1 AWAKE my soul, and with the sun
Thy daily stage of duty run;
Shake off dull sloth, and joyful rise,
To pay thy morning sacrifice.
2 Wake, and lift up thyself, my heart,
And with the angels bear thy part;
Who all night long unwearied sing
High glory to th' eternal King.
3 All praise to Thee who safe hast kept, And hast refreshed me whilst I slept : Grant, Lord, when I from death shall wake, may of endless life partake.
4 Lord, I my vows to Thee renew,
Disperse my sins as morning dew,
Guard my first springs of thought and will,
And with Thyself my spirit fill.
5 Direct, control, suggest this day,
All I design, or do, or say;
That all my powers, with all their might,
In thy sole glory may unite
1 CHRIST, whose glory fills the skies,
Christ the true and only light,
Sun of righteousness, arise,
Triumph o'er the shades of night:
Day-spring from on high, be near;
Day-star, in my heart appear.
2 Dark and cheerless is the morn
If uncheered, unblest by Thee;
Joyless is the day's return
Till thy mercy's beams I see-
Till they inward light impart,
Glad my eyes and warm my heart.
3 Visit then this soul of mine,
Pierce the gloom of sin and grief
Fill me with thy light divine!
Scatter all my unbelief:
More and more Thyself display,
Shining to the perfect day.
1 THROUGH all the dangers of the night
Preserved, O Lord, by Thee,
Again we hail the cheerful light,
Again we bow the knee.
2 Preserve us, Lord, throughout the day,
And guide us by thine arm;
For they are safe, and only they,
Whom Thou preserv'st from harm.
3 Let all our words and all our ways
Declare that we are thine,
That so the light of truth and grace
Before the world may shine.
4 Let us ne'er turn away from Thee;
O Saviour, hold us fast,
Till with unclouded eyes we see
Thy glorious face at last.
1 NEW every morning is the love
Our wakening and uprising prove,
Through sleep and darkness safely brought,
Restored to life and power and thought.
2 New mercies, each returning day,
Hover around us while we pray;
New perils past, new sins forgiven,
New thoughts of God, new hopes of heaven.
3 If, on our daily course, our mind
Be set to hallow all we find,
New treasures still, of countless price,
God will provide for sacrifice.
4 The trivial round, the common task,
Will furnish all we ought to ask;
Room to deny ourselves,-
-a road
To bring us daily nearer God.
5 Only, O Lord, in thy dear love
Fit us for perfect rest above;
And help us, this and every day,
To live more nearly as we pray.
1 ETERNAL Sun of righteousness,
Display thy beams divine,
And cause the glories of thy face
Upon our hearts to shine.
2 Light in thy light O may we see
Thy grace and mercy prove;
Reviv'd and cheer'd and blest by Thee
The God of pardoning love.
3 In Christ, thy blessed Son, reveal
The brightness of thy face;
And all thy pardon'd people fill
With fulness of thy grace.
4 Thy love, thy peace, thy strength, bestow, On us, through grace forgiven;
The joys of holiness below,
And then the joys of heaven.
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