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Lord! thou wilt hear me when I pray

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 246 hymnals Topics: Particular Occasions and Circumstances Evening Lyrics: 1 Lord! thou wilt hear me, when I pray; I am forever thine: I fear before thee all the day, Nor would I dare to sin. 2 And, while I rest my weary head, From cares and business free; ’Tis sweet conversing on my bed, With my own heart and thee. 3 I pay this ev'ning sacrifice; And, when my work is done, Great God, my faith and hope relies Upon thy grace alone.

Great God! we sing that mighty hand

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 494 hymnals Topics: Particular Occasions and Circumstances New-Year Lyrics: 1 Great God! we sing that mighty hand, By which supported, still we stand. The op'ning year your mercy shows: Let mercy, crown it, till it close. 2 By day, at 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 depress'd, Be thou our joy, and thou our rest: Thy goodness all our hopes shall raise, Ador'd through all our changing days. 5 When death shall interrupt our songs, And seal in silence mortal tongues; Our helper God, in whom we trust, In better worlds our souls shall boast.

God of our lives! thy constant care

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 75 hymnals Topics: Particular Occasions and Circumstances New-Year Lyrics: 1 The God of our lives! thy constant care With blessings crowns each op'ning year. These lives, so frail, dost thou prolong, And wake anew our annnual song. 2 How many precious souls are fled To the dark regions of the dead, Since, from this day, the changing sun Through his last yearly course has run! 3 We yet survive: but who can say, Or through the year, or month, or day, I shall retain my vital breath, Thus far at least in league with death? 4 That breath is thine, eternal God! 'Tis thine to fix the soul's abode. We hold our lives from thee alone, On earth, or in the world unknown. 5 To thee we all our pow'rs resign; Make us and own us still as thine: Then shall we smile, secure from fear, Though death should blast the rising year. 6 Thy children, eager to be gone, Bid time's impetuous tide roll on, And land them on that blooming shore Where years and death are known no more.

To thee, let my first off'rings rise

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 76 hymnals Topics: Particular Occasions and Circumstances Morning Lyrics: 1 To thee let my first off'rings rise, Whose sun creates my day; Swift as his gladd'ning influ'nce flies, And spotless as his ray. 2 This day thy fav'ring hand be nigh, So oft vouchsaf'd before! Still may it lead, protect, supply, And I that hand adore. 3 If bliss thy Providence impart, For which, resign'd, I pray: Give me to feel the grateful heart, That, without guilt, is gay. 4 Affliction should'st thou please to send, As sin's or folly's cure: Patient, to gain that blessed end, May I the means endure. 5 Be this and ev'ry future day Still wiser than the past; That, from the whole of life's survey, I may find peace at last.

Thus far the Lord has led me on

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 660 hymnals Topics: Particular Occasions and Circumstances Evening Lyrics: 1 Thus far the Lord hath led me on, Thus far his pow'r prolongs my days; And ev'ry ev'ning shall make known Some fresh memorial of his grace. 2 Much of my time has run to waste, And I, perhaps, am near my home: But he forgives my follies past And strength supplies for days to come. 3 I lay my body down to sleep; Peace is the pillow of my head: His ever-watchful eye will keep Its constant guard around my bed. 4 Faith in his name forbids my fear: O may thy presence ne’er depart! And in the morning may I bear Thy loving kindness on my heart!

In sleep's serene oblivion laid

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 117 hymnals Topics: Particular Occasions and Circumstances Morning Lyrics: 1 In sleep's serene oblivion laid, I safely pass'd the silent night: Again I see the breaking shade, I drink again the morning light. 2 New-born, I bless the waking hour; Once more, with awe, rejoice to be: My conscious soul resumes her pow'r, And springs, my guardian God! to thee. 3 O guide me through the various maze, My doubtful feet are doom'd to tread; And spread thy shield's protecting blaze, Where dangers press around my head. 4 A deeper shade shall soon impend; A deeper sleep my eyes oppress: Yet then thy strength shall still defend, Thy goodness still delight to bless. 5 That deeper shade shall break away; That deeper sleep shall leave my eyes: Thy light shall give eternal day; Thy love, the raptures of the skies.

Hosannah with a cheerful sound

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 112 hymnals Topics: Particular Occasions and Circumstances Morning Lyrics: 1 Hosanna with a cheerful sound To God's upholding hand! Ten thousand snares our path surround, And yet secure we stand. 2 How wondrous is that mighty pow'r Which form'd us with a word! And ev'ry day, and ev'ry hour, We lean upon the Lord. 3 The ev'ning rests our weary head, And mercy guards the room. We wake, and we admire the bed That was not made our tomb. 4 The rising morn cannot assure, That we shall end the day; For death stands ready at the door To take our lives away. 5 God is our Sun, whose daily light Our joy and safety brings; Our feeble frame lies safe at night Beneath his shady wings.

Lord of my life! O may thy praise

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 112 hymnals Topics: Particular Occasions and Circumstances Morning Lyrics: 1 Lord of my life! O may thy praise Employ my noblest pow'rs, Whose goodness lengthens out my days, And fills the circling hours! 2 Preserv'd by thy almighty arm, I pass the shades of night, Serene and safe from ev'ry harm, And see returning light. 3 While many spent the night in sighs, And restless pains and woes, In gentle sleep I clos'd my eyes And undisturb'd repose. 4 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. 5 O let the same almighty care My waking hours attend; From ev'ry trespass, ev'ry snare, My heedless steps defend. 6 Smile on my minutes as they roll, And guide my future days; And let thy goodness fill my soul With gratitude and praise.

Remark my soul! the narrow bounds

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 126 hymnals Topics: Particular Occasions and Circumstances New-Year Lyrics: 1 Remark, my soul! the narrow bounds Of the revolving year. How swift the weeks complete their rounds! How short the months appear! 2 So fast eternity comes on, And that important, When all that mortal life has done God's judgment shall survey. 3 Yet like an idle tale we pass The swift advancing year; And study artful ways t' increase The speed of its career. 4 Waken, O God! my trifling heart, Its great concern to see; That I may act the Christian part, And give the year to thee. 5 Thus shall their course more grateful run, If future years arise; And bear me, swift as time can move, To joy that never dies.

Praise, happy land! Jehovah's name

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 12 hymnals Topics: Particular Occasions and Circumstances Public and National Blessings and Afflictions Lyrics: 1 Praise, happy land! Jehovah's name; His goodness, and thy bliss proclaim. For thee each blessing largely flows, That freedom's lib'ral hand bestows. 2 Thy children are secure and blest; Thy shores have peace, thy cities rest; He feeds thy sons with finest wheat, And adds his blessing to their meat. 3 Thy changing seasons he ordains, Thine early and thy latter rains; His flakes of snow like wool he sends, And well the springing corn defends. 4 But he hath nobler works and ways, To call his people to his praise: To all our land his laws are shown; His gospel's through the nation known.