And, raised to our unsinning state,
With God in Eden live!

10 Live till the Lord in glory come,
And wait His heaven to share:
He now is fitting up our home:-
Go on :-we'll meet you there.

953 (351)

THE FAMILY.

L.M.

Family Religion.

DODDRIDGE.

ATHER of men! Thy care we bless, FATHER of us our families with peace:

From Thee they spring; and by Thy hand They are, and shall be still, sustained. 2 To God, most worthy to be praised, Be our domestic altars raised;

Who, Lord of heaven, scorns not to dwell
With saints in their obscurest cell.

3 To Thee, may each united house,
Morning and night, present its vows:
Our servants there, and rising race,
Be taught Thy precepts, and Thy grace.
4 Oh! may each future age proclaim
The honours of Thy glorious name;
While pleased, and thankful, we remove
To join the family above.

PEACE be to this habitation!

C. WESLEY.

Peace to every soul herein!
Peace, the foretaste of salvation;
Peace, the seal of cancelled sin;
Peace, that speaks its heavenly Giver;
Peace to earthly minds unknown;
Peace divine, that lasts for ever,-
Here erect its glorious throue.

2 Now, Thy love-infusing Spirit
Shed in every heart abroad;

And, Redeemer, through Thy merit,
Make each child a child of God!
Claim for Thine each faithful servant
By the reconciling word;

Pure in heart, in spirit fervent,

Let them serve their heavenly Lord.

3 Prince of Peace, if Thou art near us,
Fix in all our hearts Thy home,
By Thy last appearing cheer us,
Quickly let Thy kingdom come;
Answer all our expectation,

Give our raptured souls to prove,
Glorious, uttermost salvation,
Heavenly, everlasting love!

L.M. 6 lines triplets.

955 (352)

OW

C. WESLEY.

How good and pleasant 'tis to see,

When brethren cordially agree,

And kindly think and speak the same; A family of faith and love,

Combined to seek the things above,

And spread the common Saviour's fame!

2 The God of grace, who all invites,
Who in our unity delights,

Vouchsafes our intercourse to bless;
Revives us with refreshing showers,
The fulness of His blessing pours,
And keeps our minds in perfect peace.
3 Jesus, Thou precious Corner-stone,
Preserve inseparably one,

Whom Thou didst by Thy Spirit join:
Still let us in Thy Spirit live,

And to Thy Church the pattern give
Of unanimity divine!

4 Still let us to each other cleave,
And from Thy plenitude receive

Constant supplies of hallowing grace;

Till to a perfect man we rise,
O'ertake our kindred in the skies,
And find prepared our heavenly place.

956 (550)

C.M.

DODDRIDGE.

[heaven,

THRICE happy souls, who born from
While yet they sojourn here,
Humbly begin their days with God;
And spend them in His fear.

2 So may our eyes, with holy zeal,
Prevent the dawning day;
And turn the sacred pages o'er,
And praise Thy Name, and pray.

3 Midst hourly cares, may love present
Its incense to Thy throne;

And while the world our hands employs,
Our hearts be Thine alone.
4 As sanctified to noblest ends,
Be each refreshment sought;
And by each various providence,
Some wise instruction brought.
5 When to laborious duties called,
Or by temptation tried,

We'll seek the shelter of Thy wings,
And in Thy strength confide.
6 In solid, pure delights like these,
Let all our days be passed:
Nor shall we then impatient wish,
Nor shall we fear the last.

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 Thy precious time misspent, redeem;
Each present day, thy last esteem;
Improve thy talent with due care;
For the great day thyself prepare.
3 In conversation be sincere;

KEN

Keep conscience, as the noon-tide, clear; Think how All-seeing God thy ways, And all thy secret thoughts, surveys.

4 Wake, and lift up thyself, my heart,
And with the angels bear thy part,
Who, all night long, unwearied sing
High praise to the Eternal King.
5 All praise to Thee, who safe hast kept,
And hast refreshed me while I slept.
Grant, Lord, when I from death shall wake,
I may of endless life partake.

6 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.

7 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.

958

L.M.

CHANDLER.

From the Latin of AMBROSE.

JESUS, Lord of heavenly grace,

Thou brightness of Thy Father's face; Thou Fountain of eternal light,

Whose beams disperse the shades of night:

2 Come, holy Sun of heavenly love,
Shower down Thy radiance from above;
And to our inward hearts convey
The Holy Spirit's cloudless ray!

3 And we the Father's help will claim,
And sing the Father's glorious Name;
His powerful succour we implore,
That we may stand, to fall no more.
4 May faith, deep-rooted in the soul,
Subdue our flesh, our minds control;
May guile depart, and discord cease,
And all within be joy and peace!
5 O, hallowed be the' approaching day!
Let meekness be our morning ray;
And faithful love our noon-day light,
And hope our sunset, calm and bright.

6 O Christ! with each returning morn, Thine image to our hearts is borne; O may we ever clearly see

Our Saviour and our God in Thee!

959 (640) L.M.

KEN.

GLORY god, this light.
LORY to Thee, my God, this night,
Keep me, oh keep me, King of kings,
Beneath Thine own Almighty wings!
2 Forgive me, Lord, for Thy dear Son,
The ill that I this day have done;
That with the world, myself, and Thee,
I, ere I sleep, at peace may be.
3 Teach me to live, that I may dread
The grave as little as my bed!
Teach me to die, that so I may
Rise glorious at the awful day!
4 O may my soul on Thee repose,

And may sweet sleep mine eyelids close;
Sleep, that may me more vigorous make,
To serve my God when I awake.

5 When in the night I sleepless lie,
My soul with heavenly thoughts supply;
Let no ill dreams disturb my rest,
No powers of darkness me molest.

6 O! when shall I, in endless day,
For ever chase dark sleep away,
And hymns, with the supernal choir,
Incessant sing, and never tire?

7 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.

960

8s & 78.

EDMESTON.

SAVIOUR, breathe an evening blessing,
Ere repose our eyelids seal;

Sin and want we come confessing,
Thou canst save, and Thou canst heal.