3 In conversation be sincere,

Keep conscience, as the noontide, clear;
Think how th' all-seeing God thy ways
And all thy secret thoughts surveys.

4 Lord! I my vows to thee renew;
Scatter my sins like morning dew;
Guard my first springs of thought and will,
And with thyself my spirit fill.

5 Direct, control, suggest this day,
All I design, or do, or say;

That all my powers, with all their might,
In thy sole glory may unite.

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January 9. L. M.

Hebron.

SELF-EXAMINATION ANTICIPATED AS A GUIDE TO DUTY.

"Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the Lord."-Lam. iii. 40.

1

BEFORE

we close our eyes each night,

Let each, with care, these questions ask;

Have I endeavored to do right,

Nor thought my duty but a task?

2 Have I been gentle, lowly, meek,

And the small voice of conscience heard?
When passion tempted me to speak,
Have I repressed the angry word?

3 Have I with cheerful zeal obeyed
What my kind parents bade me do?
Have I by word or action said

The thing that was not strictly true?

4 In hard temptation's troubled hour,

Then have I stopped to think and pray, That God would give my soul the power To chase the sinful thought away?

5 0 Thou! who seest all my heart,

Do thou forgive and love me still;
Do thou each day new strength impart,
And make me love and do thy wil.

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January 10. L. M.

Alfreton.

CHRIST OUR EXAMPLE.

"For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you."-John xiii. 15.

1

MAKE us, by thy transforming grace,

Dear Saviour, daily more like thee!

Thy fair example may we trace,

To teach us what we ought to be!

2 Oh, how benevolent, and kind!

How mild!-how ready to forgive!
Be this the temper of our mind,
And these the rules by which we live.
3 To do his heavenly Father's will
Was his employment and delight;
Humility and holy zeal

Shone through his life divinely bright.
4 Dispensing good where'er he came,
The labors of his life were love;
Then, if we bear the Saviour's name,
By his example let us move.

5 But ah! how blind!-how weak we are!
How frail!-how apt to turn aside!

Lord, we depend upon thy care,
And ask thy Spirit for our guide.

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January 11. S. M.

St. Thomas.

THE YOUNG ASKING DIVINE GUIDANCE.

"Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My Father, thou art the guide of my youth?"-Jer. iii. 4.

1

2

FROM

earliest dawn of life,

Thy goodness we have shared;

And still we live to sing thy praise,

By sovereign mercy spared.

To learn and do thy will,

O Lord, our hearts incline;

And o'er the paths of future life
Command thy light to shine.

3 While taught thy word of truth,
May we that word receive;

And when we hear of Jesus' name,

In that blest name believe!

The broad, destructive road,

But trace those holy paths which lead
To glory, and to God.

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January 12. C. M.

Arlington.

GOD OUR BENEFACTOR.

"The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord.”—P§. xxxii. 5

1 JEHOVAH, God! thy gracious power
On every hand we see;

Oh! may the blessings of each hour
Lead all our thoughts to thee.

2 If, on the wings of morn, we speed
To earth's remotest bound,

Thy hand will there our journey lead,
Thine arm our path surround.

3 Thy power is in the ocean deeps,
And reaches to the skies;
Thine eye of mercy never sleeps,
Thy goodness never dies.

4 From morn till noon-till latest eve,
Thy hand, O God, we see;
And all the blessings we receive
Proceed alone from thee.

5 In all the varying scenes of time,
On thee our hopes depend;

In every age-in every clime,
Our Father and our Friend.

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January 13. C. M.

Warwick.

A MORNING SONG.

"I will sing of thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning."-Ps. lix. 16.

1 GOD of my life! my morning song

To thee I cheerful raise:

Thy acts of love 'tis good to sing,
And pleasant 'tis to praise.

2 Preserved by thine almighty arm,
I passed the shades of night,
Serene, and safe from every harm,
To see the morning light.

3 Oh! let the same almighty care
Through all this day attend:
From every danger-every snare,
My heedless steps defend.

4 Smile on my minutes as they roll,
And guide my future days;
And let thy goodness fill my soul
With gratitude and praise.

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January 14.

L. M.

Uxbridge.

MAJESTY OF GOD.

"I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty, and of thy wondrous works."-Ps. cxlv. 5.

1

COME, O my soul! in sacred lays,

Attempt thy great Creator's praise;

But oh! what tongue can speak his fame?
What mortal verse can reach the theme?

2 Enthroned amid the radiant spheres,
He glory, like a garment, wears;
To form a robe of light divine

Ten thousand suns around him shine.

3 In all our Maker's grand designs,
Omnipotence, with wisdom, shines;
His works, through all this wondrous frame,
Declare the glory of his name.

4 Raised on devotion's lofty wing,

Do thou, my soul! his glories sing;
And let his praise employ thy tongue,

Till listening worlds shall join the song.

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January 15.

C. M.

THE SAVIOUR'S INVITATION.

Coronation.

"Whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him, shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him, shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life."

John iv. 14.

1

THE

Saviour calls, let every ear
Attend the heavenly sound;

Ye doubting souls! dismiss your fear,
Hope smiles reviving round..

2 For every thirsty, longing heart,
Here streams of bounty flow,

And life, and health, and bliss impart,
To banish mortal wo.

3 Ye sinners! come; 'tis mercy's voice;
That gracious voice obey;
Mercy invites to heavenly joys,—
And can you yet delay?

4 Dear Saviour! draw reluctant hearts;
To thee let sinners fly,

And take the bliss thy love imparts,
And drink, and never die.

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January 16. C. M.

Balerma.

YOUTH DEVOTED TO GOD.

"My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments: for length of days, and long life, and peace shall they add to thee."-Prov. iii. 1, 2.

1 YOUTH, when devoted to the Lord,

Are pleasing in his eyes;

A flower, though offer'd in the bud,
Is no vain sacrifice.

2 'Tis easier far if we begin

To fear the Lord betimes;
For sinners who grow old in sin
Are hardened by their crimes.

3 It saves us from a thousand snares
To mind religion young;

Grace will preserve our following years
And make our virtues strong.

4 To thee, Almighty God, to thee
Our hearts we now resign:

'Twill please us to look back and see That our whole lives were thine..