2 By day, by 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 depressed,
Be thou our joy,-and thou our rest;
Thy goodness all our hopes shall raise,
Adored through all our changing days.

5 When death shall close our earthly songs,
And seal, in silence, mortal tongues,
Oh then, in higher, holier lays,
Our souls shall celebrate thy praise.

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January 4.

7s & 6s.

Missionary.

REMEMBER THY CREATOR.

"Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them."-Eccl. xii. 1.

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REMEMBER thy Creator

While youth's fair spring is bright;

Before thy cares are greater,

Before comes age's night;

While yet the sun shines o'er thee,

While stars the darkness cheer,

While life is all before thee,

Thy great Creator fear.

2 Remember thy Creator

Ere life resigns its trust,
Ere sinks dissolving nature,
And dust returns to dust;
Before with God, who gave it,
Thy spirit shall appear:
He cries, who died to save it,
"Thy great Creator fear."

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January 5.

S. M.

Shirland.

GOD AS SEEN IN HIS WORKS AND WORD.

"The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul: the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes."— Ps. xix. 7, 8.

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BEHOLD the morning sun

Begins his glorious way,

His beams through all the nations run,
And life and light convey.

But where the gospel comes,

It spreads diviner light;

It calls dead sinners from their tombs,

And gives the blind their sight.

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January 6.

C. M.

St. Martins.

GOD OUR CONSTANT BENEFACTOR.

"The Lord God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth."-Ex. xxxiv. 6.

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WHE

HEN all thy mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys, Transported with the view, I'm lost In wonder, love, and praise.

2 Unnumbered comforts to my soul
Thy tender care bestowed,

Before my infant heart conceived
From whom those comforts flowed.

3 Ten thousand thousand precious gifts
My daily thanks employ;

Nor is the least a cheerful heart,
That tastes those gifts with joy.

4 Through every period of my life,

Thy goodness I'll pursue;
And after death, in distant worlds,
The glorious theme renew.

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January 7.

C. M.

Rochester.

THE SCRIPTURES THE GUIDE FOR YOUTH.

"Wherewith shall the young cleanse their way? By taking heed thereto according to thy word."-Ps. cxix. 9.

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HOW

shall the young secure their hearts,
And guard their lives from sin?

Thy word the choicest rule imparts
To keep the conscience clean.

2 'Tis like the sun, a heavenly light,
That guides us all the day;

And, through the dangers of the night,
A lamp to lead our way.

3 Thy precepts make me truly wise;
I hate the sinner's road;

I hate my own vain thoughts that rise,
But love thy law, my God!

4 Thy word is everlasting truth;
How pure is every page!

That holy book shall guide our youth
And well support our age.

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January 8.

L. M.

Duke Street.

A MORNING INVOCATION.

"My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O Lord; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up."-Ps. v. 3.

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AWAKE, my soul, and with the sun,
Thy daily stage of duty run;

Shake off dull sloth, and joyful rise,
To pay thy morning sacrifice.

2 Thy precious time, misspent, redeem;
Each present day thy last esteem;
Improve thy talent with due care,
And for eternity prepare.

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.

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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 O 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 will.

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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.

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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.

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FROM earliest dawn of life,

Thy goodness we have shared;

And still we live to sing thy praise,
By sovereign mercy spared.

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O Lord, our hearts incline;

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

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