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Thy Spirit pour within us,
And let His gifts of grace
To all good actions win us,
That best may show Thy praise.

MY inmost heart now raises,
In this fair morning hour,
A song of thankful praises
To Thine almighty power.
O God, upon Thy throne!

To honor and adore Thee,
I bring my praise before Thee,
Through Christ, Thine only Son.

2 For Thou from me hast warded
All perils of the night;
From every harm hast guarded
My soul till morning's light:
Humbly to Thee I cry,

O Savior, have compassion,
And pardon my transgression;
Have mercy, Lord most high!
3 And shield me from all evil,
O gracious God, this day,
From sin, and from the Devil,
From shame and from dismay,
From fire's consuming breath,
From water's devastation,
From need and consternation,
From evil, sudden death.

4 My life, my soul-defend them!

My wife, child, goods, and home,-
To Thy hand I commend them,
From Thee these blessings come;
Thy bounteous hand bestows

My household and my treasures,

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My parents, friends, and pleasures;
My cup with good o'erflows.

5 Let not Thine angel leave me,
While here on earth I stay,
Lest Satan's arts deceive me,
And lead my soul astray!
Then keep Thine angel near
At night and each new morrow,
Lest soul and body sorrow,

And faltering cost me dear.

6 God shall do my advising,

Whose might with wisdom blends;
May He bless rest and rising,
My efforts, means, and ends!
To God, forever blessed,

Will I with mine confide me,
And suffer Him to guide me
As seemeth to Him best.

7 Amen! I say, not fearing

That God rejects my prayer;
I doubt not He is hearing
And granting me His care.
So I put forth my hands,

And look not long behind me,
But ply the task assigned me
By God, as He commands.

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GOD who madest earth and heaven,
Father, Son, and Holy Ghost;
Who the day and night hast given,
Sun and moon and starry host;
Thou whose mighty hand sustains
Earth and all that it contains.

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2 Praise to Thee my soul shall render, Who this night hast guarded me; My omnipotent Defender,

Who from ill dost set me free,
Free from danger, anguish, woe,
Free from the infernal Foe.

3 Let the night of my transgression With night's darkness pass away; Jesus, into Thy possession

I resign myself to-day;
In Thy wounds I find relief
From my greatest sin and grief.

4 Grant that I may rise this morning From the lethargy of sin,

So my soul, through Thy adorning,
Shall be glorious within;
And I at the judgment day
Shall not be a cast-away.
5 Let my life and conversation
Be directed by Thy Word;
Lord, Thy constant preservation
To Thine erring child afford;
Nowhere but alone in Thee
From all harm can I be free.
6 Wholly to Thy blest protection
I commit my heart and mind.
Mighty God! to Thy direction
Wholly may I be resigned.
Lord, my Shield, my Light divine,
O accept and own me Thine!

7 Lord, to me Thine angel sending,
Keep me from the subtle Foe;
From his craft and might defending,
Never let Thy wanderer go,
Till my final rest shall come,
And Thine angel bear me home.

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HOW lovely now the morning star
In twilight sky bright gleams afar,
While night her curtain raiseth;

Each creature hails, with ravished sight,
The glories of returning light,

And God its Maker praiseth.

Both far And near,

All thing living Thanks are giving,

There high soaring,

Here through earth's wide field adoring.

2 Then haste, my soul, thy song to raise,
Nor spare in thy Redeemer's praise
To pour thy due oblation;
For glory, Lord, to Thee belongs,
Thy praise resounds in grateful songs,
With pious emulation,

Joy rings Glad strings;

Voices sounding, Hearts rebounding, Thus all nature

Sings Thy praise, O great Creator.

3 Unconscious, I securely slept,
Nor saw the cruel foes which kept
Close watch about my slumber;
Though evil spirits, through the night,
With hellish craft and watchful spite,
Came round me without number;
Whose hands In bands,

Mischief brewing For my ruin,

Had enslaved me,

Hadst not Thou stood by and saved me.

4 For, Jesus, Thou with saving power Wast near me in that threatening hour, Didst save me from their fury;

And I reposed in quiet sleep,

Whilst Thou unwearied watch didst keep;
To Thee all praise and glory!
Lord, all My soul,

Upward springing, Loudly singing,
Shall adore Thee,

While on earth I walk before Thee.

5 This day my Fortress, Lord, abide,
Now ope Thy gates of mercy wide,
Within their shelter place me;

My Castle and my Rock Thou art,
O let no foeman's treacherous dart
From Thee, my Stronghold, chase me.
Help, Lord, Afford!

Near me tarry, Blows to parry,

While around me

Sword and arrow sore confound me.

6 Pour down Thy grace in cheering streams,
And warm my heart with mercy's beams
From heaven, Thy throne of beauty;
Let Thy good Spirit guide my will,
That I, whate'er my station, still

May seek my joy in duty.

Send light And might

That each measure, Scheme and pleasure,

Heavenward tending,

Still in Thee may find its ending.

7 Keep grief, if this may be, away;
If not, Thy will be done, I say,
My choice to Thine resigning.
O come, and like the morning dew,
Refresh my heart, and make it new,
That I may unrepining,

Bear cross And loss,

Till that morrow Chase all sorrow,

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