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While I draw this fleeting breath,
When my eyelids close in death,

When I soar to worlds unknown,
See Thee on Thy judgment-throne,-
Rock of ages, cleft for me,
Let me hide myself in Thee!

"IN THE NIGHT HIS SONG SHALL BE WITH ME."

WHAT though my frail eyelids refuse
Continual watchings to keep,

And, punctual as midnight renews,
Demand the refreshment of sleep;
A Sovereign Protector I have,
Unseen, yet for ever at hand,
Unchangeably faithful to save,
Almighty to rule and command.

From evil secure, and its dread,
I rest, if my Saviour is nigh;
And songs his kind presence, indeed,
Shall in the night season supply;
He smiles, and my comforts abound,
His grace as the dew shall descend,
And walls of salvation surround
The soul he delights to defend.

Kind Author and ground of my hope,
Thee, thee, for my God I avow,
My glad Ebenezer set up,

And own Thou hast helped me till now :
I muse on the years that are past,
Wherein my defence thou hast proved ;
Nor wilt Thou relinquish at last

A sinner so signally loved.

Inspirer and Hearer of prayer,
Thou Shepherd and Guardian of Thine!
My all to Thy covenant care,

I, sleeping and waking, resign;

If Thou art my shield and my sun,
The night is no darkness to me;
And fast as my moments roll on,
They bring me but nearer to Thee.

Thy ministering spirits descend,
To watch while Thy saints are asleep,
By day and by night they attend,

The heirs of salvation to keep;

Bright seraphs, despatched from the throne,

Repair to the stations assigned;

And angels elect are sent down,

To guard the elect of mankind.

Thy worship no interval knows,
Their fervour is still on the wing;
And while they protect my repose,
They chaunt to the praise of my King:
I too, at the season ordained,
Their chorus for ever shall join ;
And love and adore, without end,
Their faithful Creator and mine.

"GIVE ME UNDERSTANDING, ACCORDING TO THY

WORD."

O THAT my heart was right with Thee,
And loved Thee with a perfect love:
O that my Lord would dwell in me,
And never from His seat remove!
Jesus, apply Thy pardoning blood,
And make this bosom fit for God.

Saviour, I dwell in awful night,
Until Thou in my heart appear;
Arise, propitious sun, and light
An everlasting morning there:
Thy presence casts the shadows by;
If Thou withdraw, how dark am I!

O Lord, how should Thy şervant see,
Unless Thou give me seeing eyes?
Well may I fall, if out of Thee!
If out of Thee, how should I rise?

I wander wide without Thy aid,
And lose my way in midnight shade.

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