6 6 > Z K < tn 5 11. Z 2 lU ^- w >• < ffl S u. •" Q 5 :j 3 > i ^ m < " 5 I? u 2 TZGER EATHED HE LIBR, THEOLC 8 ^ S ^ I to n u D g q 5 J 0. i ScA //73 IMiririoc j i Section /c HYMN BOOK. THIRD STEREOTYPED EDITION. REVISED AND ENLARGED. THOMAS HASTINGS. NEW YORK: ANSON D. F. RANDOLPH, 683 BROADWAY. l"85~9 Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1859, By ANSON D. F. KANDOLPH, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Southern District of New York, GENERAL CONTENTS. Family Devotion from page 13 to page 29 ' 30" ' ' 40" ' ' 39 Recoveey FEOM Sickness — " ' ' 45 BlETHS " ' ' 46" ' ' 48 Childeen Dedicated to God " ' ' 49 " ' ' 53 Childeen Inbteucted " ' ' 54" ' ' 64 ' 65 " ' ' 86" ' ' 92" ' ' 85 92 Sickness " ' 96 Death. " ' ' 96" ' ' 109 Consolation in Affliction. " ' ' 109 " ' ' 122 ' 122" ' ' 166" ' ' 166 Doxologies " ' ' 170 APPENDIX. Mateenal Associations 171 Questions 177 P E E F A G E. This third stereotyped edition of the Mother's Hymn Book has undergone a careful revision, and been considerably enlarged, with a view to its more general circulation. Some of the less important hymns of former editions have now given place to more interesting ones, which will increase the utUity of the work. The Mother's Hymn Book fills a place in hym- nology which, so far as we know, has not been occupied by any other publication. That it may contribute more and more to the comfort of parents, and the benefit of children, is the ardent wish of the Author and COMPILER. Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2011 with funding from Calvin College http://www.archive.org/details/mothershymnbookOOhast INDEX OF FIRST LINES. Abide with us for day . . Hastings . Again the Lord of life . . Mrs. Barhauld Alas ! how changed . . . Anon. Almighty God ! I'm very ' . Atti. Tr. So. Almighty G-od ! tliy piercing . Watts . Almighty God 1 while . . Watts . And 18 my heart defiled ? . Hastings Around that couch they . . Hastings At length the opening spring . Newton Before thy footstool . . Hastings Begin, my soul, th' exalted . Oqilvie Begin the high celestial . . Mrs. Rowe Behold the throne of grace . Newton Behold, what condescending . Doddridge Blessings attend thee, little one Anon, Blest be the tie that binds . Fawcet Christian, wouldst thou know Hastings Come, Holy Spirit, come Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly , Come, let us join our friends Come, let us join ourselves Come, let us strike our . Come, my Redeemer, come Come, thou Desire of all Hart Watts . C. Wesley Montgomery Rev. Dr. Reed Rev. Dr. Reed Mrs. Steele HYMN. . 176 . 14 . IIT . 110 . 64 . 104 . 66 . 119 . 153 . 108 . 182 . 181 . 76 . 53 . 48 . 192 . 150 . 70 . 71 . 82 . 81 . 189 . 158 . 83 Dear Lord, before thy throne 35 Dear Saviour, if these lambs . Mrs. Hyde ., . 89 Dear Saviour, when my thoughtsJVZ-rs. (S^eeZe. . 193 Disdain not, O Eternal , . Searle . . 40 VIU INDEX OF FIRST LINES. AimroE. Earth's shadowy years . . Hastings Ere to the world again .... Far from my thoughts vain . Watts . Far from the world, Lord . Cowper Father, let thy light . . Hastings Father, whate'er of earthly . Mrs. Steele For a season called . . . Neivton Forbid them not, the Saviour , Hastings Forbid them not to come . Hastings Forget thyself, Christ bade . Hastings Gentle stranger, fearless . Hastings Gently, Lord, O gently lead us Hastings Give to the winds thy fears . Gerhard God of the nations bow . . Hastings God only is the creature's . Faber . Go, for the Master calls thee . Hastings Grant us wisdom, gracious . Hastings Great God, we would to thee . Hastings Great God, with heart and ton^xiQAnon. Hast thou lost a child ? . Have pity on me He knelt 1— the Saviour knelt How beauteous the morning How did the pious Abram How frail are these bodies How glorious is the land . How great thy mercies. Lord How large the promise . How still and peaceful is How sweet on thy bosom How tender is thy hand . I bless the Lord for sorrows I heard the voice of Jesus I love to steal awhile In darkness and temptation In sleep' s serene In time of fear . . Comm. . Mrs. Hemans . Hastings . Anon. . Hastings . Bonar . '. Watts '. . Scottish . Searle . Hastings . Anon. , Bonar . 3lrs. P. Broion . Hastings . Haivksivorth . Hastings INDEX OF FIRST LINES. IX ATJTHOE. In vain the fancy strives . . Neivton In -wakeful hours of night . Watts . I sa-w One hanging on . . Newton Is there a time when moments Mrs. Opie I thank the Lord . . . Am. Tr. So. It is the Lord, my soul . . Hastings Jerusalem, my happy home . Ancient Jesus, thy boundless love . C. Wesley Jesus, where'er thy people . Cowper Jesus, while our hearts are . Hastings Kindly the Lord appeared Knov, my soul, thy full . Searle Montgomery Let us sound the infant chorus Hastings Life is a span, a . . . Mrs. Steele Long as he lives he shall . . Comm Look back, my soul . . . West, Rec. Lord, assist us by . . . Hastings Lord, dismiss us with thy . Burder Lord, I confess before . . Anon, Lord. I would come to thee . Hastings Lord of the Sabbath .... Lord, teach a little child .... Lord, thou will hear me when Watts , Lord, we bow with deep . . Hastings Mother bids thee, lovely . Must Jesus bear the cross ? . My dear Redeemer and my Lord My faith looks up to thee My Father's house on high . My God, how endless My God, the covenant of My God, the spring of all My God, thy service will My heavenly Father, I confess My home is in heaven My soul, be on thy guard Anon. Watts , Rev. Dr, R, Watts . Doddridge Mvs. Steele Doddridge Lyte . Heath . Palmer '. INDEX OF FIKST LINES. Ne-w every morning , No cross, no crown . Now condescend Now from labor and from care Now, O Lord, to thee AUTHOE. HYMN. KeeUe 3 Hastings . 16T Anon. . 20 ■Hastings 6 Comm . 118 O cease, my wand' ring . O deem not they are O Grod of Abram, bear . Oh, bless the Lord, my soul Oh, grieve ye not . Oh, why delay . O, Jesus, delight O Lord, behold us at O Lord, encouraged by . O Lord, I would delight . One family we dwell One God I must worship O strange infirmity . O that I could for ever . O thou who art the widow's O thou whose tender mercy O what is earthly pleasure O ye mourners, cease Parting soul, the floods . Perpetual blessings . Pilgrims in this vale Prayer and praise together Rejoice in the Lord . R*est upon thy Saviour's . Rock of Ages . Saviour, I look to thee . Saviour, who thy flock . Say while you press with Scorn not the slightest . Serene I laid me down , Muhle7iburgh Bryant Hastings Watts . Hastings Hastings Hastings Mrs. T. Searle Mrs. Steele. C. Wesley Hastings Searle Rev. Dr. Reed Anon. Mrs. Steele Hastings Collier Edmeston Watts . Hastings Hastings Quiet, Lord, this trembling . Hastings Hastings Hastings Toplady Hastings . Dwight INDEX OF FIRST LINES. AXJTHOE. Shepherd of the fold . . Hastings Shepherd of the little . . Hastings So fades the lovely . . . Mrs. Steele Songs in the night . . . Hastings Spirit of peace . . . Lyte . Summer's mildest breeze . Hastings Sweet fruits afflictions bring . Sweet is the light of , . Edmeston Swift as the winged arrow flies Anon. The Author of salvation . . Hastings The covenant of grace . . Hastings The hour of deep solicitude . Hastings The hours of evening close . Mrs. Conder The leaves around me falling . Lyte . The natal day has come . . Hastings The pity of the Lord . . Watts . There is a calm for those . Montgomery There is a land mine eye . Anon. There is an hour of hallowed . Tappan There is a path that leads . Anon. The relics of departed . . 3fiss B. The rosy light is dawning . Hastings The Saviour bids thee watch . Hastings The Saviour kindly calls . Doddridge The song of gratitude . . Hastings The widow and the . . . Hastings Though we are simple, weak . Anon. Thou from whom we never . Anon. Thou God of sovereign grace . Anon. Thou lovely source of true . Mrs. Steele Thou, O Lord, didst hear Through sorrow's night . . H. K. White Thy gracious presence . . 3frs. Steele Thy life I read, my . . . Stennet Thy name. Almighty Lord . Watts . Time is winging . . . Burton 'Tis midnight! and on . . Tappan 'Tis sweet to rest in . . Anon. To Jesus, the crown of . . Cowper Xii INDEX OF FIRST LINES. ATJTnOE. HTMK. To thee, my God, my heart . 3frs. Steele . 44 To thee, when called awhile • Spiritual Songs 191 Wait, my soul, upon the Lord Gems . . . S4 Weep not for the saint . . Dr. L. Bacon . 197 We lift our hearts to thee . J. Wesley . . 2 Whatever dims thy sense . 3frs. Hale . . 82 What is the thing of greatest . Montgomery . 151 What rude conflict . . . Hastings . . S3 What sight on earth more . Hastings . . 95 When discipline, with piercing Hastings . . 58 When discipline, with temper Hastings . . 5T When the heart, oppressed with Church 3felodies 58 When the worn spirit wants . Edmeston . , 11 Wherever two or three 75 Who can sound the depths . Hastings . . 195 Why lament the Christian . Uasti7igs . . 120 Why to-day cast down ? , . Hastinys . . 23 Why weep for those, frail child .... 135 Why, Avhen storms around . Searle ... 32 Within those quiet walls, O Lord Montgotnery . 78 With tearful eyes I look . Songs in the Night 24 Ye children of a favored . . Hastings . . 162 Yes, there is one above . . Searle . . 29 Young and happy as thou art . Toplady . . 99 THE MOTHER'S HYMN BOOK. f^iDili] SeboiioK) ■| MORNING-GRATITUDE. J^ J^J Gratitude — Ward. 1 In sleep's serene oblivion laid, I safely passed the silent night ; Again I see the breaking shade, I drink again the morning light. 2 New-born I bless the waking hour, Once more, with awe, rejoice to be : My conscious soul resumes her power. And springs, my guardian God, to thee. 3 guide me through the various maze My doubtful feet may this day tread ; And spread thy shield's protecting blaze Where dangers press around, my head. 4 A deeper shade will soon impend, A deeper sleep mine eyes oppress ; 14 FAMILY DEVOTION. Yet then thy strength shall still defend, Thy goodness still dehght to bless. 5 That deeper shade shall break away, That deeper sleep shall leave mine eyes ; Thy hght shall give eternal day, Thy love, the rapture of the skies. MORNING— SPIRITUAU LIGHT. Watchman — State Street. 1 We lift our hearts to thee, Thou Day-star from on high ! The sun itself is but thy shade, Yet cheers both earth and sky, 2 let thy rising beams Dispel the shades of night ; And let the glories of thy love Come like the morning light ! 3 How beauteous nature now ! How dark and sad before ! — With joy we view the pleasing day, And nature's God adore. 4 May we this life improve, To mourn for errors past ; And live this short revolving day As if it were our last. S.M. FAMILY DEVOTION. 15 MORNING HYMN. J^ ]yj ^ Gratitude — Uxbridge. ASKING FOE SPIBITTTAL LIGHT. 1 New every morning is the love Our wakening and uprising prove ; Through sleep and darkness safely brought, Eestored to life, and power, and thought. 2 New mercies each returning day Hover around us while we pray ; New perils past, new sins forgiven, New thoughts of God, new hopes of heaven 3 If on our daily course, our mind Be set to hallow all we find. Some softening gleam of love and prayer Shall dawn on every cross and care. 4 The trivial round, the common task Will furnish all we ought to ask ; Room to deny ourselves, a road To bring us daily nearer God. 5 Seek we no more ; content with these, Let present rapture, comfort, ease. As Heaven shall bid them, come and go : The secret this of rest below. 6 Only, Lord, in thy dear love Fit us for perfect rest above ; And help us this, and every day, To live more nearly as we pray. 16 FAMILY DEVOTION. A MORNING— GRATITUDE. ^ PleyeVs Hymn — German Air. 1 Thou, Lord, didst hear my cry, Thy protecting hand was nigh ; Peaceful slumbers thou didst shed On my weary, drooping head. 2 Come thou, with the dawning ray, On my soul thy beams display ; Sweeter than the smiUng morn Let thy cheering light return. C MORNING^PRESERVATION. " Shirland— State Street. 1 Serene I laid me down Beneath his guardian care : I slept — and' I awoke, and found My kind Preserver near, 2 Thus does thine arm support This weak, defenseless frame ; But whence these favors, Lord, to me, All worthless as I am ? 3 Oh ! how shall I repay The bounties of my Grod ? This feeble spirit pants beneath The pleasing, painful load. 4 My life I would anew Devote, Lord, to thee ; And in thy service I would spend A long eternity. Ts, FAMILY DEVOTION. IT' n EVENING— CONFESSION AND PRAISE, ^'s 6 H 1 N'ow from labor and from care, Evening shades have set me free ; In the work of praise and prayer, Lord ! I would converse with thee ;■ Oh ! behold me from above, Fill me with a Saviour's love. 2 Sin and sorrow, guilt and wo, Wither all ray earthly joys ; Naught can charm me here below. But my Saviour's melting voice :: Lord ! forgive — thy grace restore, Make me thine for evermore. 3 For the blessings of this day, For the mercies of this hour, For the gospel's cheering ray, For the Spirit's quickening power, — Grateful notes to thee I raise ; Oh ! accept my song of praise. y EVENING— GRATITUDE AND CONFESSION. Q ]Vf Ortonville—Barby. 1 Perpetual blessings from above Encompassed me around ; But oh ! how few returns of love, Hath my Creator found. 18 FAMILY DEVOTION. 2 What have I done for him who died, To save my wretched soul ? How are my folUes multipHed, Fast as the minutes roll ! 3 Lord, with this guilty heart of mine, To thy dear cross I flee, And to thy grace my soul resign, To be renew'd by thee. 4 Sprinkled afresh by pard'ning blood, I lay me down to rest ; As in th' embraces of my God, Or on my Saviour's breast. EVENING OR MORNING— PRAISE. T ]y| ^ Seasons — Gratitude. 1 Mt God, how endless is thy love ! Thy gifts are every evening new ; And morning mercies from above Gently distill Hke early dew. 2 Thou spread'st the curtain of the night, Great Guardian of my sleeping hours ; Thy sovereign word restores the light. And quickens all my drowsy powers. 3 I yield my powers to thy command, To thee I consecrate my days : Perpetual blessings from thy hand Demand perpetual songs of praise. FAMILY DEVOTION. 19 Q FOURTH PSALM-EVENING. Q J^J *' Dundee — Peterborough. 1 Lord, thou wilt hear me when I pray ; I am for ever thine : I fear before thee all the day Nor would I dare to sin. 2 And while I rest my weary head From cares and business free, 'Tis sweet conversing on my bed With my own heart and thee. 3 I pay this evening sacrifice ; And when my work is done, Great God, my faith, my hope relies Upon thy grace alone. 4 Thus with my thoughts composed to peace, I'll give mine eyes to sleep ; Thy hand in safety keeps my days, And will my slumbers keep. ■ir| EVENING HYMN. f7's PleyeVs Hymn — Eshtamoa. 1 Thou, from whom we never part, Thou, whose love is everywhere, Thou, who seest every heart. Listen to our evening prayer. 2 Fa^iher, fill our hearts with love, Love unfailing, full and free ; 20 FAMILY DEVOTION. Love no injury can move, Love that ever rests on thee. 3 Heavenly Father ! through the night Keep us safe from every ill, Cheerful as the morning light May we wake to do thy will. i-| SATURDAY EVENING THOUGHTS. Q^"^^ ■*■■*■ Dunkirk— Boynto7i. 1 When the worn spirit wants repose, And sighs her God to seek, How sweet to hail the evening's close That ends the weary week ! 2 How sweet will be the early dawn That opens on the sight, When first the soul-reviving morn Shall shed new rays of light. 3 Blest day! thine hours too soon will cease, Yet, while they gently roll. Breathe, heavenly Spirit, source of peace, A Sabbath o'er my soul. 4 When will my pilgrimage be done, The world's long week be o'er, That Sabbath dawn which needs no sun, That day which fades no more ? I FAMILY DEVOTION. 21 <0 SATURDAY EVENING. g^ J^^ * State Street— Dennis. 1 The hours of evening close ; Its lengthened shadows, drawn O'er scenes of earth, invite repose, And wait the Sabbath dawn. 2 So let its calm prevail O'er forms of outward care ; ISTor thought for " many things" assail The still retreat of prayer. 3 Our guardian Shepherd near His watcliful eye will keep ; And, safe from violence and fear, Will fold his flock to sleep. 4 So may a holier light Than earth's our spirits rouse, And call us, strengthened by his might, To pay the Lord our vows. iO A BRIGHT SABBATH MORNING. Ys&Gs PgC Missionary Hymn. 1 The rosy light is dawning Upon the mountain's brow ; It is the Sabbath morning — Arise and pay thy vow. Lift up thy voice to heaven In sacred praise and prayer, While unto thee is given The light of life to share. 22 FAMILY DEVOTION. 2 The landscape lately shrouded By evening's paler ray, Smiles beauteous and unclouded Before the eye of day : So let our souls, benighted Too long in folly's shade, By thy kind smiles be lighted To joys that never fade. 3 Oh, see those waters, streaming In crystal purity ; While earth with verdure teeming, Gives rapture to the eye ! Let rivers of salvation In larger currents flow, 'Till every tribe and nation Their healing virtues know. -tA SABSATH MORNING. Q^ J^^ Fountain — Armenia. 1 Again, the Lord of life and light Awakes the kindhng ray, Dispels the darkness of the night. And pours increasing day. 2 Oh 1 what a night was that which wrapt A sinful world in gloom ! Oh ! what a sun, which broke, this day, Triumphant from the tomb ! 3 Tliis day be grateful homage paid, FAMILY DEVOTION. 23 Let gladness dwell in every heart, And praise on every tongue. 4 Ten thousand thousand lips shall join To hail this vt^elcome morn, Which scatters blessings, from its vs^ings, To nations yet unborn. 15 """"^ SABBATH. J^ J^^ Sabbath — Beneficence. 1 Lord of the Sabbath and its light, I hail thy hallowed day of rest; It is my weary soul's delight, The solace of my care-worn breast 2 Its dewy morn, its glowing noon, Its tranquil eve, its solemn night, Pass sweetly ; but they pass too soon. And leave me saddened at their flight. 3 Yet sweetly as they glide along, And hallowed tho' the calm they yield, Transporting tho' their rapturous song, And heavenly visions seem revealed ; 4 My soul is desolate and drear, My silent harp untuned remains. Unless, my Saviour, thou art near. To heal my wounds and soothe my pains. 24 FAMILY DEVOTION. 5 ! Jesus, let me ever hail Thy presence with the day of rest ; Then will thy servant never fail To deem thy Sabbath doubly blest. 1g SABBATH EVENING IN SUMMER. J^ AT Mendon — Beneficence,. 1 Is there a time when moments flow More peacefully than all beside, It is, of all the times below, A Sabbath eve in summer's tide. 2 Delightful scene ! a world at rest, A God all love, no grief, no fear, A heavenly hope, a peaceful breast, A smile unsullied by a tear. 3 If heaven be ever felt below, A scene so heavenly, sure, as this. May cause a heart on earth to know Some foretaste of celestial bliss. 4 Dehghtful hour ! how soon will night Spread her dark mantle o'er thy reign ! And soon the morn's returning hght Will call us to the world again. 5 Yet will there dawn, at last, a day — A sun that never sets, shall rise : Night will not vail his glorious ray, The heavenly Sabbath never dies. FAjnLY DEVOTION. 25 Jiy SABBATH EVENING. J^ -^ ^ ' Ward — " Siceet is the Light.''' 1 Sweet is the light of Sabbath eve, And soft the sunbeams lingering there ; For these blest hours, the world I leave, Wafted on wings of faith and prayer. 2 The time how lovely and how still ; Peace shines and smiles on all below — The plain, the stream, the wood, the hill — All fair with evening's setting glow. 3 Season of rest ! the tranquil soul Feels the sweet calm, and melts to love — And while these sacred moments roU, Faith sees the smiUng heaven above. 4 Nor will our days of toil be long, Our pilgrimage will soon be trod; And we shall join the ceaseless song — The endless Sabbath of our God. ■JO SECRET DEVOTION. (J "^j^^ "*'*' Fountain — Brattle Street. 1 Far from the world, Lord, I flee, From strife and tumult far ; From scenes where Satan wages still His most successful war. 2 The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer and praise agree ; 3 26 FAMILY DEVOTION. And seem, by thy sweet bounty, made For those who follow thee. 3 There, if thy spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode, Oh ! with what peace, and joy, and love, She communes with her Grod. 4 There, like the nightingale, she pours Her sohtary lays ; Nor asks a witness of her song, ISTor thirsts for human praise. 5 Author and Gruardian of my Hfe, — Sweet source of light divine, — And — all harmonious names in one — Blest Saviour ! — thou art mine. 6 "What thanks I owe thee, and what love ! And praise, an endless store. Shall echo through the realms above, When time shall be no more. iq SECRET PRAYER AT TWILIGHT. Q^ J^^ 1 I LOVE to steal awhile away From every cumb'ring care ; And spend the hours of setting day In humble, grateful prayer. 2 I love in solitude to shed The penitential tear ; And all his promises to plead. Where none but God is near. FAMILY DEVOTION. 27 3 I love to think on mercies past, And future good implore ; And all my cares and sorrows cast On him whom I adore. 4 I love by faith to take a view Of brighter scenes in heav'n ; The prospect doth my strength renew, While here by tempests driv'n. 5 Thus when life's toilsome day is o'er, May its departing ray Be calm as this impressive hour ; And lead to endless day. Of) CHILDREN'S EVENING HYMN. Q ]\^£ Orto7iville — Fountain. 1 Now condescend, Almighty King ! To bless this little throng ; And kindly listen while we sing Our pleasant evening song. 2 Brothers and sisters, hand in hand, Our lips together move ; smile upon this httle band, Unite our hearts in love. 3 We come to own the power divine That watches o'er our days ; For this our feeble voices join, To Grod we give the praise. 28 FAMILY DEVOTION. 4 May we in safety sleep to-night, From every danger free ; For, Lord, the darkness and the light Are both alike to thee. 5 And when the rising sun displays His cheerful beams abroad ; Then shall our gTateful morning lays Declare the love of God. 01 EVENING INFANT CHORUS, gg ^ ^S ^^ Dismission. 1 Let us sound the infant chorus To our Father in the skies, "Who so kindly watches o'er us, And our every want supplies. 2 By his care we nightly slumber, Waking with the morning ray ; While his mercies, without number. Still descend from day to day. 3 All our infant, smiling pleasures. All our raiment and our food ; All our precious little treasures. Teach us that the Lord is good. 4 Thanks to Grod, who still supplies us With kind friends and parents dear ; Thanks to God, who ne'er denies us Aught we need for comfort here. i FAMILY DEVOTION. 29 5 To our Father high in heaven, To the well-beloved Son, To the Spirit, praise be given — • Grlory to our Grod alone. 99 HEAVENLY ASPIRATIONS. O -M" ^^ Abode— St. Thomas. 1 My Father's house on high, Home of my soul, how near At times to Faith's illumined eye Thy golden gates appear ! 2 My thirsty spirit faints To reach the land I love. The bright inheritance of saints, — Jerusalem above. 3 Yet clouds will intervene. And all my prospect flies ; Like Noah's dove, I flit between Rough seas and stormy skies. 4 Anon the clouds depart, The winds and waters cease, While sweetly o'er my gladdened heart Expands the bow of peace. 3^ 30 SEASONS OF PERIL. Se^3O03 of £ehi. 23 "SUFFICIENT TO THE DAY." 8s & Ys. dW. Aberdeen — Love Divine. 1 Why to-day cast down in sorrow ; Burdened with prospective grief, Lest the trials of to-morrow Should not find a full relief? Chide each dark anticipation ; Present ills may now suffice ; These beheld with resignation, Prove but mercies in disguise. 2 Joys and sorrows, ever fleeting, Lilce the visions of a day, Oft their visits are repeating As the years of life decay : Fix thy hopes on things eternal. Far above terrestrial care, Scenes of bliss for ever vernal Soon will greet thy entrance there. 04 WHISPERS FROM HEAVEN. T J^J ^^ Betreai—ZepJiyr. ' * 1 With tearful eyes I look around, Life seems a dark and stormy sea ; Yet 'midst the gloom, I hear a sound, A heavenly whisper, " Come to me." SEASONS OF PERIL. 31 2 It tells me of a place of rest — It tells me where my soul may flee , ! to the weary, faint, oppressed, How sweet the bidding, " Come to Me." 3 When nature shudders, loth to part From all I love, enjoy, and see ; When a faint chill steals o'er my heart, A sweet voice utters, " Gome to Me. 4 '^ Come, for all else must fail and die ; Earth is no resting place for thee ; Heavenward direct thy weeping eye, I am thy portion. Come to Me." 5 0, voice of mercy ! voice of love ! In conflict, grief, and agony, Support me, cheer me from above ! And gently whisper, " Come to Me." 05 SUBMISSION IN TRIALS. Q ]y[ Boyiiton — Balerma. 1 The hour of deep solicitude, O Lord, is drawing nigh, When sorrows, like a raging flood, Shall lift their waves on high. 2 then to feel thy powerful aid, To rest upon thine arm, To have my strength on Jesus stayed, 'Mid danger and alarm ! 32 SEASONS OF PERIL. 3 When sudden anguish weighs me down, And I draw near to death, Let me not feel a Saviour's frown In every lab'ring breath ; 4 But let me hear that gentle voice Which bids the waves " be still ;" Which makes the trembhng heart rejoice, Anchor' d within the vail. 5 Myself to thee I now resign ; Lord, let thy will be done ; Body and spirit still are thine, And thou art God alone. 26 A PROMISE. gg^ Confidence, — Ludlow. 1 How sweet on thy bosom to rest. When nature's affliction is near ; The soul that can trust thee is blest, Thy smiles bring deliv'rance from fear. 2 The Lord has in kindness declar'd That those who will trust in his name, Shall in the sharp conflict be spar'd. His mercy and love to proclaim. 3 This promise shall be to my soul A messenger sent from the skies ; An anchor when billows shall roll, A refuge when tempests arise. SEASONS OF PERIL. 33 4 Saviour, the promise fulfill, Its comfort impart to my mind ; Then cahnly I'll bow to thy will — To the cup of affliction resigned. 27 ^?°^lr'' "^^ ;^;'^^- 6s & 4s. ***• New Haven — Olivet, 1 Saviour, I look to thee, Be not thou far from me, 'Mid storms that lower ; On me thy care bestow. Thy loving kindness show,,- Thine arms around me tlirow ; This trying hour. 2 Saviour, I look to thee. Feeble as infancy, Gird up my heart : Author of life and light, Thou hast an arm of might. Thine is the sovereign right, Thy strength impart. 3 Saviour, I look to thee. Let me thy fullness see. Save me from fear : While at thy cross I kneel, All my backslidings heal. And a free pardon seal, My soul to cheer. 34 SEASONS OF PERIL. 4 Saviour, I look to thee, Thine shall the glory be, Hearer of prayer : Thou art my only aid, On thee my soul is stayed. Naught can my heart invade, While thou art near. OQ NIGHT WATCHING, S. M. ^^ StiUingJleei— State Street. 1 In wakeful hours of night, I call my God to mind ; I think how wise thy counsels are. And all thy deahngs kind. 2 Since thou hast been my help, To thee my spirit flies ; And on thy watchful providence My cheerful hope relies. 3 The shadow of thy wing's My soul in safety keeps ; I follow where my Father leads, And he supports my steps. OQ SYMPATHY OF CHRIST. T ^ Gratitude — Luton. 1 Yes, there is One above who knows The griefs which in the bosom he ; Interprets every tear that flows, And reads the language of a sigh. SEASONS OF PERIL. 35 2 Think not the Lord from sorrows' plaint Will e'er avert a list'ning ear ; Think not that he, the spirit faint, With his rich grace will cease to cheer. 3 Rest then the burden of your grief On that kind arm which never fails ; Trust in that promise of relief Which to the sorrowing saint avails. OA TRUSTING IN GOD. Q lyj *^^ Arcadia — Ortonmlle. 1 In time of fear. When trouble's near, I look to thine abode ; Though helpers fail, And foes prevail, I'll put my trust in God. 2 And what is life. But toil and strife ? What terror has the grave ? Thine arm of power, In peril's hour, The trembling soul will save. 3 In darkest skies, Though storms arise, • I will not be dismayed ; God of light. And boundless might, My soul on thee is stayed I 36 SEASONS OF PERIL. Q1 ENCOURAGEMENT FROM PAST MERCIES. P PM '^A NeedofFaitJi. .^^^^ 1 STRANGE infirmity, to think That he will leave my soul to sink In darkness and distress ; Who has appeared in times of old, Who sav'd me while the billows roU'd, And cheered me with his grace. 2 What sweeter pledge could Grod bestow, Of help in future scenes of wo, Than grace already giv'n ? But unbehef, that hateful thing, Oft makes me sigh, when I should sing Of confidence in heaven. 00 AGAINST GLOOMY THOUGHTS, gg ^ h^ Dismission— Greenville. 1 Why, when storms around you gather, Should your trembling spirit sink ? Look to Qod, your heav'nly Father, And of his sweet promise think. 2 Fancy will be often painting Scenes in dark and fearful shade ; Yet why should thy soul be fainting, Of prospective woes afraid ? 3 Cease that dark anticipation ; Still let love and faith abound ; For the day of tribulation Strength sufficient will be found. SEASONS OF PERIL. 37 4 God is love, and will not leave you When you most his kindness need ; Grod is true, nor can deceive you, Though your faith be weak indeed. qO PAINFUL ANTICIPATIONS, gg ^ ^3 Aberdeen — Love Divine. 1 What rude conflict lies before me, Nearer still th' approaching hour ; May that Grod who watches o'er me, Save by his almighty power ! Will he treat me as a stranger, When I tell him all my grief? No ; in many a time of danger He has brought me sweet relief. 2 In his love and peace abiding. With a fixed, unwavering trust, In his promises confiding, Who is merciful as just, I will chide each care and sorrow That too oft my bosom fill, Nor be anxious for the morrow, Waiting for his holy will. QA STRENGTH EQUAL TO THE DAY. ^S German Hymn — Horton. 1 Wait, my soul, upon the Lord, To his gracious promise flee. Laying hold upon his word, " As thy day, thy strength shall be." 4 38 SEASONS OF PERIL. 2 If the sorrows of thy case Seem peculiar still to thee, God has promis'd needful grace — " As thy day, thy strength shall be." 3 Days of trial, days of grief, In succession thou may'st see ; This is still thy sweet relief — " As thy day, thy strength shall be." 4 Rock of Ages, I'm secure, With thy promise full and free ; Faithful, positive, and sure, " As thy day, thy strength shall be." OK PRAYER FOR HELP. g ]y|^ State Street— Watchman. 1 Dear Lord, before thy throne. Behold thy handmaid fall ; Wilt thou not hear the secret groan, And listen when I call ? 2 Oppress'd'to thee I fly ; Thy promised help afford ; No other refuge is there nigh But thine, Almighty Lord. 3 Now, in my low estate. Do thou remember me ; One smile my fear shall dissipate, And make the darkness flee. SEASONS OF PERIL. 39 4 Stretch out thy powerful arm, On thee my soul shall rest ; Speak, Lord, and sweet will be the calm Within my anxious breast. gg LOOKING TO CHRIST IN TROUBLE, ^g 6li. Ilalle — Sydenham. ' 1 Quiet, Lord, this trembling frame, Tranquillize this beating heart, Let the savor of thy name Sweetest influence now impart. Till the thought that thou art near Shall dispel each rising fear. 2 Let me find a hallowed rest Never more in sin to rove, Gently leaning on thy breast In humility and love ; Like a simple-hearted child. With affections undefiled. 3 Then, though earthly cares assail, Though afflictions mark my way, No temptation shall prevail. To dishearten or betray : Wliile I thus in thee confide, Every want is satisfied. qir CHRISTIAN COURAGE. O VT Conflict — Luther. 1 Give to the winds thy fears, Hope and be undismay'd; 40 RECOVERY FROM SICKNESS. God hears thy sighs and counts thy tears, He will hft up thy head. 2 Through waves, and clouds, and storms, The Lord will clear thy way ; Wait thou on him, and soon thy night Shall end in joyous day. 1^ecobel*() fi*ofD 8iclioe.sa. QQ GRATITUDE TO GOD. g J^^ State Street — Dennis. 1 Kindly the Lord appear'd In nature's trying hour ; My sinking soul his mercy cheer'd , I felt his strength'ning power. 2 He found me on the bed Of languishing and pain ; Bade me on him recline my head, Nor seek his aid in vain. 3 I saw his mighty arm Stretched o'er the rolling wave ; He snatch'd my life from threat'ning harm And show'd his power to save. RECOVERY FROM SICKNESS. 41 4 How then can I refuse The tributary strain ? The Lord my wasted strength renews, And makes me well again. 5 may my future days True gratitude display: Nor only speak, but Uve his praise, Through each revolving day. 39 CHRIST'S LOVE. • L. M. Gratitude — German Air. 1 Jesus, thy boundless love to me No thought can reach, no tongue declare ; Unite my thankful heart to thee. And reign without a rival there. 2 Thy love, how cheering is its ray ! All pain before its presence flies : Care, anguish, sorrow, melt away, Where'er its healing beams arise. 3 let thy love my soul inflame. And to thy service sweetly bind : Transfuse it through my inmost frame, And mould me wholly to thy mind. 4 Thy love in sufferings be my peace ; Thy love in weakness make me strong ; And when the storms of hfe shall cease, Thy love shall be my heaven and song. 42 RECOVERY FROM SICKNESS. AQ PRAISE FOR RECOVERY, J^ y^ Duke Street — Seaso7is. 1 Disdain not, eternal King, To hear thy grateful handmaid sing ; for a seraph's ardent flame, To celebrate thy glorious name ! 2 To him who sav'd me from my fears, And wip'd away my falling tears; Who in my weakness made me strong — To him I'll consecrate my song. 3 Awake, awake, and tune the lyre, Almighty love the song inspire ; let me ne'er attempt in vain The pure and elevated strain. 4 Rais'd from the borders of the grave, 1 sing thy mighty power to save ; My rescued soul shall trust in thee, Through time and in eternity. A-l PRAISE FOR RECOVERY. Q^ ]y|^ "^■^ Boynton — Dedham. 1 The song of gratitude I'll raise Up to thy high abode, For thou hast fill'd my mouth with praise. My ever-gracious Grod. 2 Dangers were gath'ring round my head, The hour of conflict came ; What time my spirit was afraid, I trusted in thy name. RECOVERY FROM SICKNESS. 43 3 That hour of agony is past, Which many a Hfe destroys ; Sorrow and anguish fled in haste, And left me to my joys. 4 What shall I render to the Lord, Who brought me from the grave ? For ever be his name ador'd. For he is strong to save. 5 As upward waft those infant sighs, My thoughts to heaven ascend ; Joy, love, and gratitude arise, And praise shall never end. /rpPRAISE FOR RECOVERY— CONSECRATION. p TVT ^^ Wirtli^Byefldd. ' ' 1 My Grod, thy service well demands The remnant of my days - Why was this fleeting breath renew'd, But to renew thy praise r 2 Thine arm of everlasting love Did this weak frame sustain ; When life was hov'ring o'er the grave, And nature sunk with pain. 3 Calmly I bowed my fainting head On thy dear faitliful breast ; Pleas'd to obey my Father's call To his eternal rest. 44 RECOVERY FROM SICKNESS. 4 Back from the borders of the grave At thy command I come ; JSTor will I ask a speedier flight To my celestial home. 5 Where thou appointest my abode, There I would choose to be ; For in thy presence death is life, And earth is heav'n with thee. 43 PSALM cii[. a Tyr ^^ Watchmanr-State Street ^' ^^' 1 Oh bless the Lord my soul ; Let all within me join To bless his great and holy name, Whose favors are divine. 2 Oh bless the Lord, my soul, Nor let his mercies He Forgotten in unthankfulness. And without praises die. 3 'Tis he forgives thy sins, 'Tis he relieves thy pains ; 'Tis he that heals thy sicknesses. And makes thee young again. 4 He crowns thy life with love When ransomed from the grave ; He that redeemed my soul from hell Hath sovereign power to save. RECOVERY FROM SICKNESS. 45 A A CONFIDENCE IN GOD. CM. '*^ Fountain — Wirih. 1 To thee, my God, my heart shall bring The hvdly, grateful song : . Thy faithfulness I fain would sing, With rapture on my tongue. 2 Amid the glories of thy name, Thy truth exalted shines ; And thou for ever art the same ; How gracious thy designs. 3 When in the hour of deep distress, To thee, my God, I cried, Thy strength divine, 'mid helplessness, My fainting heart supplied. 4 And wilt thou all my hopes fulfiU ? To thee the work belongs ; Let endless mercy guide me still, And tune my feeble songs. 46 BIRTHS. Sirib. ^K THOUGHTS ON AN INFANT. Vs (fe SS. Obion — Dismission. 1 Mother bids thee, lovely stranger, Welcome to a world of care , Where attends thee many a danger, Where awaits thee many a snare. 2 Sore distress will bid thee languish, Sorrow's night will often frown. Guilt will fill thy heart with anguish, And temptations cast thee down. 3 Yet indulge no dark surmises ; Hope shall build a fairer scene ; Many a blessing round thee rises. And thy visions are serene. 4 Oh ! may Heav'n in love defend thee, 'Mid hfe's dangers and alarms ; And many blessings still attend thee. Circled in a Saviour's arms. At* A MOTHER'S JOYS. P M ^" Byefield—Dedham. v>. xx. 1 Sat, while you press with growing love. The darling to your breast, And all a mother's pleasure prove, Are you entirely blest ? EIETHS. 47 2 Ah, no ; a thousand tender cares By turns your thoughts employ ; Now rising hopes, now anxious fears, And grief succeeds to joy. 3 To God be all your cares resign'd, Now on his bosom rest ; No earthly comforts are design'd To make you fully blest. 47 v^l^^'.^^^?"""'.- Vs. 6 lines. 1 Gentle stranger, fearless come, To our quiet, happy home ; Bud of being, beauty's flower, Sprung to birth this smiling hour, While upon thy form we gaze. Grateful thoughts to heav'n we raise. 2 Nothing yet thine eyes can see Of the world's dim mystery ; Of the tumult and the strife That embitter human life — But thy Maker's eye can view Present scenes and future too. 3 Little can thy bosom know Of the joys and griefs that flow From a heart impure within, From a world defiled by sin ; Yet if trembling life is spar'd, Heav'n in mercy be thy guard. 48 BIRTHS. 4 Saviour, from thy heav'nly throne Smile upon this little one ; Let thy spirit be its guide, Let its wants be well supph'd ; Cleanse it by thy precious blood, Fit it for thy high abode. AQ BLESSINGS INVOKED. Q Tyf Dedhmn—Heher. 1 Blessings attend thee, little one, Sweet pledge of mutual love ! On this new coast a stranger thrown, Directed from above. 2 may the Hand that hither led, For ever be thy guide ; And may no sorrows round thee spread, Nor dangers press thy side. 3 Live to reward thy parents' heart, For every kindness giv'n ; And when earth's fleeting scenes depart, Rejoice with them in heav'n. CHILDREN DEDICATED TO GOD. 49 4Q MATTHEW XIX. CM. ^*' Dedham — Peterborough. 1 Thy life I read, my dearest Lord, With transport all divine ; Thine image trace in every word, Thy love in every line. 2 Methinks I see a thousand charms Spread o'er thy lovely face ; While infants in thy tender arms Eeceive thy blest embrace. 3 Oh I take our offspring to thy care, Fill them with grace divine ; Dear Saviour ! all we have and are ShaU be for ever thine. en PRAYER FOR A CHILD. J^ ]y| ^ Retreat — Dibke Street — Luton. ' * 1 Lord, encouraged by thy grace, We bring our infant to thy throne ; Give it within thy heart a place. Let it be thine, and thine alone. 2 Remove from it each stain of guilt. And let this child be sanctified ; Lord, thou canst cleanse it, if thou wilt, And all its native evils hide. 50 CHILDREN DEDICATED TO GOD. 3 "We ask not for it earthly bliss, Or earthly honors, wealth or fame ; The sum of our request is this — That it may love and fear thy name. • 4 This infant we by faith commit To thy kind love and guardian care ; We lay it at the Saviour's feet ; He will not let it perish there. Kl THE COVENANT. g ]yf ''^ Watchman— St. Thomas. ' ' 1 How great thy mercies, Lord, How bounteous is thy grace, Which in the cov'nant of thy love Includes our rising race. 2 The promise, how divine. To Ab'ram and his seed ; " I'll be a God to thee and thine, Supplying every need." 3 These children of our care We dedicate to Grod ; We plead the promise in our prayer, We plead thy precious blood. 4 Thy goodness we adore, We sing thy matchless grace — The covenant for ever sure To thy beheving race. CHILDREN DEDICATED TO GOD. 51 Crt CHILDREN BROUGHT TO CHRIST. q lyr ^^ State Street— St. Tliomas—Olmuiz. 1 The Saviour kindly calls Our children to his breast ; He folds them in his gracious arms, Himself declares them blest. 2 " Let them approach," he cries, " Nor scorn their humble claim ; The heirs of heav'n are such as these ; For such as these I came." 3 With joy we bring them. Lord, Devoting them to thee ; Imploring that, as we are thine. Thine may our offspring be. /rg CHILDREN NOT TO BE FORBIDDEN. Q ]ly| ^'^ RetiremeAit — Balerinar-^Peterliorough. 1 Behold what condescending love Jesus on earth To httle children he extends The riches of his grace. 2 He still the ancient promise keeps^ To our forefathers giv'n ; Young children in his arms he takes, And calls them heirs of heav'n. 3 Forbid them not whom Jesus calls, Nor dare the claim resist ; Since his own lips to us declare, Of such will heav'n consist. 52 CHILDREN DEDICATED TO GOD. 4 With flowing tears and thankful hearts We give them up to thee : Receive them, Lord, into thine arms, Tliine may they ever be. KA DEDICATION OF A YOUNG CHILD IN REF- T Xf ^^ ERENCE TO THE MINISTRY. -L'.i'i. Beneficence — Uxbridge— Seasons. 1 Long as he hves he shall be thine ; This cherish'd gift I now restore ; Nor longer call the treasure mine, Qiv'n to my God for evermore, 2 Still firm in purpose and sincere, This dedication, Lord, shall stand ; The child shall now be doubly dear, As kept and guided by thy hand. 3 Let liim be early taught of God ; Prepare him in the days of youth, Amid the courts of thy abode. To bear the messages of truth. 4 Be this the object of my heart, Be this the burden of my prayer, That He thy gospel may impart To those who shall thy mercy share. 5 And may thy Spirit, dearest Lord, Help me in mem'ry to retain Each promise of thy holy word. Till hope her sweet assurance gain. CHILDREN DEDICATED TO GOD. 53 ffC CHILDREN NOT TO BE DEPRIVED OF p -^f "T) *^^ THEIR PRIVILEGES. MATTHEW X. ^'^''^'^' Moravian ITymn — Byefield. 1 "Forbid them not," the Saviour cried, " But sufifer them to come" — Ah ! then maternal tears were dried, And unbehef was dumb. [2 He took them in his arms and smil'd ; He claimed them as his own ; He blessed them, and, in accents mild, Made his kind purpose known.] 3 " Forbid them not to come to me, The blessing shall be giv'n ; For, child-hke shah the temper be Of all the heirs of heav'n. 4 " Forbid them not to come to me. Bring them, an off ring pure ; The promise is to thine and thee ; The covenant is sure. 5 " Forbid them not, whene'er thou hold Communion with thy God ; But plead for mercies manifold. Through my atoning blood. 6 " Forbid them not, from day to day, Parental discipHne ; At home, abroad and by the way, The gospel light must shine." 6* 54. INSTRUCTION. 7 Lord we believe and we obey, We bring them at thy word : Be thou our children's strength and stay, Their portion and reward. J^^fri|dioi]- eg WRONG DISCIPLINE. Q^ ]y|^ Moravian — Byefield. 1 When discipline, with piercing eye And with indignant brow, Approaches with severity T' inflict the angry blow, Young childhood shudders at the sight In bitterness of mind, Submissive only through afiright At actions so unkind. 2 Such indignation may fulfill The cruel tyrant's part. But never can reclaim the will. Or subjugate the heart. No more let violence command Nor tyranny subdue ; True love must guide the chast'ning hand Or ruin will ensue. INSTRUCTION. 55 CW RIGHT DISCIPLINE. Q ]y[ *" Brattle Street—Byefield. ' * 1 When discipline, with temper mild And resolution wise, Upon an erring, froward child, Her trembling hand applies, And lab'ring with affection txue, And many a falling tear. The stubborn spirit to subdue — She then must persevere. 2 One thought the parent will sustain In such a trying hour ; The effort will not prove in vain, For Grod will give it power ; She humbly looks to him for aid, In tender, fervent prayer. And therefore need not be dismayed ; His presence will be there. ^^ Sidmouth — Zadoc. 1 "When the heart, oppressed with grief, Feels its light and strength decay, "When the night is vexed with sighs, "When sad tears obscure the day, Turn, turn thy soul to prayer, Trust thee in thy Saviour's care. 2 Pray not as the heathen pray, Speaking many a heartless word, God, thy Father, sees each tear, 56 INSTRUCTION. Every sigh by him is heard ; Pray with heart, and soul, and thought, As the Lord, our Saviour, taught. 3 Father, hallowed be thy name, Let thy glorious kingdom come — Rule in heaven and earth the same, Let thy holy will be done ; Daily bread to us impart, Give an humble, grateful heart 4 Pardon all our trespasses. As we injuries forgive ; Lead us from temptation's paths. Far from evil may we live ; Thine the kingdom, thine the power, Thine the glory, evermore. KQ DIVINE ASSISTANCE DESIRED. tjg^ ^ Ple.yel's Jli/mn — Horton. 1 Lord, assist us by thy grace To instruct our infant race ; Grant us wisdom from above, Fill us with a Saviour's love. 2 Let us in thy peace abide. In thy promises confide, "While our seed with ready zeal, Learn of us to do thy wiU. INSTRUCTION. 57 3 May we teach them day by day, In the house and by the way, When they rise or go to rest, Till thy truth shall make them, blest, 4 While in childhood's tender age They unfold the sacred page, May they see in every Une, Kindling rays of Hght divine. 5 Precious Saviour, hear our prayer, We commit them to thy care ; Be their Shepherd and their guide, Bring them to thy bleeding side. gA PLEADING FOR ASSISTANCE. ';^g^ ^^ PleyeVs Hymn — Morton. 1 Grant us wisdom, gracious Lord, To instruct our children dear ; And thy special aid afford. While for them we kneel in prayer. 2 Oh ! how ignorant and weak ! How imperfect in our zeal ! Guilty, while to heav'n we speak — Jesus, Lord, our pardon seal ! 3 Help us still our work of love Daily, hourly, to pursue ; While thy Spirit from above Shall our children's souls renew. 58 INSTRUCTION. 4 For this blessing now we plead, Send thy Holy Spirit down ; Smile on us and on our seed, Make thy power and glory known. 5 Thou hast heard our solemn prayer — We are thine, for ever thine ; Take these cliildren to thy care, KU their hearts with grace divine. g1 ENCOURAGEMENT TO EFFORT. Q^ ]y[^ 1 Scorn not the shghtest word or deed, Nor deem it void of power ; There's fruit in each wind-wafted seed, Waiting its natal hour. 2 A whispered word may touch the heart, And call it back to hfe ; A look of love bid sin depart. And still unholy strife. 3 No act falls fruitless ; none can tell How vast its power may be ; Nor what results enfolded dwell "Witliin it silently. 4 Work, and despair not : bring thy mite, Nor care how small it be ; God is with all that serve the right, The holy, true, and free. INSTRUCTION. 59 go PURE IN HEART, Q^ ]y[^ ^^ Azmon — Peterborough. 1 Whatever dims thy sense of truth, Or stains thy purity. Thou£ Count it as sin to thee. 2 Preserve the tablet of thy thoughts From every blemish free, While the Redeemer' lowly faith Its temple makes with thee. 3 And pray of God that grace be given To tread time's narrow way : — How dark soever it may be, It leads to cloudless day. 33CHRIST'S EXAMPLE TO CHILDREN.^g ^ Q "^ Wehb — Missionary Rymn. 1 The Author of salvation, The Saviour meek and mild, Once took a lowly station — Became a Httle child : In infancy a stranger, How mean was his abode ; His cradle was a manger, Himself the Son o God ! 2 His earthlf parents found him Submissive day by day ; So meek to all around him — So ready to obey — 60 INSTRUCTION. "No stain of sin or folly Could ever cloud his brow ; His heart, most pure and holy, "With love did ever glow. 3 And when his foes assailed him, He sought but to forgive ; When to the cross they nailed him. He died that they might live : His bright example shows us How we should act and feel ; Oh, let it now arouse us To learn and do his will. i*A THE ALL-SEEING GOD, n IVf "^ Azmon—Byefield. ^^' 1 Almighty G-od, thy piercing eye Strikes through the shades of night, And our most secret actions he All open to thy sight. 2 There's not a sin which we commit, Nor wicked word we say, But in thy awful book 'tis writ. Against the judgment day. 3 And must the crimes which we have done Be read and published there — Be all expos'd before the sun, While men and angels hear ? INSTRUCTION. 61 4 Lord at thy feet asham'd I lie ; Upward I dare not look ; Pardon my sins, God most high, And blot them from thy book. 5 Remember all the dying pains Wliich my Redeemer felt ; And let his blood wash out my stains, And answer for my guilt. 6 may T now for ever fear T' indulge a sinful thought, Since the great God can see and hear. And punish every fault. gC THE COMMANDMENTS. gg^ Ludlow — Birmingham. 1 One God I must worship supreme. And ne'er before images bow ; I must not speak light of his name, But pay to him every vow. 2 I'm bound to remember with care. The Sabbath so hallowed and pure ; To honor my parents so dear. That life may the longer endure. 3 I never must kill, or consent To what is impure or untrue , Nor steal, nor indulge discontent, Or covet what is not my due. 6 62 INSTRUCTION. 4 Now help me, Father in heaven, To keep these commandments with zeal, In the strengtli that through Jesus is given To those who their sinfulness feel. gg CONFESSION OF SIN. g ]y| Watchman — State Street 1 And is my heart defiled ? Am I impure within ? 1 must to God be reconciled, Or perish in my sin. 2 His law is just and right, And I am wholly wrong : I must plead guilty in his sight, Though I am very young. 3 But Christ for sinners died, Himself a ransom gave, I'll trust in him, and none beside, For he is strong to save. fi7 WHY DELAY? Q ]y[^ ^' Ded-ham — Peterborough. 1 WHY delay To shun the way Where sinners love to go ; To leave the path That leads to wrath And everlastino: wo ? INSTRUCTION. 63 2 why delay ? 'Tis mercy's day , On Jesus now believe ; With heavenly charms, And open arms, He's waiting to receive. 3 why delay ? For blest are they Who learn of heaven while young ; Sweet lambs of God, In his abode, Shall raise a deathless song. go A LITTLE CHILD'S CONFESSION. Q ]y|^ Azmon — Balerma. 1 Lord, I confess before thy face, How guilty I have been ; Look down from heav'n thy dwelling place, And pardon all my sin. 2 Forgive my temper, Lord, I pray. My passion and my pride ; The wicked words I dar'd to say, And wicked thoughts beside. 3 I can not lay me down to rest In quiet on my bed. Until with shame I have confess'd The naughty tilings I've said. "1 64 INSTRUCTION. 4 For Jesus' sake forgive my crime, And change this wicked heart — grant me grace in future time To act a better part. |SQ GOING TO JESUS. O lyf "•^ State Streets Watchman. ^' ^^*j 1 Have pity on me, Lord, And cleanse me from my sin : Thy gracious influence afford. And make me wholly clean. 2 My soul is all defiled, I know not what to do : Have pity on a little child, — Create my heart anew. 3 Now, Lord, I come to thee, 0, keep me in thy ways ; Extend thy pardoning love to me, And thine shall be the praise. 4 Upon thy arm alone, Jesus, I depend : And thou art still before the throne, The dying sinner's Friend. SOCIAL MEETINGS. 65 YQ INVOCATION OF THE SPIRIT. g^ J^£ • State Street — Watchman. 1 Come, Holy Spirit, come, Let thy Bright beams arise ; Dispel the sorrows from our minds, The darkness from our eyes. 2 Convince us of our sin ; Then lead to Jesus' blood ; And to our wond'ring view reveal The secret love of God. 3 'Tis thine to cleanse the heart, To sanctify the soul — To pour fresh Hfe in every part, And new create the whole. 4 Eevive our drooping faith,. Our doubts and fears remove. And kindle in our breasts a flame Of never-dying love. »ri INVOCATION OF THE SPIRIT. C. M, Boyntoii— Dundee,. 1 Come, Holy Spirit, heav'nly Dove, With all thy quick'ning powers ; * other portions of the volume may occasionally be consulted for this purpose. 6* 66 SOCIAL MEETINGS. Kindle a flame of sacred love In these cold hearts of ours. 2 Look how we grovel here below, Fond of these trifling toys ; Our souls can neither fly nor go To reach eternal joys. 3 In vain we tune our formal songs, In vain we strive to rise ; Hosannas languish on our tongues, And our devotion dies. 4 Dear Lord, and shall we ever live, At this poor dying rate ; Our love so faint, so cold to thee. And thine to us so great ! 5 Come, Holy Spirit, heav'nly Dove, With all thy quick'ning powers ; Come shed abroad a Saviour's love. And that shall kindle ours. fVey GRIEVE NOT THE SPIRIT. C.M.D. Moravia7i — Brattle Street. 1 GRIEVE ye not the Holy One Who purifies the soul, Who guides the weak behever on By his benign control : HoAV mild and gentle are his ways, How tender and how kind ! How sweetly his enliv'ning rays Bring comfort to the mind ! SOCIAL MEETINGS. 67 2 grieve ye not the Holy One, But hearken to his voice, And never lay your armor down ISTor stoop to earthly joys : Increase in knowledge, love, and zeal, In faith, in fervent prayer ; And may the Spirit guide you still, Till ye in heav'n appear. *VO PRAISE OF THE SPIRIT, ''CM '^ HeUr—Byefield. ' ' 1 Spirit of peace, celestial Dove, How excellent thy praise ! How rich the gift of Christian love Thy gracious power displays. 2 Sweet as the dew on hill and flower, That silently distills, At evening's soft and balmy hour, On Sion's fruitful hills. 3 So, with mild influence from above, Shall promised grace descend ; Till universal peace and love O'er all the earth extend. tr^A THE SAVIOUR'S PRESENCE. T 'U * Beneficence — Uxbridge. 1 Jesus, where'er thy people meet. There they behold thy mercy-seat ; Where'er they seek thee thou art found, And every place is hallowed ground. 1 68 SOCIAL MEETINGS. 2 Dear Shepherd of thy chosen few, Thy former mercies here renew ; Here to our waitmg hearts proclaim The sweetness of thy saving name. 3 Here may we prove the power of praye: To strengthen faith and sweeten care To teach our faint desires to rise To things unseen beyond the skies. 4 Lord we are few, but thou art near. Nor short thine arm, nor deaf thine ear ; rend the heav'ns, in love descend. And let the skies in mercy bend. j IVK A PROMISE-IVIATTHEW XVIII. Q^ j^jj 1 Wherever two or three may meet, To worship in thy name, Bending beneath thy mercy-seat. This promise they may claim : 2 Jesus in love will condescend To bless the hallowed place ; The Saviour will himself attend, And show his smiling face. 3 How bright th' assurance ! gracious Lord,; Fountain of peace and love, Fulfill to us thy precious word, Thy loving kindness prove. SOCIAL MEETINGS. 69 4 Our oflfspring to thine arms we bring; Eeceive our infant race ; tune their hps thy love to sing, And fill their hearts with grace. W/JCOIVIING BOLDLY TO A THRONE OF GRACE, Q AT State Street — Abode — BoyUton. 1 Behold the throne of grace ! The promise calls us near ; There Jesus shows a smiling face, And waits to answer prayer. 2 That rich, atoning blood, Which sprinkled round we see. Provides, for those who come to God, An all-prevaiUng plea. 3 Thine image, Lord ! bestow. Thy presence and thy love ; We ask to serve thee here below And reign with thee above. 4 Teach us to live by faith, Conform our will to tliine ; Let us victorious be in death, And, then, in glory shine. f5 If thou these blessings give. And wilt our portion be, All worldly joys we'll cheerful leave, And find our heaven in thee. 70 SOCIAL MEETINGS. *^tV SPIRITUAL BLESSINGS UPON CHILDREN. Q^ J^^ • ' Dundee — Avon — Brown. 1 Great G-od, we would to thee make known Each fond maternal care ; For this we come before thy throne, And bring our children near. 2 We ask not riches, honor, fame, Or aught the world can give ; May they but glorify thy name, And for thy kingdom live. 3 This is the burthen of our prayer, And when from us they're riven, May they be objects of thy care, And heirs at last, of heaven. I^Q SAIVIE SUBJECT. Q^ ]y[^ • ^ Dundee— Ghester. 1 Within these quiet walls, Lord, A fond maternal band Have met tliy goodness to record, And seek thy guiding hand. 2 Oft when we talk, our burning hearts Break from the earth away ; Wliile faith its holy strength imparts, And hope its heav'nly ray. 3 If e'er a mother's prayerful strain Hath gained thy listening ear, SOCIAL MEETINGS. 71 Saviour ! now in mercy deign Our ardent cry to hear. 4 'Tis for our children, Lord, we plead, Dear objects of our care : Dangers on every side are spread ; Save them from every snare. 5 thou blest Guardian ! walk beside Life's river as it rolls ; Light the dark stream o'er which they glide, And cleanse and save their souls. >V(\ ASKING BLESSINGS FOR CHILDREN. Q ]y[ Boynton — Dundee. 1 Lord, behold us at thy feet, A needy, sinful band ; As suppliants round the mercy-seat, We come at thy command. 2 'Tis for our children we would plead. The children thou hast given ; Where should we go in time of need, But to the Grod of heaven ? 3 We ask not for them wealth or fame, Amid the worldly strife ; But in the all-prevailing name, We ask eternal life. 72 SOCIAL MEETINGS. 4 We crave the Spirit's quick'ning grace To make them pure in heart; That they may stand before thy face, And see thee as thou art. 1 OA SANCTIFICATION OF CHILDREN. O "\T ^^ State Street— Watchman. ' ' 1 Great God, with heart and tongue, To thee aloud we pray, That all our children, while they're young, May walk in wisdom's way. 2 Now in their early days, Teach thfem thy will to know ; God, thy sanctifying grace On every heart bestow. .3 Make their defenseless youth The object of thy care ; Cause them to choose the way of truth, And flee from every snare. 4 Their hearts to folly prone, Renew by power divine ; i Unite them to thyself alone, ^ And make them wholly thine. 01 SELF-CONSECRATION. CM. ^ Avon — Dundee. 1 Come, let us join ourselves to God, In everlasting bands ; And seize the blessings he bestows, With eao:er hearts and hands. SOCIAL MEETINGS, 73 2 Come, let us share, without delay, The covenant of his grace ; isTor shall the years of distant life Its memory e'er efface. 3 may our rising offspring haste ■ To seek their father's G-od ; Nor e'er forsake the happy path Their father's feet have trod. QrtUNION OF SAINTS IN EARTH AND HEAVEN. p AT "'^ Bedham— Brattle Street. ^--lvi. 1 Come, let us join our friends above, Who have obtained the prize. And, on the eagle wings of love, To joy celestial rise. 2 Let saints below in concert sing With those to glory gone, For all the servants of our King In heaven and earth are one : — 3 One family, — we dwell in him ; One church, — above, beneath ; Thougn now divided by the stream — The narrow stream of death. 4 One army of the living God, To his command we bow ; Part of the host have crossed the flood, And part are crossing now. 74 SOCIAL MEETINGS. 5 Ev'n now to their eternal home Some happy spirits fly ; And we are to the margin come, And soon expect to die ! 6 Dear Saviour ! be our constant guide ; Then, when the word is given, Bid Jordan's narrow stream divide, And land us safe in heaven. OQ PRESENCE OF CHRIST. Q^ ]^^ ^ Dedham — Ortonville. 1 Come, thou desire of all thy saints ! Our humble strains attend. While, with our praises and complaints, Low at thy feet we bend. 2 How should our songs, like those above, With warm devotion rise ! How should our souls, on wings of love, Mount upward to the skies ! 3 Come, Lord, thy love alone can raise In us the heavenly flame ; Then shall our lips resound thy praise, Our hearts adore thy name. 4 Dear Saviour ! let thy glory shine. And fill thy dwellings here, Till life, and love, and joy divine A heaven on earth appear. SOCIAL MEETINGS. 75 5 Then shall our hearts enraptured say, — Come, great Redeemer ! come. And bring the bright, the glorious day, That calls thy children home. OA ABRAHAMIC COVENANT. Q ]y| ^^ Moravian — Byefidd. 1 How large the promise, how divine, To Ab'ram and his seed ; "I'll be a Grod to thee and tliine, Supplying every need." 2 His promise to the seed he loves, Through ages shall endure ; The Angel of the cov'nant proves. And seals the blessing sure. 3 Jesus the ancient faith confirms, To our great father giv'n ; He takes young children in his arms, And calls them heirs of heaven. 4 Our God, how faithful are his ways I His love endures the same ; Nor from the promise of his grace Blots out our children's name. OK PLEADING THE PROMISES. a M ^^ State Street— Tioga. ' 1 GrOD of Ab'ram, hear The parents' humble cry ; In cov'nant mercy now appear. While in the dust we lie. 76 SOCIAL MEETINGS. 2 These children of our love. In mercy thou hast giv'n, That we through grace may faithful prove, In training them for heaven. 3 grant thy Spirit, Lord, Their hearts to sanctify ; Eemember novsr thy gracious word ; Our hopes on thee rely. 4 Draw forth the melting'^tear, The penitential siglj«; • Inspire their hearts with faith sincere, And fix their hopes on high. 5 These children now are thine, We give them back to thee ; lead them by thy grace divine, Along the heavenly way. 86 ,^ ■r.^^^cov^NA':'!-., , L.C.M. Wa7ming Voice — Jlerioah. 1 The covenant of grace divine, — "I'll. be a Grod to thee and thine" — With gratitude we sing ,- Made with the offspring of the earth — Made with the heirs of sinful birth. By heaven's eternal King. 2 The words '' to thee,'^ and '' to thy seed" With equal wonder now we read, Clothed with such life and power ; SOCIAL MEETINGS. 77 May we with steadfast faith rely Upon their twofold energy, Till life's last fading hour. 3 And may true works with faith unite To guide our offspring all aright; Rich mercies to obtain ; That when for us and for our seed The blessed covenant we plead, We shall not plead in vain. Q>V ABIDING COVENANT. Q^ ]y| Avon — Azmon — Dundee. 1 My G-od, the cov'nant of thy love * Abides for ever sure ; And in its matchless grace I feel My happiness secure. 2 What though my house be not with thee As nature could desire ; To nobler joys than nature gives Thy servants all aspire. 3 Since thou, the everlasting God, My Father art become ; Jesus my guardian and my friend, And heav'n my final home ; 4 I welcome all thy sovereign will. For all that will is love ; . And when I know not what thou dost, I wait the Hght above. 78 SOCIAL MEETINGS. OQ SPIRITUAL MERCIES FOR CHILDREN, g^ ]yj^ Abode, — Watchman. 1 Thou God of sovereign grace, In mercy now appear ; We long to see thy smiling face, And ieel that thou art near. 2 Receive these lambs to-day, Shepherd of the flock 1 And wash the stains of guilt away Beside the smitten rock. 3 Thy saving health impart, Comforter divine ; Now make these children pure in heart — Make them entirely thine. 4 To-day in love descend, come tliis precious hour ; In mercy now their spirits bend By thy resistless power. 5 Our lab'ring bosoms bleed Till thou our griefs dispel ; Sure is the covenant we plead. In all things order'd well. 6 Low bending at thy feet, Our offspring we resign : Thine arm is strong, thy love is great, And high thy glories shine. SOCIAL MEETINGS. 79 OQ CHILDREN COMMITTED TO THE GOODT, TVf OV SHEPHERD. ^' ^^^' Gratitude — HamMirgh. 1 Dear Saviour, if these lambs should stray Beyond thy blest inclosure's bound, And lured by worldly joys away. Among the thoughtless crowd be found, 2 Eemember still that they are thine ; That thy dear sacred name they bear ; Tliink that the seal of love divine. The sign of covenant grace they wear. 3 In all their erring, sinful years, let them ne'er forgotten be ; Remember all the prayers and tears Which made them consecrate to thee. 4 And when these lips no more can pray, These eyes can weep for them no more, Turn thou their feet from folly's way, The wanderers to thy fold restore. QA COVENANT BREAKING DEPLORED, gg ^ ^S Dismission — Parting Soul. 1 Lord, we bow with deep contrition, Low before thy tlirone of grace ; Hear us in thy kind compassion. While we seek thy smiling face. 2 "Where but to a bleeding Saviour, Should we come for life and peace ? Nothing but thy boundless favor, Can our burdened souls release. 80 SOCIAL MEETINGS. 3 Thou hast witnessed our transgression, Thou hast seen our load of guilt ; Witness now our deep confession, Thou whose precious blood was spilt. 4 Ah, this sin of cov'nant breaking ! Canst thou, wilt thou, Lord, forgive ? Shall we hear thy mercy speaking ? Canst thou bid us look and hve. 5 Pardon, peace, and consolation, At thy bleeding cross we see ; There we take an humble station, There our children bring to thee. gi UNGODLY CHILDREN DEPLORED. Q jyj *'■*• Avon — Asmon. 1 How did the pious Ab'ram pray For an ungodly son ! My soul in this accepted day. Would make his prayer my own. 2 He could not clasp a sinful child, And Mft no prayer above ; And shall my offspring be exiled From Grod my Father's love ? 3 Shall cruel spirits drag them down To darkness and despair. Beneath th' Almi^ To dwell for ever there ? 1 SOCIAL MEETINGS. 81 4 Lord ! the dreadful scene forbid, And let our faith revive ; If Ab'ram might for Ishmael plead, The chosen seed may hve. 92 "^i;^ °'T^ f^^i'"/^^- '7s 6li. *"^ Kuremhurgli^—Zadoc. 1 Shepherd of the fold of God, "Who hast bought us by thy blood, Make these httle ones thy care, Keep their hearts from every snare ; Bid them see thy heavenly charms, Fold them in thy gracious arms. 2 Shepherd of the fold of God, "Who the vale of sorrows trod. Once thyself a little child, Holy, harmless, undefiled, Now these waiting children see, Cause them to resemble thee. 3 Shepherd of the fold of God, Hear us from thy high abode ; For these lambs to thee we cry : Let them on thy grace rely ; Let their follies be forgiven, Fit them for the gate of heaven. QQ CONVERTED CHILDREN. ^S. PleyeVs Hymn — Rorton. 1 Shepherd of the little flock That have given their hearts to thee, iB2 SOCIAL MEETINGS. Bring them to the smitten rock, Let them thy salvation see. 2 Keep them from the tempter's power ; Keep them from presumptuous sin j Save in every trying hour ; Cleanse from every stain within. 3 May they grow in Christian love, In humility and zeal ; May their faith yet stronger prove, While they strive to do thy will. 4 Glory to that wondrous grace Which hath drawn their hearts to God, Gained for them a dwelling place In the heavenly bright abode. 5 Fit them for that holy rest ; Claim them for thy service here ; Till among thy spirits blest, They in glory shall appear. q/L CHRIST THE SHEPHERD. 8s (fe 7s ^^ * Bismisjion — Obion. 1 Saviour, who thy flock art feeding With the Shepherd's kindest care. All the feeble gently leading. While the lambs thy bosom share — 2 Now, these little ones receiving, Fold them in thy gracious arm ; There, we know — thy word beheving — Only there secure from harm. SOCIAL MEETINGS. 83 3 Never, from thy pasture roving, Let them be the hon's prey ; Let thy tenderness so loving, Keep them all life's dangerous way. 4 Then, witliin thy fold eternal, Let them find a resting-place ; Feed in pastures ever vernal, Drink the rivers of thy grace. 1 "What sight on earth more blissful Than that domestic scene, Where union, pure and peaceful As sun-Ht clouds at e'en, Each kindred heart enlightens. With many a heaven-born ray, That ever shines and brightens Unto the perfect day ? 2 There discord is a stranger — There strife can never come ; And many a snare and danger Are exiled from that home ; While indolence and folly Are banished with their train, And converse pure and holy Exerts her gentle reign. 84 SOCIAL MEETINGS. 3 And there how sweet and precious The grateful song to raise, To Him, so kind and gracious, Who claims the highest praise : "With glad harmonious voices, Parents and children join, "While every heart rejoices In blessings so divine. • 4 In such a habitation May we be ever found, Where waters of salvation In healing streams abound : Affection's voice to chide us Whene'er we go astray ; And Mercy's hand to guide us Along the narrow way. Qg ENJOYMENT IN THE SAVIOUR. J^ ]yj^^ Zephyr — Gratitude. 1 Far from my thoughts, vain world be gone,_ Let my religious hours alone ; Fain would my eyes my Saviour see ; I wait a visit, Lord, from thee. 2 warm my heart with holy fire, And kindle there a pure desire : Come sacred Spirit from above. And fill my soul with heavenly love. 3 Blest Saviour, what delicious fare I How sweet thy entertainments are I SOCIAL MEETINGS. 85 Ne'er did the angels taste above Eedeeming grace and dying love. 4 Hail, great Immanuel, all divine ! In thee thy Father's glories shine ; Thy glorious name shall be adored, And every tongue confess thee, Lord. Qljr CLOSE OF MEETING, J^^ J^j^^ *'• Bet r eat — Uxb ridge. 1 Ere to the world again we go, Its pleasures, cares, and idle show, Thy grace, once more, G-od we crave, From folly and from sin to save. 2 May the great truths we here have heard The lessons of thy holy word — Dwell in our inmost bosoms deep, And all our souls from error keep. 3 0, may the influence of this day Long as our memory with us stay, And as an angel guardian prove, To guide us to our home above. 8 EAELY PIETY. &H[j £ie{[). 98 A MORNING IN SPRING. gg ImcUow — MoAiepy. 1 How beauteous the morning appears, The woodlands their songs have begun, The dew-drops, hke penitent tears, Are bright in the beams of the sun. 2 The landscape is verdant and gay, The meadows in richness are clad. The flocks and the herds are at play. The heart of the peasant is glad. 3 How gently the waterfall pours ! How softly the breezes arise ! . How fragrant the beautiful flowers Which Spring in her bounty supplies I 4 All nature is smiling in peace, The goodness of God she displays, As mercies around us increase, Let us join in the anthems of praise. 99 EARLY PIETY. f; German Hymn — Seytrwur. Young and happy as thou art ISTot a furrow on thy brow : Not a sorrow in thy heart, Seek the Lord thy Maker now. EARLY PIETY. 87 2 In its freshness bring the flower While the dew upon it Hes — In the cool and cloudless hour Of the morning sacrifice. 3 As the first fi-uits of the year Should be offered to the Lord, So the first fruits of the heart On his altar should be poured. 4 Thus the blessing from above On life's harvest shall be given ; Sown in tears, perhaps, on earth, Eeaped in joyfulness in heaven. infb " TEACH ME TO PRAY." OM ^^^ Byefield—Dwndee. vy. -i--i. 1 Lord, teach a Kttle child to pray, Thy grace betimes impart j And grant thy Holy Spirit may Eenew my infant heart. 2 A helpless creature I was born, And from the birth I strayed : I must be wretched and forlorn Without thy mercy's aid. 3 But Christ can all my sins forgive, And wash away their stain ; And fit my soul with him to live Where he shall ever reign. 00 EARLY PIETY. 4 To him let youth and children come, For he hath said they may ; His bosom then shall be their home, Their tears he'll wipe away. 5 For those who early seek his face, Shall taste his wondrous love ; And he will guide them by his grace, To dwell with him above. •jAI SELF-DEDICATION OF A CHILD. a Tyr ^-^^ Amity Streeir-State Street. 1 Lord, I would come to thee, A sinner all defil'd ; take the stain of guilt away. And own me as thy child. 2 I can not live in sin, And feel a Saviour's love ; Thy blood can make my spirit clean, And write my name above. 3 Among thy little flock I need the Shepherd's care ; Pour waters from the smitten Eock, And pastures green prepare. 4 Elest Shepherd, I am thine ; Qtill keep me in thy fear ; Now fill my heart with grace divine ; Bring thy salvation near. EARLY PIETT. 89 102 "^^^ INFANT'S PRAYER. J^^ ^ J.v<» Uxbridge — I>uke Street. 1 Though we are simple, weak, and young, The Lord will listen when we pray ; " For never from the infant's tongue Did Jesus turn liis ear away. 2 No, he assists the humble prayer, Grants the importunate request ; Tells us, that should we trust his care, He'll ever make us truly blest. 3 may his love renew our hearts. And consecrate our fleeting days ; And when our life on earth departs, Eternal life be spent in praise. 103 x"%"^'''n"'r"i- C.M. .a.w fountain — Dunchurch. 1 There is a path that leads to Grod, All others go astray ; Narrow and difficult the road, But Christians love the way. 2 It leads through this dark world of sin, "Where many a snare is cast ; But upright souls that walk therein, WiU come to heav'n at last. 3 How shall an infant pilgrim dare This dang'rous path to tread? Do I not need a Shepherd's care. To be securely led ? 3* 90 EAJILY PIETY. 4 Lord, condescend to be my gnide, let me never stray ; Uphold my footsteps, lest I slide, Or wander from my way. 5 Then I may go without alarm, And trust his word of old ; " The lambs he'U gather with his arm. And lead them to tlie fold." 104 INFANT ASPIRATIONS. CM. ^ "* Fountain — Byejield. 1 Almighty G-od, while earth and heav'n Thy power and skill proclaim, Wilt thou permit a child to sing The honors of thy name ? 2 May children aim at themes so great, Or raise their notes so high, Wlien seraphs, low beneath thy feet, In self-abasement He ? 3 I yield my powers to thy employ, may they never rove ! "Where can I find sublimer joy, Thau in tliis work of love ? 4 Great G-od, thou art my hope and strength, To thee my spirit flies, Wliile the glad tribute of my voice In grateful song shall rise. EARLY PIETY, 91 5 Joyful I give myself to thee, And in thy name confide ; Jesus, my Lord, my Saviour be, My Father, Friend^ and Guide. 105 "FORBID THEM NOT." g^ ]yjr^ Bivi/ngton — Stowe. 1 " Forbid them not to come !" It is the Saviour's voice : And now in childhood's bloom, We tremble and rejoice. Subdue our hearts, Lord, to thee Let every soul thy temple be. 2 " Forbid them not to come !" Ye tender parents hoar : The cliild in nature's gloom Entreats your ardent prayer. take us to thy mercy-seat, And lay us down at Jesus' feet. IQgSELF-CONSECRATION OF A LITTLE CHILD. gg^ Oo7ifiddnc6 — Binningliam. 1 Jesus, delight of my soul. My Saviour, my Shepherd divine ; J yield to thy blessed control ; My body and spirit are tliine, Thy love I can never deserve, That bids me be happy m thee ; My Grod and my Eang I will serve, "Whose favor is heaven to me. 92 SICKNESS. 2 How can I thy goodness repay, By nature so weak and defiled ? Myself I have given away ; call me thy own Httle child. And art tliou my Father above ? Will Jesus abide in my heart ? bind me so fast with thy love, That I never from thee shall depart. 107 ,;°°^'''°^- Ys 611. 1 Father, let thy light divine Brightly o'er my pathway shine ; Bid the shadows disappear, Banish every sinful fear ; Guide jne in the narrow way To the realms of endless day. Siciii]e^^. 108 ^ '^''^,?^l'-, '7s & 6s. Fayett&ciUe — Saxony. 1 Before thy footstool kneeling, To thee, Lord, we cry ; While for thy gift of healing /* We raise our voice on high : SICKNESS. 93 Diseases and afSictions Thy ready servants are ; Chastisements and corrections To quicken us in prayer. 2 We own our guilt and folly, But tliou canst stUl forgive ; And thou, most high and holy, Canst bid the sick revive : Though now cast down in sorrow, In darkness and distress, Joy may return to-morrow, Through thy restoring grace. 3 As suppHants now before thee, In thy great name we plead ; Physician, we adore thee, And trembling ask thine aid : Before thy footstool kneeling, To thee, to thee we cry ; Send down thy gift of healing, On thee our souls rely. 1QQ HUMAN FRAILTY. gg^ Ludlcno—Manepy. 1 How frail are these bodies of clay ! How soon all their vigor is lost ! They flourish in beauty to day, To-morrow they mingle with dust. 2 So flowers in the morning may rise. Unfolding their leaves to the sun ; 94 SICKNESS. While the breath of each zephyr that sighs, May blast them, and soon they are gone. 3 Afflictions spring not from the ground, Diseases our Sovereign obey ; His hand can heal every wound, Or fill us with death and dismay. 4 "We lie at thy sovereign control, Lord, in this hour of distress ; Physician of body and soul, Send down thy recovering grace. 5 Oh ! speak, and the dear one shall live, Jehovah almighty to save ! At thy voice e'en the dead shall revive, And triumph at last o'er the grave. 110 ^ ^^^^ LITTLE CHILD. L. M. ■Armstrong — Zephyr. 1 Almighty G-od, I'm very ill; But cure me, if it be thy will ; For thou canst take away my pain, And make me strong and well again. 2 Let me be patient all the day, And mind what those who nurse me say ; And grant that all I have to take, May do me good for Jesus' sake. 95 m DIVINE COMPASSION. g ]lf Abode— State 8ir&et. ' ' 1 The pity of the Lord, To those that fear liis name, I3 such as tender parents feel ; He knows our feeble frame. 2 He knows we are but dust, Scatter'd by every breath ; His anger, like a rising wind, Can send our souls to deatii. 3 Our days are as the grass, Or like the morning flower ; When blasting winds sweep o'er the plain, The)'' ^vither in an hour. 4 But thy compassions, Lord, To endless years endure ; And cliildren's children ever find Thy words of promise sure. 112 ^°^^ '^ SICKNESS. Q ]yj Heber—Armenia. 1 'Tis sweet to rest in lively hope That when my change shall come, Angels will hover round my bed, And waft my spirit home. 2 There shall my disembodied soul Behold him, and adore ; Be with his hkeness satisfied. And OTieve and sin no more. 96 DEATH. 3 Soon, too, my slumbering dust shall hear The trumpet's quickening sound ; And by my Saviour's power rebuilt, At his right hand be found. 4 If such the views which grace imfolds, Weak as it is below, What raptures must the blest above, In Jesus' presence know ! 113* CHILD'S GRATITUDE FOR RECOVERY. Q^ ]y[^ *^ Fcn^ntain — Haven. 1 I THANK the Lord who hves on high, He heard an im'ant pray. And cured me, that I should not die, And took my pains away. 2 let me love, and serve thee too, As long as I shall live ; And every naughty tiling I do, I pray thee to forgive. * SeJiil). 114 * ':'^<=.""^° V';,™"^- 8s & 79. Disimssion — Obion. 1 Rest upon thy Saviour's bosom Sweetest gem of Eden's bower ; There for ever bud and blossom, Like a well-transplanted flower. DEATH. 97 2 Late we saw thee brightly smiling, Artless in thy infant glee, Many a care of earth beguiling By tl:iy sweet simplicity. 3 Now amid the cherubs standing, Reared by hoUer hands than ours, With thy lovely heart expanding ; How augmented are thy powers ! 4 Precious one ! we would not grieve thee Wisliing thy return to earth ; With thy Saviour we would leave thee, Joyous thy celestial birth. 5 Happier far than e'er we knew thee In this world of toil and tears ; There at length, we hope to view thee In the dawn of endless years. tic DECEASE OF AN INFANT. J^ ^^ Hamburgli — Armstrong — Zephyr. 1 So fades the lovely blooming flower, Frail smihng solace of an hour; So soon our transient comforts fly, And pleasure only blooms to die. 2 Is there no kind, no lenient art, To heal the anguish of the heart ? Spirit of grace, be ever nigh, Thy comforts are not made to die. 9 98 DEATH. 3 Bid gentle patience smile on pain, Till dying hope shall hve again ; Hope wipes the tear from sorrow's eye, And faith points upward to the sky. ■Ilg DECEASE OF A CHILD. Q^ ^^ 1 Life is a span, a fleeting hour ; How soon the vapor flies 1 Man is a tender transient flower. That e'en in blooming dies. 2 Death spreads his withering wintry arms, And beauty smiles no more : Ah ! where are now those rising charms Which pleased our eyes before ? 3 Hope looks beyond the bounds of time, When what we now deplore Shall rise in full immortal prime, And bloom to fade no more. 4 Cease then, fond nature, cease thy tears ; Thy Saviour dwells on high : There everlasting spring appears, There joys shall never die. \VV DECEASE OF A CHILD. Q^ ]y[^ • JTaven — Balenna. 1 Alas ! how changed that lovely flower, I Which bloomed and cheered my heart ; Fair, smiling comfort of an hour, How soon we're called to part ! DEATH. 99 2 And shall my bleeding heart arraign That God whose ways are love ? Or vainly cherisli anxious pain For one that rests above ? 3 No, let me rather humbly pay Obedience to thy will ; And with my inmost spirit say, The Lord is righteous still. 4 The darkest nights and loudest storms Of earth will soon be o'er ; Then upward with th' angelic forms We'll rise to weep no more. 11QRES1GNATION AT AN INFANT'S DEATH.gg^'j^g^ Farting Soul — Dismisaion. 1 Now, Lord, to thee submitting, We the tender pledge resign ; And thy mercies ne'er forgetting, Own that all we have is thine. 2 Eest, sweet babe, in gentle slumbers, Till the resurrection morn ; Then arise to join the numbers Who its triumph shall adorn. 3 Though thy presence was endearing, Though thy absence we deplore, At the Saviour's bright appearing, We shall meet to part no more. 100 DEATH. ■f-tQ BECKONING ANGELS. O M T) •■"»"*' Honoluhir-Brattle Street 1 Around that couch they sweetly bend With whisperings of love, Long ere the mortal strife shall end, Beck'ning the soul above : We see them not, we nothing hear, iSTor dream that they are nigh, While they the Christian thus prepare In heavenly peace to die. 2 They bid him as on seraph wings The distant realms explore Where servants of the King of kings. In ecstasy adore : They bid him view the blood-bought throng, Arrayed in garments white. Chanting the everlasting song, Mid rivers of delight. 3 They woo his heart to tender love By thoughts of sin forgiven, Thro' one who died, yet lives above An Advocate in heaven ; That gentle, meek, devoted One Whose sympathy of heart, Wliile fiUing his exalted throne, Can richest grace impart. DEATH. 101 4 They point him to a Father's care That every want supplies, Who hearkens to his tender prayer And hears his feeblest sigh : They point him to a Comforter Whose love can never fail, Whose messages they come to bear That faith may still prevail. 5 These are a portion of the train ; The Lord himself draws near, With gentlest touch to soothe his pain, And dissipate his fear. Blessed attendants, may they come When my last hour draws nigh, To cheer my pathway thro' the gloom. And waft my soul on high. 120^"^ LAMENT THE DEPARTED Pg^ ^ ^g^ ^^ **^*' Farting Soul— Obion, ' 1 Why lament the Christian dying ? Why indulge in tears or gloom ? Calmly on the Lord relying. He can greet the opening tomb. 2 What if death with icy fingers, All the fount of life congeals ? 'Tis not there thy brother lingers, 'Tis not death his spirit feels. 9* 102 DEATH. 3 Thougli for him thy soul is mourning, Though with grief thy heart is riven ; While his flesh to dust is turning, All his soul is filled with heaven. 4 Scenes seraphic, high and glorious. Now forbid his longer stay ; See him rise o'er death victorious ; Angels beckon him away. 5 Hark ! the golden harps are ringing ; Sounds unearthly fill his ear : Millions now in heaven singing, Greet his joyful entrance there. 121 ^ MOTHER'S GRAVE. Q ]y[^ ■*•'*•*• Dundee — Haven. 1 The relics of departed wortli Lie slirouded here in gloom ; And here with aching heart I mark My own dear mother's tomb. 2 Oh 1 as upon her peerless grave I fix my weeping eyes, How many fond remembrances In quick succession rise ! 3 Again I see her gentle form. As when in infant days. And childhood's early sportive yeai's, She guarded all my ways. DEATH. 103 4 Again her kind maternal voice Falls on my list'ning ear, As when she taught my youthful soul The Grod of love to fear. 5 Father of heav'n, my mother's Grod ! Before tliy blissful seat, Among the glorious heirs of hght, May I that mother meet. 6 There may I see her happy face, And hear her gentle voice ; And, gladden'd by thy smiling rays, Through endless years rejoice. 100 THE WIDOW AND FATHERLESS. J^ ]y[ X«C>40 Hamburgh — Zephrjr. 1 THOU that art the widow's God, A Father to the fatherless, "We bow beneath thy chast'ning rod This hour of conflict and distress. 2 Parent and husband thou hast borne In silence to the op'ning tomb ; Pity the lov'd ones, Lord, that mourn, Whose spirits now are filled with gloom. 3 The hand that chastens us can heal, O (xod of faithfulness and love 1 In mercy now thy grace reveal, A Father's loving kindness prove. 104 DEATH. 4 thou that art the widow's Grod, A Father to the fatherless, Now hearken from thy high abode, And deign to answer us in peace. 123 ^^^ WIDOWS GOD. L^ ]y|^ XrWHO GIVETH SONGS IN THE NIGHT .J^ (^ ]yj • Moore — Bremen. 1 Songs in the night full oft are given. Soft breathings from the air of heaven, Sweet zephyrs to the soul ; 11 122 MISCELLANEOUS. The pilgrim's lonely heart to cheer, And bring celestial glories near By their divine control. 2 Songs in the night kind heaven supplies. When cares and trials round us rise, Our comfort to destroy ; They bid the tempter far retire, And fill the soul with holy fire. Celestial peace and joy. 3 Songs in the night of sorrow's power, Affliction's tempest, death's dark hour, The pilgrim yet will sing ; He'U shout with faith's uplifted eye '' grave, where is thy victory ! death, where is thy sting!" Ui^eellq^eou^. 148 PRAYER AND PRAISE. fj^ ^ "^^ Libnah — Homer — Martin. 1 Prayer and praise together given To address the throne of heaven, Both alike the heart require. Kindled by celestial fire. mSCELLANEOUS. 123 2 Prayer in supplication bends, Praise on cheerful wing ascends j Prayer confesses and implores, Praise rejoices and adores : 3 Prayer, while waves of trouble roll, Stills the tempest of the soul ; Praise, while blessings round us throng. Cheers the heart and tunes the tongue. 4 Prayer, in danger, toil, and strife — Prayer, when want embitters life. Or when sin and guilt oppress. Hushes every thought to peace. 5 Praise in every scene can find Subjects for a thankful mind ; Bright perfections to employ Sweetest themes of holy joy. 6 Let us then, while life remains, Pilled with pleasures or with pains, Fix with faith our upward gaze. In the work of prayer and praise. 149 CHRIST'S PRESENCE DESIRED, ^g ^ gg. Saxony— Fay etteville. 1 In darkness and temptation. In sorrow and in fear, Grod of our salvation Be thou for ever near : 124 MISCELLANEOUS. Compassionate our blindness, Commiserate our grief. And in thy loving kindness, Appear for our relief. 2 How weak is each endeavor To find sweet peace of heart I No earthly friend can ever This heavenly gift impart ; But Jesus thy rich merit Unto our souls display, And grant us thy good Spirit To guide us on our way. 3 Do thou our souls enlighten. Sweet rays of comfort bring. Till every thought shall brighten On contemplation's wing; Till thy return we languish. In darkness and in fear ; dissipate our anguish. And every bosom cheer. 150 V ^^°'e^7'°^-. '7s, 6 lines. 1 Christian, would'st thou know the joy Pure religion can impart ? Let her truths thy mind employ, Firmly fix thy roving heart — Then will radiance round thee shine, With an influence all divine. MISCELLANEOUS. 125 2 Think who fills a Father's throne ; How in righteousness he reigns ; What perfections he hath shown ; How unchangeable reraains : Countless worlds proclaim his power. And his glorious name adore. 3 Think of all that heavenly grace, Which in Christ, the Lord, appears, Till the vision of his face, A celestial glory wears: Where the eye of faith may view Wonders still for ever new. 4 Think upon that Spirit pure. Who the love of God reveals ; Shows the promise ever sure. And, within, his witness seals : Think upon his hallowed name. Till his love thy soul inflame. 5 God is holy, just, and good ; Thou art sinful, weak, and vile, Blessings by his hand bestowed. Round thy habitation smile ; These should charm thy heart to love — These should fix thy thoughts above. 6 Dost thou now in darkness mourn, And the tear of anguish shed ? Child of hope, to God return ; 11* 126 MISCELLANEOUS. Lift on high thy drooping head : Eays celestial round thee shine — ' Heaven and all its joys are thine ! 151 "^"^ so^"-- C M 1 What is the thing of greatest price The whole creation round ? That wliich was lost in paradise, That which in Christ is found. 2 The soul of man — Jehovah's breath ! That keeps two worlds at strife ; Hell moves beneath to work its death, Heaven stoops to give it life. 3 God, to reclaim it did not spare His well-beloved Son ; Jesus, to save it deigned to bear The sins of all in one. 4 And is this treasure borne below, In earthly vessels frail ? Can none its utmost value know Till flesh and spirit fail ? 5 Then let us gather round the cross, This knowledge to obtain, Not by the soul's eternal loss^ But •verlasting gain. MISCELLANEOUS. 127 IKQ SPRING SPIRITUALIZED. CM ■'•*''* Delight— OHonvilU. ' ' 1 At length the opening spring has come, How joyous is the scene ! The air is filled with rich perfume ; The fields are dressed in green. 2 I see my Saviour, from on high, Break through the clouds and shine ; No creature now more blest than I, No heart more glad than mine. 3 Thy word bids aU my hopes revive, It overcomes my foes ; It makes my drooping graces thrive, And blossom like the rose. 4 Thus, Lord a monument I stand Of what thy grace can do ; Still guide me with thy gentle hand. Thy changing seasons through. 253 SUMMER-WHY IN SADNESS Pgg & Ys dbl. ^ Autumn — Eootnson. 1 Summer's mildest breeze is blowing Through the meadow and the grove, And her purest fragrance flowing. To inspire the heart with love ; All creation wakes to gladness, Bids us in her music share : But this heart is filled with sadness, And disturbed by anxious care. 128 MISCELLANEOUS. 2 Why, my soul, this sad emotion ? Why this self-tormenting pain ? Light the fires of pure devotion, And thy wonted peace regain : If thy wanderings are forgiven, Be not anxious for the rest ; Leave thy cause alone with Heaven, And in Christ be ever blest. 154 AUTUVIN SPIRITUALIZED. Vg & 6s pGC. Webhe— Saxony. ^ 1 The leaves, around me falling, Are preaching of decay ; The hollow winds. are caUing, " Come, pilgrim, come away." The day, in night declining, Says I must, too, decUne ; The year, its bloom resigning, Its lot foreshadows mine. 2 The light, my path surrounding. The loves to which I cling, The hopes v/ithin me bounding, The joys that round me wing — ■ All, all, like stars at even. Just gleam, and shoot away, Pass on before to heaven. And chide at my delay. 3 The friends gone there before me Are calling from on high, MISCELLANEOUS. 129 And happy angels o'er me Tempt sweetly to the sky ; " Why wait," they say, " and wither, 'Mid scenes of death and sin ? rise to glory, hither, And find true life begin." 4 I hear the invitation, And fain would rise and come, A sinner, to salvation. An exile, to his home ; But while I here must linger. Thus, thus, let all I see Point on, with faithful finger. To heaven, Lord, and thee. 155 WINTER-FLIGHT OF TIME. ^g ^ Q^^ Geneva — Amsteraam. 1 Time is winging us away To our eternal home : Life is but a winter's day, A journey to the tomb : Youth and vigor soon will flee, Blooming beauty lose its charms ; All that's mortal soon will be Enclosed in death's cold arms. 2 Time is winging us away To our eternal home : Life is but a winter's day, A journey to the tomb : 130 MISCELLANEOUS. But the Christian shall enjoy Health and beauty soon above ; Far beyond the world's alloy, Secure in Jesus' love. 156 PENITENCE DESIRED. T ]\^ Xt/U Uxbridge— Rockingham. 1 THAT I could for ever dwell, With Mary at my Saviour's feet, And view the form I love so well, And all his tender words repeat : 2 The world shut out from all my view, And heav'n brought in with all its bHss ; Oh, is there aught, from pole to pole. One moment to compare with this ? 3 This is the hidden life I prize, A life of penitential love ; When most my follies I despise, And raise the highest thoughts above. 4 When all I am I clearly see, And freely own with deepest shame. When the Eedeemer's love to me, Kindles within a deathless flame. 5 Thus would I live till nature fail, And all my former sins forsake ; Then raise to God within the vail, And of eternal joys partake. MISCELLANEOUS. 131 157 PENITENCE. Q^ J^^ 1 THOU whose tender mercy hears Contrition's humble cry ; Whose hand indulgent, wipes the tears From sorrow's weeping eye ; 2 See, low before thy throne of grace, A wretched wanderer mourn : Hast thou not bid me seek thy face ? Hast thou not said return ? 3 And shall my guilty fears prevail, To drive me from thy feet ? let not this dear refuge fail. This only safe retreat. 4 Absent from thee, my guide, my light, Without one cheering ray. Through dangers, fears, and gloomy night, How desolate my way ! 5 shine on this benighted heart. With beams of mercy shine : And let thy healing voice impart A taste of joys divine. 158 ^^SIRING THE PRESENCE OF CHRIST. JT -jyT Rivington — Culloden. 1 Come, my Redeemer, come, And deign to dwell with me ; make my heart thy home, 132 MISCELLANEOUS. And bid thy rivals flee : Come, my Eedeemer, quickly come, And make my heart thy lasting home. 2 Why should the world presume To occupy thy throne ? Come, and thy right assume — I would be thine alone : Come, my Redeemer, quickly come, And make my heart thy lasting home. 3 Exert thy mighty power, And banish all my sin ; In this auspicious hour, Bring all thy graces in : Come, my Redeemer, quickly come, And make my heart thy lasting home. 4 Rule thou in every thought And passion of my soul. Till all my powers are brought Beneath thy full control : Come, my Redeemer, quickly come. And make my heart thy lasting home. 5 Then shall my days be thine, And all my heart be love, And joy and peace be mine. Such as are known above : Come, my Redeemer, quickly come, And make my heart thy lasting home. MISCELLANEOUS. 133 ICQ PRAYER FOR ALL LANDS. Q ]Vf ^^^ St. Thomas-Dover. 1 Thy name, Almighty Lord, Shall sound through distant lands ; G-reat is thy grace, and sure thy word, Thy truth for ever stands. 2 Far be thine honors spread, And long thy praise endure, TiU morning Ught and evening shade Shall be exchanged no more. JgQ A DYING WORLD. Q^^^ Bremen — Aithlone. 1 God of the nations, bow thine ear, And listen to our fervent prayer, Through thy beloved Son : Build up the kingdom of his grace Amid the millions of our race. And make thy wonders known. 2 Send forth the heralds in his name. Bid them a Saviour's love proclaim With every fleeting breath ; Till every land shall hear the sound, And send the joyful echoes round Amid the shades of death. 3 let the nations rise and bring Their offerings to th' Almighty King, And trust in him alone ; 12 134 MISCELLANEOUS. Eenounce their idols, and adore The God of gods for evermore, Upon his lofty throne. 4 The dying millions then shall prove The matchless power of bleeding love, And feel their sins forgiv'n ; Shall join the convert's joyful throng, And raise on high redemption's song, Along the path to heaven. 161 DEPARTURE OF A MISSIONARY.Ys & 6s DCC. Missionary/ Hyvm— Saxony. ^ 1 Go, for the Master calls thee, Shed not one bitter tear ; No bondage hard enthralls thee. Nor hast thou aught to fear : To Him we now commend thee Who rules above the skies , His blessing will attend thee Where'er thy pathway lies. 2 Go, in the midst of dangers Declare a Saviour's love ; Till hst'ning heathen strangers His willing subjects prove ; Till many a crowd assembling Shall hearken to his voice ; Confess their guilt with trembhng, And in liis name rejoice. MISCELLANEOUS. 135 Go, for the Master calls thee Far from thy native home ; Whatever there befalls thee, Whatever ills may come, He is thy strong salvation ; His presence thou shalt share ; He'll hear thy supplication ; Our God will answer prayer. igOCHILDREN OF MISSIONARIES ADOPTED. Qj^JT) ■*-^'* Moravian — Brattle Street. 1 Ye children of a favored band Committed to our care, Whose parents in a heathen land Are laboring afar, Come to our arms in filial love. And at our homes reside ; And we will gladly seek to prove What kindness can provide. It were no charity to give While feehngs thus entwine. Nor base dependence to receive While hearts in love combine : We'll cherish you with constant care, Embrace you as our own ; And bring you, in the arms of prayer, Before our Father's throne. 136 MISCELLANEOUS. IgO LIGHT OF GOD'S COUNTENANCE. Q \f Peniel— Chester. 1 My God, the spring of all my joys, The life of my delights ; The glory of my brightest days, And comfort of my nights. 2 In darkest shades, if thou appear, My dawning is begun ; Thou art my soul's bright morning star. And thou my rising sun. 3 The op'ning heavens around me shine With beams of sacred bliss, When Jesus shows his mercy mine, And whispers I am his. 164 "^'^^^ FRAILTY— PSALM XXXIX. ^J^ ^ gg^ Saxony— Webbe. 1 WHAT is earthly pleasure, Compared with thy rich grace ! Lord, teach me how to measure The remnant of my days ; How brief is my existence, How frail a thing is man ; And grant me thine assistance. This feeble life to scan. 2 How soon the hours of gladness That cheer us on our way, Are changed to gloom and sadness, Or filled with deep dismay ! MISCELLANEOUS. 137 Man, in his best condition, Is vanity and dust ; Soon past the fleeting vision, Then he gives up the ghost. 3 Earth's treasures quickly leave us, Its honors ne'er endure ; Its pleasures but deceive us, Its hopes are insecure ; . But, Lord, vt^hile time so fleeting Is filled with many a snare, My soul on thee is waiting — I'll trust thy guardian care. Ige WATCH AND PRAY. Q^ ]y£^ Byefleld — Azmon — Dalton, 1 The Saviour bids thee watch and pray Through Ufe's momentous hour, And grants the Spirit's quickening ray To those who seek his power. 2 The Saviour bids thee watch and pray, Maintain a warrior's strife ; Christian ! hear his voice to-day : Obedience is thy life. 3 The Saviour bids thee watch and pray, For soon the hour will come That calls thee from the earth away To thine eternal home. 12* 138 MISCELLANEOUS. 4 The Saviour bids thee watch and pray, hearken to his voice, And follow where he leads the way, To heaven's eternal joys ! 166 CROSS AND CROWN. Q J^^ XUU Cross and Crown— Dedham. 1 Must Jesus bear the cross alone, And all the world go free ? No there's a cross for every one, And there's a cross for me, 2 How happy are the saints above, Who once were socrowing here ! But now they taste unmingled love, And joy without a tear. 3 The consecrated cross I'll bear. Till death shall set me free ; And then go home my crown to wear, For there's a crown for me. 167 CROSS AND CROWN. Q^ ^^ Cross and Crown — Ortonville. 1 No cross no crown ! tis ever thus — The Scriptures plainly show. There is no heavenly crown for us, Without a cross below. 2 The cross to bear from day to day, Along the pilgrim road, "We still must labor, watch and pray, And lean upon our God. MISCELLANEOUS. 139 3 Mere human strength will ne'er suffice For such a work as this ; 'Tis God alone our strength supphes, The glory shall be his. 168 WATCHFULNESS AND CONFLICT. g ]y[ ^^ Luther— Laban— St. Thomas. 1 My soul be on thy guard, Ten thousand foes arise ; The hosts of sin are pressing hard To draw thee from the skies. 2 O watch, and fight, and pray. The battle ne'er give o'er ; Renew it boldly day by day. And help divine implore. 3 Ne'er think the vict'ry won. Nor lay thy armor down ; Thy arduous work will not be done Till thou obtain thy crown. IfiQ COME UNTO ME-MATT. XI. PMD ■*•"*' Honoluliu-BraUU street. ^' ^^^'^' 1 I HEARD the voice of Jesus say, Come unto me and rest ; Lay down, thou weary one, lay down Thy head upon my breast. I came to Jesus as I was. Weary, and worn, and sad, I found in him a resting-place, And he has made me glad. 140 MISCELLANEOUS. 2 I heard the voice of Jesus say, Behold, I freely give The living water ; thirsty one, Stoop down, and drink, and live. I came to Jesus, and I drank Of that life-giving stream ; My thirst was quenched, my soul re- vived, And now I live in him. 3 I heard the voice of Jesus say, I am this dark world's hght ; Look unto me, thy morn shall rise, And all thy days be bright. I looked to Jesus, and I found In him my Star, my Sun ; And in that hght of hfe I'll walk. Till travehng days are done. 170 CHILD'S BIRTH-DAY. g^ ]yj^ State Street — Amity Street. 1 The natal day has come Of a beloved child ; And is its heart in youthful bloom To God unreconciled ? 2 How can we bear to see The deep'ning stains of sin ? Lamb of Grod, we look to thee To cleanse the soul within. MISCELLANEOUS. . 141 3 Oh, for converting grace That spirit to subdue, While we within this hallowed place Our fervent prayers renew. 4 The covenant is sure, In all things ordered well ; But we, so faithless, so impure, Our fears to thee would tell. 5 Forgive us in thy love. And hearken to our cry ! Now send deliverance from above, And bring salvation nigh. I'ri CHILD'S BIRTH-DAY. CM. ■*■'•'■ Dedham— Cross and Crown. 1 Swift as the winged arrow flies, My time is hast'ning on ; Quick as the lightning from the skies, My wasting moments run. 2 My follies past, Grod, forgive. My every sin subdue ; And teach me henceforth how to live. With glory in my view. i3 'Twere better I had not been born. Than live without thy fear ; For they are wretched and forlorn, Who have their portion here. 4 But thanks to thine unbounded grace, That in my early youth. 142 MISCELLANEOUS. I have been taught to seek thy face, And know the way of truth. 5 let thy Spirit lead me still, Along the happy road ; Conform me to thy holy will, My Father and my God. 6 Another year of life is past ; My heart to thee incline, That if this year should be my last, It may be wholly thine. Vyiy NEW YEAR-RETROSPECT. ^ M • ** Retreat— Zephyr. 1 Look back, my soul, what hast thou done Thy tender offspring to improve ? What, through the year whose course has run, To win them to a Saviourls love ? 2 Has kind instruction been distill'd, From morning's dawn till evening's shade ? Were hours of relaxation fiU'd With usefulness that ne'er betrayed ? 3 Has discipline held fast the rein, With prudent, firm^ yet gentle hand, Those infant vices to restrain. That sought thy counsel to withstand ? 4 And hast thou thine own weakness felt, Thy constant need of help divine ? MISCELLANEOUS. 143 And when in secret thou hast knelt, Has faith declared each promise thine ! 5 Hast thou besought the Lord to bring Thy tender offspring to his feet ? That they might own their Sovereign King, Confessing that his love is great ? 6 Hast felt that they were not too young His pard'ning mercy to receive, And mingle in the convert's song ? And feehng, could'st thou still beheve ? 7 Look back, my soul, impartial trace The scenes of the- departed year ; Implore forgiveness, seek for grace. And Heaven in mercy heed thy prayer. •J^q THE HEAVENLY CITY. Q ]yj[ Denman — Ortonville. 1 Jerusalem, my happy home ! Name ever dear to me ; When shall my labors have an end In joy, and peace, and thee ? 2 When shall these eyes thy heaven-built walls And pearly gates behold ? Thy bulwarks with salvation strong, And streets of shining gold. 3 0, when, thou city of my God, Shall I thy courts ascend ? 144: MISCELLANEOUS. Where congregations ne'er break up, And Sabbaths never end. 4 Why should I shrink at pain or woe, Or feel at death dismay ? I've Canaan's goodly land in view, And realms of endless day. 5 Redeemed saints and angels there, Around my Saviour stand ; And soon my friends in Christ below, Will join the glorious band. 6 Jerusalem, my happy home ! My soul still pants for thee ; Then shall my labors have an end, When I thy joys shall see. 174 HEAVEN. -^ -^l * • ^ The Better Land—Benefieence. 1 There is a land mine eye hath seen In visions of enraptured thought, So bright that all which spreads between Is with its radiant glory fraught. 2 A land upon whose blissful shore There rests no shadow, falls no stain ; There those who meet shall part no more, And those long parted meet again. 3 Its skies are not like earthly skies, With varying hues of shade and light ; It hath no need of suns to rise, To dissipate the gloom of night. MISCELLANEOUS. 145 4 There sweeps no desolating wind Across that calm, serene abode ; The wanderer there a home may find Within the paradise of Grod. 175 SAINTS PASSING INTO HEAVEN. Q j^/f • Honolulu — Azjnon — Armenia. ' • 1 One family we dwell in him, One church above, beneath ; Though now divided by the stream, The narrow stream of death. 2 One army of the living Grod, To his command we bow ; Part of the host have cross'd the flood, And part are crossing now. Ten thousand to their endless home This solemn moment fly ; And we are to the margin come, And soon expect to die. Dear Saviour, be our constant guide, Then, when the word is giv'n, Bid death's cold stream and flood divide. And land us safe in heaven . lygGOD'S PRESENCE WITH THE AGED.Q M. D. ^'^ Lucerne — Brattle Streeir— Moravian. 1 Abide with us, for day declines, And night is drawing near ; The sun of hfe now dimly shines, And soon will disappear : 146 MISCELLANEOUS. But if thou wilt with us abide, Earth's shadows well may come, We shall have light at eventide, To dissipate the gloom. 2 Abide with us, that we may know More of thy wondrous love. Ere thou shalt call ilB hence to go. And dwell with thee above : We would be wholly cleansed within, Be searched and purified From every secret stain of sin, While yet we here reside. 3 Abide with us that we may learn To love thee more and more ; That we fresh wonders may discern From thine exhaustless store ; We would begin heaven's visions here In holy, pure delight, Before we reach that higher sphere Where faith is lost in sight. 177 ,, '7'^^'- "T^- 8s & Is dbl Aoeraeen — Aumnm. 1 Know, my soul, thy full salvation, Rise o'er sin, and fear, and care ; Joy to find, in every station. Something still to do or bear : MISCELLANEOUS. 147 Think what spirit dwells within thee ; Think what Father's smiles are thine ; Think what Jesus did to win thee ; Child of heaven, canst thou repine ? 2 Haste thee on from grace to glory, Arm'd by faith and winged by prayer ; Heav'n's eternal day's before thee ; God's own hand shall guide thee there. Soon shall close thy earthly mission ; Soon shall pass thy pilgrim days ; Hope shall change to glad fruition, Faith to sight, and prayer to praise. ■jlJ'Q REST IN HEAVEN, -j-^s "'■•'' Heavenly Rome — Hepher. 1 My home is in heaven, my rest is not here, Then why should I murmur when trials are near ? Be hush'd my dark spirit, the worst that can come But shortens my journey, and hastens me home. 2 It is not for me to be seeking my bliss. And building my hopes in a region like this; I look for a city which hands have not piled, I pant for a country by sin nndefiled. 148 MISCELLANEOUS. 3 The thorn and the thistle around me may grow, I would not recline upon roses below, I ask not my portion, I seek not my rest Till I find them for ever in Jesus' breast. 179 LONGING TO BE WITH CHRIST. gg^ Ludlow — Manepy. 1 To Jesus the crown of my hope, My soul is in haste to be gone ; bear me, ye cherubim, up, And waft me away to his throne. 2 My Saviour, whom absent I love, Whom not having seen I adore ; Whose name is exalted above All glory, dominion, and power ; 3 Dissolve thou these bonds that detain My soul from her portion in thee ; strike off this adamant chain, And make me eternally free. ^ 4 When that happy era begins. When array'd in thy glories I shine, Nor grieve any more by my sins The bosom on which I recline ; 5 then shall the vail be remov'd And round me thy brightness be pour'd, 1 shall meet him whom absent I lov'd, Whom not having seen I ador'd. MISCELLANEOUS. 149 180 REJOICING IN GOD. gg ^ gs. 1 Rejoice in the Lord, Believe in his word, Confide in his mercy and grace ; His throne shall endure, His promise is sure ; In him shall the righteous have peace. 2 Thrice happy are they. Who his precepts obey, Who delight in the Joy of their Grod : Their joy shall increase. And their trials shall cease. As they enter the heavenly abode. 3 What scenes will arise As they pass through the skies ! What rapture their bosoms will fiU, As their harps they employ, In the fullness of joy. On the height of some heavenly hill ! IRl PRAISE FROM ALL NATURE. Q J^J XOA White— Laight Street. ' "" * 1 Begin the high, celestial strain. My raptured soul, and sing A sacred hymn of grateful praise To heaven's almighty King. 2 Ye curling fountains, as ye roll Your silver waves along, 13* 150 MISCELLANEOUS. Eepeat to all your verdant shores The subject of the song. 3 Bear it, ye breezes, on your wings, To distant climes away, And round the wide extended world The lofty theme convey. 4 Take up the burden of his name, Ye clouds, as ye arise To deck with gold the opening morn, Or shade the evening skies. 5 While we with sacred rapture fired. The blest Creator sing, And chant our consecrated lays To heaven's eternal King. 182 GENERAL PRAISE. L. C. M Bremen — Warning Voice — Ariel. 1 Begin, my soul, th' exalted lay, Let each enraptured thought obey, And praise the Almighty name : Lo I heaven and earth, and seas and skies, In one melodious concert rise, To swell th' inspiring theme. 2 Thou heaven of heavens, his vast abode — Ye clouds, proclaim your Maker, God ; Ye thunders, speak his power ; Lo ! on the lightning's fiery wing. In triumph walks th' eternal King : The astonished worlds adore. MISCELLANEOUS. 151 3 Ye deeps, with roaring billows rise, To join the thunders of the skies — Praise liim who bids you roll : His praise in softer notes declare, Each whispering breeze of yielding air, And breathe it to the soul. 4 Wake, all ye soaring throng, and sing ; Ye feathered warblers of the spring, Harmonious anthems raise To him who shaped your finer mold, Who tipped your glittering wings with gold. And tuned your voice to praise. 5 Let man, by nobler passions swayed, Let man, in God's own image made. His breath in praise employ : Spread wide his Maker's name around, Till heaven shall echo back the sound. In songs of holy joy. 183 GARDEN OF OLIVET. L. M. Olive's Brow — Zephyr — Armntrong. 1 'Tis midnight — and on Olive's brow The star is dimmed that lately shone ; 'Tis midnight — in the garden now The sulTering Saviour prays alone. 2 'Tis midnight — and from all removed, Immanuel wrestles lone with fears; E'en the disciple that he loved. Heeds not his Master's griefs and tears. 152 MISCELLANEOUS. 3 'Tis midnight — and for others' guilt The Man of sorrows weeps in blood ; Yet he that hath in anguish knelt, Is not forsaken by his God. 4 'Tis midnight — ^from the heavenly plains Is borne the song that angels know ; Unheard by mortals are the strains That sweetly soothe the Saviour's woe. 184 AGONY IN THE GARDEN. Q^ J^^ ^j^^ *-^^ How Calm — Watch and Pray. 1 He knelt, the Saviour knelt and prayed, When but his Father's eye Looked thro' the lonely garden's shade, On that dread agony ; The Lord of all above, beneath, Was bowed with sorrow unto death. 2 The sun set in a fearful hour. The skies might well grow dim, When this mortality had power So to o'ershaclow him ! That he who gave man's breath, might know The very depths of human woe. 3 He knew them all ; the doubt, the strife, The faint, perplexing dread, The mists that hang o'er parting life. MISCELLANEOUS. 153 All darkened round his head ; And the Deliverer knelt to pray, Yet passed it not, that cup, awaj. 4 It passed not, though the stormy wavo Had sunk foeneath his tread ; It passed not, though to him the grave Had yielded up its dead. But there was sent him from on high, A gift of strength for man to die. 5 And was his mortal hour beset \yith anguish and dismay ? How may we meet our conflict yet, ■ In the dark narrow way ? How but through him, that path who trod? Save, or we perish, Son of Grod. ■fOK SCENE AT THE CROSS. n IVT ^^^ The Cross— Haven. ' 1 I SAW One hanging on a tree. In agony and blood. Who fixed his languid eyes on me, As near the cross I stood. Sure, never to my latest breath Can I forget that look ; It seemed to charge me with his death, Though not a word he spoke. Alas, I knew not what I did. But all my tears were vain ; 154 MISCELLANEOUS. "Where could my trembling soul be hid, Por I the Lord had slain ? 4 A second look he gave, which said, I freely all forgive ; This blood is for thy ransom paid ; I die, that thou may'st hve. 5 " Thus while my death thy sin displays In all its blackest hue, Such is the mystery of grace. It seals thy pardon too !" 18fi ^'^ '''^^ COMMUNION. C L M i.OO Watch and Fray— How Calm. 1 Forget thyself, Christ bade thee come To think upon his love. Which could reverse the sinner's doom, And write his name above ; Bid the returning rebel live. And freely aU his sins forgive. 2 Forget thyself, and think what pain, What agony he bore. To wash away each guilty stain, To bless thee evermore ^ To fit thee for his high abode. The temple of the living God. 3 Forget thyself, but let thy soul With memories o'erflow, MISCELLANEOUS. 155 Eejoice in Ms supreme control, And seek his will to know ; With thankful heart approach the feast, And thou wilt be a welcome guest. 187.. z. ^^"^""'."'J'^^^S''- ,, '7s 6 lines. Eoclc of Ages — Zadoc — Sid mouth. 1 Rock of Ages, cleft for me, Let me hide myself in thee ; Let the water and the blood From thy wounded side that flow'd, Be of sin the perfect cure : Save me, Lord, and make me pure 2 Should my tears for ever flow, Should my zeal no languor know, This for sin could not atone — Thou must save, and thou alone. In my hand no price I bring — Simply to thy cross I cling. 3 "While I draw this fleeting breath, When my eyehds close in death. When I rise to worlds unknown, And behold thee on thy throne : Eock of Ages, cleft for me, Let me hide myself in thee. 188 ^..^"-°n-''''°^-- Ss&Ts. Ooion — Dismission. 1 Gently, Lord, O gently lead us, Through this lonely vale of tears ; 156 MISCELLANEOUS. Through the changes yet decreed us, Till our last great change appears. 2 "When temptation's darts assail us, When in devious paths we stray, Let thy goodness never fail us, Lead us in thy perfect way. 3 In the hour of pain and anguish, In the hour when death draws near, Suffer not our hearts to languish. Suffer not our souls to fear. 4 And when mortal life is ended, Bid us in thine arms to rest, Tni, by angel bands attended. We awake among the blest. IRQ MEETING OF FRIENDS. PM ■*-°*' Dedhain^Wirth—Azmon. ' 1 Come, let us strike our harps afresh To great Jehovah's name ; Sweet be the accents of our tongues When we his love proclaim. 2 'Twas by his bidding we were called In pain awhile to part ; 'Tis by his care we meet again, And gladness fills our heart. 3 Blest be the hand that has preserved Our feet from every snare ; And blest the goodness of the Lord, Which to this hour we share. MISCELLANEOUS. 157 4 may the Spirit's quick'ning power Now sanctify our joy, And warm our zeal in works of love Our talents to employ. 5 Fast, fast our minutes fly away, Soon shall our wanderings cease ; And with our Father we shall dwell, A family of peace. 190 '^'^ PARTING. fj^^ Fleyel's Hymn — Horton. 1 For a season call'd to part, Let us now ourselves commend. To the gracious eye and heart Of our ever-present Friend. 2 Jesus, hear our humble prayer ; Tender Shepherd of thy sheep. Let thy mercy and thy care All our souls in safety keep. 3 In thy strength may we be strong, Sweeten every cross and pain, And our wasting lives prolong, Till we meet on earth again. 4 Then if thou thy help afford. Songs of gladness shall be reared ; And our souls shall praise the Lord, Who our poor petitions heard. 14 158 MISCELLANEOUS. IQl A"^ PARTING. C L M •''*'■*■ How Calmr-Watch and Pray. ' ' * 1 To thee, when call'd awhile to part, With friends or kindred dear ; To thee we raise each drooping heart, And tell each rising fear ; For thou, Lord, art ever nigh. To hear thy servants when they cry. 2 The Lord in mercy condescends To those who seek his love ; Calls them his children and his friends, And writes their names above : His bending ear, his smiHng face, Are present at the throne of grace. 3 As children of a Father's care, Thy presence we implore ; As friends of Jesus, we would share That blessing evermore : 'Tis this alone can cheer the soul, And every rising grief control. 4 If thou art with us when we part "With friends or kindred dear. To fill with joy each drooping heart, And banish every fear ! Tis easy then to bid adieu, For Jesus smiles, and heaven is true. MISCELLANEOUS. 159 1Q2 PARTING— CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP. C jyT Shirland — Watchman — Abode. 1 Blest be the tie that binds Our hearts iu Christian love ; The fellowship of kindred minds Is like to that above. 2 Before our Father's throne We pour our ardent prayers ; Our fears, our hopes, our aims are one, Our comforts and our cares. 3 We share our mutual woes. Our mutual burdens bear, And often for each other flows The sympathizing tear. 4 When we asunder part, It gives us inward pain ; But we shall still be joined in heart, And hope to meet again. 5 This glorious hope revives Our courage by the way ; While each in expectation lives, And longs to see the day. 6 From sorrow, toil, and pain, And sin we shall be free ; And perfect love and friendship reign Through all eternity. 160 MISCELLANEOUS. iqO PENITENCF AND HOPE. Q ]y[^ Dundee— Ilaven — Boniberg 1 Dear Saviour, -when my thoughts recall The wonders of thy grace, Low at thy feet asham'd I fall. And hide this wretched face. 2 while I breathe to thee, my Lord, The penitential sigh, Confirm the kind, forgiving word With pity in thine eye. 3 Then shall the mourner at thy feet Rejoice to seek thy face ; And grateful own how kind, how sweet, Thy condescending grace, 194 ^0\E TO CHRIST DESIRED. Q^ ^[^ Boynton — Peniel. 1 Thou lovely source of true delight. Unseen whom I adore, Unvail thy beauties to my sight, That I may love thee more. 2 Thy glory o'er creation shines ; But in thy sacred word I read in fairer, brighter lines, My bleeding, dying Lord. 3 'Tis here, whene'er my comforts droop. And sin and sorrow rise, Thy love, with cheerful beams of hope, My fainting heart supplies. MISCELLANEOUS. 161 ^ But all ! too soon the pleasing scene Is clouded o'er with pain ; My gloomy fears rise dark between, And I again complain. 5 Jesus, my Lord, my life, my light, come with blissful ray, Break radiant through the shades of night And chase my fears away. 6 Then shall my soul with rapture trace The wonders of thy love ; But the fuU glories of thy face Are only known above. 195 ^^^T"' O^D'V'NE LOVE. Ys ^1^1^ Wesley — Lionah — Ilomer. 1 Who can sound the depths of love ? 'Tis an ocean unconfined, Flowing on where'er we rove, Vast as the eternal mind ! 'Tis the glory of our Grod, Filling all his high abode : 'Tis a holy, quenchless flame, From eternity the same. 2 See from love creation rise. See in love a Saviour given. Now, exalted in the skies, Eeconcihng earth to heaven : 14* 162 MISCELLANEOUS. See, in love, the Spirit come, All our darkness to illume ; See, through love, a Father's smile, Every trembling fear beguile. 3 See, through love, the blessings flow, That encircle all our days ; See, through love, a heaven below In the mysteries of grace. Love can smooth afBiction's frown. Love with joy our life can crown ; Love can gild the opening tomb With the bhss of joys to come. 4 Who can sound the depths of love ? 'Tis an ocean unconfined, Plowing on where'er we rove, Yast as the eternal mind ! Let me bathe my weary soul Where those living waters roll : And my sins for ever hide Deep within the swelling tide. 196 LOOKING FOR HEAVEN. CM, Penielr—Boynton—Azmon. 1 Earth's shadowy years will soon be o'er Heaven's bhssful morn arise ; And sorrow's night will then no more O'ercloud these weeping eyes. MISCELLANEOUS. 163 2 Then will the Lord of life and love Unvail his beaming face ; And never from my sight remove The bright? celestial rays. 3 Then will this froward, sinfal heart, No more offend my God, Nor ever from that love depart Which fills the high abode. 4 Then everlasting peace, and joy, And transport shall be mine ; Praise shall my utmost powers employ, In melody divine. ■iqtj' A MISSIONARY'S DEATH. gg^ 1 Weep not for the saint that ascends To partake of the joys of the sky ; Weep not for the seraph that bends. With the worshiping chorus on high 2 Weep not for the spirit now crown'd With the garland to martyrdom giv'n, weep not for him, he has found His reward and his refuge in heav'n. 3 But weep for their sorrows who stand And lament o'er the dead by his grave ! Who sigh when they muse on the land Of their home, far away o'er the wave. 164: MISCELLANEOUS. 4 And weep for the nations that dwell Where the light of the truth never shone : Where the anthems of peace never swell, And the love of the Lamb is unknown. ■^*'^ Beneficence— RocTcingham. 1 My dear Redeemer, and my Lord I I read my duty in thy word ; But in thy life the law appears, Drawn out in livin": characters. 2 Such was thy truth, and such thy zeal. Such deference to thy Father's will. Thy love and meekness so divine, I would transcribe and make them mine 3 Cold mountains and the midnight air Witness'd the fervor of thy prayer ; The desert thy temptations knew, Thy conflict, and thy victory too. 4 Be thou my pattern : make me bear More of thy gracious image here ; Then God, the Judge, shall own my name Among the followers of the Lamb. MISCELLANEOUS. 165 FAITH IN CHRIST. gg ^ ^g^ New Haven — Olivet. My faith looks up to thee, Thou Lamb of Calvary, Saviour divine : Now hear me while I pray ; Take all my guilt away ; 0, let me, from this day. Be wholly thine. 2 May thy rich grace impart Strength to my fainting heart ; My zeal inspire : As thou hast died for me, may my love to thee Pure, warm and changeless be— A hving fire. 3 While life's dark maze I tread. And griefs around me spread, Be thou my guide ; Bid darkness turn to day. Wipe sorrow's tear away. Nor let me ever stray From thee aside. 4 When ends life's transient dream, When death's cold sullen stream Shall o'er me roll, 166 MISCELLANEOUS. Blest Saviour, then in love, Fear and distress remove ; bear me safe above, — A ransomed soul. DISMISSION. Zion—Greenmlle. 200 1 Lord, dismiss us with thy blessing. Fill our hearts with joy and peace ; Let us each, thy love possessing, Triumph in redeeming grace : refresh us, Trav'ling through this wilderness. 2 Thanks we give and adoration, For the gospel's joyful sound ; May the fruits of thy salvation In our hearts and lives abound * May thy presence With us evermore be found. 3 So, whene'er the signal's given. Us from earth to call away ; Borne on angels' wings to heaven, Glad to leave our cumbrous clay ; May we ready Else and reign in endless day. DOXOLOGIES. 167 Sexologies. L. M.— No. 1. To God the Father, God the Son, And God the Sphit, three in one, Be honor, praise, and glory giv'n. By all on earth, and all in heaven. L. M.— No. 2. Praise God, from whom all blessings flow, Praise him, all creatures here below ; Praise him above, ye heav'nly host ; Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. CM. To God the Father, God the Son, Your grateful voices raise ; And God the Spirit, three in one. Ascribe immortal praise. 168 DOXOLOGIES. C. M.— Double. The Grod of mercy be adored, Who calls our souls from death, Who saves by his redeeming word, And new-creating breath : To praise the Father, and the Son, And Spirit all divine ; The One in Three and Three in One, Let saints and angels join. S. M. Te angels romid the throne, And saints that dwell below, "Worship the Father, praise the Son, And bless the Spirit too. 7s. To the Father, to the Son, To the Spirit, three in one, Let the highest praise be giv'n By the sons of earth and heav'n. H. M. To God the Father's throne Your highest honors raise ; Glory to God the Son, To God the Spirit praise : DOXOLOGIES. 169 "With all our pow'rs, Eternal King, Thy name we sing, "While faith adores. 8s & 7s. May the grace of Christ our Saviour, And the Father's boundless love, With the Holy Spirit's favor, Rest upon us from above : Thus may we abide in union With each other and the Lord ; And possess, in sweet communion, Joys which earth can not afford. 8s, 7s and 4s. Great Jehovah, we adore thee, God the Father, God the Son, God the Spirit, join'd in glory. On the same eternal throne : Endless praises To Jehovah, three in one. 7s & 6s. To Father, Son, and Spirit, Eternal praise be giv'n, By all that earth inherit. And all that dwell in heav'n : 15 170 DOXOLOGIES. Thou triune God ! before thee Our inmost souls adore : Who art and hast been worthy, And shalt be evermore. APPENDIX. MATERNAL ASSOCIATIONS. Maternal associations are designed for mutual instruction and consultation, in con- nection with united prayer. Subjects for dis- cussion relate chiefly to the physical, men- tal, moral, and religious ti'aining of children. Some one individual is usually prepai'ed at each meeting to give method and tone to the conversation, which might otherwise become desultory. The faults of children who are known to the members are not made the subjects of remark; but cases of difficulty are so presented as to avoid indi- j vidual exposure. Associations conducted I on these principles are found to be greatly i beneficial. 172 APPENDIX. The constitution which has been exten- sively adopted in the city of New York, is as follows : CONSTITUTION. OP A MATERNAL ASSOCIATION. Impressed with a sense of our entire dependence upon the Holy Spirit to aid us in training up our children in the way they should go, and hoping to obtain the blessing of such as fear the Lord and speak often to one another. We, the subscribers, do unitedly pledge ourselves to meet, at stated seasons, for prayer and mutual counsel in reference to our maternal duties and re- sponsibilities. With a view to this object we adopt the following constitution : I. This society shall be called the Ma- ternal Association of . Any mother in the church may become a mem- ber of this Association by subscribing this constitution. II. The officers of the Association shall APPENDIX. 173 be a Directress and Secretary, who shall be appointed annually. III. It shall be the duty of the Directi'ess to take a general supervision of the concerns of the Association. At each meeting she may appoint some one present to conduct the succeeding meeting. The person thus designated will be expected to make selec- tions for reading, and to introduce such topics of conversation as shall best exem- plify the duties of the Christian mother. I IV. It shall be the duty of the Secretary ! to register the names of the members and i of their children, and to supply each of the i mothers with a list of the same, together I with a copy of the constitution. She shall 1 hkewise keep a record of the proceedings i of each meeting, and, as far as may be con- p venient, of the topic discussed, and of the b remarks elicited by it. This record shall t be read at the commencement of the next subsequent meeting. V. This Association shall meet on the (as often as 174 APPENDIX. once a fortnight, or at least once a month), at the . The time ap- propriated for each meeting shall not ex- ceed one hour and a half, and shall be ex- clusively devoted to the object of the Asso- ciation. Each meeting shall be opened by prayer and reading a portion of Scripture, which may be followed by reading such other matter as relates to the interests of the Association, or by conversation tending to promote maternal faithfulness and piety. These exercises may be interspersed with singing the songs of Zion, and with hum- ble and importunate prayer that.God would glorify himself in the early conversion of the children of the Association — that they may become eminently useful in the church of Christ. VI. It shall be the duty of every mem- ber to qualify herself, by daily reading, prayer, and self-discipline, to discharge faithfully the arduous duties of a Christian mother; and she shall be invited to give with freedom such hints upon the various APPENDIX. 175 subjects brought before the Association as her own observation and experience may suggest VII. Each member shall consider her- self obligated by her covenant engagements to pray/or her children daily, and ivitk them as often as circumstances may permit, and conscientiously to restrain them from such courses as would naturally lead to vanity, pride, and worldly-mindedness ; and shall consider herself as renewing this covenant at every meeting of the Association. VIII. Once in three months, viz., on the Wednesday of , the members shall be allowed to bring to the place of meeting such of their children as may be under the age of fifteen, and they shall be considered members of the Association. The exercises at these quar- terly meetings shall be such as shall seem best calculated to instruct the minds and interest the feelings of the children who may be present. IX. When any mother is removed by 176 APPENDIX. death, it shall be the special duty of the Association to regard with peculiar interest the spiritual welfare of her children, and to evince this interest by a continued re- membrance of them in their prayers, and by such tokens of sympathy and kindness as their circumstances may requu'e. X. Any article of this constitution may be amended by a majority of the membera present at any annual meeting. dUESTIONS ON THE PHYSICAL, MENTAL, MORAL, AND RELIGIOUS TRAINING OF CHILDREN. The following Questions will supply interesting and profitable topics of discussion for Maternal Meetings. 1. Does not the establishment of sound and perfect health in children depend greatly on the regulation of their food, clothing, sleep, exercise, exposures, amuse- ments, etc. ? 2. Can the unrestrained indulgence of appetite in children fail to lay the foundation of future disease ? 3. Is not the early disease of children often occa- sioned by improper diet ? 4. By what rules should children be managed with respect to the quality and quantity of food ? 5. In what respects may the garments of children be supposed to affect their health, or improve or impair their physical constitution ? 6. How should the hours of sleep be regulated ? 7. Is early rising conducive to health ? 8. How far is regular exercise conducive to health t 9. What are some of the best methods of exercise 178 QUESTIONS. for children of either sex, in infancy and juvenile years ? 10. Is it well to habituate children to exposures, in a severe atmosphere, or to severe labor or fatigue ? 11. Is habitual cheerfulness in children conducive to health ? 12. How shall such habits be induced ? 13. Will strong bodily and mental excitement prove injurious to health ? 14. How far should severe habits of study be pro- moted ? 15. Should not these have reference to differences in the physical constitution ? 16. Will not the ultimate strength or power of the body and mind depend greatly on the modes of early training ? II. MENTAL TRAINING. 17. Should children be early taught to think and rea- son for themselves ? 18. By what methods can they be thus instructed ? 19. Should blind adherence to parental decision be generally insisted upon ? 20. Are there not some subjects which require such adherence, till the mind is somewhat developed ? 21. Is it not important, then, that a child's reasoning powers should be rightly trained ? 22. How can a child be trained to independence of thought, without lessening his docility ? 23. How can a feeble memory be improved and etrengthened ? QUESTIONS. 179 21. How can absence of mind, or heedlessness, be reclaimed ? 23. How can the imagination be trained ? 26. What course should be pursued with one whd has too much or too little susceptibility ? 27. What measures are required for the promotion of mental refinement ? 28. How far is refinement in manners conducive to this end ? 29. Is not great care required in the selection of books, with respect to mental culture ? 30. Should those books generally be preferred which are level with the lowest capacity of children ? 31. Will not books which are much above a child's capacity, have a tendency to discourage mental effort ? 32. Is it important that school instruction and disci- pline should be of the best kind? 33. Should children's attention be directed to many studies in the same given term of instruction ? 34. Is not the opposite extreme also to be avoided ? 35. Cannot mental industry be more successfully induced by examples and encouragement, than by se- vere authority ? 36. Cannot much be done in this way by parental conversation ? 37. How far can a teacher be aided by parental co- operation ? 38. Where a love of study does not exist, can it be easily superinduced ? 39. Will threats and punishments produce the d©» eired result ? 180 ' QUESTIONS. 40. Will promises and occasional presents suffice ? 41. Will not time and patience and affectionate assi- duity in the parent be likely to succeed ? 42. Are not occasional amusements and diversions essential toward securing sound improvement ? 43. How should the hours of a day be divided be- tween study and recreation ? 44. May not the recreations of a child be often made a direct source of mental improvement? 45. How far may manual labor be made to answer the purposes of recreation ? 46. Is not great care in training necessary to secure the right balance of the mind ? 47. Should every mind receive precisely the same kind of training ; or should the process be modified by the different kinds and degrees of talent which are dis- coverable ? 48. Should the imagination be cultivated, to the neg- lect of more substantial attainments — or the memory be made to supply the place of soundness in judgment ? 49. Are not such mistakes of very frequent occur- rence at the present day ? 50. How shall we best provide against them, or rem- edy them when they have been committed? III. MORAL TRAINING. 51. Is good government essential to the moral train- ing of children ? 52. Is the faculty of governing to be acquired by study, experience, and observation ; or is it such a natural gift as to demand little thought or effort? QUESTIONS. 181 53. la self-disdpline necessary to every one who would govern well ? 54. Is any parent excusable for net acquiring this faculty ? 55. Are not great steadiness and uniformity of pur- pose indispensable to good government 1 56. Is constant vigilance required ? 57. Should the law of love, or of stern severity, be made the ruling principle ? 58. Is not great severity to be reserved for extreme cases ? 59. Should children be gradually trained into habits of self-conti-ol 1 60. What are some of the processes of this training j 61. Can habits of ready and cheerful obedience be early inculcated 1 62. By what methods ? 63. What are some of the disadvantages of imper- fect and unwilling obedience ? 64. What are some of the advantages which arise from perfect obedience ? 65. Should children be made to feel the necessity of parental restrictions ? 66. How shall obedience be secured during a pa- rent's absence ? 67. Should the reason and conscience of a child ever 06 violated ? 68. What are some of the efl'ects of parental exam- ple upon children ? 69. May not the vices of deceit, pride, selfishness, covetousness, theft, etc., be often inadvertently encour* 182 QUESTIONS. aged and promoted by us while we are laboring to re- press them ? 70. Is it ever safe to deceive our children, even with a view to tli^r good— as in the endurance of pain, or the taking of medicine ? 71. Should our promises or threatenings be ever vio- lated ? 72. How shall children be taught self-respect in con- nection with humble docility and meekness ? 73. Should we ever thoughtlessly take from our children, and apply to our own use, things which they have been allowed to call their own ? 74. How shall the love of truthfulness be promoted ? 75. How can peevishness in our children be over- come ? 76. How can pride and selfishness be repressed ? 77. How can habits of kindness and benevolence be induced ? 78. How can moral courage, firmness, and stability be established ? 79. What is the moral or immoral tendency of cer- tain amusements which are prevalent in society ? 80. Is it ever safe for children to have immoral asso- ciates ? 81. Is it right to seclude our children from society? 82. What should be the character and proportion of miscellaneous reading ? 83. Should works of taste be extensively read? 84. Should reading be allowed as a mere amusement ? 85. Should not the social and moral virtues be based upon Christian principle ? QUESTIONS. 183 86. Should children ever be subjected to temptation for the purpose of learning how to resist? 87. How shoulj we seek to fortify them against temptations which meet them in the path of duty ? 88. How shall we best secure our children against the influence of such future temptations, as are inci- dent to an active life ? 89. Will' any thing short of religious considerations suffice for such a purpose 1 90. Should not home by every proper means be rendered attractive to children, as a place of the high- est enjoyment ? 91. Can this be done where government is admin- istered with undue severity or with timid inefiiciency 1 92. Is not habitual cheerfulness in a parent conducive to the happiness of children ? 93. How far, and by what process, should childish levity be restrained 1 94. How shall the vice of evil speaking be prevented T 95. On what occasions, for what purposes, and in what spirit should we speak of the faults of others ia the presence of our children 1 96. Should not all our representations of vice be adapted to render it odious in the view of our children? 97. How far, and in what way, should we apprise our children of the fascinations of vice ? 98. Should we ever speak lightly of immoralities in the hearing of our children, even in the recital of hu- morous incidents ? IV. RELIGIOUS TRAINING. 99. Should not parents cultivate a deep sense of re- 184 QUESTIONS. ligious responsibility in reference to all their relations in life ? 100. Does not the mother possess peculiar facilities for the religious training of her young children ? 101. Is prayer with and for our children, indispens- able to religious training? 102. Should we endeavor to plead covenant bless- ings on the behalf of our children ? 103. With what views and feelings should our chil- dren be dedicated to God in baptism ? 104. What are the terms of the covenant; and how much is implied by them ? 105. Is the covenant adapted to a state of sinless per- fection, never attain-able in this life ; or is it adapted to the case of those who, conscious of many imperfec- tions, are earnestly striving after hig^npr attainments in holiness ? 106. What advice and encouragement, in reference to this covenant, can be given to parents who are deeply lamenting their past neglect of duty in relation to it ? 107. What encouragement can be derived from Scripture examples, in training our children for God ? 108. Is good family government essential to religious training ? 109. Is the example of sound, consistent piety in a parent, essential to success ? 110. Is the rule found in Deuteronomy vi. 6, 7, 8, 9, a safe one for the adoption of Christian parents ? 111. May not the multitude of failures in religious training be attributed in some measure to the neglect of this rule ? QUESTIONS. 185 112. Should we not labor and pray for the early con- Tersion of our children ? 113. Should we study in our teachings, to adapt our- selves to the infantile and juvenile mind ; or should we merely store the memory with truths for the advantage of riper years ? 114. Are we not liabk' to err by teaching too many doctrines at a time ? 115. Should not our earliest teachings be chiefly practical, and be confined to the most essential truths and duties ? 116. How shall we best inculcate a suitable venera tion for the Bible ? 117. How shall children be made to feel the differ ence between real worship, and the mere recital of psalms and hymns ? 118. Should children be taught to indite their own pe- titions in prayer, as in the presence of an all-seeing God ? 119. How can this be done ? 120. Can we expect to promote praying habits in our children without affording them assistance in their in- cipient exercises ? 121. Should we not seek to prevent formality in their hymns of praise ? 122. May not all young children be easily taught to sing? 123. Is it not desirable that family praise should ac company family prayer ? 124. Is not devotional singing one important branch of religious education ? 8 lob QUESTIONS. 125. Is it right for our daughters to spend years in the cultivation of parlor music, without acquiring a knowledge of religious song ? 126. Should not the exercise or praise be made equally solemn with that of prayer ? 127. What methods are best adapted to lead a child to view itself as a lost sinner ? 128. How shall we best inculcate hatred of sin and conviction of helplessness ? 129. By what methods of instruction should we seek to lead our chilflren to embrace the Saviour ? 130. Should we pray and labor to this end with believing expectation ? 131. How can the nature and importance of true re- pentance be illustrated ? 132. How can the nature and importance of faith be suitably impressed upon the minds of our children ? 133. How far, in case of apparent conversion, should we encourage the hope of pardon and acceptance ? 134. By what methods shall we seek to promote the love of God and the graces of the Spirit in our chil- dren ? 135. Can we rationally expect success in such en- deavors, unless we ourselves are spiritual ? 136. How should the conviction of entire dependence on God alfect us in our labors ? 137. Should it serve to quicken and encourage ex- ertion ; or should it lead us to relax our energies ? 138. Is there any thing in the inscrutable, holy sov- ereignty of God which can excuse inactivity or indif- ference in this work ? QUESTIONS. 187 139. How ehouid our children be ti-eated subse- quently to their conversion ? 140. Can parental vigilance be safely relaxed in ref- erence to converted children ? 141. Will not juvenile piety be constantly liable to sutler from the imbecilities of childhood ? 142. Should not this fact be borne in mind while wo canvass the evidence of a sound conversion ? 143. While we entertain the hope that our chilcben are converted, should we still treat them as if we im- agined them in a state of impenitence ? 144. Would not this have a tendency to train them up to a sickly growth of piety ? 145. On the other hand, is there not danger of en- couraging our children to hope prematurely ? 146. Should we not seek, in all our teachings, to fol- low the leadings of the Spirit in his dealings with the children ? 147. Can we assign any particular age as most suit- able for otfering our converted children to the church '' 148. Should we not desire to train our children to be useful in the service of Christ? 149. How shall we best induce right views as to the uenevolent movements of the age ? 150. How shall we best encourage habits of self-denial t 151. How shall the influence of worldliness be coun- teracted ' 152. Are not gay amusements, a love of light reading, and a fondness for mixed society, inconsistent with the Increase of spiritual life in the soul ? 1&°3. Should we not earnestly , seek ta promote 188 QUESTIONS. growth in grace when our children have cowimenced the divine life ? 154. What are the best methods of accomplishing this object in juvenile and in mature age ?