thy rail prepare Come, my soul, in sacred lays Come ! > a i < I Jesus' sacred voice < . -inner, to the gospel feast Come, Boand his praise abroad . Coma, thiMi almighty King Come to the morning prayer Come, weary souls ! with sin distressed Come, ye that wish to know t lie Lord Dear as thou wert, and justly dear . Dear Father, to thy mercy-scat . Dear is the hallowed mom to me . Dear Refuse of my weary soul . Death ! 't is a melancholy day Early, my God ! without delay . Eternal Source of every joy Eternal Source of life and thought Eternity is just at hand Farewell ! what power of words can tell Far from my thoughts, vain world, begone Far from the world, O Lord ! I flee . Far from thy servants, God of grace Father 1 adored in worlds above Father and Friend, thy light, thy love Father in heaven, to thee my heart . Father of all ! in even,' age Father of light ! conduct our feet Father of lights I we sing thy name Father of me and all mankind Father of mercies, — God of love Father of mercies, in thy word . Father of our feeble race . Father, once more let grateful praise Father, thy paternal care Father, to thee my soul I lift Father! whate'er of earthly bliss . Feeble, helpless, how shall I Forgive thy foes ; nor that alone 356 117 142 983 331 306 390 3 7 435 198 21 74 415 437 37 (J 361 3-29 06 105 80 83 351 81 97 305 137 91 94 243 349 b INDEX OF FIRST LINES. From earliest dawn of life 192 From every earthly pleasure 3G6 From Greenland's icy mountains 436 Gently, Lord, O gently lead us 243 Give thanks to God — he reigns above 57 Glory to God on high 141 Glory to thee, my God ! this night 47 God bless our native land ........ 442 God is a Spirit just and wise 337 God moves in a mysterious way ....... 257 God of eternity, from thee . 20 God of love, we look to thee 325 God of my life, my morning song 26 God of my life! through all my days 1C3 God of my life, to thee belong 88 God of our fathers ! by whose hand 170 God of our life, thy various praise ...... 17 God of the morning ! at thy voice 23 God of the ocean, earth, and sky ...... Ill God of truth, and God of love 184 Go forth, my heart, and seek the bliss 6 Gone are those great and good 444 Go, when the morning shineth 359 Gracious God, our Heavenly Father 29 Gracious Spirit, Love divine ! 164 Great Author of all nature's frame 131 Great Father of each perfect gift 176 Great God ! and wilt thou condescend 126 Great God ! attend while here we sing 125 Great God ! how infinite art thou 115 Great God, in whom we live and move 2W Great God ! our Father and our Friend 1G9 Great God, to tliee my morning song 25 Great God ! to thee our songs we raise 186 Great God, we sing thy mighty hand 16 Great Saviour ! who didn condescend 241 Great Source of life and light 172 Great Source of unexhausted good ! 109 Guide, O Lord, our youthful band 178 Hail ! reviving, joyous spring 3 INI) l.\ 01 FIRS! ! Happy the children of the Lord . Happy the child w hot i - Happy the man whose eantiooi Btepe Happy the meek, irhoaa gentle br< Hark ! from th.it glorious world) what Hark! lurk! the notes of joy Hark ! ten thousand harps and voices . Hark ! the glad sound ! the Saviour comes Hark ! the little birdfl are ringing . Hark ! what celestial sounds Hark ! what mean those holy voices Hear, -inner! mercy hails you Heavenly Father ! gracious name ! . . Heavenly Father ! grant thy blessing He died, as he had lived, beloved . High in the heavens, eternal God ! High in yonder realms (.flight Holy Bible ! book divine ! . . . . Holy, holy, holy Lord .... How are thy servants blest ! O Lord . How beauteous are their feet . How beautiful the setting sun How blest is he who fears the Lord How blest the righteous when he dies How blest the sacred tie that binds How dread are thine eternal years How gentle God's commands . How happy is he born and taught How happy is the child who hears . How many ways the young may find How oft, alas ! this wretched heart How precious is the book divine How shall the young secure their hearts How shall we praise thee, Lord of light How sweet, how calm, this Sabbath morn How sweet, how heavenly is the sight How sweetly flowed the gospel's sound How sweet to be allowed to pray How >weet to leave the world awhile How vain is all beneath the skies Hash] my dear, lie still and slumber b* 961 5 48 418 84 133 73 250 49 411 430 159 101 317 404 217 2 5 304 J 34 138 51 387 331 297 313 357 429 455 10 INDEX OF FIRST LINES. I ask not wealth, nor pomp, nor power 169 If solid happiness we prize 352 I hear a voice that comes from far 227 I lift my soul to God . 316 I 'm not ashamed to own my Lord 22] In all my vast concerns with thee 106 Indulgent God, whose bounteous care 68 Infinite leagues beyond the sky 108 In Israel's fane, by silent night 190 In life's gay morn, when sprightly youth . . . . . 2il In sleep's serene oblivion laid ....... 24 In the morning I will pray 28 In the soft season of thy youth 213 I send the joys of earth away 339 I think, when 1 read that sweet story of old .... 218 It is the Lord who gives me all, 254 I want a principle within 335 I want a true regard 336 I want the spirit of power within 182 Jehovah ! by thy covenant 185 Jehovah God ! thy gracious power 132 Jerusalem ! my glorious home 369 Jesus ! and shall it ever be 226 Jesus ! hail I enthroned in glory 237 Jesus, immortal King, arise 228 Jesus shall reign where'er the sun 235 Jesus, the name high over all 221 Jesus, the very thought of thee 244 Jesus, thy boundless love to me ... 236 Jesus, where in thy name we meet 229 Just as 1 am, without one plea 303 Let every mortal ear attend 298 Let party names no more 326 Life is the time to serve the Lord 428 Lift your voice and joyful sing 1C0 Lo ! God is here ; let us adore 167 Lord, in heaven, thy dwelling-place 143 Lord, in the morning thou shalt hear 33 Lord, I would own thy tender care .... . 333 Lord of Hosts, what heavenly bliss 90 IMH.X OF FIRST LINES Lord of my life ! O, may thy prai.-e Lord, teacfa us bow to pray Might Lord, thou art good ; all nature showi . Lord, thou basl Marcbod and peon Be tan Lord, w hat offering shall we hruiL r . Lotd, when my raptured thought .-urveys Lord, ir ben we bend before thy throne . Lord, while foi all mankind we pray . Lo ! the bright, the rosy morning Make us, hy thy transforming grace Man has a soul of vast desires May I resolve with all my heart Might] God ! while angels bless thee My country, 't is of thee . My dear Redeemer and my Lord My faith looks up to thee My Father bids me come My God ! all nature owns thy sway My i]oA, how endless is thy love My tied, permit me not to be . My C*ih\, permit my tongue . My God ! the spring of all my joys . My God, thou mak'st the sun to know My God ! thy boundless love I praise My gracious Lord, I own thy right My gracious Lord, whose changeless love My Maker and my Kins My Saviour, let me hear thy voice . My Shepherd is the living Lord . My son, be this thy simple plan My son, know thou the Lord Nearer, my God, to thee . Nor eye hath seen, nor ear hath heard No war nor battle's sound Now, in the heat of youthful blood Now let my soul, eternal King Now that the sun is beaming bright . Now the shades of night are gone . Now to the Lord a noble song 1 1 145 Ml J 443 4 3-31 375 4U5 230 440 234 293 130 323 350 377 92 40 324 S 9 146 SO] 219 252 448 300 965 362 231 191 379 53 32 12 INDEX OF FIRST LINES. O blessed Saviour, how divine 4 47 O. bless the Lord, my soul 9GQ O cease, my wandering soul 271 O Christ ! with each returning morn 31 O, could I find from day to day 3G7 O, for a closer walk with God 3:9 O for a thousand tongues to sing 177 O for the death of those 421 O God, let this, my morning song 38 O, happy is the man who hears 266 O, help us, Lord ! each hour of need ]65 O, know ye not that ye . 341 O Lord, another day has flown 45 O Lord, I would delight in thee 258 O, may I love at early day 60 O, may we still maintain 314 Once more, before we part 465 Once more, my soul, the rising day 43 Once more the light of day I see 39 One sweet flower has drooped and faded .... 431 One there is, above all others . 199 On thee, each morning, O my God 36 O sacred day of peace and joy . 389 O Source of uncreated light 187 O that the Lord would guide my ways 370 O Thou, at whose dread name we bend 454 O Thou that hearest prayer 75 O Thou that hear'st when sinners cry 346 O Thou, to whom, in ancient time 76 O Thou, to whose all-searching sight ..... 166 O Thou, who hast at thy command 79 O Thou, whose power o'er moving worlds presides . . 121 O Thou, whose tender mercy hears 310 O, timely happy, timely wise 30 O, where shall rest be found 414 Our Father ! through the coming year 19 Our Heavenly Father calls 327 O Zion, tune thy voice 433 Part in peace ! Is day before us 463 People of the living God 309 Perpetual Source of light and grace 55 iM'i.x of i hist l; Pilgrim, baidaned with thy >in . I'm-, in drops of rare and sorrow • ami thanks and cheerful love . Praise tiio Lord, w dni reigna abort . Praise the L<>rd ; \c heavens adore him Praise to (Jed, immortal praise Praise to God \ let us raise \ e Jehovah's name Prayer is the soul's sincere desire Providence, profusely kind . . Quiet, Lord ! my fruward heart . Remember thy Creator Return, my roving heart, return Return, O wanderer, return Rise, my soul ! and stretch thy wings Saviour ! breathe an evening blessing Saviour, I thy word believe imer, hath a voice within . Scorn net the slightest word or deed Searcher of Hearts ! from mine erase . See, another year is gone ! See how the rising sun See the leaves around us falling Shine forth, eternal Source of light Shine on our souls, eternal God Since all the varying scenes of time . Sing to the Lord most high Sing to the Lord, who loud proclaims Sinner ! art thou still secure . Sinners, turn, why will ye die . Sister, thou wast mild and lovely . Sleep, sleep to-day, tormenting cares . Softly fades the twilight ray . Softly, now, the light of day So let our lips and lives express Bongs of praise the angels Bang . Soon will our fleeting hours be past Source of light and life divine . Sow in the mom thy seed 13 2 i:.-; 158 151 1.".' 401 212 299 353 269 3G8 C2 180 203 342 179 14 53 9 173 183 124 155 364 286 422 391 396 64 340 14o 70 63 196 14 INDEX OF FIRST LINES. Speak gently, — it is better far 451 Stay, thou insulted spirit, stay ! 308 Stern Winter throws his icy chains 11 Suppliant, lo ! thy children bend 50 Sure there 's a dreadful God 102 Sweet is the prayer whose holy stream 362 Sweet is the time of spring 1 Sweet is the work, O Lord 87 Sweet the moments, rich in blessing . . . . . .312 Take up thy cross, the Saviour said ..... 208 Teachers, children, ere we part 4C4 Teach me, my God and King 93 Tell me not in mournful numbers 450 That setting sun ! that setting sun ! ..... G9 The bird that soars on highest wing 320 The bud will soon become a flower 344 The builder's thought alone 456 The day is past and gone 61 The dove, let loose in Eastern skies 365 Thee will I love, O Lord ! my strength 34 The God of glory walks his round 452 The heavens declare thy glory, Lord 1!4 The knell was tolled, the requiem sung 424 The laborer, the laborer 4C0 The leaves around me falling 10 The Lord my Shepherd is 259 The Lord of earth and sky 15 The morning light is breaking 439 The offerings to thy throne which rise 95 There is a book, who runs may read 93 There is a God, — all nature speaks 103 There is a God who reigns above • 292 There is a land of pure delight 269 There is a region, lovelier far 398 There is a time when moments flow ..... 397 There is an hour of peaceful rest 402 The rosy light is dawning 395 The Saviour calls, let every ear 284 The Saviour ! O, what endless charms 278 The young, the lovely, pass away 4! 9 They who on the Lord rely 255 INDEX OF 1 [BST LINJ - This book is all th.it 's left me now Thou art, <> God, the lift and light . '1'liou art the «ay, — to thee alone . 'I'll. mi peal Instructor, lest I stray Thou lovrlv Source of true delight . Thou only Sovereign of my heart Thou that dost my life prolong Thrice happy man who tears the Lord Through all the chancing scenes of life Through all the dangers of the night . Through all the years of childhood's prime Thus said Jesus : "Go and do . Thus saith the first, the great command Thy name, Almighty Lord .... Time speeds away, — away, — away 'T is by the faith of joys to come 'T is finished ! so the Saviour cried 'T is summer, glorious summer . To God. the only wise To honor those who gave us birth To-morrow, Lord, is thine To praise the ever-bounteous Lord To thee, my God, to thee belong To thee, O blessed Saviour To thine altar, gracious King . To your Creator, God Turn to thy Maker, child of earth . Upward I lift my eyes We are living, — we are dwelling . We bless thee for this sacred day We bless the Lord, the just and good Welcome, delightful morn Welcome now another morning Welcome, sweet day of rest Welcome, welcome, quiet morning Were all our hopes and all our fears . We >in, whenever we pursue . What if the little rain should say What precept, Jesus, is like thine . What secret hand, at morning light . 139 107 71 37 4:0 144 59 215 415 323 355 18 263 42 J 7 148 330 4,6 174 273 401 147 290 251 457 384 152 386 42 392 393 136 311 343 225 44 16 INDEX OF FIRST LINES What though the arm of conquering death What was it made my bosom swell . When a foolish thought within When all thy mercies, O my God When, driven by oppression's rod . When, for some little insult given When, his salvation bringing . When Jesus left the throne of God When Jordan hushed his waters still When morning's first and hallowed ray When shall we meet again W T hen, streaming from the eastern skies When the joyous day is dawning . When the worn spirit wants repose . When wakened by thy voice of power Where are the dead ? In heaven or hell Wherewith shall we approach the Lord . While in the tender years of youth While life prolongs its precious light While nature was sinking in stillness to ] While with ceaseless course the sun Who, O Lord, when life is o'er Who shall ascend thy heavenly place Why droops my soul with grief oppressed Why should our tears in sorrow flow Why will ye waste on trifling cares , With humble heart and tongue • With tearful eyes I look around Ye glittering toys of earth, adieu . Ye hearts with youthful vigor warm Ye joyous ones ! upon whose brow Ye nations round the earth ! rejoice Yes, my native land ! I love thee . Ye trembling souls, dismiss your fears Youth, when devoted to the Lord . HYMNS SCHOOL AND COLLEGE USE. THE SEASONS. t. S. M. Spring. 1 Sweet is the time of spring, When nature's charms appear; The birds with ceaseless pleasure sing, And hail the opening year : 2 But sweeter far the spring Of wisdom and of grace, When children bless and praise their King, Who loves the youthful race. 3 Sweet is the dawn of day, When light just streaks the sky ; When shades and darkness pass away, And morning's beams are nijrh : 1 1 THE SEASONS. 4 But sweeter far the dawn Of piety in youth ; When doubt and darkness are withdrawn, Before the light of truth. 5 Sweet is the early dew, Which gilds the mountain tops, And decks each plant and flower we view With pearly, glittering drops : 6 But sweeter far the scene On Zion's holy hill, When there the dew of youth is seen Its freshness to distil. 2. 7 s. 31. The God of Spring. 1 Praise and thanks and cheerful love Rise from everything below, To the mighty One above, Who his wondrous love doth show : Praise him, each created thing ! — God, your Father, — God of spring ! 2 Praise him, trees so lately bare ! Praise him, fresh and new-born flowers ! All ye creatures of the air, All ye soft-descending showers, Praise, with each awakening thing, Praise your Maker, — God of spring ! 3 Praise him, man ! — thy fitful heart Let this balmy season move THE SEASONS. To employ its noblest part. Softest nnrcy, Bweetest love, — Blessing, with each living thing, God the bounteous, — God of spring ! 3. 7 s. H. Spring. 1 Hail ! reviving, jovous spring, Smiling through thy veil of showers ! Bird- and brooks thy welcome sing: Haste, and waken all thy flowers. 2 Hark ! a sweet pervading sound From the breathing, moving earth : Life is starting all around, Sending joy and fragrance forth. 3 There is not a silent thing In this joyous company ; Woods and hills and valleys ring With a shout of jubilee. 4 Wake, my spirit ! art thou still? Senseless things have found a voice; Shall this throbbing heart be still When all nature cries, Rejoice ? 5 Join the grateful, happy throng, Cast each selfish care away ; Birds and brooks shall tune your song : * This is Nature's holiday. FOLLEX. THE SEASONS. 4. 8 & T s. 31. Spring. 1 Lo ! the bright, the rosy morning Calls me forth to take the air ; Cheerful spring, with smiles returning, Ushers in the new-born year. 2 Vernal music, softly sounding, Echoes through the verdant grove ; Nature now, with life abounding, Swells with harmony and love. 3 Now the kind, refreshing showers Water all the plains around ; Springing grass and painted flowers In the smiling meads abound. 4 Praise to thee, thou great Creator ! Praise be thine from every tongue ! Join, my soul, with every creature, Join the universal sons:. 5. 8 & 7 s. M. Early Spring-time. 1 Hark ! the little birds are sinking : Winter 's gone, and summer 's near : See, the tender grass is springing, And the flowers will soon be here. 2 Who made the winter and the spring-? ' Who painted all the flowers ? Tin: - Who taught the little birds to sing, And made these hearts of ours ? 3 0, 'tis God! how good he is I He does every blessing give : All this happy world is hi- : Lei us love him while we live. Mbs. Follen. 6. C P H. Summer. 1 Go forth, my heart, and seek the bliss Of such a summer day as this, Bestowed on all by heaven : The beauties of the garden see, Behold ! it is for thee and me Its glories all are given. 2 The trees with whispering leaves are dressed, The earth upon her dusky breast Her robe of green is wearing ; The flowers are blooming far and wide, Not Solomon in all his pride With them would bear comparing. 3 The never idle troops of bees Fly here and there, and where they please Their honey food are quaffing ; The sap is running up the vine, Round the old elm its tendrils twine, And in the sun are laughing. THE SEASONS. 4 And can I, may I, silent be ? When all God's glorious works I see, My soul desires to know him. When all are singing, I must sing, And to the Highest I must bring The tribute which I owe him. 5 Are all things here so bright and fair, And has He with a loving care My happy being given ? What, in that glorious world above, Where all is beauty, all is love, — What shall I be in heaven ? 7. 7 & 6 s. M. Summer. 1 'T is summer, glorious summer, — Look to the glad, green earth, How from her grateful bosom The herb and flower spring forth; — These are her rich thanksgivings, The incense floats above ! Father! what may we offer? Thy chosen flower is loveA 2 'T is summer, blessed summer, — The lofty hills are bright ; All nature's fountains sparkle, — Shall ours have lesser light ? No ! bid each spirit praise him, Who hangs on every tree A thousand living lyres, Awaking harmony. Ml!; 81 LSONS. ■ ) "V is Bummer in our bosoms, When youthful snares we fly, Anil Strength and peace arc given By angel mini-try. 'T is Bummer in ykies In genial streams descend. 3 In every scene of life, thy care, In every age. we see : And constant as thy favors are. So let our praises be. 4 Still may thy love, in every scene, To every age appear ; And let the same compassion deign To bless the opening year. 5 0, keep this foolish heart of mine From anxious passions free. Teach me each comfort to resign, And trust my all to thee. 6 If mercy smile, let mercy bring My wandering soul to God ; And in affliction I shall sing, If thou wilt bless the rod. Hegixbotiiam. THE SEASONS. 18. LM. 81. Time. 1 Time speeds away, — away, — away; Another hour, another clay, Another month, another year, Drop from us like the leaflets sear, — Drop like the life-blood from our hearts : The rose-bloom from the cheek departs, The tresses from the temples fall, The eye grows dim and strange to all. 2 Time speeds away, — away, — away; Like torrent in a stormy day, He undermines the stately tower, Uproots the tree, and snaps the flower; And sweeps from our distracted breast The friends that loved, the friends that blesse And leaves us weeping on the shore, To which they can return no more. 3 Time speeds away, — away, — away ; No eagle through the skies of day, No wind along the hills can flee So swiftly or so smooth as he ; Like fiery steed, from stage to stage He bears us on, from youth to age ; Then plunges in the fearful sea Of fathomless eternity. Knox. 16 mi Bl LSONS. 19. CM. A Nt w Year. 1 Oub Father! through the coming year We know not what shall bo, But we would leave, without a fear, Its ordering all to thee. 2 It may be we -hall toil in vain For what the world holds fair, And all its good we thought to gain Deceive, and prove but care. 3 It may be it shall darkly blend Our love with anxious fears. And snatch away the valued friend, The tried of many years. 4 It may be it shall bring us days And nights of lingering pain, And bid us take our farewell gaze Of these loved haunts of men. 5 But calmly, Lord, on thee we rest ; No fears our trust shall move ; Thou knowest what for each is best, And thou art perfect love. Gaskell. 20. L M The Flight of Time. 1 God of eternity, from thee Did infant Time his being draw ; 2* 17 TIIE SEASONS. Moment?, and clays, and months, and years, llevolve by thine unvaried law. 2 Silent and swift they glide away ; Steady and strong the current flows, Lost in eternity's wide sea, — The boundless gulf from whence it rose. 3 With it the thoughtless sons of men Upon the rapid stream are borne Swift on to their eternal home, Whence not one soul can e'er return. 4 Yet while the shore, on either side, Presents a gaudy, flattering show, We gaze, in fond amazement lost, Nor think to what a world we go. 5 Great Source of wisdom, teach my heart To know the price of every hour, That time may bear me on to joys Beyond its measure and its power. Doddridge. 21. ^ M. " Thou crownest the year with thy goodness." 1 Eternal Source of every joy ! Well may thy praise our lips employ, While in thy temple we appear, Whose goodness crowns the circling year. 2 Wide as the wheels of nature roll, Thy hand supports the steady pole ; 13 mi; BEAS The sun ii taught by thee to rise, And darknesfl when to veil the si 8 The flowery spring, at thy command, Embalms the air and paints the land ; The summer raya with vigor shine, To raise the corn, and cheer the vine. A Thy hand in autumn richly pours, Through all our coast, redundant Btor And winters, softened by thy care, No more a face of horror wear. 5 Seasons, and months, and weeks, and days, Demand successive songs of praise ; Still be the cheerful homage paid, With opening light, and evening shade. DODDBEDGK. 22. c ir Reflections at the Close of the Year. 1 And now. my soul, another year Of my short life is past : I cannot long continue here ; And this may be my last. 2 Part of my doubtful life is gone, Nor will return again ; And swift my fleeting moments run, — The few which yet remain ! 3 Awake, my soul ! with utmost care Thy true condition learn ; 19 THE SEASONS. What are thy hopes, — how sure, how fair, And what thy great concern ? 4 Another year, next morn begins ; Set out afresh for heaven : Seek pardon for thy former sins, Through Christ, so freely given. 5 Devoutly yield thyself to God, And on his grace depend ; With zeal pursue the heavenly road, Nor doubt a happy end. Browne. 20 MORNING AND EVENING. \ 23. L. M. Praising Gud in the Honing. 1 God of the morning ! at thy voice The cheerful sun makes haste to rise, And like a giant doth rejoice To run his journey through the skies : — 2 From the fair chambers of the east The circuit of his race begins, And without weariness or r Kound the whole earth he rolls and shines 3 So, like the sun, may I fulfil The appointed duties of the day ; With ready mind and active will, March on, and keep my heavenly way. 4 Lord ! thy commands are clean and pure, Enlightening our beclouded eyes : Thy threatening* just, thy promise sure, Thy gospel make- the simple wise. 5 Give me thy counsel for my guide, And then receive me to thy bliss : All my desires and hopes beside Are faint and cold compared with this. Watts, ■21 MORNING AND EVENING. 24. l m. A Morning Hymn. 1 In sleep's serene oblivion laid, I safely passed the silent night ; Again I see the breaking shade, Again I drink the morning light. 2 New-born, I bless the waking hour ; Once more, with awe, rejoice to be ; My conscious soul resumes her power, And springs, my guardian God, to thee. 3 0, guide me through the various maze My doubtful feet are doomed to tread ; And spread thy shield's protecting blaze, When dangers press around my head. 4 A deeper shade will soon impend, A deeper sleep my eyes oppress ; Yet then thy strength shall still defend, Thy goodness still delight to bless. 5 That deeper shade shall fade away, That deeper sleep shall leave my eyes : Thy light shall give eternal day ; Thy love, the rapture of the skies. Hawkeswoeth. 25. I* M. A Morning Song. 1 Great God, to thee my morning song, With humble gratitude I raise ; 22 MORNING and r.vr.Niv-.. ( ). lei thy mercy tunc my tongue, And till my heart with lively praise! 2 My days, unclouded as they pass, Ami every gently rolling hour, Are monument- bfwondrous grace, Ami witness to thy love and power. 3 0, may thy power, celestial Guard, Through all this day preserve from harm ! Can danger reach me while the Lord Extends his kind, protecting arm ? 4 And when this day my duties close, With sleep refresh my feeble frame; Safe in thy care may I repose, And wake again to praise thy name. Steele. 26. C. M. Gratitude and Supplication. 1 God of my life, my morning song To thee I cheerful raise : Thine acts of love 'tis good to sing, And pleasant 't is to praise. 2 Preserved by thy almighty arm, I passed the shades of night. Serene and safe from every harm, To see the morning li°:lit. 3 0, let the same almighty care Through all this day attend ; 23 MORNING AND EVENING. From every danger, every snare, My heedless steps defend. 4 Smile on my minutes a? they roll, And guide my future days : And let thy goodness fill my soul With gratitude and praise. Steele. 27. C M. Grateful Acknowledgment. 1 Again, from ealm and sweet repose, I rise to hail the dawn ; Again my waking eyes unclose, To view the smiling morn. 2 Great God of love, thy praise I '11 sing ; For thou hast safely kept My soul beneath thy guardian wing, And watched me while I slept. 3 Glory to thee, Eternal Lord ! O, teach my heart to pray. And thy blest spirit's help afford, To guide me through the day. 4 Let every thought and word accord With thy most holy will ; Each deed the precepts of thy word, "With pious aim, fulfil. 5 From danger, sin, and every ill, My constant guardian prove ; 0, sanctity my heart, and fill With thoughts of holy love ! Sacked Offering. 24 MORNING AM> EVENING. 28. 1 - M. Morning Hymn. 1 Ix the morning I will pray For God's blessing on the day; What this day shall be my lot, Light or darkness, know I not. 2 Should it be with clouds o'ercast, Clouds of sorrow, gathering fast, Thou, who givest light divine, Shine within me, Lord, O shine ! 3 Show me, if I tempted be, How to rind all strength in Thee, And a perfect triumph w T in Over every bosom sin. 4 Keep my feet from secret snares. Keep mine eyes, O God, from tears ! Every step thy love attend, And my soul from death defend ! FUKNLSS. 29. 8 & 7 s. 31. 1 Gracious God, our Heavenly Father! Meet and bless our school, we pray ; As in humble trust we gather, Teachers, scholars, here to-day, Every joy and every blessing From thy bounteous hand we own ; 2 25 MORNING AND EVENING. May thy love, our souls possessing, Draw us nearer to thy throne. Weak, imperfect, tempted, erring, From thy precepts, Lord, we stray ; Let thy spirit, from our wandering, Bring us back to virtue's way. Humble, penitent, confiding, May we rest our hope in thee ; In thy favor, Lord, abiding, In thy peace and purity. 30. I* M- The New Gifts of Morning. O, timely happy, timely wise, Hearts that with rising morn arise ! Eyes that the beam celestial view, Which evermore makes all things new ! New every morning is the love Our wak'ning and uprising prove; Through sleep and darkness safely brought, Restored to life, and power, and thought. New mercies, each returning day, Hover around us while we pray ; New perils past, new sins forgiven, New thoughts of God, new hopes of heaven. Old friends, old scenes, will lovelier be, As more of heaven in each we see ; Some softening gleams of love and prayer Shall dawn on every cross and care. •26 MORNING and EVENING. 5 n>) thou, o Lord, in thy dear love Pit 11- for perfect rest aboi And help as this and every day. To live more nearly as we pray. Cbblb. 81. I*M- An ancient Psalm of the Morning. 1 ( ) Christ ! with each returning morn Thine image to our heart be borne ; And may we ever clearly see Our God and Saviour, Lord, in thee! 2 All hallowed be our walk this day ; May meekness form our early ray. And faithful love our noontide light, And hope our sunset, calm and bright. 3 May grace each idle thought control, And sanctify our wayward soul ; May guile depart, and malice cease, And all within be joy and peace. 4 Our daily course, O Jesus, bless ; Make plain the way of holiness : From sudden falls our feet defend, And cheer at last our journey's end. 32. ' *> M. God's Aid invoked in the Morning. 1 Now the shades of night are gone ; Now the morning light is come : 27 MORNING AND EVENING. Lord, may we be thine to-day ; Drive the shades of sin away. 2 Fill our souls with heavenly light, Banish doubt, and clear our sight ; In thy service, Lord, to-day, May we stand, and watch, and pray. 3 Keep our haughty passions bound ; Save us from our foes around ; Going out and coming in, Keep us safe from every sin. Epis. Coll. 33. C M. A Morning Psalm. 1 Lord, in the morning thou shalt hear My voice ascending high ; To thee will I direct my prayer, To thee lift up mine eye. 2 Thou art a God, before whose sight The wicked shall not stand : Sinners shall ne'er be thy delight, Nor dwell at thy right hand. 3 0, may thy Spirit guide my feet In ways of righteousness ! Make every path of duty straight And plain before my face. 28 MORNING AND i.vi:\in«.. -1 The men who love and fear thy name* Shall see their hopes fulfilled ; The mighty Gdd will compass them With favor as a BhielcL Watts. 31. I-M. ming Song. 1 Thbb will I love. O Lord ! my strength, My rock, my tower, my high defence ; Thy mighty arm shall be my trust, For I have found salvation thence. 2 Tired with the burdens of the day. To thee I raised my evening cry : Thou heardVt when I began to pray. And thine Almighty help was nigh. 3 Supported by thy heavenly aid, I laid me down, and slept secure ; Not death should make my heart afraid, Though I should wake and rise no more. 4 But God sustained me all the night : Salvation doth to God belong ; He raised my head to see the light, And make his praise my morning song. "Watts. 35. ' *■ M. Muni in g Hymn. 1 At the golden rise of day. Humbly, God, to thee we pray ; 3 * CO MORNING AND EVENING. Uncreated Source of light, Guide our thoughts and words aright. Holy Father, at thy call Light upon the earth did fall ; Speak the word again, and make Morning o'er our hearts to break. 2 Humbly though our prayer arise, Quickly let it reach the skies ; Show thy reconciling face, Hear from heaven, thy dwelling-place Holy Son, whose lowly birth Re-illumined the dark earth, Let the Gentiles see thy ray, Kings, the brightness of thy day. 3 From the Eternal Source in heaven Light to us on earth be given ; Light of grace to guard from wrath, Light of faith, to guide our path. Holy Spirit, let thy ray Guide our footsteps, day by day ; While through earth's dark path we move To eternal day above. L. W. Bacon. 36. C. M. Our Safety in God. 1 On thee, each morning, my God, My waking thoughts attend ; In thee are founded all my hopes, In thee my wishes end. MORNING AND EVENING. - My soul, in pleasing wonder lost, Thy boundless Love sun And, fired with grateful seal, pre] A sacrifice of prais* . 3 When evening Blumbers pre-- my i With his protection blest, In peace and safety I commit My weary limbs to rest 1 My spirit in his hand secure, Fears no approaching ill ; For, whether waking or asleep, Thou, Lord, art with me still. Kirpis. 37. * s. M. A Morning Song. 1 Tnou that dost my life prolong, Kindly aid my morning song ; Thankful from my couch I rise, To the God that rules the skies. 2 Thou didst hear my evening cry ; Thy preserving hand was nigh ; Peaceful slumbers thou hast shed, Grateful to my weary head. 3 Thou hast kept me through the night ; 'T was thy hand restored the light : Lord, thy mercies still are new, Plenteous as the morninjr dew. MORNING AND EVENING. 4 Still my feet are prone to stray : O, preserve me through the day ! Dangers everywhere abound ; Sins and snares beset me round. 5 Gently, with the dawning ray, On my soul thy beams display : Sweeter than the smiling morn, Let thy cheering light return. Ch. Psalmody. 38. C. M. God's Goodness acknowledged. 1 O God, let this, my morning song, Like holy incense rise ; Assist the offerings of my tongue To reach the lofty skies. 2 Amid the darkness of the night Me thou didst safely keep, Again to hail the morning light Again refreshed by sleep. 3 Perpetual blessings from above Encompass me around ; But oh ! how few returns of love Hath my Creator found ! 4 How long have I abused thy love ! How long indulged in sin ! For conscience cries with faithful voice, How guilty I have been. 5 Draw me, God, with sovereign grace, And fill me with thy love ; 32 MOBNING and EVENING. Thai I may end this mortal race To dwell with thee above. Watts. 39. C. 31. A Morning Hymn. 1 Once more the light of day I see ; Lord, with it let me raise My heart and voice in song to thee, Of gratitude and praise. 2 The sky-lark from its lowly nest Hath soared into the sky, And by its joyous song expressed Unconscious praise on high. 3 My feeble voice and faltering tone Xo tuneful tribute bring ; But thou canst in my heart make known What bird can never sing. 4 Instruct me, then, to lift my heart To thee in praise and prayer ; And love and gratitude impart, For every good I share. 5 Thus let me, Lord, confess the debt I owe thee day by day ; Nor e'er at night or morn forget To thee, God ! to pray. B. Barton. MORNING AND EVENING. 40. C. ML Morning Hymn. 1 My God, thou mak'st the sun to know His proper hour to rise, And, to give light to all below, Dost send him round the skies. 2 When from the chambers of the east His morning race begins, He never tires, nor stops to rest, But round the world he shines. 3 So, like the sun, would I fulfil The business of the day ; Begin my work betimes, and still March on my heavenly way. 4 Give me, O Lord, thine early grace, Nor let my soul complain, That the young morning of my days Has been consumed in vain. "Watts. 41. I* M. 6 1. Daily Dependence on God. 1 When, streaming from the eastern skies, The morning light salutes my eyes, O Sun of righteousness divine, On me with beams of mercy shine ; O, chase the clouds of sin away, And turn my darkness into day ! 34 MORNING AND EVENING 2 When to thy throne all-glorious King, My morning sacrifice I bring, And, mourning o'er my guill and shame, Ask mercy. Saviour, in thy name : 0, deign to hear my suppliant voice, And bid my drooping heart rejoice ! 3 As every day thy mercy spares "Will bring its trials and its car-- ; O Saviour, tiil my life shall end. Be thou my Counsellor and Friend ; Teach me thy precepts, all divine, And let thy will be always mine. 4 "When each day's scenes and labors close And wearied nature seek- repose, With pardoning mercy richly blessed, Guard me, my Saviour, while I rest ; And as each morning sun shall rise, O, lead me onward to the skies ! 5 And, at my life's last setting sun, My conflicts o'er, my labors done, Jesus, thy heavenly radiance shed, To cheer and bless my dying bed ; And, from the gloom my spirit raise, To see thy face and sing thy praise. Sib B. Grant. 42. 8 & 7 s M. A Morning Song. 1 Welcome now another morning, While we meet our God to praise, MORNING AND EVENING. And, our daily work returning, First to him our voice to raise. 2 Let us think how time is passing — Soon the longest life departs, Nothing human is abiding, Save the love of humble hearts. 3 Love to God and to our neighbor Makes our purest happiness ; Vain the wish, the care, the labor, Earth's poor trifles to possess. 4 Father, now one prayer we raise thee ; Give an humble, grateful heart ; Never let us cease to praise thee, Never from thy fear depart. 5 Then when years have gathered o'er us, And the world begins to fade, Heaven's bright realm will rise before us : There our treasure has been laid. 43. c. 31. A Morning Hymn. 1 Once more, my soul, the rising day Salutes thy waking eyes : Once more, my voice, thy tribute pay To Him who rules the skies. 2 'T is He supports my mortal frame ; My tongue shall speak his praise : My sins would rouse his wrath to flame, And yet his wrath delays. 36 ■ i ; N I \ I ■ \ N I > l \ 1 - M N I ■ • 3 How many Bonis from I art h ha\e fled Since tlir la-t setting sun ! And yet Thou Lengthenesl oul my thread, And yet my moments run. 4 Great God ! lei all my hour- be thine, While I enjoy the light ; Then shall my sun in smiles decline, And bring a peaceful night. Wa'i i 9. 44. C. Bf. A Morning Hymn. 1 WHAT -ecret hand, at morning light, Softly unseals mine eye, Draws back the curtain of the night, And opens earth and sky ? 2 'T is thine, my God, — the same that kept My resting hours from harm ; No ill came nigh me, for I slept Beneath the Almighty's arm. 3 'T is thine my daily bread that brings, Like manna scattered round. And clothes me as the lily springs In beauty from the ground. 4 In death's dark valley though I stray, 'T would there my steps attend. Guide with the staff my lonely way, And w T ith the rod defend. MORNING AND EVENING. 5 May that sure hand uphold me still Through life's uncertain race, To bring me to thine holy hill, And to thy dwelling-place ! Montgomery. 45. c. M. Evening "Worship. 1 O Lord, another day has flown, And we, a youthful band, Are met once more before thy throne, To bless thy fostering hand. 2 And wilt thou lend a listening ear To praises low as ours ? Thou wilt ! for thou dost love to hear The song which meekness pours. 3 And, Jesus, thou thy smiles wilt deign, As in thy name we pray ; For thou didst bless the infant train, And we are weak as they. 4 Thy heavenly grace to each impart, Our faith and love increase ; And shed abroad in every heart Thine everlasting peace. 5 Thus chastened, cleansed, entirely thine, A flock by Jesus led ; The Sun of Righteousness shall shine In glory on our head. H. K. White. MORNING AM» EVENING. 16. C. K. Belf-Examination it Evening, 1 ANOTHRB day of lift is gone; .V doubtful few remain ; Review, my soul, what thou hast clone Eternal life to gain. 2 Dost thou get forward in thy raoo. As time still posts away? And die to sin, and grow in grace, With every passing day ? 3 This day what conquests hast thou gained? What sin is overcome ? What fresh degree of grace obtained, To bring thee nearer home ? 4 Thus every day thy course review, Thy real state to learn : And with renewed zeal pursue Thy great, thy chief concern. 47. L 31 An Evening Hymn. 1 Glory to thee, my God! this night, For all the blessings of the light ; Keep me, O keep me. King of kings! Beneath the shadow of thy wings. 2 Forgive me. Lord ! through thy dear Son, The ill that I this day have done ; 39 MORNING AND EVENING. That with the world, myself, and thee, My soul, this night, at peace may be. 3 Teach me to live, that I may dread The grave as little as my bed; Teach me to die, that so I may With joy behold the judgment-day. 4 Lord! let my soul forever share The bliss of thy paternal care ; 'T is heaven on earth, 't is heaven above, To see thy face, and sing thy love. Kenn. 48. 7 s. K. Evening Hymn. 1 Heavenly Father! gracious name ! Night and day thy love the same ! Far be each suspicious thought, Every anxious care forgot ! 2 Thou, my ever bounteous God ! Crown'st my days with various good. Thy kind eye, which cannot sleep, My defenceless hours shall keep. 3 What if death my sleep invade ? Should I be of death afraid ? While encircled by thine arm, Death may strike, but cannot harm. 4 With thy heavenly presence blest, Death is life, and labor rest ; 40 HORNING a \ i> EVENING. Welcome deep or death to me, Still Becure, f(W - 1 ill with thee ! DODDBIDGfl varied). 49. C 31 A Child's Evening Hymn. 1 How beautiful the Betting sun ! The clouds how bright and gay ! The stars appearing one by one, How beautiful are they ! 2 And when the moon climbs up the sky, And sheds her gentle light, And hangs her crystal lamp on high, How beautiful is night ! 3 And can it be I am possessed Of something brighter far ? Glows there a light within this breast, Outshining every star? 4 Yes, should the sun and stars turn pale, The mountains melt away, This flame within shall never fail, But live in endless day. 5 This is the soul that God has given ; — Sin may its lustre dim, While goodness bears it up to heaven, And leads it back to him. Mrs. Follen. MORNING AND EVENING. 50. 7 s. M. Prayer for a Blessing. 1 Suppliant, lo ! thy children bend, Father, for thy blessing now ; Thou canst teach us, guide, defend ; "We are weak, almighty thou. 2 With the peace thy word imparts Be the taught and teachers blest ; In our lives, and in our hearts, Father, be thy laws impressed. 3 Shed abroad in every mind Light and pardon from above, Charity for all our kind, Trusting faith, and holy love. S. Gray, Jr. 51. ** « God ever to be praised. 1 How shall we praise thee, Lord of light ! How shall we all thy love declare ! Once more we 've guarded been by night, Once more we raise our morning prayer. 2 We would adore thee, God sublime, Whose power and wisdom, love and grace, Are greater than the round of time, And wider than the bounds of space. m«>i:\iv. and EVENING. 8 0, how shall thought expression find, All lost in thine immensity I How shall we seek thee, glorious Mind, Amid thy dn ad infinity ! 4 But thou art present with us here, As in thy glittering, high domain ; And grateful hearts and humble fear Can never seek thy face in vain. 5 Help us to praise thee, Lord of light ; Help us thy boundless love declare ; And, while we 've guarded been by night, Once more hear thou our morning prayer. Bowking. 52. L. M. A Morning Song. 1 Arise, my soul, with rapture rise, And, filled with holy love, adore The almighty Sovereign of the skies, Whose mercy lends me one day more. 2 And may this day, indulgent Power, Not idly pass, nor fruitless be ; But may each swiftly flying hour Still nearer bring my soul to thee. 3 And wilt thou deign to lend an ear, When I, a sinful mortal, pray ? Yes, boundless Goodness, thou wilt hear, Nor cast the meanest wretch away. 43 MORNING AND EVENING. Then let me serve thee all my days, And may my zeal with years increase : For pleasant, Lord, are all thy ways, And all thy paths are paths of peace. Ens. Coll. 53. S. M. 1 See how the rising sun Pursues his shining way ; And wide proclaims his Maker's praise, With every brightening ray. 2 Thus would my rising soul Its heavenly Parent sing ; And to its great Original The humble tribute bring. 3 Serene, I laid me down Beneath His guardian care ; I slept, and I awoke, and found My kind Preserver near ! 4 Dear Saviour, to thy cross I bring my sacrifice ; Cleansed by thy blood it shall ascend With fragrance to the skies. E. Scott. 54. C. M. A Morning Song. 1 Lord of my life ! O, may thy praise Employ my noblest powers, MORNING and iviat Whose goodness lengthens out mj And fills the circling hour-. 2 Soon as the morning ray- appear, I '11 lift mine eyes above ; My voice shall reach thy listening ear, And Bupplicate thy love 3 With grateful thank- my song .-hall rise pe thy mercy-eeat ; On thee 1 11 fix my steadfast ey< 3, And worship at thy feet 4 Thy righteousness, thy strength display, And my protection be ; Teach me to know that only way Which leads to heaven and thee. Stbeus. 55. C M. God's Aid implored. » 1 Perpetual Source of light and grace, We hail thy sacred name ; Through every year's revolving round Thy goodness is the same. 2 Yet. what poor returns we pay ! Our vows how oft renew ! Those vow- as false as morning's cloud, And transient as the dew. 3 As by thy power the morning sun Pursues his radiant way, 45 MORNING AND EVENING. Brightens, each moment, in his course, And shines to perfect day ; 4 So thou, God, on this new morn Bestow on us thy grace, To bear our feeble footsteps on In all thy righteous ways. Doddridge. 56. 8&Ts. M. Morning Hymn. 1 "When the joyous day is dawning, And the happy light we see, We who live in life's pure morning, Father, would remember thee. 2 While in quiet we were sleeping, Kindly, though we knew it not, Thou a guardian watch wert keeping ; Never is thy child forgot. 3 Now another day is given, With thy love, may it be blest ; May we think of thee and heaven, Of that purer, better rest. 57. L M. God's Care acknowledged. 1 Give thanks to God — he reigns above ; Kind are his thoughts, his name is love ; 46 MORNING LND EVENING. Hi- mercy ages past have known. And ages long to come -hall own. 2 His Bmile illumes the morning ray, His arm protects us through the day : J lis ever-watchful eye will keep And guard us safely while we -loop. He toed- and clothes us all the way, He guides our footsteps lest we .-tray, lie load- us with a father's hand. And brings us to the heavenly land. 4 0, let us, then, with joy record The truth and goodness of the Lord : How great his work.-. — how kind his ways ! Let every tongue pronounce his praise. Watts. 58. C 31 Morning Hymn. 1 Now that the sun is beaming bright, Implore we, bending low, That He, the uncreated Light, May guide us as we go. 2 No sinful word, nor deed of wrong, Nor thoughts that idly rove, But simple truth be on our tongue, And in our hearts be love. 3 And grant that to thine honor, Lord, Our daily toil may tend; That we begin it at thy word, And in thy favor end. 47 MORNING AND EVENING. 59. C. M. God the Preserver of Men. 1 Through all the dangers of the night, Preserved, Lord, by thee, Again we hail the cheerful light, Again we bow the knee. 2 0, may the beams of truth divine, With clear convincing light, In all our understandings shine, And chase our mental night ! 3 Let all our words and all our ways Declare that we are thine ; That thus along our path the rays Of heavenly truth may shine. 4 Preserve us, Lord, throughout the day, And guide us by thine arm ! For they are safe, and only they, Whom thou dost save from harm. Kelly. 60. C. M. Morning Prayer. 1 O may I love at early day To rise, when all is still, And hear my Saviour kindly say, " Come, ask me what ye will ! " MORNING \M> EVENING. 2 O may I love to search bis law, To bear his words of V And feel hifi Spirit Bweetly draw My soul to M things aboi <■." 3 O may I love to ask, in prayer, \\\< Spirit's guiding ray. Through every scene of anxious care, Through life's bewildered way. 4 Thus let me spend each rising hour, Thus close my latest day-. Till I shall wake, to sleep no more, Where prayer is changed to praise. 61. S. M. On Going to Rest. 1 The day is past and gone, The evening shades appear ; O may we all remember well, The night of death draws near. 2 We lay our garments by, Upon our beds to rest ; So death will soon disrobe us all Of what is here possessed. 3 Lord, keep us safe this night, Secure from all our fears ; May angels guard us, while we sleep, Till morning light appears. 5 49 MORNING AND EVENING. i And when we early rise. And view the unwearied sun, May we set out to win the prize, And after glory run. 5 And when our days are past, And we from time remove, O may we in thy bosom rest, The bosom of thy love. Hartford Selection. 62. 8 & 7 s. 31. 1 Saviour ! breathe an evening blessing, Ere repose our eyelids seal ; Sin and want we come confessing ; Thou canst save, and thou canst heal. 2 Though destruction walk around us, Though the arrows past us fly, Angel-guards from thee surround us, — We are safe, if thou art nigh. 3 Though the night be dark and dreary, Darkness cannot hide from thee : Thou art He who, never weary, Watcheth where thy people be. 4 Should swift death this night o'ertake us, And our couch become our tomb, May the morn in heaven awake us, Clad in bright and deathless bloom. Edmestox. 50 MORNING a\i> i.\ i:\ IN' . 63. 1 * M. Kvenin-.' Hymn. 1 Source of light and life divine ! Thou didst cause the light to >hine ; Thou didst bring thy Bunbeams forth ( Per thy Dew-created earth- 2 Shade of night and morning ray Took from thee the nam*' of day: Now again the shades are nigh, Listen to thy children's cry ! 3 May we ne'er, by guilt depressed, Lose the way to endless rest ; May no thoughts corrupt and vain Draw our souls to earth again. 4 Rather help them still to rise Where our dearest treasure lies ; Help us in our daily strife, Make us struggle into life ! St. Gregory. 64e * s. M. 1 Softly, now, the light of day Fades upon my sight away : Free from care, from labor free, Lord ! I would commune with thee. 2 Soon, for me, the light of day Shall forever pass away ; 51 MORNING AND EVENING. Then, from sin and sorrow free, Take me, Lord ! to dwell with thee. Doane. 65. I* M. Evening Hymn. 1 Another fleeting day is gone : Slow o'er the west the shadows rise ; Swift the soft-stealing hours have flown, And night's dark mantle veils the skies. 2 Another fleeting day is gone, Swept from the records of the year; And still, w r ith each successive sun, Life's fading visions disappear. 3 Another fleeting day is gone To join the fugitives before ; And I, when life's employ is done, Shall sleep, to wake in time no more. 4 Another fleeting day is gone ; But soon a fairer day shall rise, A day whose never-setting sun Shall pour its light o'er cloudless skies. 5 Another fleeting day is gone ; In solemn silence rest, my soul ! Bow down before His awful throne, Who bids the morn and evening roll. COLLYER. 52 moi:ni\<. and i.vini- 66. h. M. Self-Exainination anticipated as a Guide to Duty. 1 Before we close our eyes each night, Let each, with care, these questions ask ; Have I endeavored to do right, Nor thought my duty but a task ? 2 Have I been gentle, lowly, meek, And the small voice of conscience heard? When passion tempted me to speak, Have I repressed the angry word ? 3 Have I with cheerful zeal obeyed What my kind parents bade me do ? Have I by word or action said The thing that was not strictly true ? 4 In hard temptation's troubled hour, Then have I stopped to think and pray, That God would give my soul the power To chase the sinful thought away ? 5 O Thou ! who seest all my heart, Do thou forgive and love me still ; Do thou each day new strength impart, And make me love and do thy will. Follen. 67. 8&Ts. M. 1 Heavenly Father ! grant thy blessing On the teaching of this day ; MORNING AND EVENING. That our hearts, thy fear possessing, May from sin be turned away. Have we wandered ? O, forgive us ! Have we wished from truth to rove ? Turn, 0, turn us, and receive us, And incline us truth to love ! 68. C. 31. Evening Hymn. 1 Indulgent God, whose bounteous care O'er all thy works is shown, 0, let my grateful praise and prayer Ascend before thy throne ! 2 What mercies has this day bestowed ! How largely hast thou blest ! My cup with plenty overflowed, With cheerfulness my breast. 3 So bless each future day and night, Till life's fond scene is o'er ; At length, to realms of endless light Enraptured let me soar. Axon. 69. ^ M. The Setting Sun. 1 That setting sun ! that setting sun ! What scenes, since first its race begun, Of varied hue, its eye hath seen, Which are as they had never been. 54 MORNING and STONING. 2 That Betting BUD I full many a gaze I lath dwelt upon itfl fading raw. With sweet, according thought sublime, In evtry age, and every clime! 3 'T is sweet to mark thee, sinking slow The ocean's tabled cave- below. And when the obscuring night is done, To see thee rise, BWeet setting sun. 70. C. M. 1 Soox will our fleeting hours be past ; And, as the setting sun Sinks downward in the radiant west, Our parting beams be gone. 2 May He from whom all blessings flow Our sacred rites attend, Uniting all in wisdom's ways, Till life's short journey end ; 3 And as the rapid sands run down, Our virtue still improve, Till each receive the glorious crown Of never-fading love. ADORATION AND PRAISE. 71. I< M 1 Thou great Instructor, lest I stray, O teach my erring feet thy way ! Thy truth, with ever fresh delight, Shall guide my doubtful steps aright. 2 How oft my heart's affections yield, And wander o'er the world's wide field ! My roving passions, Lord, reclaim ; Unite them all to fear thy name. 3 Then, to my God, my heart and tongue, With all their powers, shall raise the song On earth thy glories I '11 declare, Till heaven th' immortal notes shall hear. 72. C M. Prayer and Praise. 1 Lord, when we bend before thy throne, And our confessions pour, Teach us to feel the sins we own, And shun what we deplore. ADORATION AM) PRAI8B. 2 Onr contrite spirit- pitying see, And penitence import ; And let a healing ray from thee Beam hop*' upon the heart. 8 When our responsive tongu< Their grateful songs to raise, Grant that our BOalfl may join the lay. And rise to thee in praise. 4 When we disclose our wants in prayer, May we our wills resign, And not a thought our bosom share, Which is not wholly thine. 5 Let faith each meek petition fill, And watt it to the skies, And teach our hearts 'tis goodness .-till That grants it or denies. More" s Devotions. 73. c m 1 Hovr are thy servants blest ! Lord, How sure is their defence ! Eternal wisdom is their guide, Their help, omnipotence. 2 In foreign realms, and lands remote, Supported by thy care, Through burning climes they pass unhurt, And breathe in tainted air. 57 ADORATION AND PRAISE. 3 When, by the dreadful tempest, borne High on the broken wave, They know thou art not slow to hear, Nor impotent to save. 4 The storm is laid, — the winds retire, Obedient to thy will ; The sea, that roars at thy command, At thy command is still. 5 In midst of danger, fear, and death, Thy goodness we '11 adore ; We '11 praise thee for thy mercies past, And humbly hope for more. Addison. 74. l> M. The Father of our Spirits. 1 Eternal Source of life and thought, Be all beneath thyself forgot ; Whilst thee, great Parent-mind, we own, In prostrate homage round thy throne. 2 Whilst in themselves our souls survey Of thee some faint reflected ray, They, wondering, to their Father rise ; His power how vast ! his thoughts how wise ! 3 O, may we live before thy face, The willing subjects of thy grace, And through each path of duty move With filial awe and filial love. Doddridge. 58 AJtOBATION ASH PBJJ81 . 75. II * ricadinii the Promise of the Spirit. 1 Thou thai nearest prayer, Attend our humble cry ; And let thy servants Bhare Thy blessing from on high : We plead the promise of thy word; Grant us thy Holy Spirit, Lord. 2 If earthly parents hear Their children when they cry ; If they, with love sincere, Their varied wants supply ; Much more wilt thou thy love display, And answer when thy children pray. 3 Our Heavenly Father thou, — We, children of thy grace : let thy Spirit now Descend and fill the place ; So shall we feel the heavenly flame, And all unite to praise thy name. 4 O may that Sacred Fire, Descending from above, Our languid hearts inspire With fervent zeal and love ; Enlighten our beclouded eyes, And teach our grovelling souls to rise. Pratt's Coll. 59 ADORATION AND PRAISE. 76. L 31 God everywhere to be worshipped. 1 Thou, to whom, in ancient time, The lyre of Hebrew bards was strung ; Whom kings adored in songs sublime, And prophets praised with glowing tongue ! 2 Not now on Zion's height alone Thy favored worshippers may dwell ; Nor where, at sultry noon, thy Son Sat weary, by the patriarch's well. 3 From every place below the skies, The grateful song, the fervent prayer, — The incense of the heart, — may rise To heaven, and find acceptance there. 4 To thee shall age, with snowy hair, And strength, and beauty, bend the knee ; And childhood lisp, with reverent air, Its praises and its prayers to thee ! PlERPO^T. 77. C. 31. God the Giver of every Good Gift. 1 Father, to thee my soul I lift, On thee my hope depends, Convinced that every perfect gift From thee alone descends. 60 ADORATION \ \ 1 1 PRAI8B* 2 Mercy and grace are thine alone, And power and wisdpDQ tOO ; Without the Spirit of thy Sen AYe nothing good can do. 3 Thou all our works in as hast wrought. Our good is all divine ; The praise Of every holy thought And righteous word ifl thine 4 From thee, through Jesus, we receive The power on thee to call. In whom we are, and move, and live: Our God is all iu all. Epis. Coll. 78. * * M- The Accepted Offering. 1 Father of our feeble race. Wise, beneficent, and kind, Spread o'er nature's ample face, Flows thy goodness unconfined : Musing in the silent grove, Or the busy walks of men, Still we trace thy wondrous love, Claiming large returns again. 2 Lord, what offering shall we bring At thine altars when we bow? Hearts, the pure unsullied spring Whence the kind affections flow ; ADORATION AND PRAISE. Soft compassion's feeling soul, By the melting eye expressed ; Sympathy, at whose control Sorrow leaves the wounded breast ; 3 Willing hands to lead the blind, Bind the wounded, feed the poor ; Love, embracing all our kind, Charity, with liberal store : Teach us, O thou Heavenly King, Thus to show our grateful mind, Thus the accepted offering bring, Love to thee and all mankind. J. Taylor. 79. I* M. Subjection to the Divine Will. 1 O thou, who hast at thy command The hearts of all men in thy hand ! Our wayward, erring hearts incline To have no other will but thine. 2 Our wishes, our desires, control ; Mould every purpose of the soul; O'er all may we victorious be That stands between ourselves and thee. 3 Thrice blest will all our blessings be. When we can look through them to thee ; "When each glad heart its tribute pays Of love, and gratitude, and praise. Mrs. Cotter ill. 62 . Ainu; \ri"\ ami PRAISE. 80. < M In\iikiiiL' God'fl Aid. 1 Father in heaven, to thee my heart Would lift itself in prayer : Drive from my soul each earthly thought, And show thy presence there. 2 Each moment of my life renews The mercies of my Lord, Each moment is itself a gift, To bear me on to God. 3 O, help me break the galling chains This world has round me thrown; Each passion of my heart subdue, Each darling sin disown. •A O Father, kindle in my breast A never-dying flame Of holy love, of grateful trust In thine almighty name. H. Ware, Jr. SI. L 31. 1 Father of lights ! we sing thy name. Who kindlest up the lamp of days Wide as he spreads his golden llame. His beams thy power and love display. 2 Fountain of good I from thee proceed The copious drops of genial rain, 63 ADORATION AND PRAISE. Which o'er the hill, and through the mead, Revive the grass, and swell the grain. 3 0, let not our forgetful hearts O'erlook the tokens of thy care ; But what thy liberal hand imparts. Still own in praise, still ask in prayer. 4 So shall our suns more grateful shine, And showers in sweeter drops shall fall, When all our hearts and lives are thine, And thou, God ! enjoyed in all. Doddridge. 82. ? s- M. Adoration. 1 Holt, holy, holy Lord, Be thy glorious name adored ! Lord, thy mercies never fail ; Hail, celestial goodness, hail ! 2 Though not worthy of thine ear, Deign our humble songs to hear ; Purer praise we hope to bring, When around thy throne we sing. 3 There no tongue shall silent be ; All shall join in harmony ; That, through heaven's capacious round, Praise to thee may ever sound. 4 Lord, thy mercies never fail ; Hail, celestial goodness, hail ! 64 ADORATION AND PRAI8B. I [oly, holy, holy Lord, glorious name adored ! SaUSBI i: I s:j. <> m. 1 Fa mi.K of all ! in every age, In <\ ery clinic adored, By saint, by savage, or by -age, The universal Lord ! 2 Thou great First Cause ! least understood, Who all my sense confined To know but this, — that thou art good, And that myself am blind ; — 3 What conscience dictates to be done, Or warns me not to do, Thi< teach me more than hell to shun, That more than heaven pursue. 4 If I am right, thy grace impart Still in the right to stay ; If I am wrong. O. teach my heart To find that better way. 5 To thee, whose temple is all space, Whose altar earth, sea. skies, One chorus let all being raise, All nature's incense rise. Pope. 6 * * 65 ADORATION AND PRAISE. 84. L M. The Providence and Grace of God. 1 High in the heavens, eternal God ! Thy goodness in full glory shines ; Thy truth shall break through every cloud That veils or darkens thy designs. 2 Forever firm thy justice stands, As mountains their foundations keep : Wise are the wonders of thy hands, Thy judgments are a mighty deep. 3 How free the riches of thy grace, "Whence all our hopes and comforts spring! And how, in dangers and distress,* We fly to thy protecting wing. 4 From the provisions of thy house, We shall be fed with sweet repast : There mercy like a river flows, And brings salvation to our taste. 5 Life, like a fountain, rich and free, Springs from the presence of my Lord ; And, in thy light, our souls shall see The glories promised in thy word. Watts. 66 ADORATION AND PRAISE. 85. L » Praise for Loving-kiinin- 1 Awake, my soul, in joyful lays, And Bing thy great Redeemer's prak He justly claim- a BODg from thee; His loving kindness, (J how tree ! 2 ^Vhen trouble, like a gloomy cloud, Has gathered thick and thundered loud, He near my soul has always stood, His loving-kindness, O how good ! 3 Often I feel my sinful heart Prone from my Jesus to depart ; But though I have him oft forgot, His loving-kindness changes not. 4 Soon shall I pass the gloomy vale, Soon all my mortal powers must fail ; O may my last expiring breath His loving-kindness sing in death ! 5 Then let me mount and soar away To the bright world of endless day : And sing, with rapture and surprise, His loving-kindness in the skies. Medley. 67 ADORATION AND PRAISE. 86. Ii 31. Communion with God the Highest Joy. 1 Thou only Sovereign of my heart, My Refuge, my almighty Friend ! And can my soul from thee depart, On whom alone my hopes depend ? 2 Whither — ah ! whither shall I go, A wretched wanderer from my Lord? Can this dark world of sin and woe One glimpse of happiness afford? 3 Eternal life thy words impart ; On these my fainting spirit lives : Here, sweeter comforts cheer my heart Than all the round of nature gives. 4 Let earth's alluring joys combine, While thou art near, in vain they call: One smile — one blissful smile of thine. My dearest Lord ! outweighs them all. 5 Low at thy feet my soul would lie ; Here safety dwells — and peace divine : Still let me live beneath thine eye, For life — eternal life — is thine. Steele. 68 ADORATION and PRAJ8B. 87. s. H. The Praise of God Sweet 1 Sweet is the work, Lord! Thy glorious name to Bing, To praise and pray, to hear thy word, And grateful offerings bring. 2 Sweet, at the dawning light, Thy boundless love to tell ; And, when approach the shades of night. Still on the theme to dwell. 3 Sweet, on thy day of rest, To join, in heart and voice, With those who love and serve thee best, And in thy name rejoice. 4 To songs of praise and joy May here our time be given, That such may be our blest employ Eternally in heaven. 88. L. 31. 1 God of my life, to thee belong The grateful heart, the joyful son:: : Touched by thy love, each tuneful chord Resounds the goodness of the Lord. 69 ADORATION AND PRAISE. Yet why, dear Lord, this tender care ? Why does thy hand so kindly rear A useless cumberer of the ground, On which so little fruit is found ? 3 Still let the barren fig-tree stand, Upheld and fostered by thy hand ; And let its fruit and verdure be A grateful tribute, Lord, to thee. 89. ~ s M. 1 Lord, what offering shall we bring, At thine altars when we bow ? Hearts, the pure unsullied spring, Whence the kind affections flow ; Soft compassion's feeling soul, By the melting eye expressed ; Sympathy, at whose control Sorrow leaves the wounded breast ; 2 "Willing hands to lead the blind, Bind the wounded, feed the poor ; Love, embracing all our kind ; Charity, with liberal store : — Teach us, thou Heavenly King, Thus to show our grateful mind, Thus the accepted offering bring, Love to thee and all mankind. A. D ORATION AND PRAISE. 90. 7 8- K Wowhip, 1 Lord of Hosts, what heavenly bliss, ii on earth, thy worship is ! 1 [ere may we, thy children, see Much of heaven and much of thee. 2 From thy gracious presence Bows Bliss that softens all our woes, While thy Spirit's holy fire Warms our hearts with pure desire. 3 Here Ave supplicate 1 thy throne. — Here make thou thy glories known, — Here we l»arn thy righteous wa; Ta-te thy love, and sing thy praise 4 Tims with festive songs of joy We our happy lives employ; Love, and long to love thee more, Till from earth to heaven we soar. 91. 7 s. 31. God the " Giver of ever}' Good Gift." 1 Fathetc, thy paternal care Has my guardian been, my guide; Every hallowed wish and prayer Has thy hand of love supplied ; 71 ADORATION AND PRAISE. Thine is every thought of bliss Left by hours and days gone by ; Every hope thy offspring is, Beaming from futurity. 2 Every sun of splendid ray ; Every moon that shines serene ; Every morn that welcomes day ; Every evening's twilight scene ; Every hour which wisdom brings ; Every incense at thy shrine ; These — and all life's holiest things, And its fairest — all are thine. 3 And for all, my hymns shall rise Daily to thy gracious throne ; Thither let my asking eyes Turn unwearied, righteous One ! Through life's strange vicissitude, There reposing all my care, Trusting still, through ill and good, Fixed, and cheered, and counselled there. Bo WRING. 92. C. M. God's Presence is Light in Darkness. 1 My God ! the spring of all my joys, The life of my delights, The glory of my brightest days, And comfort of my nights, — 72 LDOBATION \M> PRAISE. 2 In darkest Bhades, if thou appear. My dawning is begun : Thou an my soul's bright morning Btar, And thoU my rising sun. 8 The opening heavens around me shine With beams of sacred bliss, While Jesus shows bis mercy mine, And whispers, I am his ! 4 My bou] would leave this heavy clay At that transporting word, And run with joy the shining way To meet my gracious Lord. Watts. 93. c 31 1 There is a book, who runs may read, Which heavenly truth imparts ; And all the lore it< scholars need, Pure eyes and Christian hearts. 2 The works of God, above, below, Within u- and around. Are pages in that book, to show How God himself is found. 3 The glorious sky. embracing all, I- like the Father's love ; Wherewith encompassed, great and small In peace and order move. 7 73 ADORATION AND PRAISE. 4 Two worlds are ours : 't is only sin Forbids us to descry The mystic heaven and earth within, Plain as the earth and sky. 5 Thou who hast given me eyes to see And love this sight so fair, Give me a heart to find out thee, And read thee everywhere. 94. C. 31. The one Petition. 1 Father ! whate'er of earthly bliss Thy sovereign will denies, Accepted at thy throne of grace, Let this petition rise. 2 " Give me a calm, a thankful heart, From every murmur free ! The blessings of thy grace impart, And make me live to thee. 3 " Let the sweet hope that thou art mine My life and death attend ; Thy presence through my journey shine, And crown my journey's end." Mrs. Steele. 74 ADORATION am> PRAISE. 95. < ■■ Pure Worship. 1 The offerings to thy throne wbicfa rise, Of mingled praise and prayer. Are but a worthless sacrifice Unless the heart is there. 2 Upon thine all-discerning ear Let no vain words intrude : No tribute but the vow sincere. — The tribute of the good. 3 Our offerings will indeed be blest. It' sanctified by thee, — If thy pure spirit touch the breast With its own purity. 4 O, may that spirit warm each heart To piety and love, And to life's lowly vale impart Some rays from heaven above ! Bowsing. 96. L 31. The Lorliall we approach the Lord, And bow before his throne ? O, how procure his kind regard, And for our guilt atone ? 2 Shall altars flame, and victims bleed, And spicy fumes ascend? Will these our earnest wish succeed? Will these make God our friend? 3 O, no, 't were vain and fruitless all, Such offerings to give : No presents from the field or stall His favor can receive. 4 To men their rights we must allow, And proofs of kindness give ; To God with humble reverence bow, And to his glory live. 5 Hands that are clean, and hearts sincere, He never will despise ; And cheerful duty he '11 prefer To costly sacrifice. Browne. 79 MAJESTY OF GOD. 101. C. 31. 1 How dread are thine eternal years, O everlasting Lord ! By prostrate spirit- day and night Incessantly adored ! 2 Yet I may love thee too, O Lord ! Almighty as thou art. For thou hast stooped to ask of me The love of my poor heart. 3 Xo earthly father loves like thee, Xo mother half so mild Bears and forbears, as thou hast done With me, thy sinful child. 4 Only to sit and think of God — what a joy it is ! To think the thought, to breathe the name, Earth has no higher bliss ! 5 Father of Jesus ! love's reward ! What rapture will it be, Prostrate before thy throne to lie. And gaze and gaze on thee ! Lyra Cath. 102. S. M. 1 Sure there 's a dreadful God. Though men renounce his fear so 1 MAJESTY 01 GOD, Bis justice, hid behind the cloud, Shall one ureal day ap] 2 IIi< truth transcends the sky, In heaven hi- mercies dwell ; Deep as the 96a his judgments lie, Bis anger burn- to hell. 3 How excellent hi- love, Whence all our safety Bprin O never lei my soul remove From underneath his wings. 103. I- >* Been in ail Things. 1 There is a God, — all nature speaks, Through earth, and air, and sea, and skies ; See, from the clouds his glory breaks, When earliest beams of morning rise. 2 The rising sun, serenely bright, Throughout the world's extended frame, Inscribes, in characters of light, His mighty maker's glorious name. 3 Ye curious mind-, who roam abroad. And trace creation's wonders o'er. Confess the footsteps of your God, — Bow dowm before him, and adore. Steele. 81 MAJESTY OF GOD. 104, I- M. 1 Lord, thou hast searched and seen me through ; Thine eye commands, with piercing view, My rising and my resting hours, My heart and flesh, with all their powers. 2 My thoughts, before they are my own, Are to my God distinctly known ; He knows the words I mean to speak Ere from my opening lips they break. 3 Within thy circling power I stand ; On every side I find thy hand ; Awake, asleep, at home, abroad, I am surrounded still with God. 4 Amazing knowledge, vast and great ! What large extent ! what lofty height ! My soul, with all the powers I boast, Is in the boundless prospect lost. 5 O, may these thoughts possess my breast, Where'er I rove, where'er I rest, Nor let my weaker passions dare Consent to sin, for God is there. Watts. 105. L. M. God's Sustaining Presence. 1 Father and Friend, thy light, thy love, Beaming through all thy works, we see ; 82 HAJEST1 01 GOD. Thy glory gilds the heavens above, And ail the earth is full of thee. 2 Thy voice we hear, thy presence feel, Whilst thou, too pure for mortal Bight, Involved in clouds, invisible, Eb ignest the Lord of life and light. o We know not in whal hallowed part Of the wide heavens thy throne may ho, But this wo know, — thai where thou art. Strength, wisdom, goodness, dwell with thee. 4 And through tin 1 various maze of time, And through the infinity ofspac We follow thy career sublime, And all thy wondrous footsteps trace. 5 Thy children shall not faint nor fear, Sustained by this delightful thought, — Since thou, their God, art everywhere, They cannot be where thou art not. Bo WRING. 106. C. 31. God Everywhere. 1 Ix all my vast concerns with thee, In vain my soul would try To shun thy presence, Lord, or flee The notice of thine eye. MAJESTY OF GOD. 2 Thine all-surrounding sight surveys My rising and my rest ; My public walks, my private ways, And secrets of my breast. 3 My thoughts lie open to the Lord, Before they 're formed within ; And ere my lips pronounce the word, He knows the sense I mean. 4 0, wondrous knowledge, deep and high ! Where can a creature hide ? Within thy circling arms I lie, Beset on every side. 5 So let thy grace surround me still, And like a bulwark prove, To guard my soul from every ill, Secured by sovereign love. Watts. 107. L,. M. 6 1. God the Life and Light of the World. 1 Thou art, God, the life and light Of all this wondrous world we see ; Its glow by day, its smile by night, Are but reflections caught from thee. Where'er we turn, thy glories shine, And all things fair and bright are thine. 2 When day, with farewell beam, delays Among the opening clouds of even, 84 MAJESTT OP ' And we can almost think we gaze, Through golden vistas, into heaven, The--' hoes thai make the Bun's decline So soft, bo radiant, Lord, are thine. 9 When night, with wings of starry gloom, ( t'ershadows all the earth and gkies, Like some dark, beauteous bird, whose plume [s sparkling with unnumbered eyes, That Bacred -loom, those fires divine, So grand, so countless, Lord, are thine. 4 When youthful spring around us breathes, Thy spirit warms her fragrant sigh ; And every flower the summer wreathes Is born beneath thy kindling Where'er we turn, thy glories shine, And all thing- fair and bright are thine. S. Moob& 108. I* W. 1 Infinite leagues beyond the sky The great Eternal reigns alone, Where neither wings nor souls can fly, Nor angels climb the topless throne. 2 The Lord of glory builds his seat Of gems insufferably bright, And lays beneath his sacred feet Substantial beams of gloomy night. 8 S5 MAJESTY OF GOD. Yet, glorious Lord, thy gracious eyes Look through and cheer us from above ; Beyond our praise thy grandeur flies; Yet we adore, and yet we love. Watts. 109. C. P. M. Acknowledgment of God's constant Goodness. 1 Great Source of unexhausted good ! Who giv'st us help, and friends, and food, And peace, and calm content ; Like fragrant incense to the skies, Let songs of grateful praises rise, For all thy blessings lent. 2 Through all the dangers of the day, Thy providence attends our way, To guard us and to guide ; Thy grace directs our wandering will, And warns us, lest seducing ill Allure our souls aside. 3 Thy smiles, with a reviving light, Cheer the long, darksome hours of night, And gild the thickest gloom ; Thy watchful love, around our bed, Doth softly like a curtain spread, And guard the peaceful room. 4 To thee our lives, our all, we owe, Our peace and sweetest joys below, 86 KAJE8T1 OF GOD. Ami brighter hope- above ; Then let our lives, and all thai 'a ours, ( )ur souls, ami all our active powers, Be -acred to thy loi e. Thus, gracious Father! thee we praise; And, while our feeble Bongs we cAise To bleSS thee and adore. Some spark of heavenly fire impart, And teach each humble, grateful heart To bless and love thee more. EXETBB ( lOLL. HO. L.M. 1 Before Jehovah's awful throne, Ye nation-, how with sacred jov : Know that the Lord is God alone; lie can create, and he destroy. 2 His sovereign power, without our aid, Made us of clay, and formed us men ; And when, like wandering sheep, we strayed, He brought us to his fold again. 3 We are his people, — we his care, — Our souls, and all our mortal frame: What lasting honors shall we rear, Almighty Maker, to thy name ? 4 We '11 crowd thy gates, with thankful songs, High as the heaven our voices raise ; And earth, with all her thousand tongues, Shall fill thy courts with sounding praise. 87 MAJESTY OF GOD. 5 Wide as the world is thy command, Vast as eternity thy love ; Firm as a rock thy truth shall stand, When rolling years shall cease to move. Watts. 111. JL 31. Presence of God. 1 God of the ocean, earth, and sky ! In thy bright presence we rejoice ; We feel thee, see thee, ever nigh, We ever hear thy gracious voice. 2 We feel thee in the sunny beam ; We see thee walk the mountain waves ; We hear thee in the murmuring stream, And when the midnight tempest raves. 3 God on the lonely hills we meet ; God, in the valley and the grove ; While birds and whispering winds repeat That God is there, — that God is love ! 4 We meet thee in the silent hour, When wearied nature sinks to rest ; When dies the breeze, and sleeps the flower, And peace is given to every breast. 5 We see thee when at eve afar We upward lift our wondering sight, — We see thee in each glittering star That beautifies the gloom of night. MA. II - I V 01 >■ 6 Bui better still, and -till more dear, Thee in the Bacred page «*e There thy own glorious word- ire hear, And learn the way to heaven and thee. 112. I*M. 1 All-powerful, Belf-existenl 1 1 A\'ho all creation dosl sustain ! Thou wast, and art, and art to conic. And everlasting is thy reign. 2 Fixed and eternal as thy days, Each glorious attribute divine, Through ages infinite, shall -till With undiminished Lustre shine. 3 Fountain of being ! Source of good ! Immutable thou dost remain ! Nor can the shadow of a change Obscure the glories of thy reign. 4 Earth may with all her powers dissolve, If such the great Creator's will ; But thou forever art the same, I am is thy memorial still. 113. 8. 11 Nature and Revelation. 1 Behold ! the lofty sky Declares its maker, God : 8* 89 MAJESTY OF GOD. And all his starry worlds on high Proclaim his power abroad. 2 The darkness and the light Still keep their course the same ; While night to day, and day to night, Divinely teach his name. 3 In every different land Their general voice is known ; They show the wonders of his hand, And orders of his throne. 4 Ye Christian lands ! rejoice ; Here he reveals his word ; We are not left to nature's voice, To bid us know the Lord. 5 His laws are just and pure, His truth without deceit ; His promises forever sure, And his rewards are great. Watts. 114. ** M. Nature and Revelation. 1 The heavens declare thy glory, Lord ! In every star thy wisdom shines ; But when our eyes behold thy word, We read thy name in fairer lines. 90 MA.M.MY <>l GOD. 2 The rolling bud, the changing light, Ami nights and days thy power confesi i But the blesl volume thou hast wril Reveals thy justice and thy in - .: 3 Nor shall thy spreading gospel rest, Till through the world thy truth has run, Till Christ has all the nation- Mest, That see the light, or feel tin. 1 Bun. 4 Great Sun of Righteousness ! arise ; Bless the dark world with heavenly light ; Thy gospel makes the simple wise, Thy laws are pure, thy judgments right. 5 Thy noblest wonders here we view. In souls renewed, and sins forgiven : Lord ! cleanse my sins, my soul renew, And make thy word my guide to heaven. Watts. 115. c ■■ God's Eternal Dominion. 1 Great God ! how infinite art thou ! - What worthless worms are we ! Let the wdiole race of creatures bow, And pay their praise to thee. 2 Thy throne eternal ages stood, Ere seas or stars were made : Thou art the ever-living God, Were all the nations dead. 91 MAJESTY OF GOD. 3 Eternity, with all its years, Stands present in thy view: To thee there 's nothing old appears — Great God ! there 's nothing new. 4 Our lives through varying scenes are drawn, And vexed with trifling- cares ; While thine eternal thought moves on Thine undisturbed affairs. 5 Great God ! how infinite art thou ! — What worthless worms are we ! Let the whole race of creatures bow, And pay their praise to thee. Watts. 116. C. 31. Prayer for Wisdom. 1 Almighty God, in humble prayer To thee our souls we lift; Do thou our waiting minds prepare For thy most needful gift. 2 We ask not golden streams of wealth Along our path to flow ; We ask not undecaying health, Nor length of years below : 3 We ask not honors, which an hour May bring and take away ; We ask not pleasure, pomp, or power, Lest we should go astray : KAJE9TT 01 <.'»i>. 1 We ask for wisdom: Lord, impart The knowledge how to liv<- ; A wise and understanding heart 1 each of us now 5 May we remember thee in youth, Before the ei il days ; And e'er be guided by thy truth In wisdom's pleasant ways. MOHTGOMEBT. 117. L «• Majesty of God. 1 Come, O my soul ! in sacred lays, Attempt thy great Creator's praise ; But oli ! what tongue can speak his fame ? What mortal verse can reach the theme? 2 Enthroned amid the radiant spheres, He glory, like a garment, wears ; To form a robe of light divine Ten thousand suns around him shine. 3 In all our Maker's grand designs, Omnipotence, with wisdom, shines; His works, through all this wondrous frame, Declare the glory of his name. 4 Raised on devotion's lofty wing, Do thou, my soul ! his glories sing ; And let his praise employ thy tongue, Till listening worlds shall join the song. Blacklock. 93 MAJESTY OF GOD. 118. S Mt. Praise to our Creator. 1 Almighty Maker, God, How wondrous is thy name ! Thy glories how diffused abroad, Through all creation's frame ! 2 Nature, in every dress, Her humble homage pays : And finds a thousand ways to express Her gratitude and praise. 3 The lark mounts up on high TVith unambitious song, And bears her Maker's praise on high, Upon her artless tongue. 4 My soul would rise and sing Her great Creator too ; Fain would my tongue adore my King, And pay the homage due. 5 For God then let me spend The remnant of my days, And ever may my soul ascend, In grateful songs of praise. "Watts. 119. I-M The Goodness and Mercy of God celebrated. 1 Bless, my soul, the living God, Call home thy thoughts that rove abroad ; 94 liAJES n 01 <■< »i». Let all the powers * ithio me j<»in, Jn work and worship bo divine. 2 Bless, my soul, the God of grace: His Favors claim thy highest praise : Let not the wonders he hath wrought Be lost in silence and forgot S T is he, my bouI, that sent his S To die for crime- which thou hast done: lie owns the ransom, and forgii The hourly lollies of our li\» 9. •1 Let every land his power confess, Let all the earth adore his grace: My heart and tongue with rapture join, In work and worship so divine. 120. C. BE. The Bounties of Providence. 1 Lord, when my raptured thought surveys Creation's beauties o'er, All nature joins to teach thy praise, And bid my soul adore. 2 Where'er I turn my gazing eyes, Thy radiant footsteps shine; Ten thousand pleasing wonders rise, And speak their source divine. 3 On me thy providence has shone With gentle, smiling rays : 95 MAJESTY OF GOD. O, let my lips and life make known Thy goodness and thy praise. 4 All-bounteous Lord, thy grace impart ; O, teach me to improve Thy gifts, with ever grateful heart ; And crown them with thy love. Steele. 121. 10 s. 31. Imploring Divine Light. 1 Thou, whose power o'er moving worlds pre- sides, Whose voice created, and whose wisdom guides, On darkling man in pure effulgence shine, And cheer the clouded mind with light divine. 2 'Tis thine alone to calm the pious breast With silent confidence and holy rest ; From thee, great God, we spring ; to thee we tend, Path, Motive, Guide, Original, and End. Dr. Johxsox. 122. ? s. M. 1 Blest Instructor, from thy ways Who can tell how oft he strays ? Purge me from the guilt that lies Wrapt within my heart's disguise. 2 Let my tongue, from error free, Speak the words approved by thee ; 96 M LJE8T1 01 G< »i>- To thine all-obsen ing i Lei our thoughts accepted ri S While I thus thy name adore. And thy healing grace Implore, 1 '»' 3l R< deemer ! bow thine ear : I - d. my strength ! propitious hear. Mi.ia:n K. 123. I M. Deliverance from Bin desired. 1 And dost thou say, "Ask what thou wilt"? Lord, I would seize the golden hour — I pray to be released from guilt, And Breed from sin's polluting power. 2 More of thy presence, Lord, impart ; More of thine image let me bear; Erect thy throne within my heart. And reign without a rival there. 3 Give me to read my pardon sealed, And from thy joy to draw my strength ; O. be thy boundless love revealed In all its height and breadth and length ! 4 Grant these requests — I ask no more, Bui to thy care the rest resign: Sick or in health, or rich or poor, All shall be well, if thou art mine. Xewtox. 9 97 MAJESTY OF GOD. 124. C. M. Confidence in God. 1 Since all the varying scenes of time God's watchful eye surveys, O, who so wise to choose our lot, Or to appoint our ways ! 2 Good, when he gives — supremely good, Nor less when he denies ; E'en crosses, from his sovereign hand, Are blessings in disguise. \ 3 Why should we doubt a Father's love, So constant and so kind ? To his unerring, gracious will Be every wish resigned. 4 In thy fair book of life divine, My God, inscribe my name ; There let it fill some humble place Beneath my Lord the Lamb ! Hervey. 125. L M. The Joy in Worshipping God* 1 Great God, attend while here we sing The joys that from thy presence spring ; To spend one hour with thee on earth, Exceeds a thousand days of mirth. 98 M A.n.-i v OF GOD. 2 I lod ia <>ur Sun, he makes oar day ; God La oar Shield, he guards our way From .'ill the assaults of hell and eon, From tors without and iocs within. 3 All needful grace will God best And crown that grace with glory too; Be gives us all things, and withhold- No real good from upright souls. 4 Then lei us walk with growing strength. Till all shall meet in heaven at length ; Till all before thy face appear. And join in nobler worship there. Watts. 126. L H. God our Father. 1 Great God! and wilt thou condescend To be my Father and my friend ? I but a child, and thou so high, The Lord of earth, and air, and sky ! 2 Art thou my Father? — Let me be A meek, obedient child to thee ; And try, in every deed and thought, To serve and please thee as I ought. 3 Art thou my Father ? — I '11 depend Upon the care of such a friend ; And only wish to do and be Whatever seemeth good to thee. 99 MAJESTY OF GOD. 4 Art thou my Father ? — Then, at last, When all my days on earth are past, Send down, and take me, in thy love, To be thy better child above. 127. L M. Wisdom and Knowledge of God. 1 Awake, my tongue — -thy tribute bring- To him who gave thee power to sing; Praise him, who is all praise above, The source of wisdom and of love. 2 How vast his knowledge ! how profound ! A depth where all our thoughts are drowned ! The stars he numbers, and their names He gives to all those heavenly flames. 3 Through each bright world above, behold Ten thousand thousand charms unfold : Earth, air, and mighty seas combine, To speak his wisdom all divine. 4 But in redemption, O what grace ! Its wonders, O what thought can trace ! Here wisdom shines forever bright — Praise him, my soul, with sweet delight. 128. L M God Incomprehensible. 1 Can creatures to perfection find The eternal, uncreated mind ? 100 MAJB8T1 01 GOD, Or can the largest stretch of thought Mi asure and search his nature out ? 2 T is high as heaven, 't is deep as hell ; And what can mortals know or tell? His glory Bpreads beyond the sky, And all the Bhining worlds on high. 3 lie frowns, and darkness veils the moon, The tainting bud grows dim at noon; The pillars of heaven's starry roof Tremble and start at his reproof. 4 These are a portion of his ways : But who shall dare describe his lace? Who can endure his light, or stand To hear the thunders of his hand? Watts. 129. 6 & 4 s. M. The Trinity. 1 Come, thou almighty King, Help us thy name to sing, Help us to praise ! Father all glorious, O'er all victorious, Come and re ion over us. Ancient of Day-. 2 Jesus, our Lord, arise, Scatter our enemies, Now make them fall ! MAJESTY OF GOD. Let thine almighty aid Our sure defence be made, Our souls on thee be stayed — Lord, hear our call ! Come, thou, incarnate Word, Gird on thy mighty sword ; Our prayer attend ! Come, and thy people bless, Come, give thy word success; Spirit of holiness, On us descend ! Come, holy Comforter, Thy sacred witness bear, In this glad hour ! Thou, who almighty art ; Now rule in every heart, And ne'er from us depart, Spirit of power. To thee, great Oxe in Three, The highest praises be, Hence evermore ! Thy sovereign majesty May we in glory see, And to eternity Love and adore ! Axon. 130. L.M. God seen in All. 1 My God ! all nature owns thy sway ; Thou giv'st the night and thou the day : 102 IfAJESTl OF GOD. When all thy 1<.\ ed creation wak When morning, rich in Lustre, breaks, And bathes in dew the opening flower, To thee we owe her fragrant hour ; And when Bhe pours her choral song, Her melodies to thee belong. 2 Or when, in paler tints arrayed, The evening -lowly spreads her -hade. That soothing shade, that grateful gloom, (an. more than day'- enlivening bloom, Still every fond and vain desire, And calmer, purer thoughts inspire ; From earth the pensive spirit free, And lead the softened heart to thee. 3 In every scene thy hands have dressed, In every form by thee impressed Upon the mountain's awful head. Or where the sheltering woods are spread : In every note that swells the gale, Or tuneful stream that cheers the vale, The cavern's depth, or echoing grove, — A voice is heard of praise and love. 4 As o'er thy work the seasons roll, And soothe, with change of bliss, the soul, O, never may their smiling train Pass o'er the human sense in vain ! But oft, as on their charms we gaze, Attune the wondering soul to praise ; And be the joys that most we prize Those joys that from thy favor rise ! H. M. Williams. 103 MAJESTY OF GOD. 131. L M. The Fear of God. 1 Great Author of all nature's frame ! Holy and reverend is thy name ! Thou, Lord of life, and Lord of death, Worlds rise and vanish at thy breath. 2 Nations, in thine all-seeing eye, Are less than nothing, vanity ; Against thee who shall lift his hand ? Before thy terrors who can stand ? 3 But blest are they. O gracious Lord, Who fear thy name and hear thy word ; With such thy dwelling is, on those Thy peace its joy divine bestows. 4 O that my soul, with awful sense Of thy transcendent excellence, May close the day, the day begin, Watchful against each darling sin ! 5 Never, O never from my heart May this great principle depart ! But act, with unabating power, Within me, to my latest hour. J. Scott. 132. €. M. The unceasing Goodness of God. 1 Jehoyah God ! thy gracious power On every hand we see ; 104 MA.M - n 01 i • ( ). may the blessings of each hoar I I PnUM to G 1 Praise to God ; 0, lei as raise From our hearts a Bong of praise : Of thai goodness lei us sing Whence our lives and blessings spring. 2 Praise to Him who made the light, Praise to Him who gave us sighl ! Praise to Him who formed the car! He our humble praise will hear. 3 Praise Him for our happy hour- : Praise Him for our varied powers: For these thoughts that soar ah" For these hearts he made for love. 4 For the voice he placed within, Bearing witness when we sin ; Praise to Him whose tender care Keeps the watchful guardian there ! 5 Praise the mercy that did send Jesus for our guide and friend : Praise Him, every heart and voice, llim who makes the world rejoice. FOLLEN. 151. 1 s. BL 1 Praise to God, immortal prais For the love that crowns our days ! 11 121 THANKSGIVING AND PRAISE. Bounteous Source of every joy, Let thy praise our tongues employ. 2 All that Spring, with bounteous hand, Scatters o'er the smiling land, — All that liberal Autumn pours From her rich, o'erflowing stores, — 3 These to thee, our God, we owe, Source whence all our comforts flow ! And for these, in happy days, We will pay our grateful praise. 4 Grateful, never-ending praise, Lord, to thee my soul shall raise ; And, when every blessing 's flown, Love thee for thyself alone. Barbauld. 152. L. M. Praise for Temporal Blessings. 1 We bless the Lord, the just and good, Who fills our hearts with joy and food ; Who pours his blessings from the skies, And loads our days with rich supplies. 2 He sends the sun the circuit round, To cheer the fruits, to warm the ground; He bids the clouds, with plenteous rain, Refresh the thirsty earth again. 3 J T is to his care we owe our breath, And all our near escapes from death ; 'ill UTKSGI1 IN«. and PRAISE. Safety and health to ( rod belong ; He helps the weak, he guards the strong. 4 With power he vindicates the just, And treads the oppressor in the dust ; In him the poor and helpless 6nd A judge most just, a father kind. 5 O, let us, then, with joy record Tlic truth and goodness of tin- Lord ! How great his work- ! how kind his ways! Let every tongue pronounce his praise. Watts. 153. I-M- Praise to God from all tlie Earth. 1 Ye nations round the eartli ! rejoice Before the Lord, your sovereign King ; Serve him with cheerful heart and voice ; With all your tongues his glory sing. 2 The Lord is God; 'tis he alone Doth life and breath and being give ; We are his work, and not our own ; The sheep that on his pastures live. 3 Enter his gate- with songs of joy ; With praises to his courts repair ; And make it your divine employ To pay your thanks and honors there. 131 THANKSGIVING AND PRAISE. 4 The Lord is good, the Lord is kind ; Great is his grace, his mercy sure ; And the whole race of man shall find His truth from age to age endure. Watts. 15*4. L M. Perpetual Praise. 1 When, wakened by thy voice of power, The hour of morning beams in light, My voice shall sing that morning hour, And thee, who madest that hour so bright. 2 The morning strengthens into noon ; Earth's fairest beauties shine more fair ; And noon and morning shall attune My grateful heart to praise and prayer. 3 When 'neath the evening western gate The sun's retiring rays are hid, My joy shall be to meditate, E'en as the pious patriarch did. 4 As twilight wears a darker hue, And gathering night creation dims, The twilight and the midnight, too, Shall have their harmonies and hymns. 5 So shall sweet thoughts, and thoughts sublime, My constant inspirations be ; And every shifting scene of time Reflect, my God, a light from thee. Bowring. 124 THANKSGIVING and PRAISE. 155. «•*■ Qo&H QoodaeM tod Truth. 1 Sim; to the Lord most high ; Let every land adore ; With grateful voice make known Hia goodness and hia p. .wo- ; With cheerful songs declare his ways, And let his praise inspire your tongues. 2 The shining worlds above In glorious order stand, Or in swift courses move, By his supreme command : He spake the word, and all their frame From notfiing came, to praise the Lord. 3 His hands provide our food, And every blessing give ; We feed upon his care, And in his pastures live : With cheerful songs declare his ways, And let his praise inspire your tongues. Dwight. 156. 7&6s. M. Jesus welcomed. 1 TTiiex, his salvation bringing, To Zion Jesus came, The children all stood sinking Hosanna to his name. 11 • 125 THANKSGIVING AND PRAISE. Nor did their zeal offend him, But as he rode along, He bade them still attend him, And smiled to hear their song. 2 And since the Lord retaineth His love for children still, Though now as King he reigneth On Zion's heavenly hill, We '11 flock around his banner Who sits upon the throne ; And cry aloud, " Hosanna To David's royal Son." o For should we fail proclaiming Our great Redeemer's praise, The stones, our silence shaming, Might well hosanna raise. But shall we only render The tribute of our words ? No ! while our hearts are tender, They, too, shall be the Lord's. 157. 7 & 6 s. M. " Let every living thing praise the Lord." 1 Praise the Lord, who reigns above And keeps his court below ; Praise him for his boundless love, And all his greatness show ; Praise him for his noble deeds ; Praise him for his matchless power ; Him, from whom all good proceeds, Let earth and heaven adore. 126 THANKSGIVING AND PRAISE. Publish, spread to all around, The great Emmanuel's nan: J. ci the gospel-trumpet sound ; The Prince of Peace proclaim : Praise him, every tuneful Btring! All the reach of heavenly art, All the power of music bring — The music of the heart Him, in whom they move and live, Let every creature sing; Glory to our Saviour give, And homage to our King ; Hallowed be his name beneath, As in heaven, on earth adored : Praise the Lord in every breath ; — Let all things praise the Lord. Pratt's Coll. 158. 8&T8.M. Praise the Lord. 1 Praise the Lord ; ye heavens adore him ; Praise him. angels, in the height, Sun and moon, rejoice before him ; Praise him, all ye stars of light 2 Praise the Lord, for he hath spoken ; Worlds hi.- mighty voice obeyed ; Laws which never can be broken, For their guidance he hath made. 3 Praise the Lord, for he is glorious ; Never shall his promise tail ; 107 THANKSGIVING AND PRAISE. God hath made his saints victorious ; Sin and death shall not prevail. Praise the God of our salvation ; Hosts on high his power proclaim ; Heaven and earth, and all creation, Praise and magnify his name. Liverpool Coll. 159. I* M. Pious Friendship. 1 How blest the sacred tie that binds, In union sweet, according minds ! How swift the heavenly course they run, Whose hearts, whose faith, whose hopes, are one ! 2 To each the soul of each how dear ! What jealous love ! what holy fear ! How doth the generous flame within Refine from earth and cleanse from sin ! 3 Their streaming eyes together flow For human guilt and mortal woe ; Their ardent prayers together rise, Like mingling flames in sacrifice. 4 Nor shall the glowing flame expire, When nature droops her sickening fire ; Then shall they meet in realms above, A heaven of joy, because of love. Mrs. Bakbauld. 128 THANK -i. IV IV. AM) PRAISB. 160. • »■ M. PltiM I'salm cwwi. 1 LlPT your voice and joyful sing Praises to our heavenly King ; For his mercies far extend, And his bounty knows do end- 2 Honor pay to heaven's high Lord, And his wondrous deeds record; Through the various realms of earth Praise him, all of human birth ; — 3 Him whose wisdom, throned on high, Built the mansions of the sky, And the orbs that gild the pole Bade through boundless ether roll. 4 To the great Eternal King Raise your voice and joyful sing ; For his mercies wide extend, And his bounty knows no end. 161. C. M The Lamb of God worshipped. 1 Come, let us join our cheerful songs, With angels round the throne ; Ten thousand thousand are their tongues But all their joys are one. 129 THANKSGIVING AND PRAISE. 2 " Worthy the Lamb that died," they cry, " To be exalted thus : " " Worthy the Lamb," our lips reply, " For he was slain for us." 3 Jesus is worthy to receive Honor and power divine ; And blessings more than we can give Be, Lord, forever thine. 4 Let all that dwell above the sky, And air, and earth, and seas, Conspire to lift thy glories high, And speak thine endless praise. 5 The whole creation join in one To bless the sacred name Of him who sits upon the throne, And to adore the Lamb. Watts. 162. C. M. 1 When all thy mercies, my God, My rising soul surveys, Transported with the view, I 'm lost In wonder, love, and praise. 2 Unnumbered comforts on my soul Thy tender care bestowed, Before my infant heart conceived From whom those comforts flowed. 130 THANKSGIVING AND PRAIC 8 When worn with rickness, ofl hast thou With health renew ed my f > And, when in >in ami SOIT0W -link, B ii ed my soul with grace. 1 Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ ; Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts with joy. Makvi.il. 163. L M. Song of Gratitude and Praise. 1 God of my life! through all my days My grateful powers shall sound thy praise ; Tiie song shall wake with opening light, And warble to the silent night. 2 When anxious cares would break my rest. And griefs would tear my throbbing breast, Thy tuneful praise-, raised on high, Shall check the murmur and the sigh. 3 When death o'er nature shall prevail. And all my powers of language fail, Joy through my swimming eyes shall break, And mean the thanks I cannot speak. 4 But O, when that last conflict 's o'er, And I am chained to flesh no more, With what glad accents shall I rise To join the music of the skies ! 131 THANKSGIVING AND PRAISE. Then shall I learn the exalted strains Which echo o'er the heavenly plains ; And emulate, with joy unknown, The glowing seraphs round thy throne. Doddridge. 132 PRATEB FOB DIVINE GUIDANi E. 16-1. Ts.M. Influences of the Spirit invoked. 1 Gracious Spirit — Love divine ! Let thy light within me shine ; All my guilty fears remove, Fill me with thy heavenly love. '1 Speak thy pardoning graee to me, S< I the burdened sinner f'n Lead me to the Lamb of God, Wash me in his precious blood. 3 Life and peace to me impart ; Seal salvation on my heart : Come and dwell within my breast, Earnest of immortal rest. 4 Let me never from thee stray. Keep me in the narrow way ; Fill my soul with joy divine ; Keep me, Lord, forever thine. Stockeh. PRAYER FOR DIVINE GUIDANCE. 165. C. M. Praying for Divine Help. 1 0, help us, Lord ! each hour of need Thy heavenly succor give ; Help us in thought, and word, and deed, Each hour on earth we live. 2 0, help us, when our spirits bleed, With contrite anguish sore ; And when our hearts are cold and dead, O, help us, Lord, the more. 3 O, help us, through the prayer of faith, More firmly to believe ; For still the more the servant hath, The more shall he receive. 4 O, help us, Father, from on high ; We know no help but thee ; O, help us so to live and die, As thine in heaven to be. MlLMAN. 166. ^ M. Prayer for Guardianship and Guidance. 1 Thou, to whose all-searching sight The darkness shineth as the light, Search, prove my heart ; it pants for thee ; O, burst these bonds, and set it free ! PRATES FOR DIVINE GUIDANCE. 2 If in this darksome wild I stray, boa my Light, be thou my Way ; \ (bes, do violence I fear, No Fraud, while thou, my God, art near. 3 When rising floods my soul oVrilow, When sinks my heart in waves of woe, O God, thy timely aid impart. And raise my head and cheer my heart 4 [f rough and thorny be the way. My strength proportion to my day ; Till toil, and grief, and pain shall cease, Where all is calm, and joy. and peace. Moravian. 167. L M. God Everywhere to be worshipped. 1 Lo ! God is here ; let us adore, And humbly bow before bis face ; Let all within us feel his power, Let all within us seek his peace. 2 Lo ! God is here ; him day and night L'nited choirs of angels sing : To him, enthroned above all height. Heaven's host their noblest praises bring. 3 Being of beings ! may our praise Thy courts witli grateful incense fill: Still may we stand before thy face, Still hear and do thy sovereign will 135 PRAYER FOR DIVINE GUIDANCE. 4 More of thy presence, Lord ! impart ; More of thine image may we bear : O, fix thy throne in every heart, And reism without a rival there. 168. L M. Communion with God desired. 1 My gracious Lord, whose changeless love To me no earthly power can part, When shall my feet forget to rove ? Ah ! what shall fix this faithless heart ? 2 "Why do these cares my soul divide, If thou indeed hast set me free ? Why am I thus, if thou hast died, — If thou hast died to ransom me ? S Great God, thy sovereign aid impart, And guard the gifts thyself hast given : My portion thou, my treasure art, My life, mj happiness, and heaven. 4 Would aught with thee my wishes share, Though dear as life the idol be, That idol from my breast I '11 tear, Resolved to seek my all from thee. 5 Whate'er I fondly counted mine, To thee, my Lord, I here restore : With joy I all for thee resign ; Give me thyself, — I ask no more. 136 PBAYEB i OB DIVINE GUIDAN4 E. H><>. L.M. Prayei Ot Divine Gkudanee. 1 Gbeat God! our Father and our Friend, ( )u whom we east our constant i . On whom for all things we depend, To thee we raise our humble prayer. 2 Endue us with a holy I The frailty of our hearts reveal ; Sin and it- snares are always near — Thee may we always nearer feel. 3 O, that to thee each youthful mind May with a steadfast love aspire ; The path of wisdom early find, And cheek the rise of wrong desire. 4 O, that our watchful souls may fly The first perceived approach of sin ; Look up to thee when danger's nigh, And feel thy fear control within. 5 Search, gracious God ! each inmost heart From guilt and error set us free ; Thy light, and truth, and peace impart, And guide us safe to heaven and thee. Kxeter Coll. 170. C. M. Prayei foi Guidance and Protection. 1 God of our fathers ! by whose hand Thy children still are blest, 1Q * 137 PRAYER FOR DIVIXE GUIDANCE. Be with us through our pilgrimage, Conduct us to our rest. 2 Through each perplexing path of life, Our wandering footsteps guide : Give us each day our daily bread, And raiment tit provide. 3 0, spread thy sheltering wings around, Till all our wanderings cease, And at our Father's loved abode Our souls arrive in peace. 4 Such blessings from thy gracious hand Our humble prayers implore ; And thou, the Lord, shalt be our God, And portion evermore. Epis. Coll. 171. C. M. Watchfulness and Prayer. 1 Alas, what hourly dangers rise, What snares beset my way ; To heaven. O let me lift mine eyes, And hourly watch and pray ! 2 O gracious God, in whom I live, 3Iy feeble efforts aid ; Help me to watch, and pray, and strive. Though trembling and afraid ! 3 Increase my faith, increase my hope, When foes and fears prevail ; PRA1 IK FOB |»i\ im «.| Il> \\< l. And bear my fainting spirit ap, ( )r Boon id v Btrength will tail. •1 Whene'er temptations fright my heart, ( >r lure my Feet aside, My God, thy powerful aid impart, My guardian and my guide. 5 O, keep me in thy heavenly way, . And bid the tempter flee ; And let me never, never -tray. From happiness and theeA Steele. 17*. s m. Prayer for a Holy Heart. 1 Great Source of life and light. Thy heavenly grace impart, And by thy Holy Spirit write Thy law upon my heart. 2 My soul would cleave to thee ; Let naught my purpose move ; O, let my faith more steadfast be, And more intense my love ! 3 Thy grace to me impart, With meekness to reprove, To hate the sin with all my heart, And still the sinner love. 4 Long as my trials last. Long as the cross I bear, 139 FRAYER FOR DIVINE GUIDANCE. O, let my soul on thee be east In confidence and prayer ! ) Conduct me to the shore Of everlasting peace, Where storm and tempest rise no more, Where sin and sorrow cease. Steele. 173. C. M. Seeking the Knowledge of God. 1 Shine forth, eternal Source of light, And make thy glories known ; Fill our enlarged, adoring sight With lustre all thy own. 2 Vain are the charms, and faint the rays, The brightest creatures boast ; And all their grandeur, and their praise, Is in thy presence lost. 3 To know the Author of our frame Is our sublimest skill ; True science is to read thy name, True life, to obey thy will. 4 For this I long, for this I pray, And, following on, pursue, Till visions of eternal day Fix and complete the view. Doddridge. 140 PBAYEH FOB DIVINE Gl in \ \« I :. 17 1. I**- God our Protector anil Trn-t. 1 To thee, my God, to thee belong Incense of praise and hallowed -ong; To thee be all the glory given Of all my mercies under heaven. 2 From danger thou my frame hast kept, While waking, and what time I slept ; Thou hast my every want supplied, And to my footsteps proved a guide. 8 When my departing hour shall come, And I mast Blamber in the tomb, O then, my God, this faint heart cheer, And far dispel the shades of fear ; 4 And teach me in thy strength to tread The path which leads me to the dead, Assured, when earthly cares are o'er, To rest with thee forevermore. "Walker. 175. C M. 1 Lop.d, teach us how to pray aright, With reverence and with fear: Though dust and ashes in thy sight, We may. we must, draw near. 2 Give deep humility ; the sense Of godly sorrow give ; 141 PRAYER FOR DIVINE GUIDANCE. A strong desiring confidence, To hear thy voice and live ; — 3 Patience, to watch, and wait, and weep, Though mercy long delay ; Courage, our fainting souls to keep, And trust thee, though thou slay. 4 Give these, — and then thy will be done ; Thus, strengthened with all might, We, by thy Spirit and thy Son, Shall pray, and pray aright. Montgomery. 176. C. 31. The Spirit's Influence invoked. 1 Great Father of each perfect gift ! Behold thy children wait ; With longing eyes, and lifted hands, We flock around thy gate. 2 0, shed abroad that choicest gift, — Thy Spirit from above, To bless our eyes with sacred light, And fire our hearts with love. 3 O, be thy sacred law fulfilled In every act and thought ; Each angry passion far removed, Each selfish view forgot. 142 PEA I Blest earnest of eternal joy ! And bear, with energy divine, Oar raptured thoughts to Leaven. I ■ 1 v. -..-.:* — The triumph- of his gi .rid my God, roclaim, : through all the earth abroad I he honors of thy name. name that calms oar fears, Th Ti muffle ~.. . - i^rs; "I >..:•;. :-..'. . ■.'.-; . .-;. raks the power of reigning sin ; he prisoner free; . blood availed for me. ITS. 3 ■ Yrk-jtx for Gvidaace- 1 Guix>e. L :d the better fan 143 PRAYER FOR DIVINE GUIDANCE. Foes we know are to be met, Snares our daily path beset ; Clouds upon the valley rest, Rough and dark the mountain's breast ; And our home may not be gained, Save through trials well sustained. 2 Guide us, while we onward move Bound by bonds of mutual love, Striving for the holy mind, And the soul from sense refined ; That when life no longer burns, And the dust to dust returns, With the strength which thou hast given We may rise to thee and heaven. 3 God of love ! on thee we all Humbly for thy guidance call ; Save us from the evil tongue, From the heart that thinketh wrong, From the sins, whate'er they be, That divide the soul from thee. God of grace ! on thee we rest ; • Bless us, and we shall be blest. Anon. 179. C. M. Thy Will be done. 1 Searcher of Hearts ! from mine erase All thoughts that should not be, And in its deep recesses trace My gratitude to thee ! PRATSB FOB DIVINE GUI DAI 2 Hearer of Prayer I 0, guide aright Each word and deed of mine ; Life'- battle teach me how to fight, And be the victory thine. 3 Giver of All! for every good In the Redeemer came, — For raiment, shelter, and for food, I thank thee in his name. 4 Father and Son and Holy Ghofi Thou glorious Throe in One! Thon knowest best what I need most, And let thy will be done. G. P. Morkis. 180. ~ *fc 6 b. H. The Win. 1 Sayiottb, I thy word believe, My unbelief remove ; Now thy quickening Spirit give, The unction from above : Show me. Lord, how good thou art ; With thy love my spirit till. Send the witness to my heart. The Holy Ghost reveal 2 Blessed Comforter, come down, And live and move in me ; Make my every deed thine own, In all things led by thee : 13 145 PRAYER FOR DIVINE GUIDANCE. Bid my every sin depart, And with me vouchsafe to dwell ; Faithful Witness, in my heart Thy perfect light reveal. Whom the world cannot receive, O Lord, reveal in me ; Son of God, I cease to live, Unless I live to thee : Make me choose the better part ; O, do thou my pardon seal ; Send the witness to my heart, The Holy Ghost reveal. TOPLADY. 181. L M The Teachings of the Spirit invoked. 1 Come, blessed Spirit, Source of light, Whose power and grace are unconflned, Dispel the gloomy shades of night, The thicker darkness of the mind. 2 To mine illumined eyes display The glorious truth thy word reveals ; Cause me to run the heavenly way ; The book unfold, unloose the seals. 3 Thine inward teachings make me know The mysteries of redeeming love, The emptiness of things below, The excellence of things above. PRATSB FOB DIVINE QUID AN < I .. While through this dubious maze I stray, Spread, lik<' the bud, thy beams abroad, To Bhow the dangers of the way. And guide my feeble Bteps to God. Beddokk. 182. L M.6L For the Influences of the Spirit. 1 I want the spirit of power within. Of love, and of a healthful mind ; Of power to conquer every -in. Of love to God and all mankind ; Of health that pain and death defies, Most vigorous when the body dies. 2 O, that the Comforter would come, Nor visit as a transient guest, But fix in me his constant home, And keep possession of my breast : And make my soul his loved abode, The temple of indwelling God ! C. Wesley. 183. < M- God's Blessing Essential. 1 Shine on our souls, eternal God, With ray- of beauty shine ; O, let thy favor crown our days, And all their round be thine. PRAYER FOR DIVINE GUIDANCE. 2 Did we not raise our hands to thee, Our hands might toil in vain ; Small joy success itself could give, If thou thy love restrain. 3 With thee let every week begin, With thee each day be spent, For thee each fleeting hour improved, Since each by thee is lent. 4 Thus cheer us through this toilsome road, Till all our labors cease, And heaven refresh our weary souls With everlasting peace. Doddridge. 184. 7 s. 31. Prayer for a Christian Temper. 1 God of truth, and God of love ! Send thy Spirit from above ! Teach us so to speak and hear That thy glory may appear, — That in us the world may find All our Master's gentle mind ; Thus our fellowship approve, God of truth, and God of love ! 2 God of truth, and God of love ! O'er our wayward tempers move ; Touch them with celestial fire, Holy love and zeal inspire : 14S PB \ I BB POR M Yl\ i. <.i ID \\< l.. While we feel the -acred glow. Lay each evil passion low ; Frame DS for the world above, ( iod ol* truth, and God of love I Vestry Stmhs. 185, CM. Seeking Btrength f<>r Duty. 1 Jehovah! by thy covenant With all thy people made, We come to ask thee that our hearts Upon thy truth be Btayed. 2 Ere entering on the battle-field, In struggle -tern, of life, We ask thee, tor thy -lory'- Bake, Be with us in the strife. 3 Give us the foree to will, to work, No suffering to shun. And by our efforts, Lord of Hosts, ( ). let thy will be done. 4 0. help us to be vigilant Lest foes should enter in. Ami teach our eyes to apprehend The first approach of sin. 5 Hold up our hand-, confirm our hearts, Show all our duties clear; Permit not any single heart Either to sleep or fear. 13 * 149 PRAYER FOR DIVINE GUIDANCE. 186. I* M. God's Blessing invoked. 1 Great God ! to thee our songs we raise, To thee pour forth our notes of praise ; Hear thou our morning prayer, and deign To pardon sin, and cleanse its stain. 2 As yield deep shades to morning's light, As from the day-star flees the night, So to our souls, made dark by sin, Pour thine own holy radiance in. B Thy Holy Spirit's beams impart To warm and purify the heart ; Thou Fountain of our soul's true day, Make bright before us all our way. 4 Guide thou and govern all our mind, All our desires let chasteness bind ; And make our adverse times to be But times of blessing ruled by thee. 5 With earnest cry we beg, this day, That thou wilt drive all sin away ; So we, defended by thy power, Will praise thy name forevermore. 187. I* M. Divine Light and Guidance implored. 1 O Source of uncreated light, By whom the worlds were raised from night, 150 PB ^ KB FOB DIVINE QUID AN ( I .. ( Some, rail every pious mind ; Come, poor thy joys on humaD kind. 2 Plenteous in grace, descend from high, Rich in thy matchless energy ; From sin and sorrow Bel US five, And make us temples worthy th< 3 Cleanse and refine our earthly parts, Inflame and sanctify our hearts. Our frailties help, our vice control, Submit the senses to the soul. 4 Thrice holy Fount! thrice holy Fire ! Our hearts with heavenly love inspire ; Make US eternal truths receive, Aid us to live as we believe. 5 Chase from our path each noxious foe, And peace, the fruit of love, bestow ; And, lest our feet should step astray, Protect and guide us in our way. Deyden. 151 EARLY INSTRUCTION AND PIETY. 188. c a Youth invited to the Saviour. 1 Ye hearts with youthful vigor warm, In smiling crowds draw near, And turn from every mortal charm, A Saviour's voice to hear. 2 The soul that longs to see his face Is sure his love to gain ; And those that early seek his grace Shall never seek in vain. 3 What object, Lord, my soul should move, If once compared with thee ? What beauty should command my love, Like what in Christ I see ? 4 Away, ye false, delusive toys, Vain tempters of the mind! 'T is here I fix my lasting choice ; For here true bliss I find. Doddridge. 152 I \i;i.v [N8TBUCTK >\ am> i m i i v. |S<>. L.M. a \'i>uth Making Wutdom, 1 1 A.8K not wealth, nor pomp, Dor po Nor fleeting pleasures of an hour: My soul aspires to Dobler things Than all the pride and state of kings. 2 One thing I ask; — Lord! wilt thou hear, And grant my Boul a gift BO dear: — Wisdom, descending from above, The sweetest token of thy love : — 3 Wisdom, betimes to know the Lord, To fear his name, and keep his word ; To lead my feel in paths of truth. And guide and guard my wandering youth. 4 Then shouldst thou grant a length of days, My life -hall still proclaim thy praise ; Or early death my soul convey To realms of everlasting day. Heginbotham. 190. L ML Youthful Obedience. 1 Ix Israel's fane by silent night, The lamp of God was burning bright : And there, by viewless angels kept, Samuel, the child, securely slept. EARLY INSTRUCTION AND PIETY. 2 A voice unknown the stillness broke ; "Samuel!" it called, and thrice it spoke ; He rose ; he asked whence came the word; From Eli ? No, — it was the Lord. 3 Thus early called to serve his God, In paths of righteousness he trod ; Prophetic visions fired his breast, And all the chosen tribes were blest. 4 Speak, Lord, and, from our earliest days, Incline our hearts to love thy ways ; Thy wakening voice hath reached our ear, — Speak, Lord, to us ; thy servants hear. Cawood. 191, J- M. 1 Now, in the heat of youthful blood, Remember your Creator, God ; Behold ! the months come hastening on, When you shall say, " My joys are gone." 2 Behold ! the aged sinner goes, Laden with guilt and heavy woes, Down to the regions of the dead, With endless curses on his head. 3 The dust returns to dust again ; The soul, in agonies of pain, Ascends to God, — not there to dwell, — But hears her doom, and sinks to hell. 154 I \KI.V INS rRUCTION \M> PIE1 I , 1 Eternal King ! I fear thy name ; 1 u-li me to know li<>\\ frail I am : And when my soul must hence remove. Give me a mansion in thy 1<»\ e. \\'.\ i rs. 192. s M. The Young asking Divine Guidance. 1 From earliest dawn of life, Thy goodness we have shared : And still we live to sing thy praise, By sovereign mercy spared. 2 To learn and do thy will, O Lord, our hearts incline ; And o'er the paths of future life Command thy light to shine. 3 While taught thy word of truth. May we that word receive ; And when we hear of Jesus' name. In that blest name believe ! 4 O, let us never tread The broad, destructive road. But trace these holy paths which lead To glory, and to God. Pkatt's Coll. I6fi EARLY INSTRUCTION AND PIETY. 193. C. 31. Religion important to the Young. 1 While in the tender years of youth, In nature's smiling bloom, Ere age arrive, and, trembling, wait Its summons to the tomb ; — 2 Remember thy Creator, God ; For him thy powers employ ; Make him thy fear, thy love, thy hope, Thy portion, and thy joy. 3 He will in safety guide thy course O'er life's uncertain sea, And bring thee to that peaceful shore Where happy spirits be. Pratt's Coll. 194. C. M. The Pearl of Great Price. 1 Ye glittering toys of earth, adieu, A nobler choice be mine ; A real prize attracts my view, — A treasure all divine. 2 Begone, unworthy of my cares, Ye flattering baits of sense ; Inestimable worth appears, The pearl of price immense ! 156 BABL1 [ON AND I'll r v. 8 Should earth's vain treasures all depart, ( )f this dear gifl possessed, I M clasp it t<> in \ joyful ln-art. And be forever blest 3 Thy love is bliss divine : epl the praise that grace inspi 3, I can call thee mine. ; i.i:. 1<>.>. CM. Youth devoted to G 1 Youth, win 1 to tlie Lord. An - ■ • 18 : A flower, though offered in the bud, I- no vain sacrifj 2 'T is easier far if we begin To fear the Lord betimes ; For sinners who grow old in sin Are hardened by their crime-. 3 It saves us from a thousand snares To mind religion young ; Grace will preserve our following years And make our virtues strong. 4 To thee. Almighty God, to thee Our heart- we now resign : T will please us to look back and see That our whole lives were thine. 14 10] EARLY INSTRUCTION AND TIETY. 196. 8. M. Seed-time. 1 Sow in the morn thy seed, At eve hold not thy hand ; To doubt and fear give thou noiieed ; Broadcast it o'er the land. 2 The good, the fruitful ground, Expect not here nor there ; O'er hill and dale, by plots, 'tis found Go forth, then, everywhere. 3 Thou know'st not which may thrive, The late or early sown ; Grace keeps the precious germs alive, When and wherever strown. 4 Thou canst not toil in vain ; Cold, heat, and moist, and dry, Shall foster and mature the grain, For garners in the sky. Montgomery. 197. C. M. Exhortations to a Holy Life. 1 Come, children, learn to fear the Lord ; And that your days be long, Let not a false or spiteful word Be found upon your tongue. 158 l.AKLV IN- I i;i C I EON AM) Till V. _ 1 1 part from mischief practise l< Pursue the work of peace ; So Bhall the Lord your way- approve, And Bel your BOUls ai I o Come now, while young, and taste his love; Conn- Irani his pleasant way-. And let your own experience pr The sweetness of his gr 4 He bids his angels pitch their tents Round where his children dwell; What ill their heavenly care prevents, No earthly tongue can tell. 5 Then make the Lord your constant trust, His word obey with loi That you may dwell among the just, In his bright courts above. W.\; 198. CM. Seeking God early. 1 EARLY, my God ! without delay, I haste to seek thy face ; My thirsty spirit faints away. Without thy cheering grace. 2 So pilgrims on the scorching sand, Beneath a burning -ky. Long for a cooling stream at hand. And they must drink or die. 159 EARLY INSTRUCTION AND PIETY. 3 I Ve seen thy glory and thy power Through all thy temple shine ; My God ! repeat that heavenly hour, That vision so divine. 4 Not life itself, with all its joys, Can my best passions move ; Or raise so high my cheerful voice, As thy forgiving love. 5 Thus, till my last, expiring day, I '11 bless my God and King ; Thus will I lift my hands to pray, And tune my lips to sing. Watts. 199. 8 & 7 s. M. Christ the Friend of Sinners. 1 One there is, above all others Well deserves the name of Friend ; His is love beyond a brother's, Costly, free, and knows no end. 2 Which of all our friends, to save us, Could or would have shed his blood ? But this Saviour died to have us Reconciled in him to God. 3 When he lived on earth abased. Friend of sinners was his name ; Now above all glory raised, He rejoices in the same. 160 BABL1 W8 I Ki I 1 IOH and PTBTT. ( ). for grace our hearts to Boften ; Teach as, Lord, at length to love ; \\ i . alas ! forget too often, Wi. - a 1 . v ad we have above. Ne 200. S. 31 1 With humble heart and tongue, My ( rod, to thee I pray : O, bring me now, while I am young, To thee, the living way. 2 Make an unguarded youth The object of thy care ; Help me to choose the way of truth, And fly from every snare. 3 My heart, to folly prone, Renew by power divine ; Unite it to thyself alone, And make me wholly thine. 4 O, let thy word of grace My warmest thoughts employ ; Be this, through all my following day-, ^ly treasure and my joy. 5 To what thy law- impart Be my whole soul inclined; Come. Saviour, dwell within my heart, And sanctify my mind. Fawcett. 14 * 161 EARLY INSTRUCTION AND PIETY. 201. S. M. Gratitude to God. 1 My Maker and my King ! To thee my all I owe ; Thy sovereign bounty is the spring Whence all my blessings flow. 2 Thou, ever good and kind ! A thousand reasons move, A thousand obligations bind My heart to grateful love. 3 Thy goodness, like the sun, Dawned on my early days. Ere infant reason had begun To form my lips to praise. 4 The creature of thine hand, On thee alone I live ; My God ! thy benefits demand More praise than life can give. 5 O, let thy grace inspire My soul with strength divine ; Let all my powers to thee aspire, And all my days be thine. Steele. 202. I-M. Living to Christ. 1 My gracious Lord, I own thy right To every service I can pay, 162 I.AULV [N8TB1 I I I«'N AND I'll. I V. And call it my supreme delight To hear thy dictate- and obey. 2 Whal is my being, but lor thee, — It- Bore support, it- uoblest end? T is my delight thy 6ce to see, And serve tbe cause of such a friend. 3 I would not breathe for worldly joy. Qr to increase my worldly good ; Nor future day- nor powers employ To spread a sounding name abroad. 4 'T is to my Saviour I would live ; To him. who for my ransom died ; Nor could all worldly honor give i bliss a- crown- me at his side. 5 His work my hoary acre shall bl When youthful vigor is no more; And my last hour of life coni His saving love, his glorious power. Doddridge. 203. * s. M. All must Pray. 1 Child, amidst the flowers at play, "While the red light fade- away ; Mother, with thine earnest eye. Ever following silently ; 2 Father, by the breeze of eve Called thy daily toil to leave ; 163 EARLY INSTRUCTION AND PIETY. Pray ! ere yet the dark hours be, Lift the heart, and bend the knee ! 3 Traveller in the stranger's land, Far from thine own household band ; Mourner, haunted by the tone Of a voice from this world gone ; 4 Captive, in whose narrow cell Sunshine hath not leave to dwell ; Sailor, on the darkening sea, Lift the heart, and bend the knee! 5 Ye that triumph, ye that sigh, Kindred by one holy tie, Heaven's first star alike ye see ; Lift the heart, and bend the knee ! Mb& Hkmabs. 204. C. M. Youthful Praise. 1 Great God, in whom we live and move, Accept our feeble praise, For all the mercy, grace, and love Which crown our youthful days. 2 For counties- mercies, love unknown, Lord, w T hat can we impart ? Thou dost require one gift alone, — The offering of the heart. 164 E \KI.V ENSTBT < \\<>s \.\D PIETY. Incline as, Lord, to give it thee ; Preserve as by thy grace, Till death shall bring us all to Thy glory, face to lace. 205. L M. 1 How many ways the young may find To be of use. if so inclined ! How many services perform, If love is earnest, constant, warm ! 2 A life that 's spent for self alone Can never be a useful one : The good will ever scorn to be Inactive in society. 3 However trifling what we do. If a good purpose be in view, Although we should not have success, Our motive God will see and bless. 206. C. 31. The Good only Happy. 1 Happy the children of the Lord, Who, walking in his sight. Make all the precepts of his word Their study and delight. 165 EARLY INSTRUCTION AND PIETY. 2 That precious wealth shall be their dower, Which cannot know decay ; Which moth nor rust doth ne'er devour, Nor spoiler take away. 3 For them that heavenly light shall spread, Whose cheering rays illume The darkest hours of life, and shed A halo round the tomb. 4 Their works of piety and love, Performed through Christ their Lord, Forever registered above, Shall meet a sure reward. 207. C. M. Early Religion. 1 By cool Siloam's shady rill How fair the lily grows ! How sweet the breath, beneath the hill, Of Sharon's dewy rose ! 2 Lo ! such the child whose early feet The paths of peace have trod, Whose secret heart, with influence sweet, Is upward drawn to God. 3 By cool Siloam's shady rill The lily must decay ; The rose, that blooms beneath the hill, Must shortly fade away. 166 BARL1 [N8TR1 CTION \M> PIETT. •1 An