O, may my soul on thee repose, And with sweet sleep my eyelids close; 9. L. M. CHRISTIAN PSALMIST. .... Teach me "Cause me to know the way wherein I should walk. to do thy will."—Psalm cxliii. 8, 10. As every day thy mercy spares When each day's scenes and labors close, 80. P. M. BISHOP HEBER. "The night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee." - Psalm cxxxix. 12. GOD! who madest earth and heaven, Who the day for toil hath given, May thine angel guards defend us, "Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on thee." -Isaiah xxvi. 3. ANOTHER day its course hath run, Sweet sleep descends, my eyes to close; My spirit to my Father's will. "It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, and to sing praises unto thy name, O Most High! To show forth thy loving-kindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness every evening.” — Psalm xcii. 1, 2. My God, how endless is thy love! Thou spreadst the curtains of the night, Great Guardian of my sleeping hours! Thy sovereign word restores the light, And quickens all my drowsy powers. I yield my powers to thy command, THERE is a world above, All beautiful and bright; And those who love and seek the Lord There sin is known no more, "If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable. . . . . But thanks be to God, who hath given us the victory."— 1 Corinthians xv. 19, 57 Ir all our hopes and all our fears, O, who could check the rising sigh? And such were life, without the ray 'Tis this that makes our darkness day, Bright is the golden sun above, And beautiful the flowers that bloom; And all is joy, and all is love, Reflected from a world to come. |