HYMNS.

I. DAILY PRAYER.

Morning.

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EW every morning is the love

NEW

L. M.

Our wakening and uprising prove; Through sleep and darkness safely brought, Restored to life, and power, and thought.

2 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.

3 If on our daily course our mind
Be set to hallow all we find,

New treasures still, of countless price,
God will provide for sacrifice.

4 Old friends, old scenes, will lovelier be,
As more of heaven in each we see;

Some softening gleam of love and prayer Shall dawn on every cross and care.

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5 The trivial round, the common task,
Will furnish all we need to ask;
Room to deny ourselves, a road
To bring us daily nearer God.
6 Only, O Lord, in Thy dear love,
Fit us for perfect rest above;
And help us, this and every day,
To live more nearly as we pray.

AW

WAKE, 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 Redeem thy misspent time that's past,
And live this day as if thy last ;
Improve thy talent with due care;
For the great Day thyself prepare.
3 Wake, and lift up thyself, my heart,
And with the angels bear thy part,
Who all night long, unwearied, sing
High praise to the eternal King.

PART II.

4 All praise 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 light partake.

5 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.

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

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

7 Praise God, from Whom all blessings flow; Praise Him, all creatures here below; Praise Him above, angelic host;

Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.

The Doxology may be sung also at the end of Part I.

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P. M.

YOME, my soul, thou must be waking,
Now is breaking

O'er the earth another day:

Come, to Him Who made this splendor
See thou render

All thy feeble strength can pay.

2 Pray that He may prosper ever
Each endeavor,

When thine aim is good and true;
But that He may ever thwart thee,
And convert thee,

When thou evil would'st pursue.

3 Think that He thy ways beholdeth;
He unfoldeth

Every fault that lurks within;
He the hidden shame glossed over
Can discover,

And discern each deed of sin.

4 Mayest thou on life's last morrow,

Free from sorrow,

Pass away in slumber sweet;

And, released from death's dark sadness,

Rise in gladness,

That far brighter Sun to greet.

5 Only God's free gifts abuse not,
Light refuse not,

But His Spirit's voice obey;

Thou with Him shalt dwell, beholding
Light enfolding

All things in unclouded day.

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EVE

VERY morning mercies new
Fall as fresh as morning dew;
Every morning let us pay
Tribute with the early day:
For Thy mercies, Lord, are sure;
Thy compassion doth endure.

2 Still the greatness of Thy love
Daily doth our sins remove;
Daily, far as east from west,
Lifts the burden from the breast;
Gives unbought, to those who pray,
Strength to stand in evil day.

3 Let our prayers each morn prevail,
That these gifts may never fail;
And, as we confess the sin
And the tempter's power within,
Feed us with the Bread of Life;
Fit us for our daily strife.

4 As the morning light returns,
As the sun with splendor burns,
Teach us still to turn to Thee,
Ever blessed Trinity,

With our hands our hearts to raise,
In unfailing prayer and praise.

FRIDAY.

JESU, crucified for man,

7s.

L.M.

O Lamb, all glorious on Thy throne, Teach Thou our wondering souls to scan The mystery of Thy love unknown.

2 We pray Thee, grant us strength to take Our daily cross, whate'er it be,

And gladly for Thine own dear sake
In paths of pain to follow Thee.