951 (915) Early piety. 1 Y cool Siloam's shady rill, How sweet the lily grows; C. M. D. How sweet the breath beneath the hill And such the child whose early feet 2 By cool Siloam's shady rill, The rose that blooms beneath the hill And soon, too soon, the wintry hour May shake the soul with sorrow's pow'r 3 0 thou, whose infancy was found Whose years, with changeless virtue crown'd, We seek thy grace alone; In childhood, manhood, and in death, 952* 1 The Bible the guide of youth. WITH WITH humble heart and tongue, pray: O bring me now, while I am young, 2 Make an unguarded youth The object of thy care; Help me to choose the way of truth, 3 My heart, to folly prone, S. M. Unite it to thyself alone, 4 0 let thy word of grace My warmest thoughts employ; 5 To what thy laws impart Be my whole soul inclin'd: O let them dwell within my heart, 1 IN the morn of life, when youth And shines in all the fairest charms 2 Deep in thy soul, before its pow'rs 3 Ere yet the shades of sorrow cloud 4 Ere yet thy heart the woes of age, C. M. 5 True wisdom, early sought and gain'd, O then improve the morn of life, 954* 1 Remember thy Creator. EMEMBER thy Creator P. M. 7s & 6s. While youth's fair spring is bright, Before thy cares are greater, Before comes age's night; While yet the sun shines o'er thee, Thy great Creator fear. 2 Remember thy Creator Ere life resigns its trust, 955 (916) 1 GRACIOUS Lord, whose mercies rise Incline thine ear unto our cry, 2 Bereft of all a mother's love, Lord, whither shall we flee for help? 3 To thee we flee-to thee we pray- 4 Already thou hast heard our cry SICKNESS AND AFFLICTION. 956 (918) 1 GOD Looking upwards in trials. OD of my life, to thee I call! When the great water-floods prevail, L. M. 2 Friend of the friendless and the faint! 957 1 G YREAT Maker of unnumber'd worlds, 3 While suppliant crowds implore thine aid, Confess thy hand and bless the rod, 958* 1 Security and comfort in God. 2 O lead me to the Rock That's high above my head, S. M. And make the covert of thy wings 3 Within thy presence, Lord, Thou art the tow'r of my defence, 4 Thou givest me the lot. Of those that fear thy name; 959* 10 Support in God. GOD, our help in ages past, 2 Beneath the shadow of thy throne 3 Before the hills in order stood, C. M. 4 Thy word commands our flesh to dust, 66 Return, ye sons of men;" All nations rose from earth at first, 960* 1 WE E come, O Lord, before thy throne, We meet and pray for those who roam Far off |