1 Morning and Evening. L. M. BISHOP KENN. Morning Resolutions. 1 AWAKE, my soul! and with the sun Shake off dull sloth, and joyful rise 2 Thy precious time, mispent, redeem; 3 In conversation be sincere; Keep conscience, as the noontide, clear; 4 Lord, I my vows to thee renew; Guard my first springs of thought and will, 2 5 Direct, control, suggest, this day, That all my powers, with all their might, S. M. Morning. . . . Light of the Gospel. 1 BEHOLD the morning sun Begins his glorious way! WATTS. His beams through all the nations run, 2 But where the gospel comes, It spreads diviner light; It calls dead sinners from their tombs, 3 How perfect is thy word! And all thy judgments just! 4 My gracious God, how plain 5 I hear thy word with love, 6 While with my heart and tongue Accept the worship and the song, Morning. . . . Prayer for Protection. 1 IN sleep's serene oblivion laid, 2 New-born, I bless the waking hour; Once more, with awe, rejoice to be; 3 O guide me through the various maze My doubtful feet are doomed to tread; 4 A deeper shade shall soon impend, A deeper sleep my eyes oppress; 5 That deeper shade shall break away, Thy light shall give eternal day; 4 5 L. M. Morning. . . . Prayer for Guidance. 1 God of the morning, at whose voice WATTS. To run his journey through the skies; 2 Oh, like the sun may I fulfil The appointed duties of the day; 3 Lord, thy commands are clean and pure, 4 Give me thy counsel for my guide, All my desires and hopes beside 1 Now the shades of night are gone; -6 2 Fill our souls with heavenly light, May we stand, and watch and pray. 3 Keep our haughty passions bound; 4 When our work of life is past, C. M. MONTGOMERY. Morning. ... God's Care. 1 WHAT secret hand, at morning light, Softly unseals mine eye, Draws back the curtain of the night, 2 "T is thine, my God, the same that kept My resting hours from harm; 3 "T is thine my daily bread that brings, Like manna scattered round, |