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Daily and Nightly Devotion

Appears in 70 hymnals Topics: Devotion daily; Devotion daily First Line: Ye that obey th' immortal King Lyrics: 1 Ye that obey th’ immortal King, Attend his holy place; Bow to the glories of his power, And bless his wondrous grace. 2 Lift up your hands by morning-light, And send your souls on high; Raise your admiring thoughts by night Above the starry sky. 3 The God of Zion cheers our hearts With rays of quickening grace; The God that spread the heavens abroad, And rules the swelling seas. Scripture: Psalm 124

The wonderful Formation of Man

Appears in 35 hymnals Topics: Daily Devotion First Line: 'Twas from thy Hand, my GOD, I came Lyrics: 1 'Twas from thy Hand, my GOD, I came, A Work of such a curious Frame In me thy fearful Wonders shine, And each proclaims thy Skill divine. 2 Thine Eyes did all my Limbs survey, Which yet in dark Confusion lay; Thou saw'st the daily Growth they took, Formed by the Model of thy Book. 3 By Thee my growing Parts were nam'd, And what thy sov'reign Counsels fram'd, The breathing Lungs, the beating Heart, Was copy'd with unerring Art. 4 At last, to shew my Maker's Name, GOD stamp'd his Image on my Frame, And in some unknown Moment join'd The finish'd Members to the Mind. 5 There the young Seeds of Thought began, And all the Passions of the Man: Great GOD, our infant Nature pays Immortal Tribute to thy Praise. Pause. 6 Lord, since in my advancing age I've acted on Life's busy Stage, Thy Thoughts of Love to me surmount The Pow'r of Numbers to recount. 7 I could survey the Ocean o'er, And count each Sand that makes the Shore, Before my swiftest Thoughts could trace The num'rous Wonders of thy grace. 8 These on my Heart are still imprest, With these I give my Eyes to Rest; And at my waking Hour I find GOD and his Love possess my Mind. Scripture: Psalm 139

Let Sinners take their Course

Appears in 162 hymnals Topics: Daily Devotion Lyrics: 1 Let Sinners take their Course, And chuse the road to Death: But in the worship of my GOD I'll spend my daily Breath. 2 My Thoughts address his Throne When Morning brings the Light; I'll seek his Blessing ev'ry Noon, And pay my Vows at Night. 3 Thou wilt regard my Cries, O my eternal GOD, While Winners perish in Surprize, Beneath thine angry Rod. 4 Because they dwell at Ease, And no sad Changes feel, They neither fear nor trust thy Name, Nor learn to do thy Will. 5 By I, with all my Cares Will lean upon the Lord; I'll cast my Burdens on his Arm, And rest upon his Word. 6 His Arm shall well sustain The Children of his Love; The Ground on which their Safety stands, No earthly Pow'r can move. Scripture: Psalm 55:15-17

Jesus, Sun of Righteousness

Appears in 74 hymnals Topics: Daily Devotion Morning Lyrics: 1 Jesus, Sun of Righteousness, Brightest Beam of love divine, With the early morning rays Do Thou on our darkness shine, And dispel with purest light All our long and gloomy night. 2 Like the sun's reviving ray, May Thy love, with tender glow, All our coldness melt away, Warm and cheer us forth to go, Thee to honor and obey All our life's short earthly day! 3 Thou our only Hope and Guide, Never leave us nor forsake: In Thy light may we abide Till the endless morning break, Moving to Thy holy will Onward, upward, homeward still!

Lord of my life! O may Thy praise

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 112 hymnals Topics: Daily Devotion Morning Lyrics: 1 Lord of my life! O may Thy praise Employ my noblest powers, Whose goodness lengthens out my days, And fills the circling hours! 2 Preserved by Thy almighty arm, I pass the shades of night, Serene and safe from every harm, And see returning light. 3 When sleep, death's semblance, o'er me spread, And I unconscious lay; Thy watchful care was round my bed To guard my feeble clay. 4 For Jesus' sake, Thy tender care My waking hours attend: From every trespass, every snare, My heedless steps defend. 5 Smile on my minutes as they roll And guide my future days; And let Thy goodness fill my soul With gratitude and praise.

Now the shades of night are gone

Appears in 255 hymnals Topics: Daily Devotion Morning Lyrics: 1 Now the shades of night are gone; Now the morning light is come; Lord, may I be thine to-day-- Drive the shades of sin away. 2 Fill my soul, O Christ, with light, Banish doubt and cleanse my sight, In Thy service, Lord, to-day Help me labor, help me pray. 3 Keep my haughty passions bound; Save me from my foes around; Going out and coming in, Keep us safe from ev'ry sin. 4 When my work of life is past, O receive me then at last! Night of sin will be no more, When I reach the heav'nly shore.

God, who madest earth and heaven

Appears in 40 hymnals Topics: Daily Devotion Morning Lyrics: 1 God, who madest earth and heaven, Father, Son and Holy Ghost, Who the day and night hast given, Sun and moon and starry host, All things wake at Thy command, Held in being by Thy hand. 2 God, I thank Thee, in Thy keeping, Safely have I slumbered here; Thou hast gaurded me while sleeping From all danger, pain, and fear: And the cunning of my foe Hath not wrought my overthrow. 3 Let the night of sin that shrouded All my life, with this depart; Shine on me with beams unclouded: Jesus in Thy loving heart Are my help and hope alone, For the evil I have done. 4 Help me as the morn is breaking, In the spirit to arise, So from careless sloth awaking, That wheno'er the aged skies Shall the morn of doom appear, I may see it free from fear. 5 Lead me, and forsake me never, Guide my wand'rings by Thy Word: As Thou has been, be Thou ever My defense, my refuge, Lord. Never safe except with Thee, Thou my faithful Guardian be! 6 O my God, I now commend me Wholly to Thy mighty hand: All the powers that Thou dost lend me Let me use at Thy command: Thou my boast, my strength divine, Keep me with Thee, I am Thine. 7 Thus afresh with each new morning Save me from the power of sin, Hourly let me feel Thy warning Ruling, prompting all within, Till my final rest be come, And Thine angel bear me home.

Peace be to this habitation

Appears in 40 hymnals Topics: Daily Devotion Evening Lyrics: 1 Peace be to this habitation, Peace to all who dwell therein, Peace, the earnest of salvation, Peace, the fruit of pardoned sin; 2 Peace that speaks the heavenly Giver, Peace to worldly minds unknown, Peace divine, that lasts forever, Peace that comes from God alone. 3 Jesus, Prince of peace, be near us, Fix in all our hearts Thy home: With Thy gracious presence cheer us, Let Thy sacred kingdom come. 4 Raise to heaven our expectation, Give our favored souls to prove Glorious and complete salvation, In the realms of bliss above.

Lord, thou hast search'd and seen me thro'

Appears in 325 hymnals Topics: Daily Devotion Lyrics: 1 Lord, thou hast search'd and seen me thro'; Thine Eye commands with piercing View My rising and my resting Hours, My Heart and Flesh, with all their Pow'rs. 2 My Thoughts, before they are my own, Are to my GOD distinctly known; He knows the Words I mean to speak Ere from my op'ning Lips they break. 3 Within thy circling Pow'r I stand, On every Side I find thy Hand: Awake, asleep, at home, abroad, I am surrounded still with GOD. 4 Amazing Knowledge, vast and great! What large Extent! What lofty Height! My Soul, with all the Pow'rs I boast, Is in the boundless Prospect lost. 5 O may these Thoughts possess my Breast, Where'er I rove, where'er I rest! Nor let my weaker Passions dare Consent to sin, for GOD is there. Pause I. 6 Could I so false, so faithless prove, To quit thy Service, and thy Love, Where, Lord, could I thy Presence shun, Or from thy dreadful Glory run? 7 If up to Heav'n I take my Flight, 'Tis there thou dwell'st enthron'd in Light; Or dive to Hell, there Vengeance reigns, And Satan groans beneath thy Chains. 8 If, mounted on a Morning-Ray, I fly beyond the Western Sea, Thy swifter Hand would first arrive, And there arrest thy Fugitive. 9 Or should I try to shun thy Sight, Beneath the spreading Veil of Night, One Glance of thine, one piercing Ray, Would kindle Darkness into Day. 10 O may these Thoughts possess my Breast, Where'er I rove, where'er I rest! Nor let my weaker Passions dare Consent to sin, for GOD is there. Pause II 11 The Veil of Night is no Disguise, No Screen from thy All-searching Eyes; Thy Hand can search thy Foes as soon Through Midnight Shades as blazing Noon. 12 Midnight and Noon in this agree, Great GOD, they're both alike to Thee: Not Death can hide what GOD will spy, And Hell lies naked to his Eye. 13 O may these Thoughts possess my Breast, Where'er I rove, where'er I rest! Nor let my weaker Passions dare Consent to sin, for GOD is there. Scripture: Psalm 139

My GOD, what inward Grief I feel

Appears in 33 hymnals Topics: Daily Devotion Lyrics: 1 My GOD, what inward Grief I feel When impious Men transgress thy Will! I mourn to hear their Lips profane Take thy tremendous Name in vain. 2 Does not my Soul detest and hate The Sons of Malice and Deceit? Those that oppose thy Laws and Thee, I count them Enemies to me. 3 Lord, search my Soul, try ev'ry Thought; Though my own Heart accuse me not Of walking in a false Disguise, I beg the Trial of thine Eyes. 4 Doth secret Mischief lurk within? Do I indulge some unknown Sin? O turn my Feet whene'er I stray, And lead me in thy perfect Way. Scripture: Psalm 139