THE publishers are prepared to print a Supplement
to this book, of 50 or 100 hymns, at a small cost.
This notice is added because it is not possible in a
selection of 500 hymns to include all the hymns
valued by particular congregations.

Hymns for the Church Catholic.

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MORNING.

"I will sing aloud of Thy mercy in the morning."—

PSALM lix. 16.

L.M.

AWAKE, my soul! and with the sun
Thy daily stage of duty run;

Shake off dull sloth, and early rise
To pay thy morning sacrifice.
2 Wake and lift up thyself, my heart!
And with the angels bear thy part,
Who all night long unwearied sing
High praises to the Eternal King.

3 Glory to Thee who safe hast kept
And hast refreshed me while I slept ;
Grant, Lord! when I from death shall wake,
I may of endless life partake.

4 Lord! I my vows to Thee renew,
Scatter my sins as morning dew;
Guard my first springs of thought and will,
And with Thyself my spirit fill.

5 Direct, control, suggest this day
All I design, or do, or say;

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That all my powers with all their might
In Thy sole glory may unite. Bishop Ken, 1700.

L.M.

1 TMMORTAL spirit! wake, arise!

Think of thy home beyond the skies; Think of the work thou hast to do; Think of the heavenly prize in view.

2 A clear, unerring chart is given
To guide the traveller's feet to heaven;
With humble heart there seek thy way,
None led by that can go astray.

3 Saviour, for mine this path I take,
Through Thee alone the choice I make ;
Nor one step onward can I go,

Till Thou both will and power bestow.
4 To Thee I now commit my way,
My wants, my dangers, through the day.
Wilt Thou my every want supply,
And be in every danger nigh?

5 Thy blessed Spirit's aid impart,

Who can transform and cleanse my heart;
Make the polluted fountain clear,
Whose streams in words and acts appear.

6 Father! I give myself to Thee;
My strength, my light, my guardian be:
My earthly days thus let me spend,
Till time, and life, and warfare end.
C. Elliott, 1836.

10 GOD, before the sun's bright beams

All night's dark shadows fly;

When on the soul Thy mercy gleams,
All doubts and terrors die.

2 So freshly falls Thy heaven-sent grace,
As morning's gladdening breath;
Gives light to all who seek Thy face,
And guides in life and death.

3 O holy light, O light of God,
O light unseen below,

Which fills the courts of Thine abode,
Which there the blest shall know.