2-Though I grow poor and old,
He will my faith uphold,—
Jesus is mine.

He shall my wants supply,
His precious blood is nigh,
Nought can my hope destroy,-
Jesus is mine.

3-When earth shall pass away, In the great judgment day,Jesus is mine,

Oh! what a glorious thing,

Then to behold my King,

On tuneful harps to sing,

Jesus is mine.

4-Farewell mortality!

Welcome eternity!

Jesus is mine.

He my redemption is,

Wisdom and righteousness,

Life, light, and holiness:

Jesus is mine.

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Roll beneath the rolling sun;-
While the powers of death and life,
Wage on earth a weary strife ;-
Till the coming dawn we see,
Christ, our hope is all in Thee!

Psalm xxxi. 15.

1-Father, I know that all my

Is portion'd out by Thee,

life

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And the changes which are sure to come,

I do not fear to see;

But I ask Thee for a present mind
Intent on pleasing Thee.

2-I ask Thee for a thoughtful love,
Through constant watching wise,
To meet the glad with joyful smiles,
And to wipe the weeping eyes;
And a heart at leisure from itself,
To soothe and sympathise.

3-I would not have the restless will
That hurries to and fro,

Seeking for some great thing to do,

Or secret thing to know;

I would be treated as a child,

And guided where I go.

Wherever in the world I am,

In whatsoe'er estate,

I have a fellowship with hearts,
To keep and cultivate;

And a work of lowly love to do,

For the Lord on whom I wait.

5-So I ask Thee for the daily strength
To none that ask denied,

And a mind to blend with outward life
While keeping at Thy side ;
Content to fill a little space,
If Thou be glorified.

6-And if some things I do not ask
In my cup of blessing be,

I would have my spirit fill'd the more
With grateful love to Thee;
More careful not to serve Thee much,
But to please Thee perfectly.

7-There are briars besetting every path, That call for patient care,

There is a cross in every lot,

And an earnest need for prayer; But a lowly heart that leans on Thee, Is happy anywhere.

8-In a service which Thy will appoints,
There are no bonds for me,

For my inmost heart is taught "the truth,"
That makes Thy children "free;"
And a life of self-renouncing love
Is a life of liberty.

1-Upon the stormy waters
The bread of life we cast,
With cheerful trust believing
It shall be found at last.
We see it but a moment,
Far drifting o'er the main,
But deathless, undecaying,
It shall be found again.

2-One eye shall ever watch it,
The eye of Him who sees
Each tiny seedling scatter'd
By summer's passing breeze;
eye which sees the coral,
As year by year it grows,
And counts the myriad crystals
Of Himalayan snows.

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A. L. W.

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