3 I yield my powers to thy command;
To thee I consecrate my days;
Perpetual blessings from thine hand
Demand perpetual songs of praise.
Safety in God. Morning or Evening. Ps. 91.
1 THEY Who on the Lord rely,
Safely dwell, though danger 's nigh;
Lo, his sheltering wings are spread
O'er each faithful servant's head.
2 Vain temptation's wily snare;
Christians are Jehovah's care:
Harmless flies the shaft by day,
Or in darkness wings its way.
3 When they wake, or when they sleep,
Angel guards their vigils keep;
Death and danger may be near,
Faith and love have nought to fear.
1 GLORY to thee, my God, this night,
For all the blessings of the light:
Keep me, O keep me, King of kings,
Under thy own almighty wings.
2 Forgive me, Lord, through thy dear Son,
The ill that I this day have done;
That with the world, myself and thee,
I, ere I sleep, at peace may be.
3 Teach me to live, that I may dread
The grave as little as my bed;
To die, that this vile body may
Rise glorious at the awful day.
4 O may my soul on thee repose,
And may sweet sleep mine eyelids close;
Sleep that may me more vigorous make,
To serve my God when I awake.
5 Praise God, from whom all blessings flow;
Praise him all creatures here below;
Praise him, ye angels round his throne;
Praise God, the high and holy ONE.
GOD that madest earth and heaven,
Darkness and light!
Who the day for toil hast given,
For rest the night!
May thine angel guards defend us,
Slumber sweet thy mercy send us,
Holy dreams and hopes attend us,
This livelong night!
1 INDULGENT God, whose bounteous care
O'er all thy works is shown,
O let my grateful praise and prayer
Ascend before thy throne!
2 What mercies has this day bestowed!
How largely hast thou blest!
My cup with plenty overflowed,
With cheerfulness my breast.
3 Now may sweet slumbers close my eyes, From pain and sickness free;
And let my waking thoughts arise
To meditate on thee.
4 So bless each future day and night,
Till life's fond scene is o'er;
At length, to realms of endless light
Enraptured let me soar.
1 IN mercy, Lord, remember me,
This instant passing night,
And grant to me most graciously
The safeguard of thy might.
2 With cheerful heart I close my eyes,
Since thou wilt not remove;
O in the morning let me rise,
Rejoicing in thy love.
3 Or if this night should prove the last,
And end my transient days,
Lord, take me to thy promised rest,
Where I may sing thy praise.
4 Thus I am sure to live or die
To thee, the God of love;
In life and death I do rely
On thee who reign'st above.
1 INTERVAL of grateful shade,
Welcome to my weary head!
Welcome, slumbers, to mine eyes,
Tired with glaring vanities!
2 My great Master still allows
Needful periods of repose:
By my heavenly Father blest,
Thus I give my powers to rest.
3 Heavenly Father! gracious name!
Night and day his love the same!
Far be each suspicious thought,
Every anxious care forgot!
4 Thou, my ever-bounteous God,
Crown'st my days with various good;
Thy kind eye, which cannot sleep,
My defenceless hours shall keep.
5 What if death my sleep invade?
Should I be of death afraid?
While encircled by thine arm,
Death may strike, but cannot harm.
6 With thy heavenly presence blest,
Death is life, and labor rest:
Welcome, sleep or death, to me,
Still secure,-for still with thee!
1 THE Swift-declining day,
How fast its moments fly!
While evening's broad and gloomy shade
Gains on the western sky.
2 Ye mortals! mark its pace;
And use the hours of light;
And know, your Maker can command
An instantaneous night.
3 His word blots out the sun
In its meridian blaze,
And cuts from smiling vigorous youth
The remnant of its days.
4 On the dark mountain's brow
Your feet shall quickly slide;
And from its airy summit dash
Your momentary pride.
5 Give glory to the LORD,
Who rules the rolling sphere; Submissive at his footstool bow, And seek salvation there.
6 Then shall new lustre break
Through horror's darkest gloom, And lead you to unchanging light In a celestial home.
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