AS WE LIE DOWN TO SLEEP.

At night lie down ;
Prepare to have

Thy sleep thy death-
Thy bed thy grave.

Awake, arise;

Think that thou hast

Thy life but lent—

Thy breath a blast.

From BISHOP COSIN's Hours of Prayer.

WHEN the soft dews of kindly sleep
My wearied eyelids gently steep,
Be my last thought, how sweet to rest
For ever on my Saviour's breast.
Abide with me from morn till eve,
For without Thee I cannot live;
Abide with me when night is nigh,
For without Thee I dare not die.

Thou Framer of the light and dark,

Steer through the tempest Thine own ark;
Amid the howling, wintry sea,

We are in port if we have Thee.

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.

Christian Year.

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