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MORNING HYMN.
FOR A LITTLE CHILD.
LORD! another night is past,The cheerful morning come at last;
And safely kept from every ill,
I wake in health to praise Thee still.
Thine angels have been round my bed,
And watched beside my sleeping head;
O let them guard me through this day,
And every danger ward away.
And watched beside my sleeping head;
O let them guard me through this day,
And every danger ward away.
Lord, look on me Thy lowly child,
Oh! make me gentle, good, and mild;
A guileless spirit, trusting heart,
And truthful tongue to me impart.
Oh! make me gentle, good, and mild;
A guileless spirit, trusting heart,
And truthful tongue to me impart.
Help me to love, with honour due,
My father and my mother too;
And all their least commands this day
Without a murmuring thought obey.
My father and my mother too;
And all their least commands this day
Without a murmuring thought obey.
So when again dark night is near,
I may lie down without a fear;
Breathe forth to Thee my simple prayer,
And sleep in peace beneath Thy care.
I may lie down without a fear;
Breathe forth to Thee my simple prayer,
And sleep in peace beneath Thy care.
E.
Barns'on, August 21, 1842,
