3 From enticements of the devil, From the might of spirits evil, Be our shield and panoply; Let no foe our peace molest; Jesus, Thou our guardian be, Sweet it is to trust in Thee. Let Thy power this night defend us, 2 Pilgrims here on earth, and And a heavenly peace attend us, And angelic company. 4 Whilst the night dews are distilling, Thou Sun of heavenly day, Thou Christ, whose gracious beams 2 With her balmy offerings blending, HROUGH the day Thy love hath spared us; Wearied we lie down to rest; [us, Through the silent watches guard 8s. Are they not all ministering spirits? HEB. i. 14. NSPIRER and Hearer of prayer, 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 Thce. 2 Thy ministering spirits descend, To watch, while Thy saints are asleep; By day and by night they attend, Repair to their stations assigned: Their fervour is still on the wing: 1 THIS courts.-PSA. xcvi. 8. HIS is the day to tune with care Each unseen chord within ; Would we for sabbaths well prepare, To-day we should begin. 2 Before the Majesty of heaven, To-morrow we appear; No honour half so great is given 3 We must beforehand lay aside 4 The altar must be cleansed to-day, 5 Lord of the sacrifice we bring, CHARLOTTE ELLIOTT. 1857. 1 2 SA 78. The day of the preparation. MATT. xxvii. 62. AFELY through another week, On the approaching sabbath day: When the morn shall bid us rise, 3 May the gospel's joyful sound Stands, With all-engaging charms; 2 Permit them to approach, He cries, 3 We bring them, Lord, by fervent prayer, And yield them up to Thee; 4 If orphans they are left behind, 2 He, Lord of all the worlds on high, 3The soul, that longs to see My face, E hearts with youthful vigour 2 1 Y1 warm, In smiling crowds draw near; And turn from every mortal charm, A Saviour's voice to hear. Ho Who reigns above the sky! How shall a child presume to sing His dreadful majesty ? How great His power is, none can tell, Nor think how large His grace; Not men below, nor saints that dwell On high before His face. 1 2 3 4 REV. v. 12. HALL hymns of grateful love SHA Through heaven's high arches 1 MY God, who makes the sun to And all the hosts above Their songs of triumph sing? [ring, And shall not we take up the strain, And send the echo back again? Shall every ransomed tribe, Of Adam's scattered race, To Christ all power ascribe, Who saved them by His grace? And shall not we take up the strain, And send the echo back again? Shall they adore the Lord Who bought them with His blood, That led them home to God? O spread the joyful sound, The Saviour's love proclaim, And publish all around Salvation, through His name, Let the whole world take up the strain His proper hour to rise, [know 2 When from the chambers of the east 3 So, like the sun, may I fulfil 4 Give me, O Lord, Thy early grace; fed me, Listen to my evening prayer. 3 Let my sins be all forgiven, Bless the friends I love so well; Take me, when I die, to heaven, Happy, there with Thee to dwell. MARY L. DUNCAN, 1839. C.M. 938 Very early in the morning, the first day 1 THIS of the week.-MARK XVI. 2. HIS is the day when Christ arose So early from the dead; 2 This is the day when Jesus broke The powers of death and hell; And shall I still wear Satan's yoke And love my sins so well? 3 To-day with pleasure Christians meet, To pray and hear Thy word; And I would go with cheerful feet, To learn Thy will, O Lord. 4 I'll leave my sport to read and pray, And so prepare for heaven; O may I love this blessed day, To hear His word, and sing His love, We ought to worship Him below, As saints and angels do above. 2 They stand before His presence now, And praise Him better far than we. Who only at His footstool bow, And love Him whom we cannot see. 3 But God is present everywhere,. And watches all our thoughts and [prayer, He marks who humbly join in And who sincerely sing His praise. 4 The triflers, too, His eye can see, Who only seem to take a part; They move the lip, and bend the knee, ways; But do not seek Him with the heart. 5 O may we never trifle so, Nor lose the days our God has given; 941 JANE TAYLOR. 1810. L.M. The same day at evening, being the first day of the week.-JOHN XX. 19. 1 LORD, how delightful 'tis to see A whole assembly worship Thee: At once they sing, at once they pray; They hear of heaven, and learn the way. 2 I have been there and still would go, 'Tis like a little heaven below: Not all my pleasure, nor my play, Shall tempt me to forget this day. 3 0 write upon my memory, Lord, The texts and doctrines of Thy word: That I may break Thy laws no more, But love Thee better than before. |