175. M Y God, how endless is Thy love, Thod spread'st the curtains of the night, NI Thy gifts are every evening new, Great Guardian of my sleeping hours; And morning mercies from above Thy sovereign Word restores the light, Gently distil like early dew 1 And quickens all my drowsy powers. I yield my powers to Thy command, To Thee I consecrate my days; Demand perpetual songs of praise. NEW every morning is the love | The trivial round, the common task, Our wakening and uprising prove, Will furnish all we ought to ask; Through sleep and darkness safely brought, Room to deny ourselves,-a road Restored to life and power and thought. To bring us daily nearer God. New mercies, each returning day, Only, O Lord, in Thy dear love | Fit us for perfect rest above; A. men. If, on our daily course, our mind JESU, Lord of heavenly grace, | O, hallow'd be the approaching day! Thou brightness of Thy Father's face, Let meekness be our morning ray, Thou Fountain of eternal light, And faithful love our noon-day light, Whose beams disperse the shades of night! And hope our sunset, calm and bright. Come, holy Sun of heavenly love, O Christ, with each returning morn, A. men, May faith, deep rooted in the soul, |