124 125 PIERPONT Morning Wymn. For a Child. 1 O GOD, I thank thee that the night My Father's smile, that makes it day. L. M. Evening Hymn. For a Child. 1 ANOTHER day its course hath run, PIERPONT. And still, O God, thy child is blest; And thou wilt be by night my Rest. 2 Sweet sleep descends, my eyes to close; My spirit to my Father's will. C. M. For a Sick Child. BARRY CORNWALL. 1 SEND down thy wingéd angel, God! Amidst this night so wild, And bid him come where now we watch, 2 She lies upon her pillow, pale, 3 How gentle and how good a child 4 We love, we watch throughout the night, To aid, where need may be; We hope, and have despaired at times; But now we turn to thee! 5 Send down thy sweet-souled angel, God! And bid him soothe our souls to-night, 99 Baptism, Lord's Supper, and Admission of Members. 126 S. M. L. H. SIGOURNEY Baptism 1 SAVIOUR, thy law we love, And with a firm, unwavering zeal, 2 Not to the fiery pains By which the martyrs bled; Not to the scourge, the thorn, the cross, 3 But, at this peaceful tide, The homage of obedient hearts 127 S. M. J. F. CLARKE. 128 Baptism of a Child. 1 To thee, O God in heaven, Giving to thee what thou hast given, 2 Into a world of toil These little feet will roam, 3 0, then, let thy pure love, With influence serene, Come down, like water, from above, S. M. J. F. CLARKE, Baptism of Children. 1 To Him who children blessed, And suffered them to come, To Him who took them to his breast, 2 To thee, O God, whose face We bring them, praying that thy grace 129 130 3 And as this water falls On each unconscious brow, 7s M. MONTGOMERY. Joined to God's People. 1 PEOPLE of the living God, I have sought the world around, Peace and comfort nowhere found. 2 Now to you my spirit turns, 3 Lonely I no longer roam, Like the cloud, the wind, the wave; A Welcome to Fellowship. 1 COME in, thou blessed of the Lord: We welcome thee with warm accord, 102 |