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"Every plant which my heavenly Father hath not

planted shall be rooted up,'
"It is good to be here,"
Despondency corrected,
An Evening Service,

The Folly of Atheism,
Sabbath Hymn,
Public Worship,

Light from Religion,

Love to God,

Sabbath Hymn,

Page.

Cunningham. 259

Herbert Knowles. 260

Wadsworth. 262

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Bowring. 263
Darwin. 265

Mrs. Barbauld. 267

Sir J. E. Smith. 268

Bowring. 269

E. T. 270

Mrs. Barbauld. 271

Sabbath Days-Modernized from "Son-Dayes," in

Vaughan's "Silex Scintillans,"

Bernard Barton. 271

The Spiritual Law-Deut. xxx. 11—14,

The Happiness of the Godly,

Morning Hymn,.

The Cross of Christ,

"God is Love," .

The Creator's Works,

Hymn,.

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Id. 272

Id. 273

Milton. 274

J. Bowring. 276

Id. 277

Hymn-"It is I; be not afraid," Sir James E. Smith. 278

The Bible,

Love of God,

To a Butterfly resting on a Skull,

A Thought on Death,

The Widow of Nain,

The Autumn Evening,

Wallace. 279 Thompson. 279 Cowper. 283 Caroline Fry. 284

Anonymous. 285

Mrs. Barbauld. 286

Furness. 287

Peabody. 288

TABLE OF FIRST LINES.

A cloud lay cradled near the setting sun,
Ah! when did wisdom covet length of days,
Ah me! these youthful bearers, robed in white,
All I feel, and hear, and see,

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A mother's love-how sweet the name,

And is there care in heaven? and is there love,
And Rachel lies in Ephrath's land,

A Parish Priest was of the pilgrim train,
As the good shepherd leads his sheep,

At the close of the day, when the hamlet is still,
Ay, there ye shine, and there have shone,

Begin, my soul, the exalted lay!
Behold the western evening light,
Behold this ruin! 'Twas a skull,
Bereft of all, when hopeless care,
Beyond, beyond that boundless sea,

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Blessed be thy name for ever,.

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Blessed state! and happy he,

273

Brighter than the rising day,

124

Bright be the skies that cover thee,.

236

Build'st thou on Wealth?-its wings are ever spread, 241

But who shall see the glorious day,

139

Child of the dust, I heard thee mourn,

93

Come, Disappointment, come!

82

Creature of air and light,

285

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Few are thy days, and full of wo,
Forgive thy foes;-nor that alone, .

From early childhood, even, as hath been said,
From Greenland's icy mountains,

God is our refuge and defence,
God is good! each perfumed flower,
God is Love; his mercy brightens, .

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God moves in a mysterious way,

God of the earth's extended plains!

Go, take the wings of morn,

Grace does not steel the faithful heart,

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Group after group are gathering, such as prest,

Heave! mighty ocean, heave!

51

63

Here, in a little cave,

202

He sung of God, the mighty source,

242

He who delights to trace, with serious thought,

243

How fair is the rose! what a beautiful flower,

192

How shall I know thee in the sphere which keeps,

19

How shall I praise thee, Lord of light?

122

How sweetly flow'd the Gospel's sound,

166

How sweet, upon this sacred day,

180

How sweet and solemn, all alone, How wither'd, faded, seems the form, "Humility," said Lena, as she drew,

224

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I am monarch of all I survey,
I dream'd:-I saw a rosy child,
If all our hopes and all our fears,
If human kindness meets return,
If I had Jubal's chorded shell,
If love, the noblest, purest, best,
If that high world, which lies beyond,
I had found out a sweet green spot,
I hear thee speak of a better land,
I love to muse, when none are nigh,
I love to see the falling leaf,
I love the organ's joyous swell,
In sleep's serene oblivion laid,
In the cross of Christ I glory,
In trouble and in grief, O God,
I saw an aged man upon his bier,

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It is not that my lot is low,

It must be sweet in childhood to give back,

I seek the mountain cleft: alone,

Is there a time when moments flow,
Is there a lone and dreary hour,

It is the one true Light,

It thunders! sons of dust, in reverence bow!

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I will not sing a mortal's praise,

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King of the world! I worship thee, .

255

Knell of departed years, .

84

Leaves have their time to fall,

35

Let deepest silence all around,

222

Look on him-through his dungeon grate,

27

Lord, who art merciful as well as just,

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My mother's voice! how often creep,

Nay, William, nay, not so; the changeful year,
No moon hung o'er the sleeping earth,
Now breathes the ruddy Morn around,

O, could the soul oppress'd with care,

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O'er Kedron's stream, and Salem's height,
O fear not thou to die,

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Oh! weep for those that wept by Babel's stream,

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O, the wrath of the Lord is a terrible thing!
O think that, while you're weeping here,

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O Thou whom eye hath seen not-nor shall see,

209

O Thou Great Being! what thou art,

226

O! would you be assured you love your God,

284

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Praise waits in Zion, Lord, for thee,

268

Prayer is the soul's sincere desire,

57

Sad and slow was the wanderer's tread,.

54

Sad, solitary Thought, who keep'st thy vigils,

99

Salt of the earth! ye virtuous few,

74

Say not the law divine,

272

Shall man, to sordid views confined,

40

She said she was alone within the world,
Sleep, sleep to-day, tormenting cares,

182

267

Spirit of spirits! who, through every part,

183

Sweet bird, again that plaintive strain,
Sweet harp of Judah! shall thy sound,

168

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Sweet is the scene when virtue dies,

218

Sweet Peace, where dost thou dwell? &c.

216

Swift the tempest strips the wood,

259

Take, holy earth, all that my soul holds dear,.

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The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold,.

133

The autumnal winds had stripp'd the field,

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The bird, let loose in eastern skies, .

163

The clouds! the clouds! they are beautiful,
The cold wind strips the yellow leaf,

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The groves were God's first temples. Ere man learn'd,

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The heavens, O Lord, thy power proclaim,

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The hour, the hour, the parting hour,

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The melancholy days are come, the saddest, &c.

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