If you are thinking of buying a new car just for the sound system, please reconsider the car, keep the old speakers and donate; it will help me to continue offering music for your enjoyment.

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LATIN: 1. Jam lucis orto sidere Deum precemur supplices, Nostras ut ipse dirigat Lux increata semitas. Nil lingua, nil peccet manus, Nil mens inane cogitet: In ore simplex veritas, In corde regnet caritas. 2. Incoepta dum fluet dies Oh Christe, custos pervigil, Quas saevus hostis obsidet Portas tuere sensuum. Praesta diurnus ut tuae Subserviat laudi labor: Auctore quae te coepimus Da, te favente, prosequi. 3. Superba ne nimis caro Mente licenter imperet, Carnis domet superbiam Potus cibique parcitas. Deo Patri sit gloria, Ejusque soli Filio, Sancto sin)ul. cum Spiritu Nunc et per onme seculum.

ENGLISH: 1. With dawning light, O Lord, to Thee, On bended knee, we pray, That Thou, from every hurtful thing, Would'st keep us, through this day. Guard Thou, from guile, our froward tongue, Lest sinful strife arise; Guide Thou our feeble, erring sight, Lest vanity entice. 2. Cleanse, Lord, our hearts from every sin, Free them, from folly too, And let continual temperance, Each carnal lust, subdue: That so, when days shall dawn no more, Nor nights, their shadows fling, Free from the world, and all its stains, Thy praises, we may sing. 3. For Thou, O God! and Thou alone, Art worthily adored, Who, with the Son, and Spirit, art But one Almighty Lord. To Him, therefore, be glory given, Whom, virgin mother bore, With Father, and with Holy Ghost, Both now, and evermore. --tr. Rt. Rev. George Washington Doane, D.D., LL.D.(1860)