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All through the day
I humbly pray,

Be Thou my Guard and Guide;
My sins forgive,

And let me live,

Bless'd Jesus! near Thy side.

Oh, make Thy rest
Within my breast,
Great Spirit of all grace;
Make me like Thee,
Then shall I be

Prepared to see Thy face.

THE HEAVENS DECLARE THE GLORY

OF GOD.

The spacious firmament on high,
With all the blue ethereal sky,

And spangled heavens, a shining frame,

Their great Original proclaim.

The unwearied sun, from day to day,

Does his Creator's power display,

And publishes to every land

The work of an Almighty hand.

Soon as the evening shades prevail,
The moon takes up the wondrous tale,
And nightly to the listening earth
Repeats the story of her birth;

Whilst all the stars that round her burn,
And all the planets in their turn,
Confirm the tidings as they roll,

And spread the truth from pole to pole.

What though, in solemn silence, all
Move round this dark terrestrial ball?
What though no real voice nor sound
Amidst their radiant orbs be found?
In Reason's ear they all rejoice,
And utter forth a glorious voice;
For ever singing, as they shine,
"The hand that made us, is divine."

CHILDREN, LOVE ONE ANOTHER.-L. M.

The God of heaven is pleased to see
A little family agree,

And will not slight the praise they bring,
When loving children join to sing.

For love and kindness please Him more
Than if we gave Him all our store;
And children here, who dwell in love,
Are like the little ones above.

The gentle child that tries to please,
That hates to quarrel, fret, and tease,
And would not say an angry word-
That child is pleasing to the Lord.

Great God forgive, whenever we
Forget Thy will and disagree;
And grant that each of us may
The sweet delight of being kind!

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CHRIST ON EARTH.-C. M.

"The Lord hath laid on Him the iniquity of us all."Isaiah liii.-6.

The Saviour comes; no outward pomp
Bespeaks his presence nigh;
No earthly beauty shines in Him
To draw the carnal eye.

Rejected and despised of men,
Behold a man of woe!

Grief was His heavy burden here,
Through all His life below.

Yet all the griefs He felt were ours,
And ours the woes He bore;
Pangs, not His own, His spotless soul
With bitter anguish tore.

His sacred blood hath washed our souls
From sin's polluting stain;

His stripes have healed us, and His death
Revived our souls again.

All we like sheep have gone astray
In ruin's fatal road:

On Him were man's transgressions laid-
He bore the mighty load.

He died to bear the guilt of men,
That sin might be forgiven;
He lives to bless them, and defend,

And plead their cause in heaven.

O God the Son, who lowly came

Lost sinners to restore,

All glory to Thy holy name,

All glory evermore.

GOD PRESENT EVERYWHERE.-C. M.

There's not a place in earth's vast round, In ocean deep, or air,

Where skill and wisdom are not found, For God is everywhere.

There's not of grass a single blade,
Or leaf of lowliest mien,

Where heavenly skill is not displayed,
Or heavenly wisdom seen.

There's not a tempest dark and dread,
Or storm that rends the air,
Or blast that sweeps o'er ocean's bed,
But heaven's own voice is there.

There's not a star whose twinkling light,
Illumes the distant earth,
And cheers the silent gloom of night,
But mercy gave it birth.

Around, beneath, below, above,

Wherever space extends,

There heaven displays its boundless love, And power with mercy blends.

Then rise, my soul, and sing His name, And all His praise rehearse,

Who spread abroad earth's glorious frame, And built the universe.

HEAVEN.

There is a land of pure delight,
Where saints immortal reign;
Infinite day excludes the night,
And pleasures banish pain.

There everlasting spring abides,
And never-withering flowers;
Death, like a narrow sea divides
This heavenly land from ours.

Sweet fields beyond the swelling flood
Stand dress'd in living green;
So to the Jews old Canaan stood,
While Jordan roll'd between.

But timorous mortals start and shrink
To cross this narrow sea;
And linger, shivering on the brink,
And fear to launch away.

Oh, could we make our doubts remove,
These gloomy doubts that rise,
And see the Canaan that we love,
With unbeclouded eyes!

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