So by my woes to be
Nearer, my God, to Thee,
Nearer to Thee!

5 And when on joyful wing,
Cleaving the sky,

Sun, moon, and stars forgot,
Upward I fly;

Still all my song shall be
Nearer, my God, to Thee,
Nearer to Thee!

FAMILY DEVOTION.

HYMN

COME

NOME at the morning hour,
Come let us kneel and pray,
Prayer is the Christian pilgrim's staff,
To walk with GOD all day.

2 At Noon, beneath the Rock
Of Ages, rest and pray;

Sweet is that shadow from the heat,
When the sun smites by day.

3 At Eve shut to the door,

Round the home-altar pray,

And finding there "the House of God,"
At "heaven's gate" close the day.

4 When Midnight seals our eyes, Let each in spirit say,

"I sleep, but my heart waketh, LORD, With Thee to watch and pray."

HYMN

341.

C. M.

ONCE

NCE more the sun is beaming bright
Once more to God we pray,

That his eternal light may guide
And cheer our souls this day.

2 Oh, may no sin our hands defile,
Or cause our minds to rove;
Upon our lips be simple truth,
And in our hearts be love.

3 Throughout the day, O Christ, in Thee
May ready help be found,
To save our souls from Satan's wiles,
Who still is hovering round.

4 Subservient to Thy daily praise
Our daily toil shall be;

So may our works in Thee begun
Be further'd, Lord, by Thee.

5 To God the Father, God the Son,
And God the Holy Ghost,

Eternal glory be from men,
And from the angel host.

HYMN

342.

L. M.

JESUS, Lord of heavenly grace,

Thou brightness of Thy Father's face Thou fountain of eternal light,

Whose beams disperse the shades of night;

2 Come, holy Sun of Heavenly love,
Shower down Thy radiance from above;
And to our inmost hearts convey
The Holy Spirit's cloudless day.

3 May faith, deep-rooted in the soul,
Subdue our flesh, our minds control;
May guile depart, and discord cease,
And all within be joy and peace.

4 O, hallow'd be the new-born day!
Let meekness be our morning ray,
And faithful love our noon-day light,
And hope our sunset, calm and bright.

5 O Christ, with each returning morn, Thine image to our hearts be borne; O may we ever clearly see

Our Saviour and our God in Thee!

H! timely happy, timely wise,

L. M.

0H Hearts that with rising morn arise!

Eyes that the beam celestial view,
Which evermore makes all things new!

2 New every morning is the love Our wakening and uprising prove;

Through sleep and darkness safely brought, Restored to life, and power, and thought.

3 New mercies, each returning day, Hover around us while we pray; New perils past, new sins forgiven,

New thoughts of God, new hopes of heaven.

4 If on our daily course our mind
Be set to hallow all we find,
New treasures still of countless price,
God will provide for sacrifice.

5 Old friends, old scenes, will lovelier be,
As more of heaven in each we see;
Some softening gleam of love and prayer
Shall dawn on every cross and care.

6 The trivial round, the common task,
Will furnish all we ought to ask;
Room to deny ourselves; a road
To bring us, daily, nearer God.

P to the hills I lift mine eyes,

L. M.

U Th' eternal hills beyond the skies;

Thence all her help my soul derives,
There my Almighty refuge lives.

2 He lives the everlasting God

That built the world, that spread the flood;
The heavens with all their hosts He made,
And the dark regions of the dead.

3 He guides our feet, He guards our way;
His morning smiles bless all the day :
He spreads the evening veil, and keeps
The silent hours, while Israel sleeps.

4 Israel, a name divinely blest,
May rise secure, securely rest;
Thy holy Guardian's wakeful eyes
Admit nor slumber, nor surprise.

HYMN

OURCE of light and life divine, Who dost make the light to shine; Who didst deck creation's birth, Light from darkness calling forth:

2 Shade of eve and morning ray,
Who didst join and name them day;
Darksome night again draws nigh,
Listen to our suppliant cry.

3 Let us not, by sin deprest,
Lose the way to endless rest;
Let no thoughts impure and vain,
Down to earth our spirits chain.

4 Rather lift them to the skies,
Where our dearest treasure lies;
Help us in our daily strife,
Help us win the prize of life.