5 Take the dear purchase of thy blood;Thy blood shall wash us white as snow= Present us sanctified to God, And perfected in love below. 592 For the coming of Christ's kingdom. FATHER all va Let every understanding mind 2 To know thy nature and thy name, Through all eternity. C. M. 8 Thy kingdom come, with power and grace, To every heart of man; Thy peace, and joy, and righteousness, 4 The righteousness that never ends, The joy that human thought transcendsInto our souls bring in. 593 For the waters of salvation. FOUNTAIN of life, to all below Let thy salvation roll; Water, replenish, and o'erflow 2 Into that happy number, Lord, For thine own mercy's sake. 3 Turn back our nature's rapid tide, And we shall flow to thee, C. M. While down the stream of time we glide 4 The well of life to us thou art,- Wafted by thee, with willing heart, 5 We soon shall reach the boundless sea; Into thy fulness fall; Be lost and swallow'd up in thee,- 594 FAMILY DEVOTION. Rejoicing at the return of the Sabbath. Mopening his returning day; opening eyes with rapture see My thoughts, O God, ascend to thee, L. M. And reign sole monarch in my breast. 3 O bid this trifling world retire, And drive each carnal thought away; Nor let me feel one vain desire, One sinful thought, through all the day. 4 Then, to thy courts when I repair, My soul shall rise on joyful wing,The wonders of thy love declare, And join the strains which angels sing. 595 C. M. Sunday morning: Preparing for public worship. LORD, in the morning thou shalt hear To thee will I direct my prayer,— 2 Up to the hills where Christ is gone, 3 Thou art a God before whose sight 50 may thy Spirit guide my feet 596 Morning: Adoration. ARISE, my soul, with rapture rise, L.M. And, fill'd with love and fear, adore The awful Sov'reign of the skies, Whose mercy lends thee one day more. 2 And may this day, indulgent Power, Not idly pass, nor fruitless be; But may each swiftly passing hour Still nearer bring my soul to thee. 597 L. M. Morning: Sacrifice of praise and prayer. AWAKE, my soul, and with the sun Thy daily stage of duty run; Shake off dull sloth, and joyful rise 2 Wake, and lift up thyself, my heart, 3 All praise to Thee, who safe hast kept, 4 Lord, I my vows to thee renew; 5 Direct, control, suggest, this day, That all my powers, with all their might, In thy sole glory may unite. 598 L. M. Morning: The Lord is my portion. GOD, my God, my all thou art: Ere shines the dawn of rising day, Thy sov'reign light within my heart, Thy all-enliv'ning power, display. 2 For thee my thirsty soul doth pant, While in this desert land I live; And, hungry as I am, and faint, Thy love alone can comfort give. 3 In a dry land, behold, I place My whole desire on thee, O Lord; And more I joy to gain thy grace, Than all earth's treasures can afford. 4 More dear than life itself, thy love My heart and tongue shall still employ; And to declare thy praise will prove My peace, my glory, and my joy. 5 In blessing thee with grateful songs, My happy life shall glide away; The praise that to thy Name belongs, Hourly, with lifted hands, I'll pay. 599 C. M. Morning: The Sun of righteousness. AWAKE, my soul, to meet the day; Unfold thy drowsy eyes, And burst the heavy chain that binds 2 God's guardian shield was round me spread 4 Bright Sun of righteousness, arise; And guide my dark, bewilder'd soul, 600 Morning: Self-consecration. NCE more, my soul, the rising day Once more, my voice, thy tribute pay 2 Night unto night his Name repeats, C. M. 3 'Tis he supports my mortal frame; 4 O God, let all my hours be thine, Then shall my sun in smiles decline, |