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, 3 How perfect is thy word! 4 My gracious God, how plain 5 I hear thy word with love, Send thy good Spirit from above, 6 While with my heart and tongue 54 37. C. M. SPIRIT OF THE PSALMS. Goodness of God. Morning. Ps. 147. 1 DELIGHTFUL is the task to sing, The praises of our heavenly King, 2 The countless worlds, which, bathed in light, Through fields of azure move, Proclaim his wisdom and his might, 3 He deigns each broken, contrite heart And comfort, hope and grace impart 4 All creatures, with instinctive cry, 5 Delightful is the task, O Lord! Seeking God. Morning. Ps. 63. 1 EARLY, my God, without delay, My thirsty spirit faints away, 2 So pilgrims on the scorching sand, Long for a cooling stream at hand, 3 Not life itself, with all its joys, 4 Thus till my last expiring day, 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; 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. 40. L. M. HAWKESWORTH. Morning Hymn. 1 IN sleep's serene oblivion laid, 2 New-born, I bless the waking hour; 5 That deeper shade shall break away, Morning Psalm. Ps. 5. 1 LORD, in the morning thou shalt hear My voice ascending high; To thee will I direct my prayer, 2 Thou art a God, before whose sight Sinners shall ne'er be thy delight, 3 But to thy house will I resort, 4 O may thy Spirit guide my feet 5 The men who love and fear thy name, Shall see their hopes fulfilled; The mighty God will compass them 42. C. M. MRS. STEELE. Morning Hymn. 1 LORD of my life! O may thy praise 2 Preserved by thy almighty arm, |