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66 THOSE THAT SEEK ME EARLY SHALL FIND ME."

"THOSE THAT SEEK ME EARLY SHALL FIND ME."

O, WHAT a blessed promise this

Ye gay and ardent youth,
Among the precious promises

If

Of God's eternal truth.

you will turn your hearts from sin,

In childhood's early day,

The Lord will make you pure within,

And take your guilt away.

He'll show you all his matchless love,
He'll make you heirs of light,

And give you grace that you may prove
Still faithful in His sight.

66 THOSE THAT SEEK ME EARLY SHALL FIND ME.

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He'll lead you in the pleasant way,

Of holiness and peace;

And guide you thus to endless day,
Where sin and sorrow cease.

Oh, stay not in the road to death,

But to the Saviour come;

Then, when you lose life's fleeting breath,
He'll send and take you home.

LINES,

Written after having witnessed the dying moments of an endeared young Friend.

THERE play'd a smile on the pale, young face,
Where the hand of death was stealing;

And her bright eye gaz'd on vacant space,
As if heav'n were its bliss revealing.

And I heard a tongue speak an angel's name,
To welcome his peaceful greeting;

While her cheek was flush'd with joy's high flame,
But the pulse more faintly was beating.

I beheld that lov'd one sink to rest,

Like a wearied seraph sleeping:

And her's is the sleep of the pure and blest,

Whence she'll wake without pain or weeping.

I look'd on the mourning friends around-
Their tears were not those of anguish;
But their voices whisper'd a grateful sound,
When they saw her no longer languish.

And I listen'd to hear a parent's tongue,
Speak words of pious trusting;

O'er the grave of a child so pure, so young,
Faith beam'd, though the heart was bursting.

Oh yes! there's a world more sure, more bright,
Than this valley of pain and sorrow;
Where again we shall meet in eternal light,
When we wake on the glorious morrow,

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THE CHRISTIAN'S DEATH.

The subjoined piece was written after reading the two following verses

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