1. My spirit sinks within me, Lord, But I will call thy name to mind; And times of past distress record, When I have found my God was kind. 2. Huge troubles, with tumultuous noise, Swell like a sea, and round me spread; Thy water-spouts drown all my joys, And rising waves roll o'er my head. 3. Yet will the Lord command his love, When I address his throne by day; Nor in the night his grace remove,The night shall hear me sing and pray. 4. I'll cast myself before his feet, And say, My God, my heavenly Rock, 5. I'll chide my heart that sinks so low; 6. Thy light and truth shall guide me still, Thy word shall my best thoughts employ, And lead me to thy heavenly hill, 75. My God, my most exceeding joy. Morning. 2. Wake, and lift up thyself, my heart, And with the angels bear thy part, Who all night long unwearied sing High praises to th' eternal King. 3. All praise to thee, who safe hast kept, 4. Lord, I my vows to thee renew; 5. Direct, control, suggest, this day, All I design, or do, or say; That all my powers, with all their might, [lly. 686. 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. And may sweet sleep mine eyelids close! Sleep, which shall me more vigorous make, To serve my God when I awake. Be thou my guardian, while I sleep, 6. Lord, let my soul forever share 9 #4 To God the Father, God the Son, And God the Spirit, Three in One, Be honor, praise, and glory given, By all on earth, and all in heaven. [Ps. 5. ii. 4. I love thy habitation, Lord, 77. Morning Worship. 1. WHENE'ER the morning rays appear, Thou, Lord, my early voice shalt hear: To thee my lifted hands shall rise, And faith look up with longing eyes. 2. O God, thy pure unsullied mind In tents of sin no joy can find: Far from thy throne shall evil flee, Nor e'er inhabit, Lord, with thee. 3. But I, by boundless mercies led, Conscious Integrity. [Ps. 26. Thy temple's sacred courts will tread; Up to thy house with joy repair: Thy mercies shall surround me there. 78. 1. JUDGE me, O Lord, and prove my ways, And try my reins, and try my heart; My faith upon thy promise stays, Nor from thy law my feet depart. 2. [I hate to walk, I hate to sit With men of vanity and lies; With hands well washed in innocence; The temple where thine honors dwell: There shall I hear thy holy word, And there thy works of wonder tell. 5. Let not my soul be joined at last, 79. With men of treachery and blood, Confession and Pardon. [Ps. 32. iv. 2. I spread my sins before the Lord, Make swift addresses to thy seat; When floods of huge temptation roll, There shall they find a blest retreat. 4. How safe beneath thy wings I lie, When days grow dark, and storms appear! And when I walk, thy watchful eye [Ps. 141. 4. In every pang that rends the heart, The Man of sorrows had a part; He sympathizes with our grief, And to the sufferer sends relief. 1. Mr God, accept my early vows, 2. Watch o'er my lips, and guard them, Lord, Smite and reprove my wandering way! 4. When I behold them pressed with grief, 1. GREAT God! to thee my evening 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 every gentle, rolling hour, Are monuments of wondrous grace, And witness to thy love and power. 3. And yet this thoughtless, wretched heart, Too oft regardless of thy love, Ungrateful, can from thee depart, And, fond of trifles, vainly rove. 4. Seal my forgiveness in the blood 5. Let this blest hope mine eyelids close, With sleep refresh my feeble frame; Safe in thy care may I repose, And wake with praises to thy name. Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; Praise him, all creatures here be-low; Praise him a bove, ye heavenly host; Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. 85. God in the Seasons. [Ps. 65. iii. 2. How did the spreading branches shoot, 1. ON God the race of man depends, Far as the earth's remotest ends, 3. Seasons and times obey his voice; 4. The desert grows a fruitful field; Abundant food the valleys yield; 5. Thy works pronounce thy power divine; And bless the nations with the fruit! But now, O Lord, look down and see, Thy mourning vine, that lovely tree! 3. Why is her beauty thus defaced? Why hast thou laid her fences waste? Strangers and foes against her join, And every beast devours thy vine. 4. Return, almighty God, return; Nor let thy bleeding vineyard mourn: Turn us to thec, thy love restore, We shall be saved, and sigh no more. 1. WHEN marshalled on the nightly plain, The glittering host bestud the sky, One star alone, of all the train, Can fix the sinner's wandering eye. 2. Hark! hark!-to God the chorus breaks, 8. Once on the raging seas I rode, The storm was loud, the night was dark,The ocean yawned-and rudely blowed The wind that tossed my foundering bark. 4. Deep horror thea my vitals froze, Death-struck, I ceased the tide to stem;When suddenly a star arose, It was the Star of Bethlehem. 8. It was my guide, my light, my all; It bade my dark forebodings cease; And through the storm, and danger's thrall, It led me to the port of peace. 6. Now safely moored-my perils o'er, I'll sing, first in night's diadem, Forever and for evermore, 89. The Star-the Star of Bethlehem! 1. COME, sacred Spirit, from above, 2. Speak thou, and from the haughtiest eyes 3. O let a holy flock await, Numerous around thy temple-gate, A kingdom which can ne'er decay, Jesus, to thee I breathe my prayer; 91. Prayer in choosing a Pastor. [Hy. 566, 1. O LORD, thy pitying eye surveys 2. In humble faith, behold we wait: 3. O Lord! in ways of peace return, 4. Fed by his care, our tongues shall raise |