2 I love to think on mercies past,
And future good implore,

And all my cares and sorrows cast
On him whom I adore.

ERE I sleep, for every favor,
This day showed

By my God,

I do bless my Saviour.

2 Leave me not, but ever love me;
Let thy peace
Be my bliss,

Till thou hence remove me.

3 Thou, my rock, my guard, my tower, Safely keep, While I sleep,

Me, with all thy power.

4 And, whene'er in death I slumber, Let me rise

With the wise,

Counted in their number.

GOD, that madest earth and heaven,

Darkness and light!

Who the day for toil hast given,

For rest the night! May thine angel guards defend us, Slumber sweet thy mercy send us, Holy dreams and hopes attend us, This livelong night.

472

C. M.

Evening Consecration.

LORD, thou wilt hear me when I pray ;

I am forever thine:

I fear before thee all the day,
Nor would I dare to sin.

2 And while I rest my weary head,
From care and business free,
'Tis sweet conversing on my bed,
With my own heart and thee.

3 I pay this evening sacrifice;
And when my work is done,
Great God, my faith, my hope relies
Upon thy grace alone.

4 Thus, with my thoughts composed to peace,
I'll give mine eyes to sleep:
Thy hand in safety keeps my days,
And will my slumbers keep.

473

L. M.

A Hymn for Morning or Evening.
MY God, how endless is thy love!
Thy gifts are every evening new;
And morning mercies from above
Gently distil like early dew.

2 Thou spread'st the curtains of the night,
Great Guardian of my sleeping hours;
Thy sovereign word restores the light,
And quickens all my drowsy powers.
3 I yield my powers to thy command,
To thee I consecrate my days;
Perpetual blessings from thy hand
Demand perpetual songs of praise.

ON thee, each morning, O my God,
My waking thoughts attend;
In thee are founded all my hopes,
In thee my wishes end.

2 My soul, in pleasing wonder lost,
Thy boundless love surveys;

And, fired with grateful zeal, prepares
A sacrifice of praise.

3 When evening slumbers press my eyes, With his protection blest,

In peace and safety I commit
My weary limbs to rest.

4 My spirit, in his hand secure,
Fears no approaching ill;
For, whether waking or asleep,
Thou, Lord, art with me still.

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ASCRIPTIONS OF PRAISE.

7s.

Humble Adoration and Praise.

HEAVENLY Father-sovereign Lord,
Be thy glorious name adored!
Lord, thy mercies never fail;
Hail, celestial goodness, hail!

2 Though unworthy, Lord, thine ear,
Deign our humble songs to hear;
Purer praise we hope to bring,
When around thy throne we sing.
3 While on earth ordained to stay,
Guide our footsteps in thy way,
Till we come to dwell with thee,
Till we all thy glory see.

4 Then, with angel-harps again,
We will wake a nobler strain;
There, in joyful songs of praise,
Our triumphant voices raise.

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78.

Humble Adoration and Praise.

GOD is goodness, wisdom, power;
Love him, praise him evermore:
Let us strive, and never cease,
Him in every thing to please.

2 Born for this intent we are,
Our Creator to declare;

God to love, and serve, and praise,
God to honor all our days.

3 Holy, holy, holy Lord!

Live, by heaven and earth adored!
Filled with thee, let all things cry,
Glory be to God most high.

477

L. M.

Exhortation to universal Praise.

FROM all that dwell below the skies,
Let the Creator's praise arise:
Let the Redeemer's name be sung,
Through every land-by every tongue.

2 Eternal are thy mercies, Lord;
Eternal truth attends thy word;

Thy praise shall sound from shore to shore, Till suns shall rise and set no more.

O ALL ye nations, praise the Lord,
Each with a different tongue;

In every language learn his word,
And let his name be sung.

2 His mercy reigns through every land-
Proclaim his grace abroad:

Forever firm his truth shall stand-
Praise ye the faithful God.

THY name, almighty Lord,

Shall sound through distant lands; Great is thy grace and sure thy word; Thy truth forever stands.

2 Far be thine honor spread,
And long thy praise endure,

Till morning light, and evening shade
Shall be exchanged no more.

BEGIN, my soul, th' exalted lay,
Let each enraptured thought obey,
And praise th' Almighty's name:
Lo! heaven and earth, and seas and skies,
In one melodious concert rise,

To swell th' inspiring theme.

2 Thou heaven of heavens, his vast abode,
Ye clouds, proclaim your Maker God;
Ye thunders, speak his power:
Lo! on the lightning's fiery wing
In triumph walks th' eternal King:
Th' astonished worlds adore.

3 Ye deeps, with roaring billows rise,
To join the thunders of the skies,
Praise him, who bids you roll ;-