For Thy mer-cies, Lord, are sure, Thy com-pas- sion doth en-dure; A-MEN. 2 Still the greatness of Thy love 3 Let our prayers each morn prevail, 4 As the morning light returns, With our hands our hearts to raise, Greenville Phillimore, 1863 Lest it prove a time of loss, Mark it, Savior, with Thy cross. A-MEN. bb 2 If it flow on calm and bright, 3 We in part our weakness know, Turn not from us, while we plead 4 Fain would we Thy word embrace, William Bright, 1867 bb I pray Thee now that sin - less The hours of dark may be. Thy sight And save me thro' the com- ing night. A-MEN. 2 The joys of day are over. I lift my heart to Thee, O Jesus, make their darkness light, 3 The toils of day are over. I raise the hymn to Thee, O Jesus, keep me in Thy sight, And guard me through the coming night. 4 Be Thou my soul's preserver, Through which I have to go. Lover of men, O hear my call, And guard and save me from them all. Anatolius, 800 Tr. J. M. Neale, 1853 |