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Morning Hymn for Monday

Nocte surgentes vigilemus omnes, etc.
Ecce jam noctis tenuatur umbra, etc.

AWAKING with the waken'd day,
The morning anthem raise;
And to our God the tribute pay,
The hymn of tuneful praise.

may

the theme our souls prepare

To join the angels' throng;

And sing with them our Maker there

In never-ending song.

Away the night and darkness fly,

Light brightens in the east ;

Hear, Lord of all, our suppliant cry,

To Thee in faith addrest.

Our souls o'erspent with guilt release,

Our load of sin forgive;

And grant us evermore in peace

And health with Thee to live.

Paternal Godhead, hear the hymn,
And grant the meek request,

With Him, Thy Glory's Filial Beam,
And Him, the Spirit blest.

XVIII

Evening Hymn for Monday

Rector potens, verax Deus

MIGHTY Sovereign, God supreme,
Ruler of the varied day,

Who send'st forth the morning beam,
Whom the noontide heats obey;

Who the hours, as on they glide,
Givest, to Thee as seemeth best,
And the peaceful eventide

Hast ordain'd for welcome rest:

Quench dissension's baneful fire,
Bid each noxious heat depart,

To our bodies health inspire,

Peace and comfort to the heart.

To Thy care Thy servants take,

From all nightly ills preserve ;

That to-morrow we may wake,

Thee with strength renew'd to serve.

Holy Father, grant our prayer,

Grant it, sole co-equal Son,

Grant it, blessed Comforter,

One in Three, and Three in One.

XIX

Morning Hymn for Tuesday

Somno refectis artubus

OUR limbs refresh'd with wholesome sleep, We scorn the bed of sloth to keep,

But rise, and Thee, our Father, pray,

To hear and bless our morning lay.

To Thee the voice be first addrest,
By Thee the waking thought possest,
That each succeeding act may be
Commenced, pursued, fulfill'd in Thee!

Now darkness fades before the light,
Yields to the dawn the gloom of night;
If aught of ill the night conceal'd,
So may it to Thy brightness yield.