So shall I rest in perfect peace, From every anxious thought made free : That puts its trust, O God, in Thee. [EAR me when I call, O God of my HEAR righteousness: Thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer. I will both lay me down in peace and sleep, for Thou, Lord, only makest me to dwell in safety. It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, and to sing praises unto Thy name, O Most High: To show forth Thy loving-kindness in the morning, and Thy faithfulness every night. Let my prayer come before Thee : incline Thine ear unto my cry. Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in Thy sight, O Lord, my strength, and my Redeemer. Make a hedge about us and about our house, and around all that we have round about. Let the angel of God encamp round about us to deliver us; that we may lie down, and none may make us afraid. So shall our sleep be sweet to us. "Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud; and He shall hear my voice."- Ps. lv. 17. SAVIOUR, let the evening hours Dear to us, Thy children, be; With clasped hands, as folded flowers, Let our vesper worship rise, Incense-like, before Thine eyes : - Then when that dark even tide Bright to us that path shall be, Found alone, O Lord, with Thee. "He knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with Him."-DAN. ii. 22. THE day is past and over, All thanks, O Lord, to Thee! Through which I have to go: And save me through the coming night. "The darkness hideth not from Thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to Thee."- Ps. cxxxix. 12. HEAR my prayer, O Heavenly Father, Ere I lay me down to sleep: Bid the Angels, pure and holy, Give me strength for days to come: 66 My sleep was sweet unto me."— JER. XXXI. 26. N darkness let me strength regain IN To serve Thee, Lord, in light; And may the day's best thoughts retain "Abide with us; for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent."― LUKE Xxiv. 29. UN of my soul, Thou Saviour dear, SUN It is not night if Thou be near: When the soft dews of kindly sleep Abide with me from morn till eve, If some poor wandering child of Thine Watch by the sick; enrich the poor Come near and bless us when we wake, We lose ourselves in Heaven above. "The beloved of the Lord shall dwell in safety by Him. AL his saints are in Thy hand." - DEUT. xxxiii. 12, 3. UNDER Thy wings, my God, I rest! Under Thy shadow safely lie, By Thine own strength in peace possessed, My place of lowly service, too, Beneath Thy sheltering wings I see; For all the work I have to do, Is done through strengthening rest in Thee. |