GENERAL FOR SAINTS' DAYS.

ALL SAINTS

EMBER DAYS....

172 DOXOLOGIES

173

NATIONAL DAYS....

THE OLD YEAR....

THE NEW YEAR...

III. THE CHURCH.

HOLY BAPTISM

CONFIRMATION

HOLY COMMUNION.

I.-DAILY PRAYER.

Morning.

L.M.

inf NEW every morning is the love Our wakening and uprising prove; Through sleep and darkness safely

brought,

[thought.

Restored to life, and power, and mf 2 New mercies, each returning day, Hover around us while we pray; New perils past, new sins forgiven, er New thoughts of God, new hopes of heaven.

mf 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.

mf 4 Old friends, old scenes, will lovelier As more of heaven in each we see; [be, p Some softening gleam of love and

PART II.

mf 4 All praise to Thee, Who safe hast

kept,

mf 5 Lord,

And hast refreshed me while I slept; Grant, Lord, when I from death shall I may of endless light partake. [wake, I my vows to Thee renew; Scatter my sins as morning dew; Guard my first springs of thought and And with Thyself my spirit fill. [will, mf 6 Direct, control, suggest, this day, All I design, or do, or say; That all my powers, with all their In Thy sole glory may unite. [might, f 7 Praise God, from Whom all blessings flow;

Praise Him, all creatures here below; Praise Him above, angelic host; Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Bishop Ken, ab. 1700. The Doxology may be sung also at the end of Part I. 3

8.4.7.8.4.7.

f COME, my soul, thou must be wak

is breaking

[ing,

O'er the earth another day:
Come, to Him Who made this splen-
See thou render
[dour,

All thy feeble strength can pay. mf 2 Pray that He may prosper ever Each endeavour,

When thine aim is good and true; f But that He may ever thwart thee, And convert thee,

When thou evil would'st pursue. p 3 Think that He thy ways beholdeth; He unfoldeth

Every fault that lurks within; mf He the hidden shame glossed over Can discover,

And discern each deed of sin. p 4 Mayest thou on life's last morrow, Free from sorrow,

Pass away in slumber sweet; cr And, released from death's dark sad f Rise in gladness, [ness,

That far brighter Sun to greet.

mf EVERY morning mercies new Fall as fresh as morning dew; Every morning let us pay Tribute with the early day: cr For Thy mercies, Lord, are sure; Thy compassion doth endure. mf 2 Still the greatness of Thy love Daily doth our sins remove; Daily, far as east from west, cr Lifts the burden from the breast; Gives unbought, to those who pray, p Strength to stand in evil day.

p 3 Let our prayers each morn prevail,
That these gifts may never fail;
And, as we confess the sin
And the tempter's power within,
cr Feed us with the Bread of Life;
Fit us for our daily strife.

mf 4 As the morning light returns,
As the sun with splendour burns,
Teach us still to turn to Thee,
Ever blessèd Trinity,

THE day is

10s. gently sinking to a close, Fainter and yet more faint the sunlight glows:

cr O Brightness of Thy Father's glory, [now: f Eternal Light of Light, (p) be with us mf Where Thou art present darkness cannot be; [with Thee. er Midnight is glorious noon, O Lord, P 2 Our changeful lives are ebbing to an end: [tend: Onward to darkness and to death we cr O Conqueror of the grave, be Thou our Guide, [eventide; f Be Thou our light (p) in death's dark Then in our mortal hour will be no gloom, [tomb. No sting in death, no terror in the mf 3 Thou, Who in darkness walking didst [cheer, Upon the waves, and Thy disciples

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white,

evening

And evening shadows never fall, of Light,

Where Thou, eternal Light

mf H

Art Lord of all.

G. Thring, 1864.

OLY Father, cheer our way

7.7.7.5.

With Thy love's perpetual ray:

Grant us every closing day cr Light at evening-time. p 2 Holy Saviour, calm our fears When earth's brightness disappears: Grant us in our later years

cr

Light at evening-time. pp 3 Holy Spirit, be Thou nigh When in mortal pains we lie; Grant us, as we come to die, Light at evening-time.

mf

Dead to herself, and dead
In Him to all beside.

6 Thus would I live: yet now
Not I, but He,

In all His power and love,
Henceforth alive in me.

7 One sacred Trinity,
One Lord divine,
May I be ever His,

And He for ever mine.

TR. E. Caswall, 1858.

L.M.

SUN of my soul, Thou Saviour dear,
It is not night if Thou be near;

O may no earth-born cloud arise
To hide Thee from Thy servant's eyes.
p 2 When the soft dews of kindly sleep
My weary eyelids gently steep,
Be my last thought, how sweet to rest
For ever on my Saviour's breast.

mf 3 Abide with me from morn till eve, For without Thee I cannot live; p Abide with me when night is nigh, For without Thee I dare not die. p 4 If some poor wandering child of

Thine

Have spurned to-day the voice divine,