With Thee

 

Psalm 72:18-19

Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel,
Who only does wondrous things!
 And blessed be His glorious name forever!
And let the whole earth be filled with His glory.
Amen and Amen.

Before the duties of the day

Rush in to draw my thoughts away

Where creature cares will always be

Lord, first I want to sit with Thee

Before the becks and calls of life

Like waves upon a sea, run rife

'ere joy and strife resume their spree 

I want to kneel in prayer with Thee

Before I tend to love’s demands

I want to touch your nail-scarred Hands

Lest I forget Thy love for me

I want to spend daybreak with Thee

...and praise Thee for Thy gift of grace

For hope and comfort's resting place

Before life's pressing charges plea 

I want to learn to love/live like Thee  

© Janet Martin

Still, Still With Thee 

Still Still With Thee

by Harriet Beecher Stowe

1 Still, still with Thee, when purple morning breaketh,

When the bird waketh, and the shadows flee;

Fairer than morning, lovelier than daylight,

Dawns the sweet consciousness I am with Thee.

2 Alone with Thee amid the mystic shadows,

The solemn hush of nature newly born;

Alone with Thee in breathless adoration,

In the calm dew and freshness of the morn.

3 Still, still with Thee! as to each newborn morning

A fresh and solemn splendor still is given,

So does this blessed consciousness, awaking,

Breathe each day nearness unto Thee and heaven.

4 When sinks the soul, subdued by toil, to slumber,

Its closing eyes look up to Thee in prayer;

Sweet the repose beneath Thy wings o'ershading,

But sweeter still, to wake and find Thee there.

5 So shall it be at last, in that bright morning,

When the soul waketh, and life's shadows flee;

O in that hour, fairer than daylight dawning,

Shall rise the glorious thought, I am with Thee.

Amen.