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Morning and Evening.

L. M.

BISHOP KENN.

Morning Resolutions.

1 AWAKE, my soul! and with the sun
Thy daily stage of duty run;

Shake off dull sloth, and joyful rise
To pay thy morning sacrifice.

2 Thy precious time, mispent, redeem ;
Each present day thy last esteem;
Improve thy talent with due care;
For the great day thyself prepare.

3 In conversation be sincere;

Keep conscience, as the noontide, clear;
Think how the all-seeing God thy ways
And all thy secret thoughts surveys.

4 Lord, I my vows to thee renew;
Scatter my sins like morning dew;

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

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5 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.

S. M.

Morning.... Light of the Gospel.

1 BEHOLD the morning sun

Begins his glorious way!

WATTS.

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

2 But where the gospel comes,
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!
Forever sure thy promise, Lord,
And men securely trust.

4 My gracious God, how plain
Are thy directions given!
O may I never read in vain,

But find the path to heaven.

5 I hear thy word with love,
And I would fain obey;
Send thy good Spirit from above,
To guide me, lest I stray.

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6 While with my heart and tongue
I spread thy praise abroad,

Accept the worship and the song,
My Saviour and my God.

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Morning. . . . Prayer for Protection.

1 IN sleep's serene oblivion laid,
I safely passed the silent night:
Again I see the breaking shade,
I drink again the morning light.

2 New-born, I bless the waking hour;

Once more, with awe, rejoice to be;
My conscious soul resumes her power,
And springs, my guardian God! to thee.

3 O guide me through the various maze

My doubtful feet are doomed to tread;
And spread thy shield's protecting blaze
Where dangers press around my head.

4 A deeper shade shall soon impend,

A deeper sleep my eyes oppress;
Yet then thy strength shall still defend,
Thy goodness still delight to bless.

5 That deeper shade shall break away,
That deeper sleep shall leave my eyes:

Thy light shall give eternal day;
Thy love, the rapture of the skies.

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WATTS.

Prayer for Guidance.

1 GOD of the morning, at whose voice
The cheerful sun makes haste to rise,
And like a giant doth rejoice

To run his journey through the skies;

2 Oh, like the sun may I fulfil

The appointed duties of the day;
With ready mind and active will

March on, and keep my heavenly way.

3 Lord, thy commands are clean and pure,
Enlightening our beclouded eyes;
Thy threatenings just, thy promise sure;
Thy gospel makes the simple wise.

4 Give me thy counsel for my guide,
And then receive me to thy bliss;

All my desires and hopes beside
Are faint and cold, compared with this.

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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.

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2 Fill our souls with heavenly light,
Banish doubt, and clear our sight;
In thy service, Lord, to-day,

May we stand, and watch and pray.

3 Keep our haughty passions bound;
Save us from our foes around;
Going out and coming in,
Keep us safe from every 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 heavenly shore.

C. M.

MONTGOMERY.

Morning.... God's Care.

1 WHAT secret hand, at morning light,

Softly unseals mine eye,

Draws back the curtain of the night,
And opens earth and sky?

2 'Tis thine, my God,

the same that kept

My resting hours from harm;

No ill came nigh me, for I slept
Beneath the Almighty's arm.

3 'Tis thine

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my daily bread that brings,

Like manna scattered round,

And clothes me, as the lily springs

In beauty from the ground.

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