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THE ARISEN.

1 CLAY to clay, and dust to dust!
Let them mingle, for they must;
Give to earth the earthly clod,
For the spirit's fled to God.

2 Never more shall midnight's damp
Darken round this mortal lamp;
Never more shall noonday's glance
Search this mortal countenance.

3 Look aloft! the spirit's risen :
Death cannot the soul imprison :
'Tis in heaven that spirits dwell,
Glorious, though invisible.

4 Thither let us turn our view;
Peace is there and comfort too;
There shall those we love be found,
Tracing life's eternal round.

DIRGE OF A CHILD.

8s & 6s.

1 No bitter tears for thee we shed,
Blossom of being, seen and gone!
With flowers alone we strew thy bed,
O blest departed one!

2 Thou wert so like a form of light,

That heaven benignly called thee hence,
Ere yet the world could breathe one blight
O'er thy sweet innocence.

3 Oh! hadst thou still on earth remained,
Vision of beauty, fair as brief!
Perchance thy beauty had been stained
With passion or with grief!

4 Thy grave shall be a blessèd shrine,
Adorned with nature's brightest wreath;
Each glowing season shall combine,
Its incense there to breathe.

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BRIDAL UNION.

L.M.

MONTGOMERY.

1 OCEAN and land and globe divide;
Summer and winter share the year;
Darkness and light walk side by side,

And earth and heaven are always near.
2 Though each be good and fair alone,
And glorious in its time and place,
In all, when fitly paired, is shown

More of the Maker's power and grace.
3 Then may the union of young hearts,
So early and so well begun,
Like sea and shore, in all their parts,
Appear as twain, yet be as one.

4 Be it like summer, may they find,

Bliss, beauty, hope, where'er they roam;
Be it like winter, when confined,

Peace, comfort, happiness at home.

VOCATION AFTER MARRIAGE.

L.M.

1 YOUR souls, like shadows on the ground,
Which mingle when the golden sun
Burns in mild heaven, by God's own smile
This day are recognised as one.

2 Seraph of love, who lookest down

With transport on a scene like this,
Where clasped hands and wedded hearts
Symbol the sum of human bliss.

3 Watch o'er them ever; with thy smile
Banish all gloomy shapes of ill;

So may their latest days of life

Find them thy faithful votaries still.

Beautiful home of life and light.

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Be firm and be faithful; desert not the right.
Before the earth in beauty, Lord

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Be happy, be happy! for bright is the earth

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HYMN

Hail, great Creator, wise and good.

Hand in hand with angels, through the world we go
Hark! hark, from grove and fountain

Hath not thy heart within thee burned

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Heaven is here! its hymns of gladness
He liveth long who liveth well

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How cheering the thought, that the angels of God
How pure in heart and sound in head

How shall I know thee in the sphere which keeps
How sweet, how heavenly is the sight.

I am so glad that the angels of heaven.
I hear thee speak of the better land!..
If 'tis sweet to mingle where
Immortal praise to God be given..
In the angel-home in glory

In the broad fields of heaven
In the lone and silent midnight
In the sky that is above us
Is it fancy? is it dreaming?.

Is it not sweet to think, hereafter

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24

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42

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I will steer my bark where the waves roll dark.

Mother, cease thy weeping, angels round me smile

HYMN

O blest and sweet communion..
Ocean and land the globe divide
O give thanks to him who made..
O God of ages, by whose hand

O, little babe, who weeping entered earth
O, thou to whom in ancient time
O, thou, who art the Source of light
O, thou who driest the mourner's tear
Oh! beautiful, beautiful visions of joy
Oh! hours most sacred to the soul..
Oh! mother, sing to me of heaven.
Oh! think of the home over there

Oh, what is death? 'Tis a fleeting breath
Oh, when we hear the music ringing
On the shore beyond the river..
One by one the sands are flowing

One sweet flower has dropped and faded
Our Father God, we worship thee

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