Also the following:

All that's good, and great, and true
Heavenly Father, to Whose Eye

If thou wouldest life attain
Saviour, Blessed Saviour

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Where'er have trod Thy sacred Feet
While the sun is shining

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Work is sweet, for God has blest

MONDAY.

Thou shalt guide me with Thy counsel, and after that
receive me with glory. Ps. lxxiii. 23.

1 mƒ YESTERDAY with worship blest
Passed our day of hallowed rest:
Lord, to-day we meet once more
Grace and mercy to implore.

2 mf Not one day alone shall be

Given, O God of love, to Thee;
cres Work and rest alike are Thine ;
Brighten all with love divine.

3 m Through the passing of the week,
Father, we Thy Presence seek:

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dim Midst this world's deceitful maze
p Keep us, Lord, in all our ways.

Р Oh, what snares our path beset!
Oh, what cares our spirits fret!
Let no earthly thing, we pray,
Draw our souls from Thee away.

5 m Thou hast set our daily task;

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cres Grace and strength from Thee we ask ;
dim Thou our joys and griefs dost send;
p To Thy will our spirits bend.

6 my Still in duty's lowly round
Be our patient footsteps found:
cres With Thy counsel guide us here,
Till in glory we appear. Amen.

Also the following:

Bishop W. W. How

Lord, the heavens declare Thy glory
There is a book, who runs may read

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TUESDAY.

See then that ye walk circumspectly

the time. Eph. v. 15, 16.

ANOTHER day begun!

redeeming S.M.

mf Lord, grant us grace that we,
Before the setting of the sun,
Redeem the time for Thee.

2 P

cres

Another day of toil!

To Thee we yield our powers;

dim And let not sin our conscience soil

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3 p

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5 mf

Through all the passing hours.

Another day of fear!

For watchful is our foe;

And sin is strong, and death is near,
And short our time below.

Another day of hope!

For Thou art with us still.

And Thine Almighty strength can cope
With all who seek our ill.

Another day of grace

To help us on our way!

cres One step towards the resting-place-
The eternal Sabbath-day. Amen.

J. Ellerton,

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WEDNESDAY.

Where two or three are gathered together in My
Name, there am I in the midst of them.
Matt. xviii. 20.

L.M.

1 mf THOU, in Whose Name the two or three
Are met to-day to meet with Thee,
Fulfil to us Thy promised word,

cres

And be Thou here Thyself, O Lord! 2 m To-day our week, but now begun, Already half its course hath run;

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To Thee are known its toils and cares,
To Thee its trials and its snares.

3 mf Thou by Whose grace alone we live,
dim Our oft-repeated sins forgive;

cres Be Thou our Counsel, Strength, and Stay, dim Through all the perils of our way.

4 mf Give thankful hearts Thy gifts to share, Give steadfast wills Thy Cross to bear; And when life's working days are past, cres Give rest with all Thy saints at last. Amen.

J. Ellerton.

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THURSDAY.

He was received up into heaven. Mark xvi. 19. C.M.

1 mf ASCENDED Lord, accept our praise,

As, with adoring eye,

cres From this dim earth we lift our gaze ƒ To Thy bright home on high.

2 mf For Thou, Lord, shalt once more appear; And we would seek Thy grace.

To tread our lowly pathway here,
Until we see Thy Face.

3 mf And week by week we ask this day
Fresh gleams of heavenly light,

cres To cheer us on our toilsome way,
And brighten all our night.

4 Then praise to Thee, ascended Lord,
O Father, praise to Thee,
And Thou, O Spirit, be adored,
One God in Trinity. Amen.

Bishop W. W. How.

See HYMNS ON THE ASCENSION (189-197)

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FRIDAY.

If any man will come after Me, let him deny himself, L.M. and take up his cross. Matt. xvi. 24.

Р O JESU, crucified for man,

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

2 m We pray Thee, grant us strength to take
Our daily cross, whate'er it be,
And gladly for Thine own dear sake
dim In paths of pain to follow Thee.

3 mf As on our daily way we go,

Through light or shade, in calm or
strife,

cres Oh, may we bear Thy marks below
In conquered sin and chastened life.

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4 mf And week by week this day we ask
That holy memories of Thy Cross
May sanctify each common task,
And turn to gain each earthly loss.

5

P Grant us, O Lord, our cross to bear

Till at Thy Feet we lay it down, cres Win through Thy Blood our pardon there,

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f And through the cross attain the crown.

Amen.

Bishop W. W. How.

See HYMNS ON THE PASSION (155–169)

SATURDAY.

God did rest the seventh day from all His works.

Heb. iv. 4.

1 mf SABBATH of the saints of old,
Day of mysteries manifold,
By the Great Creator blest,
Type of His eternal rest;

I with thoughts of Thee would seek
To sanctify the closing week.
2 mf Resting from His work, to-day
In the tomb the Saviour lay,
There He lay, from head to feet
Swathed in the winding sheet,
Lying in the rock alone,

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Hid behind the sealed stone.
All the seventh day long, I ween,
Mournful watched the Magdalene,
Rising early, resting late,

By the sepulchre to wait

In the holy garden glade,

Where her buried Lord was laid.

4 p So with Thee till life shall end,
I would solemn vigil spend ;
Let me hew Thee, Lord, a shrine
In this rocky heart of mine,

cres Where in pure embalmèd cell
my None but Thou may'st ever dwell.

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