Thy favour and goodness towards me; and that I am verily a member in the mystical body of Thy Son, which is the blessed company of all faithful people; and am also an heir through hope of Thy Everlasting Kingdom, by the Precious Death and Passion of Thy Dear SON. I most humbly beseech Thee, O Heavenly FATHER, so to assist me with Thy grace, that I may continue in that holy fellowship, and do all such good works as Thou hast prepared for me to walk in; through JESUS CHRIST our LORD; to Whom with Thee and the HOLY GHOST, be all honour and glory, world without end. AMEN. A MORNING HYMN. OPEN thine eyes my soul and see, Think on the dangers thou may'st meet my dear LORD, guide Thou my course, And draw me on with Thy sweet force; Still make me walk, still make me tend, By Thee my Way, to Thee my End.-Hickes, AN EVENING HYMN. SUN of my soul! Thou Saviour dear, Abide with me from morn till eve, Come near and bless us when we wake, Till in the ocean of Thy love We lose ourselves in Heaven above.-Keble. JESU! the very thought of Thee, Nor voice can sing, nor heart can frame, A sweeter sound than Thy Blest Name, O Hope of every contrite heart, To those who fall, how kind Thou art! But what to those who find? ah! this The love of JESUS, what it is, JESU! our only Joy be Thou, As Thou our Prize wilt be; JESU! be Thou our Glory now, And through Eternity.-Ancient Hymn. O How canst thou, my soul forget Paid back the Flesh He took for thee? This Tree of Life wilt thou despise ? Whose fruit shall heal thy deadly wound: Lo, how the streams of Precious BLOOD Live, O for ever live and reign Blest LAMB, Whom Thine own love has slain! And may Thy lost sheep live to be True lovers of Thy Cross and Thee-.Hickes. |