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Not all the wicked scoffs He heard
Against the truths He taught,
Excited one reviling word,

Or one revengeful thought.

And when upon the cross He bled
With all His foes in view,

"Father forgive them," Jesus said,

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They know not what they do."

Dear Saviour, may I learn of Thee,
My temper to amend,

But speak that pardoning word for me
Whenever I offend.

NO MORE THAN OTHERS I DESERVE.—C. M.

Whene'er I take my walks abroad,

How many poor I see;
What shall I render to my God,
For all His gifts to me?

Not more than others I deserve,
Yet God hath given me more;
For I have food while others starve,
And beg from door to door.

While some poor children scarce can tell
Where they may lay their head,

I have a home wherein to dwell

And rest upon my bed.

While others early learn to swear,
And curse, and lie, and steal;
Lord, I am taught Thy name to fear
And do Thy holy will.

Are these Thy favours day by day,

To me above the rest?

Then let me love Thee more than they
And try to serve Thee best.

"AND GOD CALLED UNTO SAMUEL."-P. M.

When little Samuel woke
And heard his Maker's voice,

At every word He spoke

How much did he rejoice!

O blessed, happy child to find

The God of heaven so near and kind!

If God would speak to me,

And say He is my Friend,

How happy I should be!

Oh, how would I attend!
The smallest sin I then should fear,
If God Almighty were so near.

And does he never speak?
Oh, yes; for in His word,
He bids me come and seek
The God that Samuel heard.

In almost every page, I see
The God of Samuel calls to me.

And I beneath His care

May safely rest my head;
I know that God is there,

To guard my humble bed.
And every sin I well may fear,
Since God Almighty is so near.

Like Samuel, let me say,

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Whene'er I read His word,
Speak, Lord; I would obey
The voice that I have heard.

And when I in Thy house appear,
Speak, for Thy servant waits to hear."

THE STAR OF BETHLEHEM.-L. M.

When marshalled on the nightly plain,
The glittering host bestud the sky;
One star alone of all the train,

Can fix the sinner's wandering eye.

Hark! hark! to God the chorus breaks,
From every host, from every gem;
But one alone the Saviour speaks,-
It is the star of Bethlehem.

Once on the raging seas

rode,

The storm was loud,-the night was dark, The ocean yawned-and madly flowed

The waves that tossed my foundering bark.

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Deep horror then my senses froze,
Death-struck, I ceased the tide to stem;
When suddenly a star arose,-

It was the star of Bethlehem.

It was my guide, my light, my all,
It bade my dark forebodings cease;
And through the storm and danger's thrall,
It led me to the port of peace.

Now safely moored,-my perils o'er,
I'll sing, first in night's diadem,

For ever and for evermore,

The star! the star of Bethlehem

MOTHERS OF SALEM.-P. M.

When mothers of Salem their children brought to Jesus,

The stern disciples drove them back and bade them depart;

But Jesus saw them ere they fled, and sweetly smiled, and kindly said—

"Suffer the children to come unto me.

"For I will receive them and fold them to my bosom, I'll be a Shepherd to these lambs, oh, drive them not away,

For if their hearts to me they give, they shall with me in glory live,

Suffer the children to come unto me."

How kind was our Saviour to bid these children

welcome,

But there are many thousands who have never heard

His name.

Dear Saviour, hear us when we pray, that they may hear Thee to them say,

"Suffer the children to come unto me."

And soon may the heathen, of every tribe and nation, Fulfil Thy blessed word and cast their idols all away. Oh shine upon them from above, and show Thyself a God of love,

Teach them, dear Saviour, to come unto Thee.

CONDUCT IN PUBLIC WORSHIP.

.-C. M.

When to the house of prayer I go,
Upon the Sabbath day,

It would be very wrong, I know,
To trifle or to play.

I ought, with reverence and delight,
The word of God to hear;

It must be sinful in His sight,
If careless I appear.

And when I stand or kneel to pray,
Or use my voice to sing,

How wrong, to look about, or play,
Or mind some other thing!

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