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HEATHLANDS 7s. 61.

HENRY SMART

(J=76) At Thy feet, O Christ, we

lay Thine own gift of this new day;

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Doubt of what it holds in store Makes us crave Thine aid the more;

Lest it prove a

time of loss, Mark it, Sav-iour, with Thy Cross. A-men.

2 If it flow on calm and bright,
Be Thyself our chief delight;
If it bring unknown distress,
All is good that Thou canst bless;
Only, while its hours begin,
Pray we, keep them clear of sin.

3 We in part our weakness know,
And in part discern our foe;
Well for us, before Thine eyes
All our danger open lies;
Turn not from us, while we plead
Thy compassions and our need.

4 Fain would we Thy word embrace,
Live each moment on Thy grace,
All our selves to Thee consign,
Fold up all our wills in Thine,

Think, and speak, and do, and be,

Simply that which pleases Thee. Amen.

WILLIAM Bright

6 WINDSOR 11S & 10S.

JOSEPH BARNBY

(J=112) Still, still with Thee, when pur- ple morn-ing break-eth, When the bird

wak - eth, and the shadows flee; Fair - er than morning, love-lier than the

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5 So shall it be at last, in that bright morning,
When the soul waketh, and life's shadows flee;
O in that hour, fairer than daylight dawning,
Shall rise the glorious thought-I am with Thee. Amen.
HARRIET Bercher STOWE

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Lord, we lift our thank- ful hearts to] Thee. Amen.

2 To Thee, Whose word, the fount of life unsealing,
When hill and dale in thickest darkness lay,
Awoke bright rays across the dim earth stealing,
And bade the eve and morn complete the day.

3 Look from the height of heaven and send to cheer us
Thy light and truth, and guide us onward still;
Still let Thy mercy, as of old, be near us,
And lead us safely to Thy holy hill.

4 So, when that morn of endless light is waking,
And shades of evil from its splendors flee,
Safe may we rise, this earth's dark vale forsaking,
Through all the long bright day to dwell with Thee.

5 Be this by Thee, O God thrice holy, granted,
O Father, Son, and Spirit, ever blest;
Whose glory by the heaven and earth is chanted,
Whose name by men and angels is confessed.

Amen.

ST. GREGORY THE GREAT. Tr. Anon.

8 ST. PETERSBURG L. M. 61.

DIMITRI S. BORTNIANSKY

(J=112) When,streaming from the eastern skies, The morn-ing light sa-lutes mine eyes,

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O Sun of Right-eous-ness di-vine, On me with beams of mercy shine;

Chase the dark shades of night away, And turn my dark-ness in- to day. A-men.

2 As every day, Thy mercy spares,
Will bring its trials and its cares,
O Saviour, till my life shall end,
Be Thou my Counselor and Friend;
Teach me Thy precepts all divine,
And be Thy great example mine.

3 When each day's scenes and labors close,
And wearied nature seeks repose,
With pardoning mercy richly blest,
Guard me, my Saviour, while I rest;
And as each morning's sun shall rise,
Oh, lead me onward to the skies.

4 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;
Then from death's gloom my spirit raise,

To see Thy face and sing Thy praise. Amen.

WILLIAM SHRUBSOLE

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Never shall darkness veil Thee A gain from human eyes;

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Thy light, so glad and golden, Shall set on earth no more.

A-MEN.

2 Light of the world, Thy beauty
Steals into every heart,
And glorifies with duty

Life's poorest, humblest part;
Thou robest in Thy splendor
The simple ways of men,
And helpest them to render
Light back to Thee again.

3 Light of the world, before Thee
Our spirits prostrate fall;
We worship, we adore Thee,
Thou Light, the Life of all;

With Thee is no forgetting

Of all Thine hand hath made; Thy rising hath no setting, Thy sunshine hath no shade.

4 Light of the world, illumine
This darkened land of Thine,
Till everything that's human
Be filled with what's divine;
Till every tongue and nation,
From sin's dominion free,
Rise in the new creation
Which springs from Love and Thee.
JOHN S. B. MONSELL

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