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MISCELLANEOUS.

485.

C. M.

BP. HEBER.

Early Religion.

1 By cool Siloam's shady rill

How sweet the lily grows!

How sweet the breath beneath the hill
Of Sharon's dewy rose !

2 Lo, such the child whose early feet
The paths of peace have trod;
Whose secret heart, with influence sweet,
Is upward drawn to God!

3 By cool Siloam's shady rill
The lily must decay;

The rose that blooms beneath the hill
Must shortly fade away.

4 And soon, too soon, the wintry hour
Of man's maturer age

Will shake the soul with sorrow's power,
And stormy passion's rage!

50 thou who giv'st us life and breath,
We seek thy grace alone,

In childhood, manhood, age, and death,
To keep us still thine own!

486.

C. M.

WATTS.

Advantages of Early Religion.

1 HAPPY the child whose tender years Receive instructions well;

Who hates the sinner's path, and fears The road that leads to hell.

2 When we devote our youth to God,
'Tis pleasing in his eyes;

A flower when offered in the bud
Is no vain sacrifice.

3 T is easier work if we begin
To fear the Lord betimes;

While sinners, who grow old in sin,
Are hardened in their crimes.

4 'T will save us from a thousand snares To mind religion young;

Grace will preserve our following years,
And make our virtue strong.

5 To thee, almighty God! to thee
Our childhood we resign:

'T will please us to look back and see That our whole lives were thine.

6 Let the sweet work of prayer and praise Employ our youngest breath:

Thus, we 're prepared for longer days,
Or fit for early death.

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487.

L. M. CAWOOD.

For Children.

1 IN Israel's fane, by silent night,
The lamp of God was burning bright;
And there, by viewless angels kept,
Samuel, the child, securely slept.

2 A voice unknown the stillness broke;
"Samuel!" it called, and thrice it spoke;
He rose; he asked whence came the word;
From Eli? No-it was the Lord.

3 Thus early called to serve his God,
In paths of righteousness he trod;
Prophetic visions fired his breast,
And all the chosen tribes were blest.

4 Speak, Lord! and, from our earliest days, Incline our hearts to love thy ways;

Thy wakening voice hath reached our ear; Speak, Lord, to us; thy servants hear.

488. C. M.

SALISBURY COL.

Remember thy Creator in the days of thy youth.

1 IN the soft season of thy youth,
In nature's smiling bloom,
Ere age arrive, and trembling wait
Its summons to the tomb;

2 Remember thy Creator, God;
For him thy powers employ;
Make him thy fear, thy love, thy hope,
Thy confidence, thy joy.

3 He shall defend and guide thy course
Through life's uncertain sea,

Till thou art landed on the shore
Of blessed eternity.

4 Then seek the Lord betimes, and choose
The path of heavenly truth:
The earth affords no lovelier sight
Than a religious youth.

489.

S. M.

MONTGOMERY.

For Sunday Schools.

1 WITHIN these walls be peace; Love through our borders found; In all our little palaces

Prosperity abound.

2 God scorns not humble things;
Here, though the proud despise,
The children of the King of kings
Are training for the skies.

3 May none who thus are taught,
From glory be cast down,

But all through faith and patience brought To an immortal crown.

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Daily and Nightly Devotion. Ps. 134. 1 YE that obey the immortal King, Attend his holy place;

Bow to the glories of his power,
And bless his wondrous grace.

2 Lift up your hands by morning light,
And send your souls on high:

Raise your admiring thoughts by night
Above the starry sky.

3 The God of Zion cheers our hearts
With rays of quickening grace;

The God that spreads the heavens abroad,
And rules the swelling seas.

491.

C. M.

CHRISTIAN PSALMIST.

For a Blessing with Food.

1 FOUNTAIN of being, Source of good,
At whose almighty breath

The creature proves our bane or food,
Dispensing life or death;

2 Thee we address with humble fear;
Vouchsafe thy gifts to crown:
Father of all, thy children hear,
And send a blessing down.

3 0 may our souls forever pine
Thy grace to taste and see;
Athirst for righteousness divine,
And hungry after thee.

492.

L. M.

ANONYMOUS.

Goodness of God in the Seasons.

1 GREAT God, at whose all-powerful call
At first arose this beauteous frame,
Thou bidst the seasons change, and all
The changing seasons speak thy name.

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