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Composed January 1st 1801

This morning a resolve I've made,
How I my life will spend;
Oh! may my firm resolve be stay'd
Made perfect in the end.
All my days then in a good cause,
So ordered is by me;
Before all else the sacred Laws
Remembered shall be;
Each day I'll call on God, each night
Vain thoughts expel's vain things
And ill resist; let my delight
Result from nobler springs.
Deep in my breast I've settled sure
Resolved in humble trust
Each cross with patience to endure
Still warring with my dust
O, may the light of Zion's Son
Light give, and love and peace!
Views of such Grace if now begun
Each day let them increase!-
T. R. Brevard

The above transcribed by J. J. Brevard
June 24th 1864