That I like you my age may spend,
Like you may on my God attend.
6 May I like you in God delight,
Have all day long my God in sight;
Perform like you my Maker's will:
O! may I never more do ill.

7 Glory to thee, who safe hast kept,
And hast refresh'd me whilst I slept:
Grant, Lord, when I from death shall wake,
I may of endless life partake.

8 Lord, I my vows to thee renew;
Scatter my sins as morning dew;
Guard my first spring of thought and will,
And with thyself my spirit fill.

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

That all my pow'rs, with all their might,
In thy sole glory, may unite.

10 Praise God, from whom all blessings flow,
Praise him, all creatures here below;
Praise him above, y' angelic host;
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.

HYMN 165.

Morning.

1 ARISE, my soul! with rapture rise! And, fill'd with love and fear, adore The awful Sov'reign of the skies,

Whose mercy lends me one day more.

2 And may this day, indulgent Pow'r!
Not idly pass, nor fruitless be;
But may each swiftly flying hour
Still nearer bring my soul to Thee!

3 But can it be? that Pow'r divine

Is thron'd n light's unbounded blaze; And countless worlds and angels join To swell the glorious song of praise: 4 And will he deign to lend an ear,

When I, poor abject mortal, pray? Yes, boundless goodness! he will hear, Nor cast the meanest wretch away.

5 Then let me serve thee all my days,

And may my zeal with years increase: For pleasant, Lord, are all thy ways, And all thy paths are paths of peace.

(L. M.)

1 TO thee let my first off'rings rise,
Whose sun creates the day,

Swift as his gladd'ning influence flies,
And spotless as his ray.

2 This day thy fav'ring hand be nigh,
So oft vouchsaf'd before;

Still may it lead, protect, supply,
And I that hand adore.

3 If bliss thy Providence impart,
For which, resign'd, I pray,
Give me to feel a cheerful heart,
And grateful homage pay..

4 Affliction should thy love intend,
As vice or folly's cure,
Patient to gain that gracious end,
May I the means endure.

5 Be this and ev'ry future day
Still wiser than the past,
And when I all my life survey,
May grace sustain at last.

1 NOW the shades of night are gone;
Now the morning light is come;
Lord, may we be thine to day;
Drive the shades of sin away.
2 Fill our souls with heav'nly light,
Banish doubt and clear our sight;
In thy service, Lord, to-day,
May we labour, watch and pray.

3 Keep our haughty passions bound;
Save us from our foes around;
Going out and coming in
Keep us safe from ev'ry sin.

4 When our work of life is past,
O receive us then at last;

Night and sin will be no more,
When we reach the heav'nly shore.

HYMN 168.

Evening Hymn.

1 GLORY to thee, my God, this night For all the blessings of the light:

(L. M.)

Keep me, O keep me, King of kings,
Under thine own Almighty wings.

5 Forgive me, Lord, for thy dear Son,
The ills that I this day have done;
That with the world, myself, and thee,
I, ere I sleep, at peace may be.

3 Teach me to live, that I may dread
The grave as little as my bed;
Teach me to die, that so I may
Triumphing rise at the last day.
4 0 may my soul on thee repose,
And with sweet sleep mine eyelids close:
Sleep, that may me more vig'rous make,
To serve my God, when I awake.

5 When in the night I sleepless lie,
My soul with heav'nly thoughts supply:
Let no ill dreams disturb my rest,
No pow'rs of darkness me molest.

6 Oh! when shall I, in endless day,
For ever chase dark sleep away,
And hymns divine with angels sing,
Glory to thee, eternal King!

7 Praise God, from whom all blessings flow,
Praise him, all creatures here below;
Praise him above, y' angelic host;
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.

HYMN 169.

Evening.

1 GREAT God! to thee my ev'ning song
With humble gratitude I raise:

O let thy mercy tune my tongue,
And fill my heart with lively praise.

2 My days unclouded as they pass,
And ev'ry onward rolling hour,
Are monuments of wondrous grace,
And witness to thy love and pow'r.
3 And yet this thoughtless, wretched heart,
Too oft regardless of thy love,
Ungrateful, can from thee depart,
And from the path of duty rove.

4 Seal my forgiveness in the blood
Of Christ, my Lord; his name alone
I plead for pardon, gracious God,
And kind acceptance at thy throne.

(L. M.)

5 With hope in him mine eyelids close, With sleep refresh my feeble frame; Safe in thy care may I repose,

And wake with praises to thy Name.

HYMN 170.

Evening.

1 NOW from the altar of our hearts,
Let flames of love arise;
Assist us, Lord, to offer up
Our ev'ning sacrifice.
2 Minutes and mercies multipli'd
Have made up all this day;

Minutes came quick, but mercies were
More swift, more free than they.

3 New time, new favours, and new joys,
Do a new song require;

Till we shall praise thee as we would
Accept our hearts' desire.

(C. M.)

1 THE day is past and gone;
The ev'ning shades appear;
O may we all remember well
The night of death draws near.

2 We lay our garments by,

Upon our beds to rest;

So death shall soon disrobe us all
Of what is here possest.

3 Lord, keep us safe this night,
Secure from all our fears;

May angels guard us while we sleep,
Till morning light appears.

1 SOFTLY now the light of day
Fades upon my sight away;
Free from care, from labour free,
Lord, I would commune with thee!
2 Thou, whose all-pervading eye
Naught escapes, without, within,
Pardon each infirmity,

Open fault, and secret sin.

(IV. 2.)

3 Soon, for me, the light of day

Shall for ever pass away ;
Then, from sin and sorrow free,

Take me, Lord, to dwell with thee! 4 Thou who, sinless, yet hast known

All of man's infirmity ;
Then, from

ne eternal throne,
Jesus, look with pitying eye.

HYMN 173.

Evening
1 INSPIRER and hearer of pray’r,

Thou shepherd and guardian of thine,
My all to thy covenant care

I, sleeping or waking, resign.
2 If thou art my shield and my sun,

The night is no darkness to me;
And, fast as my minutes roll on,

They bring me but nearer to thee. 3 A sov’reign protector I have,

Unseen, yet for ever at hand;
Unchangeably faithful to save,

Almighty to rule and command.
4 His smiles and his comforts abound,

His grace, as the dew, shall descend;
And walls of salvation surround

The soul he delights to defend.

X. THE CHRISTIAN LIFE.
HYMN 174.

(C. M.) Renouncing the World. 1 LET worldly minds the world pursue,

It has no charms for me;
Once I admir'd its follies too,

But grace has set me free.
2 Those follies now no longer please,

No more delight afford;
Far from my heart be joys like these,

Now I have known the Lord. 3 As by the light of op’ning day

The stars are all conceald,
So earthly pleasures fade away

When Jesus is revcald.
4 Creatures no more divide my choice,

I bid them all depart;