2 Minutes and mercies multiplied
Have made up all this day;
Minutes came quick, but mercies were
More swift, more free than they.

3 New time, new favors, and new joys
Do a new song require ;

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Till we shall praise Thee as we would,
Accept our hearts' desire.

BEFO

L. M.

EFORE the ending of the day,
Creator of the world, we pray
That with Thy wonted favor, Thou
Wouldst be our guard and keeper now.
2 From all ill dreams defend our sight,
From fears and terrors of the night;
Withhold from us our ghostly foe,
That spot of sin we may not know.
30 Father, that we ask be done,
Through Jesus Christ, Thine only Son;
Who, with the Holy Ghost and Thee,
Doth live and reign eternally.

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SWEET Saviour, bless us ere we go:
Thy word into our minds instil;

8s.

And make our lukewarm hearts to glow With lowly love and fervent will. Through life's long day and death's dark night,

O gentle Jesu, be our light.

2 The day is gone, its hours have run, And Thou hast taken count of all, The scanty triumphs grace hath won, The broken vow, the frequent fall. Through life's long day and death's dark night,

O gentle Jesu, be our light.

3 Grant us, dear Lord, from evil ways'
True absolution and release;

And bless us, more than in past days,
With purity and inward peace.

Through life's long day and death's dark night,

O gentle Jesu, be our light.

4 For all we love, the poor, the sad, The sinful, unto Thee we call; Oh, let Thy mercy make us glad; Thou art our Saviour, and our all. Through life's long day and death's dark night,

O gentle Jesu, be our light.

5 Sweet Saviour, bless us; night is come; Through night and darkness near us be ; Good angels watch about our home, And we are one day nearer Thee. Through life's long day and death's dark night,

O gentle Jesu, be our light.

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OU

UR day of praise is done;
The evening shadows fall;

S. M.

But pass not from us with the sun,
True Light that lightenest all.

2 Around the throne on high,.
Where night can never be,
The white-robed harpers of the sky
Bring ceaseless hymns to Thee.

3 Too faint our anthems here;

Too soon of praise we tire:

But oh, the strains how full and clear
Of that eternal choir!

4 Yet, Lord, to Thy dear will
If Thou attune the heart,
We in Thine angels' music still
May bear our lower part.

5 'Tis Thine each soul to calm,
Each wayward thought reclaim,
And make our life a daily psalm
Of glory to Thy Name.

6 A little while, and then
Shall come the glorious end;
And songs of angels and of men
In perfect praise shall blend.

Also the following:

389 Three in One, and One in Three. 535 Now the day is over.

642 Tarry with me, O my Saviour! 643 Inspirer and Hearer of prayer.

614 Great God, to Thee my evening song.

645 The day is past and gone.

646 Through the day Thy love has spared us. 647 Hear our prayer, O Heavenly Father. 676 One sweetly solemn thought.

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The Lord's Day.

DAY of rest and gladness,
O day of joy and light,
O balm of care and sadness,
Most beautiful, most bright;
On thee, the high and lowly,
Through ages joined in tune,
Sing, Holy, Holy, Holy,
To the great God Triune.

7.6.

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2 On thee, at the creation,
The light first had its birth;
On thee for our salvation

Christ rose from depths of earth;
On thee our Lord victorious
The Spirit sent from heaven;
And thus on thee most glorious
A triple light was given.
3 Thou art a port protected
From storms that round us rise;
A garden intersected

With streams of Paradise;
Thou art a cooling fountain
In life's dry, dreary sand;
From thee, like Pisgah's mountain,
We view our promised land.

4 To-day on weary nations
The heavenly manna falls :
To holy convocations
The silver trumpet calls,
Where Gospel light is glowing
With pure and radiant beams,
And living water flowing
With soul-refreshing streams.
5 New graces ever gaining
From this our day of rest,
We reach the Rest remaining
To spirits of the blest.
To Holy Ghost be praises,
To Father, and to Son;

The Church her voice upraises
To Thee, blest Three in One.

8.6.8.4

HAIL! sacred day of earthly rest,

From toil and trouble free:

Hail! day of light, that bringest light
And joy to me.

2 A holy stillness, breathing calm
On all the world around,

Uplifts my soul, O God, to Thee,
Where rest is found.

3 On all I think, or say, or do,
of light divine

A ray

Is shed, O God, this day by Thee,
For it is Thine.

4 Accept, O God, my hymn of praise,
That Thou, this day, hast given
Sweet foretaste of that endless day
Of rest in heaven.

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COME, let us all with

one accord Adore and magnify the Lord, And festive service pay,

2 On this the day that God hath blest, The day of peace and heavenly rest, The Lord's own holy day,

3 That saw primeval darkness break, And that more glorious life awake That lasteth evermore;

4 That saw hell's legions prostrate fall, And Christ, triumphant over all,

His own to heaven restore.

8.8.6.

5 This day the peace that flows from heaven Was unto the Apostles given,

When doors were closed at night;

6 This day the Holy Spirit's flame Upon the Church's teachers came, And filled their souls with light.