101 7s. M. 81. METHODIST COL. Before Sleep. 1 OMNIPRESENT God! whose aid God of my unguarded hours! Sin, and earth, and nature's powers. 2 O thou holy God! come down, Claim, and seize me for thy own, Songs in the night season give; 3 Loose me from the chains of sense, 102 L. M. PIERPONT. Morning Hymn. For a Child. 1 O GOD, I thank thee that the night 2 Be thou my Guide, and let me live 103 L. M. PIERPONT. Evening Hymn. For a Child. 1 ANOTHER day its course hath run, 2 Sweet sleep descends, my eyes to close; And now, I give my body to repose, My spirit to my Father's will. 104 C. M. BARRY CORNWALL. For a Sick Child. 1 SEND down thy winged angel, God! Amidst this night so wild, And bid him come where now we watch, 2 She lies upon her pillow, pale, 3 How gentle and how good a child 4 We love, we watch throughout the night, To aid, where need may be; We hope, and have despaired at times; But now we turn to Thee! 5 Send down thy sweet-souled angel, God! ⚫ And bid him soothe our souls to-night, Baptism, Lord's Supper and Admission of Members. 105 S. M. L. H. SIGOURNEY. Baptism. 1 SAVIOUR, thy law we love, And with a firm, unwavering zeal, 2 Not to the fiery pains By which the martyrs bled; Not to the scourge, the thorn, the cross, 3 But, at this peaceful tide, The homage of obedient hearts 106 MONTGOMERY. 107 7s. M. Joined to God's People. 1 PEOPLE of the living God, I have sought the world around, Peace and comfort nowhere found. 2 Now to you my spirit turns, – 3 Lonely I no longer roam, Like the cloud, the wind, the wave; C. M. MONTGOMERY. A Welcome to Fellowship. 1 COME in, thou blessed of the Lord: We welcome thee with warm accord, 2 The hand of fellowship, the heart Leaving the world, thou dost but part |