Since Thou hast added now, O God?
Unto my life another day,
And giv'st me leave to walk abroad
And labor in my lawful way,
My walks and works with me begin,
Conduct me forth and bring me in.
Bad courses let my feet forbear;
Keep Thou my hands from doing wrong; Let not ill counsels pierce mine ear,
Nor wicked words defile my tongue;
And keep the windows of each eye
That no strange lusts climb in thereby.
But guard Thou safe my heart in chief,
That neither hate, revenge, nor fear,
Nor vain desire, vain joy or grief,
Obtain command or dwelling there;
And, Lord, with every saving grace,
Still true to Thee, maintain that place.
So, till the evening of this morn,
My time shall then so well be spent,
That when the twilight shall return
I may enjoy it with content;
And to Thy praise and honor say,
That this has proved a happy day.
Sweet morn! from countless cups of gold
Thou liftest reverently on high
More incense fine than earth can hold,
In man, O morn, a loftier good,
With conscious blessing fills the soulA life by reason understood,
Which metes the whole.
From earth and earthly toil and strife
To deathless aims his soul may rise;
Each dawn may wake to better life,
With surer eyes.
Such grace from Thee, O God, be ours,
Renewed with every morning's ray,
And freshening still with added flowers
Each future day.
Come, 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.
Gladly hail the sun returning;
Be the incense of thy powers:
For the night is safely ended—
God hath tended
With His care thy helpless hours.
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 wouldst pursue.
AWAKE, MY SOUL.
Awake, my soul ! awake, my tongue.
My God accepts the grateful song;
Let all my inward powers record
The truth and goodness of the Lord.
His mercy with unchanging rays
Forever shines, while time decays;
And children's children shall record
The truth and goodness of the Lord.
While all His works His praise proclaim,
And men and angels bless His name,
O let my heart, my life, my tongue,
Attend and join the blissful song.
MORNING INVOCATION.
Once more the daylight shines abroad.
O brethren! let us praise the Lord,
Whose grace and mercy thus have kept
The nightly watch while we have slept.
To Him let us together pray
With all our hearts and soul to-day,
That He would keep us in His love
And all our guilt and sin remove.
Eternal God! almighty friend,
Whose deep compassions have no end,
O send Thy light our way before,
And be our guardian evermore.
We offer up ourselves to Thee,
That heart and word and deed may be
In all things guided by Thy mind,
And in Thine eyes acceptance find.
MORNING PRAISE.
In the morning I will raise
To my God the voice of praise ;
With His kind protection blest,
Sweet and deep has been my rest.
In the morning I will pray
For His blessing on the day;
What this day shall be my lot,
Light or darkness, know I not.
Should it be with clouds o'ercast,
Clouds of sorrow gathering fast,
Thou, who givest light divine,
Shine within me, Lord, O shine!
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