
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
The task Thy wisdom hath
Assigned
O let me cheerfully fulfil
In all my works Thy presence find
And prove Thy acceptable will
Thee may I set my right hand
Whose eyes my inmost substance
See
And labour on Thy command
And offer all my works to Thee
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
For Thee delightfully employ
Whate’er Thy bounteous grace hath giv’n
And run my course with even joy
And closely walk with Thee to heaven, Amen!
2
Holy Father, hear me
Thou art my defender
Be Thou ever near me
Loving, true, and tender
Jesus, blessed Master
Lord of life and glory
Bid the hour fly faster
Till I kneel before Thee
Comforter beginnest
Who abiding in me
All my need divinest
Move me, draw me, win me
Come and leave me never
Thine abode most lowly
Only Thine forever, Amen!
3
From all the dangers of the night
Jesus my Lord protects
‘Am privilege to see this light
I kneel to worship Thee
Jesus my Lord keep me today
Protect me in Thy hands
It is only those thou keepest
That are safe from danger
Let my speech and my behaviour
Depict that I am Thine
So much that Thy great light of truth
May shine thro’out the earth
O let me not depart from Thee
Thou, oh my Saviour Dear
Until I see with mine own eyes
They glorious face at last, Amen!
4
Come to the morning prayer,
Come, let us kneel and pray;
Prayer is the Christian pilgrim’s staff
To walk with God all day.
At noon beneath the Rock Of Ages rest and pray
Sweet is the shadow from the heat,
When the sun smites by day.
At eve shut to the door,
Round the home-altar pray,
And finding there the house of God,
At heav’n’s gate close the day.
When mid-night seals our eyes,
Let each in spirit say,
I sleep, but my heart waketh,
Lord,
With Thee to watch and pray, Amen!
5
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.
Thy precious time mis-spent redeem;
Each present day thy last esteem;
Improve thy talent with due care;
For the great day thyself prepare.
Let all thy converse be sincere,
Thy conscience as the noontide clear,
Think how all seeing God thy ways
And all thy secret thoughts surveys.
By influence of the light Divine
Let Thy own light to others shine:
Reflect all Heav’ns propitious rays
In ardent love and cheerful praise.
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.
I wake, I wake, ye heav’nly choir,
May your devotion me inspire,
That I, like you, my age may spend,
Like you may on my God attend, Amen!
6
Come to me, Lord, when first I wake,
As the faint lights of morning break;
Bid purest thoughts within me rise,
Like crystal dew-drops to the skies
Come to me in the sultry noon,
Or earth’s low communing will soon
Of Thy dear Face, eclipse the light,
And change my fairest day to night.
Come to me in the evening shade,
And if my heart from Thee hath-strayed
Oh bring it back, and from afar
Smile on me like Thine ev’ning star.
Come to me in the midnight hour,
When sleep withhold its balmy pow’r;
Let my lone spirit find her rest,
Like John, upon my Saviour’s breast.
Come to me through life’s varied way,
And when its pulses cease to play
Then Saviour, bid me come to Thee,
That where Thou art, Thy child may be, Amen!
7
Once more the sun is beaming bright,
Once more to God we pray,
That His eternal light my guide
And cheer our souls this day.
O may no sin our hands defile
Or cause our minds to rove,
Upon our lips be simple truth,
And in our hearts be loved!
Throughout the day, O Christ, in Thee,
May ready help be found,
To save our souls from Satan’s wiles,
Who still is hov’ring round.
Subservient to Thy daily praise,
Our daily toil shall be;
So may our works, in Thee begun,
Be further’d, Lord, by Thee.
And lest the flesh, profane and proud,
Subdue the yielding soul,
May self-constraining temperance,
Carnal desires control.
To God The Father, God The Son,
And God The Holy Ghost,
Eternal glory be from man,
And from the angel host, Amen!
8
The morning bright with rosy light
Has waked me from my sleep
Father, I own Thy love alone
Thy little one doth keep
All through the day I humbly pray
Be thou my guard and guide
My sins forgive, and let me live
Lord Jesus, near Thy side
Oh make Thy rest within my breast
Great Spirit of all grace
Make me like Thee, then shall I be
Prepared to see Thy face, Amen!
9
Awake my soul and rise with joy
Oh sing praises to thy Saviour
His grace and glory opens my song
How great is His love and kindness
He knows I am lost when I fall
Yet His love to me is complete
He has saved me from afflictions
How great is His love and kindness
Darts from my foes at me are hurled
World and Satan stand in my way
Graciously He had led me through
How great is His love and kindness
This weak heart of mine is always
Transgressing the laws of the Lord
The more I tend to forget Him
His endless love will never fail, Amen!
10
There is sunshine in the valley,
There is sunshine on the hill.
Jesus brought it to this
Darkened world below,
There is sunshine in the flowers,
Blooming by the rippling rill,
There is blessed sunshine everywhere I go.
Sunshine, sunshine of His love divine,
Sunshine, sunshine beams so brightly shine,
Sunshine, sunshine, in this world below,
Sunshine, sunshine everywhere I go.
There is sunshine on the meadow,
And upon the mossy lane,
Where the birds are warbling
Notes of joy and praise
There is sunshine on the mountain,
There is sunshine on the plain,
Let all nature now the happy chorus praise.
Tho’ the world is full of sunshine
Brightly beaming ev’ry day,
There are souls who live in darkness all the while,
They have never heard of Jesus
Nor His tender, loving care,
Let us help and cheer them with a sunny smile, Amen!
11
Mercy and judgement will I sing,
I sing, O Lord, to Thee;
O when wilt Thou descend and bring
Thy light and like to me?
A perfect way in wisdom trod,
A perfect heart at home,
A way, a heart, a house, O God,
I seek, where Thou wilt come.
I seek the faithful and the just;
May I their help enjoy!
Be these the friends in whom I trust
The servants I employ!
From lies, from slander, and deceit,
My dwelling shall be free;
May it be found a dwelling meet,
O righteous Lord, for Thee!
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