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Lord! thou wilt hear me when I pray

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 245 hymnals Topics: Particular Occasions and Circumstances Evening Lyrics: 1 Lord! thou wilt hear me, when I pray; I am forever thine: I fear before thee all the day, Nor would I dare to sin. 2 And, while I rest my weary head, From cares and business free; ’Tis sweet conversing on my bed, With my own heart and thee. 3 I pay this ev'ning sacrifice; And, when my work is done, Great God, my faith and hope relies Upon thy grace alone.

Great God! we sing that mighty hand

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 491 hymnals Topics: Particular Occasions and Circumstances New-Year Lyrics: 1 Great God! we sing that mighty hand, By which supported, still we stand. The op'ning year your mercy shows: Let mercy, crown it, till it close. 2 By day, at night, at home, abroad, Still we are guarded by our God; By his incessant bounty fed, By his unerring counsel led. 3 With grateful hearts the past we own; The future, all to us unknown, We to thy guardian-care commit, And peaceful, leave before thy feet. 4 In scenes exalted or depress'd, Be thou our joy, and thou our rest: Thy goodness all our hopes shall raise, Ador'd through all our changing days. 5 When death shall interrupt our songs, And seal in silence mortal tongues; Our helper God, in whom we trust, In better worlds our souls shall boast.

God of our lives! thy constant care

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 75 hymnals Topics: Particular Occasions and Circumstances New-Year Lyrics: 1 The God of our lives! thy constant care With blessings crowns each op'ning year. These lives, so frail, dost thou prolong, And wake anew our annnual song. 2 How many precious souls are fled To the dark regions of the dead, Since, from this day, the changing sun Through his last yearly course has run! 3 We yet survive: but who can say, Or through the year, or month, or day, I shall retain my vital breath, Thus far at least in league with death? 4 That breath is thine, eternal God! 'Tis thine to fix the soul's abode. We hold our lives from thee alone, On earth, or in the world unknown. 5 To thee we all our pow'rs resign; Make us and own us still as thine: Then shall we smile, secure from fear, Though death should blast the rising year. 6 Thy children, eager to be gone, Bid time's impetuous tide roll on, And land them on that blooming shore Where years and death are known no more.

All praise to thee, my God! this night

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 1,047 hymnals Topics: Particular Occasions and Circumstances Evening Lyrics: 1 All praise to thee, my God! this night, For all the blessings of the light. Keep me, O keep me, King of kings! Beneath thy own almighty wings. 2 Forgive me, Lord, through thy dear Son, The ill that I have ever done; That with the world, myself, and thee, I, e'er I sleep, at peace may be. 3 Teach me to live, that I may dread The grave as little as my bed; To die, that this frail body may Rise glorious at the awful day.

In sleep's serene oblivion laid

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 117 hymnals Topics: Particular Occasions and Circumstances Morning Lyrics: 1 In sleep's serene oblivion laid, I safely pass'd the silent night: Again I see the breaking shade, I drink again the morning light. 2 New-born, I bless the waking hour; Once more, with awe, rejoice to be: My conscious soul resumes her pow'r, And springs, my guardian God! to thee. 3 O guide me through the various maze, My doubtful feet are doom'd to tread; And spread thy shield's protecting blaze, Where dangers press around my head. 4 A deeper shade shall soon impend; A deeper sleep my eyes oppress: Yet then thy strength shall still defend, Thy goodness still delight to bless. 5 That deeper shade shall break away; That deeper sleep shall leave my eyes: Thy light shall give eternal day; Thy love, the raptures of the skies.

Awake, my soul! and with the sun

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 890 hymnals Topics: Particular Occasions and Circumstances Morning Lyrics: 1 Awake, my soul! and with the sun Thy daily stage of duty run; Shake off dull sloth, and early rise To pay thy morning sacrifice. 2 By influ'nce of the light divine, Let thy own light to others shine; Reflect all heav'ns propitious rays, I ardent love and cheerful praise. 3 Lord! I my vows to thee renew: Disperse my sins as morning dew; Guard my first springs of thought and will, And with thyself my spirit fill. 4 Direct, control, suggest, this day, All I design to do or say; That ll my pow'rs, with all their might, In thy sole glory may unite. 5 All praise to thee, who safe hast kept, And hast refresh'd me, while I slept! Grant, Lord, when I from death shall wake, I may of endless light partake.

To thee, let my first off'rings rise

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 76 hymnals Topics: Particular Occasions and Circumstances Morning Lyrics: 1 To thee let my first off'rings rise, Whose sun creates my day; Swift as his gladd'ning influ'nce flies, And spotless as his ray. 2 This day thy fav'ring hand be nigh, So oft vouchsaf'd before! Still may it lead, protect, supply, And I that hand adore. 3 If bliss thy Providence impart, For which, resign'd, I pray: Give me to feel the grateful heart, That, without guilt, is gay. 4 Affliction should'st thou please to send, As sin's or folly's cure: Patient, to gain that blessed end, May I the means endure. 5 Be this and ev'ry future day Still wiser than the past; That, from the whole of life's survey, I may find peace at last.

Thus far the Lord has led me on

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 657 hymnals Topics: Particular Occasions and Circumstances Evening Lyrics: 1 Thus far the Lord hath led me on, Thus far his pow'r prolongs my days; And ev'ry ev'ning shall make known Some fresh memorial of his grace. 2 Much of my time has run to waste, And I, perhaps, am near my home: But he forgives my follies past And strength supplies for days to come. 3 I lay my body down to sleep; Peace is the pillow of my head: His ever-watchful eye will keep Its constant guard around my bed. 4 Faith in his name forbids my fear: O may thy presence ne’er depart! And in the morning may I bear Thy loving kindness on my heart!

My God, how endless is thy love!

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 614 hymnals Topics: Particular Occasions and Circumstances Morning Lyrics: 1 My God, how endless is thy love! Thy gifts are ev'ry ev'ning new; And morning mercies from above Gently descend like earthly dew. 2 Thou spread'st the curtains of the night, Great Guardian of my sleeping hours; Thy sov'reign word restores the light, and quickens all my drowsy pow'rs. 3 I yield myself to thy command; To thee devote my nights and days: Perpetual blessings from thy hand Demand perpetual songs of praise.

Hosannah with a cheerful sound

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 112 hymnals Topics: Particular Occasions and Circumstances Morning Lyrics: 1 Hosanna with a cheerful sound To God's upholding hand! Ten thousand snares our path surround, And yet secure we stand. 2 How wondrous is that mighty pow'r Which form'd us with a word! And ev'ry day, and ev'ry hour, We lean upon the Lord. 3 The ev'ning rests our weary head, And mercy guards the room. We wake, and we admire the bed That was not made our tomb. 4 The rising morn cannot assure, That we shall end the day; For death stands ready at the door To take our lives away. 5 God is our Sun, whose daily light Our joy and safety brings; Our feeble frame lies safe at night Beneath his shady wings.