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Evening and morning and at noon will I pray. Ps. lv: 17

I My God, is any hour so sweet,

From blush of morn to evening star,
As that which calls me to Thy feet,
The hour of prayer?

2 Blest is that tranquil hour of morn,
And blest that solemn hour of eve,
When, on the wings of pray'r upborne,
The world I leave.

3 Then is my strength by Thee renewed;
Then are my sins by Thee forgiven;
Then dost thou cheer my solitude
With hopes of Heaven.

4 No words can tell what sweet relief
Here for my every want I find ;

What strength for warfare, balm for grief,
What peace of mind.

5 Hushed is each doubt, gone every fear;
My spirit seems in heaven to stay;
And e'en the penitential tear

Is wiped away.

6 Lord, till I reach that blissful shore,
No privilege so dear should be
As thus my inmost soul to pour
In prayer to Thee.

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Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: feed them also and lift them up

Ps. xxviii: 9.

I O Jesus, Lord and Saviour,

The soul's Eternal King,

Grant now Thy grace and favor,
While we Thy praises sing!

forever.

Come, Saviour, come, and give Thy Spirit course,
O feed us now and evermore, from Love's eternal source!

2 Far, far from Thee, our Saviour,
Our youthful steps might roam,
By sin and darkness sink in death,
Nor reach our heav'nly home.

Come, Saviour, come, and give Thy Spirit course,
O feed us now and evermore, from Love's eternal source!

3 Within Thy Church, Lord Jesus,

O let our souls aspire,

To see Thy Spirit's holy light,
And feel celestial fire!

Come, Saviour, come, and give Thy Spirit course,

O feed us now and evermore, from Love's eternal source!

4 Abide with us, Lord Jesus,
Fill us with holy zeal;

Give us to think as angels think,

And feel as angels feel.

Come, Saviour, come, and give Thy Spirit course,

O feed us now and evermore, from Love's eternal source!

39 Hear thou in heaven, thy dwelling place; and when thou hearest forgive. 1 Kings viii: 30.

3 When Thy love our hearts shall fill 6 And whate'er our cry may be,