1. Now from the altar of my heart
Let incense flames arise;
Assist me, Lord, to offer up
Mine evening sacrifice.

2. Awake, my love! awake, my joy!
Awake my heart and tongue!
Sleep not: when mercies loudly call,
Break forth into a song.

3. This day God was my Sun and Shield,
My Keeper and my Guide;
His care was on my frailty shown,
His mercies multiplied.

4. Minutes and mercies multiplied
Have made up all this day:
Minutes came quick, but mercies were
More fleet and free than they.

5. New time, new favor, and new joys
Do a new song require:
Till I shall praise thee as I would,
Accept my heart's desire.

6. Lord of my time, whose hand hath set
New time upon my score,
Then shall I praise for all my time,
When time shall be no more.

Amen.

The Hymnal: Published by the authority of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., 1895