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.

6. Praise God, from Whom all blessings flow;
Praise Him, all creatures here below;
Praise Him above, ye heavenly host;
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.

1. Christ, Whose glory fills the skies,
Christ, the true, the 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
Unaccompanied by Thee;
Joyless is the day's return,

Till Thy mercy's beams I see, Till they inward light impart,

Glad mine eyes, and warm my heart.

3. Visit then this soul of mine;
Pierce the gloom of sin and grief;
Fill me, Radiancy Divine;
Scatter all my unbelief;

More and more Thyself display,

Shining to the perfect day. Amen.

1. Forth in Thy Name, O Lord, I go,
My daily labour to pursue,
Thee, only Thee, resolved to know,
In all I think, or speak, or do.

2. The task Thy wisdom hath assigned
O let me cheerfully fulfil;

In all my works Thy presence find,
And prove Thy good and perfect will.

3. Thee may I set at my right hand,
Whose eyes my inmost substance see,
And labour on at Thy command,
And offer all my works to Thee.

4. Give me to bear Thy easy yoke,
And every moment watch and pray;
And still to things eternal look,
And hasten to Thy glorious day.

5. For Thee, delightfully employ Whate'er Thy bounteous grace hath given,

And run my course with even joy,

And closely walk with Thee to Heaven.

1. God of the morning, at Whose voice The cheerful sun makes haste to rise, And like a giant doth rejoice

To run his journey through the skies; 2. From the fair chambers of the east The circuit of his race begins; And, without weariness or rest,

Round the whole earth he flies and shines.

3. O, like the sun, may I fulfil

The appointed duties of the day,
With ready mind and active will

March on, and keep my heavenly way.

4. But I shall rove, and lose the race,
If God, my Sun, should disappear,
And leave me in this world's wide maze
To follow every wandering star.

5. Lord, Thy commands are clean and pure,
Enlightening our beclouded eyes;
Thy threatenings just, Thy promise sure;
Thy Gospel makes the simple wise.

6. Give me Thy counsel for my guide,
And then receive me to Thy bliss:
All my desires and hopes beside

Are faint and cold, compared with this.

6.

Amen. ISAAC WATTS.

L.M.

1. Lord God of morning and of night, We thank Thee for Thy grace of light; As in the dawn the shadows fly,

Thy presence shines on us more nigh.

2. Fresh hopes have wakened in the heart,
Fresh force to take the better part;
Thy slumber-gifts our strength restore
Throughout the day to serve Thee more

3. Yet, whilst Thy will we would pursue,
Oft what we would we cannot do ;
The sun may stand in zenith skies,
But on the soul thick midnight lies.

4. O Lord of lights, 'tis Thou alone Canst make our darkened hearts Thine

own:

O then be with us, Lord, that we

In Thy great day may wake to Thee.

5. Praise God, our Maker and our Friend; Praise Him through time, till time shall end;

Till psalm and song His Name adore

Through Heaven's great day of Evermore.

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.