Accept our thanks for all thy favor,
In childhood and in youth
His eye was on us still;
Tho' strangers to his love and truth,
And prone to cross his will.
Bestow'd on us these many years;
We conscious are of our transgression, 16
Ah! cleanse us with thy precious
blood,
Seal with thy pardon our confession,
Thine are we, and thou art our God.
2 Thou God of mercy! thy salvation
Remain'd throughout this year our
stay;
Thy care of us, thy congregation,
Was manifested ev'ry day;
Yea, even trials and affliction
Prov'd thee our gracious God and
Lord;
In all we felt thy benediction:
Thee, we now praise with one accord!
3 Ogracious Lord, thy name be blessed) By us, for all thy proofs of grace! For all the gifts by us possessed.
E'er since his name we knew,
How gracious hath he been!
What dangers hath he led us thro',
What mercies have we seen !
17 Now thro' another year
Supported by his care,
We raise our Ebenezer here,
"The Lord hath help'd thus far."
8 Our lot in future years
We cannot, Lord, foresee,
But kindly, to prevent our fears,
Thou say'st, "Leave all to me.
9 Yea, Lord, we wish to cast
Our cares upon thy breast;
Help us to praise thee for the past,
And trust thee for the rest.
* 1 Sam. vii. 12.
Thou crownest all our years and days. B. Morning and Evening
Tho' we with deep humiliation
Own, that we basely thee requite:
Yet will we joy in thy salvation,
Thou art our Lord, and Help, and
Light.
AWAKE, my soul, and with the sun
Thy daily stage of duty run;
Shake off dull sloth, and early rise
To pay thy morning sacrifice.
2 Thy former mispent time redeem,
Each present day thy last esteem;
Thy talents to improve take care,
For the great day thyself prepare.
878.* T. 10.
MY soul, awake and render
To God thy great Defender
Thy pray'r and adoration
For his kind preservation.
2 With joy I still discover
Thy light, O Lord my Saviour!
My thanks shall be the spices
Of morning sacrifices.
3 Bless me this day, Lord Jesus,
And be to me propitious,
Grant me thy kind protection
From ev'ry sin's infection.
4 Bless ev'ry thought and action;
Afford me thy direction;
To thee alone be tending
Beginning, middle, ending,
5 Be thou my only treasure,
Fulfil in me thy pleasure,
May I in ev'ry station,
Give thee due adoration.
BE with me, Lord, where'er I go, [do Teach me what thou wouldst have me Suggest whate'er I think this day, Direct me in the narrow way.
12 Prevent me lest I harbor pride,
Lest I in mine own strength confied;
Show me my weakness, let me see
I have my pow'r, my all, from thee.
3 Enrich me always with thy love,
My kind Protector ever prove;
Lord, put thy seal upon my breast,
And let thy Spirit on me rest.
4 Assist and teach me how to pray,
Incline my nature to obey;
What thou abhorrest, let me flee,
And only love what pleaseth thee.
TEACH me, my God and King,
In all things thee to view;
And what I do in any thing,
For thee alone to do.
2 To scorn the senses' sway,
While still to thee I tend;
In all I do be thou the way,
In all be thou the end.
3 All may of thee partake; Nothing so small can be,
But draws, when acted for thy sake, Greatness and worth from thee.
4 If done t' obey thy laws,
Ev'n servile labors shine; Hallow'd is toil, if this the cause, The meanest work divine,
THAT favor grant to us, O Lord,
That we maintain our part in thee,
Unto thy voice attentive be,
And seek instruction in thy word.
2 Tho' often of encumb'ring care,
With busy Martha, we complain;
Yet, gracious Lord, we wish to gain
In Mary's happy lot a share.
882.* T. 79.
MAY Jesus' grace and blessing Attend me without ceasing:
Thus I stretch out my hand, And do that work with pleasure, Which, in my call and measure,
My God for me to do ordain'd.
GOD, omnipotent Creator,
Who mad'st all things by thy might,
Rulest ev'ry thing in nature,
And commandest day and night, Who the universe so wide By thy pow'r alone dost guide: my life and conversation Be directed by thy word! Lord, thy constan preservation To thy erring child afford: No where but alone in thee From all harm can I be free.
3 Lord, my body, soul, and spirit,
Keep in thine almighty hand; Strengthen'd by thy pow'rful merit, Let me follow thy command: Thou my glory and renown, I would fain be all thy own.
884. T. 580.
MY God, the spring of all my joys, The life of my delights;
The glory of my brightest days,
And comfort of my nights!
2 In darkest shades if thou appear,
My dawning is begun:
Thou art my soul's bright Morning-star,
And thou my rising Sun.
3The op'ning heav'ns around me shine With beams of sacred bliss,
LORD Jesus, may I constantly
Both day and night be near to thee,
Both when I close at night my eyes,
And in the morn from sleep arise.
2 Lord Jesus Christ, my life and light,
I wish to love thee day and night;
Preserve my steps and guide my ways,
And let me live unto thy praise.
O JESUS, may our whole behavior
Rejoice thine heart and please thine
In thy communion, gracious Saviour,
eyes;
May we retire to rest, and rise;
Be present with us constantly,
Then shall we sleep, and wake, to thee.
889.* T. 580.
IN lying down to take my rest,
In rising, and in being drest,
In all I think or do,
In eating, drinking, on the way,
In sickness, and in health, I pray,
Thy blessing, Lord, on me bestow.
Thy loving kindness be my consolation,
When Jesus shows his mercies mine,By night and day, whene'er I rest am
3 Where'er I thee this day did grieve,
O Lord, me graciously forgive;
And, with a mind from trouble freed,
Let me sleep in thy peace indeed.
For all the blessings of the light;
ALL praise to thee, my God, this night,
Under thy own alma ¿hty wings.
Keep me, oh keep me, King of kings,
2 Lord, for the sake of thy dear Som
Forgive the ill that I have done,
That with the world, myself, and thee,
I, ere I sleep, at peace may be.
S Teach me to live, that I may
The
grave as little as my bed;
Teach me to die, that so I may
Triumphant rise at the last day.
4 O may my soul on thee repose, And may sweet sleep my eye-lids close,
2 This night my longing soul with Sleep that may me more vig'rous make
Would take up her abode,
I gladly would myself divest
Of ev'ry thing but God.
3 The nightly watches would I spend 44 In fellowship above;
Would hold communion with my Lord,
And feast upon his love.
4 Dead to the world when I'm asleep,
I'd be alive to God;
My soul would rest at peace with him
Who bought me with his blood.
5 O may I then of Christ this night
Be happily possest,
With holy angels round my bed,
And Jesus for my Guest.
THE hours' decline and setting sun
Show, that my course this day is run;
The ev'ning shade and silent night
"My weary limbs to rest invite.
2 I now my soul and frail abode
Humbly commit to Israel's God,
To him who slumbers not nor sleeps,
And who his own in safety keeps."
To serve my God when I awake.
5 When in the night I sleepless lie,
My soul with heav'nly thoughts supplys
Let no ill dreams disturb my rest,
No pow'rs of darkness me molest.
T. 164.
IN peace will I lie down to sleep;
O faithful Lord and Saviour,
Me under thy protection keep,
Let me enjoy thy favor!
Ev'n death I need not fear,
If thou to me art near;
For who with Jesus shuts his eyes,
He also doth with Jesus rise.
2 As oft this night as my pulse beats
My spirit would embrace thee;
Oft as my heart its throbs repeats
May I adore and praise thee;
Thus I can go to rest
In thy communion blest,
United unto thee by faith;
Thou art my joy, in life and death.
898. T. 157.
ERE I sleep, for ev'ry favor,
Which my God-hath bestow'd,
I will bless Saviour:
my
O my Lord! what shall I render
Unto thee P-Thou shalt be,
This night my Defender.
901. T. 580.
NO farther go to night, but stay,
Dear Saviour, till the break of day,
Turn in, my Lord, with me;
And in the morning when I wake
Me under thy protection take,
Thus day and night I spend with thee.
902.* T. 580.
TO rest I now again retire,
Thou know'st thy presence I desire,
Of thee I wish to dream;
Still near to thee by faith to keep,
And taste thy goodness while I sleep,
Who didst my soul by blood re-
deem..
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