Fervent pray'r shall bring us downed
Gracious answers from the throne.

2 [Bless, O LORD, the op'ning year,
To each soul assembled here;
Clothe thy word with pow'r divine,
Make us willing to be thine.]

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3 Shepherd of thy blood-bought sheep,
Teach the stony heart to weep;
Let the blind have eyes to see,
See their sins, and look on thee!
4 Let the minds of all our youth
Feel the force of sacred truth:
While the gospel-call they hear,
May they learn to love and fear!

5 Where thou hast thy work begun, f
Give new strength the race to run:
Scatter darkness, doubts, and fears,
Wipe away the mourner's tears.

6 Bless us all, both old and young,
Call forth praise from ev'ry tongue;
Let the whole assembly prove
All thy pow'r and all thy love!

495. For the Opening of the Year. S.M.

Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Ebenezer, saying, Hitherto hath the LORD helped us.-1. SAM. vii. 12.

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LET hearts and tongues unite,
And loud thanksgiving raise;
'Tis duty mingled with delight,
The SAVIOUR'S name to praise.

To him we owe our breath,
He took us from the womb,

Which else had shut us up in death,
And prov❜d an early tomb.

In childhood and in youth
His eye was on us still;

Tho strangers to his love and truth,
And prone to cross his will.

4 Now, thro' another year,

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Supported by his care,

We raise our Ebenezer here,

"The LORD has help'd thus far.”

Our lot in future years

Unable to foresee;

Yet would we, LORD, dismiss our fears,
And leave it all to thee.

Wholly we wish to cast

Our cares upon thy breast!

Help us to praise thee for the past,
And trust thee for the rest.

496. For the Opening of the New Year. C. M. hote-7

NOW, gracious LORD, thine arm reveals
And make thy glory known
Now let us all thy presence feel,oľ
And soften hearts of stone!

2 Help us to venture near thy throne,
And plead a SAVIOUR'S name;

For all that we can call our own'
Is vanity and shame.

3 [From all the guilt of former sin
May mercy set us free;

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And let the year we now begin, e
Begin and end with thee.]

4 Send down thy Spirit from above,
That saints may love thee more;
And sinuers now may learn to love,
Who never lov'd before.

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5 And when before thee we appear,
In our eternal home;
May growing numbers worship here,
And praise thee in our room. 14 S

497. Morning. 7s.

Cause me to hear thy loving kindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust. PSALM cxliii. 8. A

CHRIST, whose glory fills the skies, &
CHRIST, the true the only light,oT
Sun of righteousness, arise,trgall
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,
Unaccompany'd 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, source of light divine ;
Scatter all my unbelief;
More and more thyself display,
Shining to the perfect day.

498. Evening. L. M.

Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense, and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.PSALM CXli. 2.

GREAT GOD, to thee my evening song With humble gratitude I raise; O let thy mercy tune my tongue, And fill my heart with lively praise. 2 My days, unclouded as they pass, And ev'ry gentle rolling hour, Are monuments of wondrous grace, And witness to thy love and power. 3 And yet this thoughtless wretched heart, Too oft regardless of thy love, Ungrateful can from thee depart, And fond of trifles, vainly rove, rove,

4 Seal my forgiveness in the blood
Of JESUS; his dear name alone
I plead for pardon, gracious God,
And kind acceptance at thy throne.

5 Let this blest hope mine eyelids close,
With sleep refresh my feeble frame;
Safe in thy care may I repose,
And wake with praises to thy name.

499. Evening. 8-7-7.

I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep; for thou,
LORD, only makest me dwell in safety.-PSAL. iv. 8.

THRO' the day thy love has spar'd us,
Now we lay us down to rest:
Thro' the silent watches guard us;
Let no foe our peace molest:
JESUS, thou our guardian be:
Sweet it is to trust in thee.

2 Pilgrims here on earth and strangers,
Dwelling in the midst of foes;
Us and ours preserve from dangers;
In thine arms may we repose:
And when life's sad day is past,
Rest with thee in heav'n at last.

500. Morning Hymn. L.M. AWAKE, my soul, and with the sun Thy daily stage of duty run: