No Other Rock

This poem, written by J. Sidlow Baxter, appears at the front of the devotional. Thought I would provide it for you as a small form of exposition:

Awake, My Heart

Awake, my heart, in joyful lays
To Him who blesses all thy days.
His lovingkindness crowneth thee
With daily mercies rich and free.

Wake, to worship with the morn,
And consecrate the day new-born.
Again, at eve in prayer be found,
As shadows curtain earth around.

Awake, thy watchful vigils keep!
For some neglect and idly sleep.
Lift up to God, in sacred tryst,
Thy priestly ministry in Christ.

Awake, His all-wise will to see
In all that He assigns for thee.
Whate’er His providence permits
Designs for thee fresh benefits.

Awake to trust and lvoe and serve,
for can His mercies less deserve?
Till yonder, perfected in love,
Thy hear awakes in heaven above.