And to a solitary place
Departed, there to pray.

2 I'll do as did my blessed Lord-
His footsteps I will trace;
I love to meet him in the grove,
And view his smiling face.

3 Early I'll rise, and sing and pray,
While I the light enjoy ;

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May this bless'd work, from day to day, My heart and tongue employ.

HYMN 509. 79.

TOW the shades of night are gone;
Now the morning light is come;

Lord, may I be thine to-day-
Drive the shades of sin away.

2 Fill my soul with heav'nly light,
Banish doubt, and cleanse my sight;
In thy service, Lord, to-day,
Help me labor, help me pray.

3 Keep my haughty passions bound-
Save me from my foes around;
Going out and coming in,

Keep me safe from ev'ry sin.

4 When my work of life is past,
Oh! receive me then at last!
Night of sin will be no more,
When I reach the heav'nly shore.

HYMN 510. C. M.

Evening.

NDULGENT Father, by whose care,

I've pass'd another day,

Let me this night thy mercy share,
And teach me how to pray.

2 Show me my sins, and how to mourn
My guilt before thy face;
Direct me, Lord, to Christ alone,
And save me by thy grace.

3 Let each returning night declare
The tokens of thy love;

And ev'ry hour thy grace prepare
My soul for joys above.

4 And when on earth I close mine eyes,
To sleep in death's embrace,
Let me to heav'n and glory rise,
T' enjoy thy smiling face.

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HYMN 511. C. M. H. K. WHITE.

LORD, another day is flown,
And we, a lonely band,

Are met once more before thy throne,
To bless thy fost❜ring hand.

2 And wilt thou bend a list'ning ear
To praises low as ours?

Thou wilt! for thou dost love to hear
The song which meekness pours.

3 And, Jesus, thou thy smiles wilt deign, As we before thee pray;

For thou didst bless the infant train,
And we are less than they.

4 Oh, let thy grace perform its part,
And let contention cease;
And shed abroad in ev'ry heart
Thine everlasting peace.

HYMN 512. S. M.

THE day is past and gone,

The ev'ning shades appear;

Oh, may I ever keep in mind,
The night of death draws near.
2 I lay my garments by,

Upon my bed to rest;

So death will soon remove me hence,
And leave my soul undrest.

3 Lord, keep me safe this night,
Secure from all my fears;
May angels guard me while I sleep,
Till morning light appears.

4 And when I early rise,

To view th' unwearied sun, May I set out to win the prize, And after glory run:

5 That when my days are past, And I from time remove, Lord, I may in thy bosom rest, The bosom of thy love.

1HE night shall hear me raise my song, And in her silent courts

Shall pour the solitary lay,
For all the mercies of the day.

my tongue

2 Nor will my God disdain to hear The sigh I breathe-the fervent pray'r; When, sinking to oblivious rest,

I seek the pillow of his breast.

3 And when the blushing morn shall rise, To tinge with gold the eastern skies; With strength renew'd, my thankful lay Shall hail the new-born beams of day.

HYMN 514. 8s.

TOPLADY.

NSPIRER and Hearer of pray'r,

'I Before whom a sinner may bend;

My all to thy covenant care,

I sleeping or waking commend.

2 If thou art my shield and my sun,
The night is no darkness to me;
And fast as my moments roll on,
They bring me but nearer to thee.
3 From evil secure, and its dread,
I rest, if my Saviour be nigh;
And songs his kind presence indeed,
Shall in the night season supply.
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4 He smiles, and my comforts abound;
His grace as the dew shall descend;
And walls of salvation surround
The soul he delights to defend.

HYMN 515. C. M.

Saturday night.

BEGONE, my worldly cares, away,

Nor dare to tempt my sight;

Let me begin th' ensuing day,

Before I end this night.

2 Yes, let the work of pray'r and praise
Employ my heart and tongue;
Begin, my soul;—thy Sabbath days
Can never be too long.

3-Let the past mercies of the week
Excite a grateful frame;
Nor let my tongue refuse to speak
Some good of Jesus' name.
4 On wings of expectation borne,
My hopes to heav'n ascend;
I long to welcome in the morn,
With thee the day to spend.

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HYMN 516. L. M.

The Sabbath.

STENNETT.

ANOTHER six days' work is done,

Another Sabbath is begun ;

Return, my soul, enjoy thy rest-
Improve the day thy God has bless'd.