3 Our souls, obedient to Thy sway, Let peace and love conclude the day, 4 Thus, cleansed from sin, and wholly Thine, A flock by Jesus led, The Sun of Righteousness shall shine 5 O still restore our wandering feet, Till worlds shall fail, and faith shall greet 752 Psalm xxxiv. 7. 1 NSPIRER and hearer of prayer, Thou Shepherd and Guardian of Thine, My all to Thy covenant care I, sleeping and waking, resign. If Thou art my shield and my sun, 2 Thy ministering spirits descend, Repair to their stations assigned; 3 Thy worship no interval knows; the I, too, at the season ordained, 753 Luke xxiv. 29. L. M. 1 UN of my soul, Thou Saviour dear, O may no earth-born cloud arise, 2 When with dear friends sweet talk I hold, 3 When the soft dews of kindly sleep 4 Abide with me from morn till eve, 5 Thou Framer of the light and dark, We are in port if we have Thee. 6 If some poor wandering child of Thine 7 Watch by the sick: enrich the poor 8 Come near and bless us when we wake, Ere through the world our way we take: Till in the ocean of Thy love We lose ourselves in heaven above. 754 1 NOW Psalm cxli. 2. C. M. MASON. from the altar of our hearts Let incense-flames arise: Assist us, Lord, to offer up Our evening sacrifice. 2 Awake, our love; awake, our joy; 3 Minutes and mercies multiplied Minutes came quick, but mercies were 4 New time, new favour, and new joys Till we shall praise Thee as we would, 5 Lord of our time, whose hand hath set New time upon our score; Thee may we praise for all our time, 755 Psalm civ. 20. 7's. GREGORY. 1 COURCE of light and life divine, Shou didst cause the light to shine; Thou didst bring Thy sunbeams forth 2 Shade of night and morning ray, 3 May we ne'er, by guilt depress'd, 4 Rather lift them to the skies, 5 Holy Father, Holy Son, 756 Prov. 11. 24. 1 E 8.6.6. MORAVIAN. RE I sleep, for every favour 2 O my Lord, what shall I render 3 Leave me not, but ever love me, Let Thy peace be my bliss, Till Thou hence remove me. 4 Thou my rock, my guard, my tower, Safely keep, while I sleep, Me with sovereign power. 5 So whene'er in death I slumber, Let me rise, with the wise, Counted in their number. Levit. xxvi. 6. C. M. 757 HYMNS OF THE PRIMITIVE CHURCH. THOU brightness of the Father's face, Thou Sun of heavenly day, 1 Thou Christ, whose gracious beams romove The soul's dark shades away: 2 The sun is sunk; the shadowy night 3 What though our eyes be sunk in sleep, Do Thou with Thine almighty hand 4 What though by carthly woes oppress'd, 5 O Thou who art our only hope, 6 To God the Father, God the Son, 758 Psalm cxxl. 4-7. 8.7. ELIOTT. N the dewy breath of even 2 With her balmy offerings blending, To Thy throne, O Lord, ascending,- 3 Thou, whose favours without number |