THE ASSISTANT TO FAMILY RELIGION. PART V. SELECT PSALMS AND HYMNS, ADAPTED TO FAMILY DEVOTION. HYMN 1. L. M. Old Hundred. [*] Sabl 'th Morning 9 HYMN 2. L.M. Pleyel's Hymn. [*] Sabbath Evening. HYMN 3. C. M. Reading. [b] Sabbath Morning. My voice ascending high; To thee lift up mine eye. To plead for all his saints, Our songs and our complaints. The wicked shall not stand; Nor dwell at thy right hand. To taste thy mercies there; And worship in thy fear. In ways of righteousness, And plain before my face. WATTS. HYMN 4. C. M. Zion. [b] Sabbath Evening. To shed its quick’ning beams; And yet how slow devotion burns, How languid are its flames. Our frailties, Lord! forgive; And praise thee while we live. And fit us to ascend, The sabbath ne'er shall end. RIPPON'S COL. HYMN 5. L. M. Sicilian. [*] Sabbaih Morning 1 My Saviour! my eternal Friend! Accept my morning sacrifice; While prostrate at thy feet I bend, And hail the day, that saw thee rise. 2 When, through the shades of night, I slept, Suspended all my active powers; Thy guardian care soft vigils kept, And saved me in those dangerous hours. 3 My opening eyes, with rapture, see The dawn of thy returning day; And all my thoughts ascend to thee, While thus my early vows I pay. 4 O bid this trifling world retire, And drive each carnal thought away, Nor let me feel one vain desire, One sinful wish through all the day. 5 Then while I to thy courts repair, My soul shall rise on joyful wings, The wonders of thy love declare, And join the strains, which angels sing. CODMAN'S COL. HYMN 6. C. M. Zion. [b] Sabbath Evening. Behold thee all serene? Without a veil between. Amidst a world of cares; And then accept my prayers. That gives itself to thee; Take all that I possess below, And give thyself to me. To be my guide and friend, Where sabbaths never end. CONNICK. HYMN 7. C. M. Sunday. [*] Sabbath Morning. He calls the hours his own; And praise surround the throne. 2 To-day he rose and left the dead, And Satan's empire fell; And all his wonders tell. To David's holy Son! Salvation from thy throne. With messages of grace, To save our sinful race. The church on earth can raise, Shall give him nobler praise. WATTS. HYMN 8. C. M. Hymn Second. [*] Sabbath Evening. 1 Welcome and precious to my soul, Are these sweet days of love; But what a sabbath shall I keep, When I shall rest above! 2 These are the sweet and precious days On which, my Lord I've seen; And oft when feasting on his love In rapture I have been. In this blest frame be found, And leave this earthly ground. |