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Why should I shrink at pain and wo
Or feel, at death, dismay?

I've Canaan's goodly land in view,
And realms of endless day.

5 Apostles, martyrs, prophets, there
Around my Saviour stand;
And soon my friends in Christ below
Will join the glorious band.

6 Jerusalem! my happy home!
My soul still pants for thee;
Then shall my labours have an end,
When I thy joys shall see.

MORNING.

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Morning Praise.

C. M.

BEHOLD once more the morning sun,

How shining bright and gay! Cheerful I'll leave my peaceful bed, And read, and sing, and pray.

2 Through Jesus' kind indulgent care,
In peace I laid me down;

And 'tis his soft, bright beams of love
My waking moments crown.

3 No sad alarm my slumbers broke,
No terror, fear, or dread;

No sickness seized my tender frame,
Nor flans came round my bed.

4 Lord! condescend to teach a child
To praise the Saviour's love;
O, let me live to thee below,
And dwell with thee above.

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Morning Hymn.

C. M

THROUGH all the dangers of the night.
Preserved, O Lord! by thee;

Again we hail the cheerful light,
Again we bow the knee.

2 Preserve us, Lord! throughout the day,
And guide us by thy arm;

For they are safe, and only they,
Whom thou dost keep from harm.
3 Let all our words, and all our ways,
Declare that we are thine,

That so the light of truth and grace
Before the world may shine.

4 Let us ne'er turn away from thee;
Dear Saviour, hold us fast,

Till, with immortal eyes, we see
Thy glorious face at last.

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Morning Hymn.

C. M.

THE morning breaks; my voice I raise
To thee, great God above;

Accept my prayer, my feeble praise,
In kindness and in love.

2 Forgive the crimes that I have done;
My follies I deplore;

And since another day's begun,
O may I love thee more.

3 Preserve me from all ill, I pray,
And guide me with thine eye,
And grant through every hour I may
On grace divine rely.

4 Keep me from sinful thoughts, O Lord,
And make my heart sincere;
Make me to read thy holy word
With reverence and fear.

5 Then shall I be prepared below
For thy eternal home;

Where pleasures like a river flow,
And sorrows never come.

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Thanks for the Light.

L. M. GOD! I thank thee that the night In peace and rest has passed away And that I see my Father's smile, In this fair light that makes it day. 2 Be thou my guide, and let me live As under thy all-seeing eye; Supply my wants, my sins forgive, And make me happy when I die. 308 Going to Sabbath-school. THE

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HE hour is come, I will not stay,
But haste to school without delay,
Nor loiter here, for 'tis a crime
To trifle thus with precious time.
2 Say, shall my teachers wait in vain,
And of my sad neglect complain?
No! rather let me strive to be
The first of all the family.

3 I should be there with humble mind,
To seek the instruction I may find;
And while I hear the sacred page,
O may its truths my heart engage.
4 These golden hours will soon be o'er
When can go to school no more;
How shall I then endure the thought
Of having spent my time for naught

Morning Mercies.

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IS mercies, in Jesus renewed, Each morning I wake to adore, A fountain of infinite good,

A sea without bottom or shore: My Lord, inexpressibly kind!

O when shall I thank him above, To Jesus eternally joined,

Absorbed in the depths of his love.

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L.M.

AWAKE, my soul, and with the sun

Thy daily stage of duty run:

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

2 Glory to Thee, who safe hast kept,
And hast refreshed me, while I slept;
Grant, Lord, when I from death shall wake,
I may of endless life partake.

3 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.

4 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.

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WAKE! my heart, awake!
Thy gracious God to praise;

Who condescends such care to take,
And lengthen out my days.

2 While some have passed the night
In restlessness and pain;
I rise in health, to see the light,
And seek the Lord again.

3 This day will many die!
This hour what numbers go!
What if my soul be called to fly,
And I that change should know!
4 Lord, come, and be my guide
Through this uncertain space;
Keep me for ever near thy side,
And grant a child thy grace.

EVENING.

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An Evening Hymn.

C. M.

INDULGENT Father, by whose care
I've passed another day,

Let me this night thy mercy share,
And teach me how to pray.

2 Show me my sins, and how to mourn
My guilt before thy face;
Direct me, Lord, to Christ alone,

And save me by thy grace.

3 Speak to my conscience, speak my peace Through his atoning blood:

And grant me, Lord, a full release
From sin's oppressive load.

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