But ah! how few returns of love
Has our Redeemer found!

4 What have we done for Him who died,
To save our sinful souls?
Alas! our sins are multiplied,
Fast as each minute rolls.

5 Yet with these guilty hearts of ours,
Lord! to thy cross we flee;

And yield them up with all their powers; To be renew'd by Thee.

1 O LORD! another day, [night] is flown; And we, a feeble band,

Are met once more before thy throne,
To bless thy guardian hand.

2 Thy heavenly grace to all impart;
Bid strife and envy cease,

And spread abroad in every heart
Thine everlasting peace.

3 Our souls, obedient to thy sway,
In Christian bonds unite;

That love may close the peaceful day,
And hail the morning light.

4 Thus cleansed from sin, and wholly thine, A flock by Jesus led,

The sun of righteousness shall shine
In glory on our head.

5 And Thou wilt turn our wandering feet, And Thou wilt bless our way;

Till faith 'midst falling worlds shall greet
The dawn of endless day.

HYMN 245.

(L. M. SHEFFIELD.)

Morning Hymn.

1 IN Sleep's serene oblivion laid,
We safely pass'd the silent night;
At once we see the breaking shade,
And drink again the morning light.
2 New-born we bless the waking hour,
Once more with awe rejoice to be;
Our conscious souls resume their power,
And spring, our gracious God, to Thee.
3 Oh! guide us through the various maze
Our doubtful feet are doom'd to tread;
And spread thy shield's protecting blaze,
When dangers press around our head.
4 A deeper shade must soon impend,
A deeper sleep our eyes oppress;
Thy power, as now, shall still defend,
Thy love, as now, thy servants bless.
5 That deeper shade shall fade away,
That deeper sleep shall leave my eyes ;
Thy light shall give Eternal Day,
Thy love, the rapture of the skies.

HYMN 246.

(P. M. HANOVER.)

God mindful of our temporal wants.

1 THOUGH troubles assail,

And dangers affright,

Though friends shall all fail,
And foes all unite;
Yet one thing secures us,
Whatever betide;
The Scripture assures us,
The Lord will provide.
2 No strength of our own,
Or goodness we claim,
Yet if we have known

The Saviour's great name,
In Him, our strong tower,
We safely may hide;
The Lord is our power,
The Lord will provide.
3 When fled is our youth,
And death is in sight,
The Word of his Truth
Shall still be our Light;
Though tempests may lower,
With Christ on our side,
In death's darkest hour
The Lord shall provide.

HYMN 247.

(C. M. MISSIONARY.)

The Universal Prayer.

1 FATHER of all! and God of love!
By earth and heaven adored!
In worlds below, and worlds above,
The Universal Lord.

2 Thou Great First Cause, least understood, Hast all our sense confined,

To know but this, that Thou art good,
And that ourselves are blind.

3 What conscience dictates to be done,
Or warns us not to do,

This, teach us more than death to shun,
That, more than life pursue.

4 Where we are right, thy grace impart
Still in the right to stay;

Where we are wrong, oh! teach our heart
To find that better way.

5 Save us alike from foolish pride,
And impious discontent,

At aught thy wisdom has denied,
Or aught thy goodness lent.

6 To Thee, whose temple is all space,
Whose altar, earth, sea, skies,

One chorus let all being raise,
All nature's incense rise.