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Till the last gleam of life decay,
In one eternal Sabbath day.

HYMN 596, S. M.

Saturday Evening.

HE hours of evening close;

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Its lengthened shadows, drawn
O'er scenes of earth, invite repose,

And wait the Sabbath dawn.

2 So let its calm prevail

O'er forms of outward care;

Nor thought for "many things" assail
The still retreat of prayer.

3 Our guardian Shepherd near
His watchful eye will keep;
And, safe from violence and fear,
Will fold his flock to sleep.

4 So may a holier light,

Than earth's, our spirits rouse,
And call us, strengthened by his might,
To pay the Lord our vows.

MORNING, OR EVENING.

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HYMN 597, L. M.

A Song for Morning and Evening.
Y God! how endless is thy love!
Thy gifts are every evening new;
And morning mercies from above,
Gently distill, like early dew.

2 Thou spread'st the curtains of the night,
Great Guardian of my sleeping hours!
Thy sovereign word restores the light,
And quickens all my drowsy powers.
3 I yield my powers to thy command;
To thee I consecrate my days;
Perpetual blessings, from thy hand,
Demand perpetual songs of praise.

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HYMN 598, C. M.

Morning or Evening Worship.

ON thee, each morning, O my God!

My waking thoughts attend;
In thee are founded all my hopes,
In thee my wishes end.

2 My soul, in pleasing wonder lost,
Thy boundless love surveys;

And, fired with grateful zeal, prepares
A sacrifice of praise.

3 When evening slumbers press my eyes,
With his protection blest,

In peace and safety, I commit
My wearied limbs to rest.

4 My spirit in his hand, serene,
Fears no approaching ill;
For, whether waking or asleep,
Thou, Lord! art with me still.

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HYMN 599, C. M.

Morning and Evening Offering. [OSANNA, with a cheerful sound, To God's upholding hand!

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Ten thousand snares attend us round,
And yet secure we stand.

< 2 That was a most amazing power,
That raised us with a word;
And, every day, and every hour,
We lean upon the Lord.

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3 The rising morn cannot assure,
That we shall end the day;
For death stands ready at the door,
To hurry us away.

4 Our life is forfeited, by sin,
To God's avenging law;

We own thy grace, immortal King!
In every breath we draw.

5 God is our sun, whose daily light
Our joy and safety brings;

Our feeble frame lies safe, at night,
Beneath his shady wings.

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HYMN 600, L. M. 6 Lines.

Morning and Evening.

WHEN, streaming from the eastern skies

The morning light salutes mine eyes,
O Sun of righteousness divine!

On me, with beams of mercy, shine;
Chase the dark clouds of guilt away,
And turn my darkness into day.

2 When each day's scenes and labors close,
And wearied nature seeks repose,
With pard'ning mercy richly blest,
Guard me, my Saviour! while I rest;
And, as each morning sun shall rise,
Oh! lead me onward to the skies.
3 And at my life's last setting sun,
My conflicts o'er, my labors done,
Jesus! thy heavenly radiance shed,
To cheer and bless my dying-bed;
And from death's gloom my spirit raise,
To see thy face, and sing thy praise.

THE YEAR.

HYMN 601, 11s and 5s.
The New Year.

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Our journey pursue,

Roll round with the year,

And never stand still till the Master appear;

His adorable will

Let us gladly fulfill,

And our talents improve,

By the patience of hope, and the labor of love.

Our life is a dream;

Our time, as a stream,

Glides swiftly away,

And the fugitive moment refuses to stay:

The arrow is flown

The moment is gone

The millenial year

Rushes on to our view, and eternity's here!

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Oh! that each, in the day
Of his coming, may say,-

"I have fought my way through—

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I have finished the work which thou gav'st me to
Oh! that each, from his Lord,
May receive the glad word,-
"Well and faithfully done!

Enter into my joy, and sit down on my throne!"

HYMN 602, L. M.
The changing Seasons.

REAT God! let all our tuneful powers

1G wake, and sing thy mighty name.

Thy hand revolves our circling hours,-
Thy hand, from which our being came.
mf 2 Seasons and moons, still rolling round
In beauteous order, speak thy praise:
And years, with smiling mercy crowned,
To thee successive honors raise.

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3 To thee we raise the annual song,

To thee the grateful tribute give;
Our God doth still our years prolong,

And, midst unnumbered deaths, we live.
4 Our life, our health, our friends, we owe
All to thy vast, unbounded love;
Ten thousand precious gifts below,
And hope of nobler joys above.

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5 Thus will we sing, till nature cease,

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Till sense and language are no more,
And, after death, thy boundless grace,
Through everlasting years, adore.

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HYMN 603, C. M.

New Year: Providential Goodness.

OD of our lives! thy various praise
Our voices shall resound:

Thy hand directs our fleeting days,
And brings the seasons round.

2 To thee shall grateful songs arise,
Our Father and our Friend!

Whose constant mercies, from the skies,
In genial streams descend.

3 In every scene of life, thy care,
In every age, we see;

And, constant as thy favors are,
So let our praises be.

4 Still may thy love, in every scene,
In every age, appear;

And let the same companions deign
To bless the opening year.

5 If mercy smile, let mercy bring
Our wandering souls to God;
In our affliction, we shall sing,
If thou wilt bless the rod.

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HYMN 604, L. M.

New Year God, our Helper.

UR helper, God! we bless thy name,
Whose love for ever is the same;
The tokens of thy gracious care

Open, and crown, and close the year.
2 Amid ten thousand snares we stand,
Supported by thy guardian hand;
And see, when we review our ways,
Ten thousand monuments of praise.
3 Thus far thine arm has led us on;
Thus far we make thy mercy known;
And, while we tread this desert land,
New mercies shall new songs demand.
4 Our grateful souls, on Jordan's shore,
Shall raise one sacred pillar more;
Then bear, in thy bright courts above,
Inscriptions of immortal love.

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HYMN 605, C. M.

New Year: Prayer for a Blessing.

NOW, gracious Lord! thine arm reveal,
And make thy glory known;
Now let us all thy presence feel,
And soften hearts of stone.

2 From all the guilt of former sin,
May mercy set us free;

And let this year, we now begin,
Begin and end with thee.