Teach me thy statutes all divine,
And let thy will be always mine.

2 When each day's scenes and labours close,
And weary'd nature seeks repose;
With pard'ning mercy richly blest,
Guard me, my Father, while I rest:
And as each morning sun shall rise,
O lead me onward to the skies!

3 And at my life's last setting sun,
My conflicts o'er, my labours done-
Father, thy heav'nly radiance shed,
To cheer and bless my dying bed;
And from death's gloom my spirit raise,
To see thy face and sing thy praise.

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HYMN 664. s. M.

Evening.

THE day is pass'd and gone,
The V'ning shades appear:

may I ever keep in mind,
The night of death draws near!

2 I lay my garments by,

Upon my bed to rest:

So death will soon disrobe my soul
Of what is here possess'd.

3 Lord, keep me safe this night,

Secure from all my

fears:

Protect and guard me, while I sleep,
Till morning-light appears.

4 And when my days are pass'd,
And I from time remove,

Lord, may I in thy bosom rest,
The bosom of thy love.

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HYMN 665. P. M. 7s.

Safety in God. Morning or Evening.

HEY who on the Lord rely,

TH

Safely dwell, though danger's nigh. Lo, his shelt' ring wings are spread O'er each faithful servant's head.

2 Vain is ev'ry wily snare;

Christians are Jehovah's care:
Harmless flies the shaft by day,
Or in darkness wings its way.

3 When they wake, or when they sleep,
God in safety them will keep.
Death and danger may be near,
Faith and love have nought to fear.

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HYMN 666. P. M. 7s.

Evening Hymn.

IGHTY God! another day
Me hath sped along my way.
Nearer to my grave I've come,

Nearer to mine endless home.

2 Thanks for life's extended length,
For continued health and strength,
Food and raiment, sun and air,
Still provided by thy care;

3 Powers of soul and body still
Guarded from each threat'ning ill;
Friends to love, and good to do,
Truth to seek, and heav'n pursue.

4 Gracious God! my thanks sincere
Kindly deign in heav'n to hear.
Bid them gush, full, warm, and free,
From a spirit fill'd with thee.

5 Round me close the shades of night;
Gird me with thy presence bright.
Darkness comes not where thou art:
Dwell thou ever in my heart!

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HYMN 667. P. M. 7s.

New-Year.

HILE, with ceaseless course, the sun
Hasted through the former year,

Many souls their race have run,

Never more to meet us here!

Fix'd in an eternal state,

They have done with all below: We a little longer wait;

But how little, none can know.

2 As the winged arrow flies, Speedily the mark to find; As the lightning from the skies

Darts, and leaves no trace behind:
Swiftly thus our fleeting days

Bear us down life's rapid stream.
Upward, Lord, our spirits raise;
All below is but a dream.

3 Thanks for mercies past receive;
Pardon of our sins renew;

Teach us, henceforth, how to live
With eternity in view.

Bless thy word to young and old;
Grant us, Lord, thy peace and love;

And when life's short tale is told,
May we dwell with thee above!

HYMN 668. C. M.

Sun, stand thou still.

JOSHUA x. 12.

TAND still, refulgent orb of day!"
The Jewish victor cries:

So shall, at last, an angel say,
And tear it from the skies.
2 A flame, intenser than the sun,
Shall melt his golden urn;

Time's empty glass no more shall run,
Nor human years return.

3 Then, with immortal splendour bright,
That glorious orb shall rise,
Which through eternity shall light
The new-created skies.

4 His moral triumphs then complete,
Jesus, our Lord, shall place
Before his heav'nly Father's seat
The heirs of life and grace.

5 Unceasing flows the mortal tide;
Unceasing let it flow:

If thou, O Lord, our guard and guide,
Wilt daily grace bestow.

6 Then, sun of nature! roll along
And bear our years away:
The sooner shall we join the song
Of everlasting day.

HYMN 669. P. M. 7s.

On opening a Place for Worship.
LORD of hosts, to thee we raise

Here a house of pray'r and praise.
Thou thy people's heart prepare
Here to meet for praise and pray'r!

2 Let the living here be fed

With thy word, the heav'nly bread;
Here, in hope of glory bless'd,
May the dead be laid to rest.

3 Here to thee a temple stand,
While the sea shall gird the land!

Lere reveal thy mercy sure,
While the sun and moon endure.

4 Hallelujah!-earth and sky
To the joyful sound reply;
Hallelujah!-hence ascend

Pray'r and praise, till time shall end.

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HYMN 670. L. M.

Dedication of a House of Worship.

BOW thine ear, Eternal One!

On thee our heart adoring calls;

To thee the foll' wers of thy Son

Have rais'd, and now devote these walls.
2 Here may thine honour dwell; and here
As incense, let thy children's pray'r,
From contrite hearts, and lips sincere,
Rise on the still and holy air.

3 Here be thy praise devoutly sung;
Here let thy truth beam forth to save,
As when of old thy Spirit hung

On wings of light, o'er Jordan's wave.
4 And when the lips, that with thy name
Are vocal now, to dust shall turn,
On others may devotion's flame
Be kindled here, and purely burn.

HYMN 671. L. M.

At the Ordination of a Minister.

THOU, who art above all height! Our God, our Father, and our Friend! Beneath thy throne of love and light, Let thine adoring children bend. 2 We join in praise, that here is set A vine that by thy culture grew;