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Excellence of God's Word. Morning. Ps. 19.

1 BEHOLD, the morning sun Begins his glorious way!

His beams through all the nations run, And life and light convey.

2 But where the gospel comes, It spreads diviner light;

It calls dead sinners from their tombs,
And gives the blind their sight.

3 How perfect is thy word!
And all thy judgments just!
Forever sure thy promise, Lord,
And men securely trust.

4 My gracious God, how plain
Are thy directions given!
O may I never read in vain,
But find the path to heaven.

5 I hear thy word with love,
And I would fain obey;

Send thy good Spirit from above,
To guide me, lest I stray.

6 While with my heart and tongue
I spread thy praise abroad,
Accept the worship and the song,
My Saviour and my God.

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37.

C. M.

SPIRIT OF THE PSALMS.

Goodness of God. Morning. Ps. 147.

1 DELIGHTFUL is the task to sing,
On each returning day,

The praises of our heavenly King,
And grateful homage pay.

2 The countless worlds, which, bathed in light, Through fields of azure move,

Proclaim his wisdom and his might,
But O, how great his love!

3 He deigns each broken, contrite heart
With tender care to bind;

And comfort, hope and grace impart
To heal the wounded mind.

4 All creatures, with instinctive cry,
From God implore their food;
His bounty grants a rich supply,
And fills the earth with good.

5 Delightful is the task, O Lord!
With each returning day,
Thy countless mercies to record,
And grateful homage pay.

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Seeking God. Morning. Ps. 63.

1 EARLY, my God, without delay,
I haste to seek thy face;

My thirsty spirit faints away,
Without thy cheering grace.

2 So pilgrims on the scorching sand,
Beneath a burning sky,

Long for a cooling stream at hand,
And they must drink or die.

3 Not life itself, with all its joys,
Can my best passions move,
Or raise so high my cheerful voice,
As thy forgiving love.

4 Thus till my last expiring day,
I'll bless my God and King
Thus will I lift my hands to pray,
And tune my lips to sing.

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1 GOD of the morning, at whose voice The cheerful sun makes haste to rise, And like a giant doth rejoice

To run his journey through the skies:

2 Oh, like the sun may I fulfil

The appointed duties of the day;
With ready mind and active will
March on, and keep my heavenly way.

3 Lord, thy commands are clean and pure, Enlight'ning our beclouded eyes;

Thy threatenings just, thy promise sure; Thy gospel makes the simple wise.

4 Give me thy counsel for my guide, And then receive me to thy bliss; All my desires and hopes beside

Are faint and cold, compared with this.

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L. M.

HAWKESWORTH.

Morning Hymn.

1 IN sleep's serene oblivion laid,
I safely passed the silent night:
Again I see the breaking shade,
I drink again the morning light.

2 New-born, I bless the waking hour;
Once more, with awe, rejoice to be;
My conscious soul resumes her power,
And springs, my guardian God! to thee.
3 0 guide me through the various maze
My doubtful feet are doomed to tread;
And spread thy shield's protecting blaze
Where dangers press around my head.
4 A deeper shade shall soon impend,
A deeper sleep my eyes oppress;
Yet then thy strength shall still defend,
Thy goodness still delight to bless.

5 That deeper shade shall break away,
That deeper sleep shall leave my eyes:
Thy light shall give eternal day;
Thy love, the rapture of the skies.

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Morning Psalm. Ps. 5.

1 LORD, in the morning thou shalt hear My voice ascending high;

To thee will I direct my prayer,
To thee lift up mine eye.

2 Thou art a God, before whose sight
The wicked shall not stand:

Sinners shall ne'er be thy delight,
Nor dwell at thy right hand.

3 But to thy house will I resort,
To taste thy mercies there;
I will frequent thine holy court,
And worship in thy fear.

4 O may thy Spirit guide my feet
In ways of righteousness!
Make every path of duty straight
And plain before my face.

5 The men who love and fear thy name, Shall see their hopes fulfilled;

The mighty God will compass them
With favor as a shield.

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C. M.

MRS. STEELE.

Morning Hymn.

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 Preserved by thy almighty arm,
I pass the shades of night,
Serene, and safe from every harm,
And see returning light.

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