150 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, 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, And give you grace that you may prove 66 THOSE THAT SEEK ME EARLY SHALL FIND ME. 151 He'll lead you in the pleasant way, Of holiness and peace; And guide you thus to endless day, Oh, stay not in the road to death, But to the Saviour come; Then, when you lose life's fleeting breath, LINES, Written after having witnessed the dying moments of an endeared young Friend. THERE play'd a smile on the pale, young face, And her bright eye gaz'd on vacant space, And I heard a tongue speak an angel's name, While her cheek was flush'd with joy's high flame, 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- And I listen'd to hear a parent's tongue, O'er the grave of a child so pure, so young, Oh yes! there's a world more sure, more bright, |