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MORNING.

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PART I.

WAKE, my soul! and with the sun
Thy daily stage of duty run;
Shake off dull sloth, and early rise
To pay thy morning sacrifice.

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2 Redeem thy misspent time that's past,
And live this day as if thy last ;
Thy talents to improve take care;
For the great day thyself prepare.
3 Let all thy converse be sincere;
Thy conscience as the noon-day clear;
For God's all-seeing eye surveys
Thy secret thoughts, thy works and ways.
4 Wake and lift up thyself, my heart!
And with the angels bear thy part,
Who all night long unwearied sing
High praises to the Eternal King.

PART II.

1 LORY to Thee who safe hast kept,

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And hast refreshed me while I slept; Grant, Lord! when I from death shall wake, I may of endless light partake.

2 Lord! I my vows to Thee renew,

Scatter my sins as morning dew;

Guard my first springs of thought and will, And with Thyself my spirit fill.

3 Direct, control, suggest this day
All I design, or do, or say;

That all my powers with all their might
In Thy sole glory may unite.

4 Praise God, from whom all blessings flow !
Praise Him, all creatures here below;
Praise Him above, angelic host;
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.

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BEHOLD the morning sun
Begins his glorious way;

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His beams through all the nations run,
And light and life convey.

2 But where the gospel shines,
It spreads diviner light;

It calls dead sinners from their tombs,
And gives the blind their sight.

3 How perfect is Thy word,

And all Thy judgments just!
For ever sure Thy promise, Lord,
And men securely trust.

4 I hear Thy word with love,
And I would fain obey;

Send Thy good Spirit from above
To guide me lest I stray!

5 While with my heart and tongue
I speak Thy praise abroad,
Accept the worship and the song,
My Saviour and my God!

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AY by day the manna fell :

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O to learn this lesson well!
Still by constant mercy fed,
Give me, Lord, my daily bread!

2 Lord! my times are in Thy hand!
All my sanguine hopes have planned
To Thy wisdom I resign,

And would make Thy purpose mine.

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3 Thou my daily task shalt give:
Day by day to Thee I live;
So shall added years fulfil,
Not my own-my Father's will.
4 O to live exempt from care!

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energy of prayer;

Strong in faith, with mind subdued,
Yet elate with gratitude!

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FORTH in Thy name, O Lord! we go
Our daily labour to pursue;

Thee, only Thee, resolved to know,
In all we think, or speak, or do.
2 The task Thy wisdom hath assigned
O let us cheerfully fulfil;

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In all our works Thy presence find, prove Thy good and perfect will. 3 Thee may we set at our right hand, Whose eyes our inmost substance see, And labour on at Thy command, And offer all our works to Thee. 4 Give us to bear Thy easy yoke, And every moment watch and pray; And still to things eternal look, And hasten to Thy glorious day. 5 For Thee delightfully employ

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Whate'er Thy bounteous grace hath given;
And run our course with even joy,

And closely walk with Thee to heaven.

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1 OD of my life! through all its days GOD

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My grateful powers shall sound Thy praise; The song shall wake with opening light, And cheer the dark and silent night.

2 When anxious cares invade my rest,
And grief distracts my throbbing breast;
Thy tuneful praises raised on high
Shall check the murmur and the sigh.
3 When death o'er nature shall prevail,
And all the powers of language fail,
Joy through my swimming eyes shall break,
And mean the thanks I cannot speak.

4 But oh! when that last conflict's o'er,
And I am chained to earth no more,
With what glad accents shall I rise,
To join the music of the skies!

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NEW every morning is the love

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Our wakening and uprising prove; Through sleep and darkness safely brought, Restored to life, and power, and thought.

2 New mercies, each returning day, Hover around us while we pray; New perils past, new sins forgiven, New thoughts of God, new hopes of heaven. 3 If on our daily course our mind

Be set to hallow all we find,

New treasures still, of countless price,
God will provide for sacrifice.

4 The trivial round, the common task,
Will furnish all we need to ask ;
Room to deny ourselves; a road
To bring us daily nearer God.

5 Seek we no more: content with these,
Let present rapture, comfort, ease,

As Heaven shall bid them, come and go;
The secret, this, of rest below.

6 Only, O Lord! in Thy dear love
Fit us for perfect rest above;
And help us, this and every day,
To live more nearly as we pray.

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JESU! Lord of heavenly grace,

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Thou brightness of Thy Father's face, Thou fountain of eternal light,

Whose beams disperse the shades of night! 2 Come, Holy Sun of heavenly love! Shower down Thy radiance from above; And to our inward hearts convey The Holy Spirit's cloudless ray. 3 May faith, deep rooted in the soul, Subdue our flesh, our minds control; May guile depart, and discord cease, And all within be joy and peace. 4 Oh hallowed be the approaching day! Let meekness be our morning ray, And faithful love our noon-day light, And hope our sunset, calm and bright. 50 Christ! with each returning morn, Thine image to our hearts is borne; Oh! may we ever clearly see Our Saviour and our God in Thee! 8

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10THOU! to whose all-searching sight

The darkness shineth as the light; Search, prove my heart; it pants for Thee; Oh! burst these bonds, and set it free! 2 As through this wilderness I stray, Be thou my Light, be Thou my Way; No foes, no evil, need I fear,

If Thou, my Lord! my God! art near. 3 When rising floods my soul o'erflow, When sinks my heart in waves of woe, Jesu! Thy timely aid impart,

To raise my head, and cheer my heart. 4 Teach me, where'er Thy steps I see, Dauntless, untired, to follow Thee;

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