In joys the world can never give,

Nor ever take away.

3 Blest Jesus, come, and rule my heart,
And make me wholly thine,
That I may never more depart,
Nor grieve thy love divine.

4 Thus, till my last expiring breath,
Thy goodness I'll adore;

And when my frame dissolves in death,
My soul shall love thee more.

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April 24.

L. M.

Old Hundred.

GOD EVER TO BE PRAISED.

"Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; let thy glory be above all the earth."-Ps. lvii. 5.

1

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thou exalted, O my God,

Above the heavens, where angels dwell,
Thy power on earth be known abroad,
And land to land thy wonders tell.

2 My heart is fixed-my song shall raise
Immortal honors to thy name;

Awake, my tongue, to sound his praise,
His ceaseless goodness to proclaim.

3 High o'er the earth his mercy reigns,
And reaches to the utmost sky;
His truth to endless years remains,
When lower worlds dissolve and die.

4 Be thou exalted, O my God,

Above the heavens, where angels dwell;
Thy power on earth be known abroad,
And land to land thy wonders tell.

116

April 25. C. M.

THE JOYS OF HEAVEN.

Rochester.

"Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him."-1 Cor. ii. 9.

1

NOR eye hath seen-nor ear hath heard,

Nor sense nor reason known

What joys the Father has prepared
For those that love his Son.

2 But the good Spirit of the Lord
Reveals a heaven to come;
The beams of glory in his word
Allure and guide us home.

3 Pure are the joys above the sky,
And all the region peace ;-
No wanton lips, nor envious eye
Can see or taste the bliss.

4 Those holy gates for ever bar
Pollution, sin, and shame;

None shall obtain admittance there
But followers of the Lamb.

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April 26. L. M.

Duke Street.

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FAITH OUR SUPPORT.

"For we walk by faith, not by sight."-2 Cor. v. 7.

IS by the faith of joys to come

'TIS

We walk through deserts dark as night; Till we arrive at heaven, our home,

Faith is our guide, and faith our light.

2 The want of sight she well supplies;
She makes the pearly gates appear;
Far into distant worlds she pries,

And brings eternal glories near.
3 Cheerful we tread the desert through,
While faith inspires a heavenly ray;
Though lions roar, and tempests blow,
And rocks and dangers fill the way.

118

April 27.

C. M.

PRAYER FOR YOUTH.

Balerma.

"Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old he will not depart from it."-Prov. xxii. 6.

1

BESTOW, O Lord, upon our youth

The gift of saving grace,

And let the seed of sacred truth
Fall in a fruitful place.

2 Grace is a plant, where'er it grows,
Of pure and heavenly root;

But fairest in the youngest shows,
And yields the sweetest fruit.

3 Ye careless ones, oh! hear betimes
The voice of sovereign love;

Your youth is stained with many crimes,
But mercy reigns above.

4 For you the public prayer is made;
Oh, join the public prayer!
For you the sacred tear is shed;
Oh, shed yourselves a tear!

5 We pray that you may early prove
The Saviour's quickening grace;
Too young you cannot taste his love,
Or seek his smiling face.

119

April 28.

L. M.

Effingham.

BLESSINGS ATTENDANT UPON EARLY PIETY.

"I love them that love me, and those that seek me early shall find me."-Prov. viii. 17.

1 CHILDREN!-in years and knowledge young, Your parents' hope, your parents' joy,— Attend the counsels of my tongue;

Let pious thoughts your minds employ.

2 If you desire a length of days,

And peace to crown your mortal state,
Restrain your feet from sinful ways,
Your lips from falsehood and deceit.

3 From error's devious road depart;
From bad companions haste to flee;
And hidden deep within the heart
Let God's commandments ever be.

4 In joy to him your ways commit;

In grief and woe make him your stay; And he will safely lead your feet

Through life's dark path, to endless day.

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April 29. 7s & 6s.

Amsterdam.

ASPIRATIONS FOR HEAVEN.

"As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied when I awake with thy likeness."-Ps. xvii. 15.

1

RISE, my soul! and stretch thy wings,

Thy better portion trace;

Rise from transitory things

Toward heaven, thy native place! Sun and moon and stars decay,

Time shall soon this earth remove;

Rise, my soul! and haste away
To seats prepared above.

2 Rivers to the ocean run,

Nor stay in all their course;
Fire, ascending, seeks the sun,—
Both speed them to their source;
So a soul that's born of God

Pants to view his glorious face,
Upward tends to his abode,
To rest in his embrace.

3 Cease, ye pilgrims! cease to mourn,
Press onward to the prize;
Soon the Saviour will return,
Triumphant in the skies:
Yet a season,-and, you know,
Happy entrance will be given;

All our sorrows left below,

And earth exchanged for heaven.

121

April 30. L. M.

Wells.

PRAYER FOR YOUTH.

"Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not."-Ps. xvii. 5.

1

YREAT Saviour! who didst condescend

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Young children in thine arms to take,
Still prove thyself the children's friend,
And save them for thy mercy's sake.

2 While in the slippery paths of youth,
Be thou their guardian-thou their guide;
That they, directed by thy truth,

May never from thy precepts slide.

3 To read thy word their hearts incline;
To understand it, light impart:
O Saviour! let their all be thine!
Take full possession of each heart.

122

May 1.

7s.

SPRING.

Nuremburg.

"The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land."-Cant. ii. 12.

1

HAIL! reviving, joyous spring,

Smiling through thy vail of showers!
Birds and brooks thy welcome sing:
Haste, and waken all thy flowers.

2 Hark! a sweet pervading sound
From the breathing, moving earth:
Life is starting all around,

Sending joy and fragrance forth.

3 There is not a silent thing
In this joyous company;
Woods, and hills, and valleys ring
With a shout of jubilee.

4 Wake, my spirit! art thou still?

Senseless things have found a voice; Shall this throbbing heart be still When all nature cries Rejoice?

5 Join the grateful, happy throng,
Cast each selfish care away;

Birds and brooks shall tune your song;
This is nature's holiday.

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May 2. L. M.

Quito.

PRAISING GOD IN THE MORNING.

"He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God: and he shall be as the light of the morning when the sun riseth; even a morning without clouds."-2 Sam. xxiii. 3, 4.

1 GOD of the morning! at thy voice

The cheerful sun makes haste to rise,

And like a giant doth rejoice

To run his journey through the skies: