Trav❜lling through this wilderness.
2 Thanks we give and adoration, For the gospel's joyful sound; May the fruits of thy salvation, In our hearts and lives abound; May thy presence
With us evermore be found.
HYMNS SUITED TO FAMILY AND PRIVATE
1 Now the shades of night are gone; Now the morning light is come; Lord, may we be thine to day, Drive the shades of sin away.
2 Fill our souls with heav'nly light, Banish doubt and clear our sight; In thy service, Lord, to day, Help us labour, help us pray.
3 Keep our haughty passions bound; Save us from our foes around; Going out and coming in Keep us safe from ev'ry sin.
4 When our work of life is past, Oh receive us then at last; Night of sin will be no more, When we reach the heav'nly shore.
1 Interval of grateful shade, Welcome to my weary head; Welcome slumbers to mine eyes Tir'd with glaring vanities. 2 My Great Master still allows Needful seasons of repose: By my heav'nly Father blest, Thus I give my pow'rs to rest. 3 Heav'nly Father! gracious name! Night and day his love the same: His kind eye that cannot sleep My defenceless hours shall keep. 4 What if death my sleep invade? Should I be of death afraid? Whilst encircled by thine arm, Death may strike, but cannot harm. 5 With thy gracious presence blest, Death is life, and labour rest: Welcome sleep or death to me, Still secure-for still with thee.
1 To thee let my first off'rings rise, Whose sun creates the day,
Swift as his gladd'ning influence flies, And spotless as his ray.
2 This day thy fav'ring hand be nigh So oft vouchsaf'd before;
Still may it lead, protect, supply, And I that hand adore.
3 If bliss thy providence impart, For which resign'd I pray, Give me to feel the grateful heart, And without guilt be gay. 4 Affliction should thy love intend, As vice or folly's cure, Patient to gain that gracious end, May I the means endure.
5 Be this and every future day Still wiser than the past, And when I all my life survey, May grace sustain at last.
1 The day is past and gone; The ev'ning shades appear; 0 may we all remember well The night of death draws near.
2 We lay our garments by, Upon our beds to rest;
So death shall soon disrobe us all
3 Lord, keep us safe this night Secure from all our fears; May angels guard us while we sleep, Till morning light appears.
4 And if we early rise
To view the unwearied sun,
May we set out to win the prize, And after glory run.
1 Lord of my life, O may thy praise Employ my noblest powers,
Whose goodness lengthens out my days, And fills the circling hours.
2 Preserv'd by thine almighty arm, 1 pass'd the shades of night Serene and safe from every harm, And see returning light.
3 0 let the same Almighty care My waking hours attend; From every danger, every snare, My heedless steps defend.
4 Smile on my minutes as they roll, And guide my future days; And let thy goodness fill my soul With gratitude and praise.
1 Inspirer and hearer of pray'r,
Thou shepherd and guardian of thine, My all to thy covenant care,
I, sleeping or waking, resign.
2 If thou art my shield and my sun, The night is no darkness to me; And fast as my minutes roll on, They bring me but nearer to thee.
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