ongue,
And in our hearts be love.

3 And while the hours in order flow,
Securely keep, O God,
Our hearts, beleaguered by the foe
That tempts our every road.

4 And grant that to Thine honor, Lord,
Our daily toil may tend;
That we begin it at Thy word,
And in Thy favor end.

366. L. M. Pierpont.

Morning Hymn for a Child.

1 O God! I thank Thee that the night
In peace and rest hath passed away,
And that I see in this fair light
My Father's smile, that makes it day.

2 Be Thou my guide, and let me live
As under Thine all-seeing eye;
Supply my wants, my sins forgive,
And make me happy when I die.

367. P. M. Heber.

Evening Aspiration.

God that madest earth and heaven,
Darkness and light!
Who the day for toil hast given,
For rest the night!
May Thine angel guards defend us,
Slumber sweet Thy mercy send us,
Holy dreams and hopes attend us,
This livelong night!

368. 7s. M. St. Gregory.

Evening Hymn.

1 Source of light and life divine!
Thou didst cause the light to shine;
Thou didst bring Thy sunbeams forth
O'er Thy new-created earth.

2 Shade of night and morning ray
Took from Thee the name of day:
Now again the shades are nigh,
Listen to Thy children's cry!

3 May we ne'er, by guilt depressed,
Lose the way to endless rest;
May no thoughts, corrupt and vain,
Draw our souls to earth again.

4 Rather help them still to rise
Where our dearest treasure lies;
Help us in our daily strife,
Make us struggle into life!

369. L. M. *Wordsworth.

Sunset Hymn.

1 Up to the throne of God is borne
The voice of praise at early morn,
And He accepts the reverent hymn
Sung as the light of day grows dim.

2 Look up to heaven! the obedient sun
Already through his course hath run;
He cannot halt or go astray,
But our immortal spirits may.

3 Lord, since his rising in the east,
If we have faltered or transgressed,
Guide, from Thy love's abundant source,