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 LESSINGS 
 
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 "Birthday blessings, fullest, sweetest. 
 Fall on thee to-day ! " 
 
 With 12 coloreo 
 Illurtrevtior\(. 
 
 BOSTON 
 DeWoLFE, FiSKE 8<Co. 
 
LIBfffiRV f*f OONQRESS 
 Two Oomes RwJrtved 
 
 SEP 15 1904 
 
 (^LASS Xi XXo. Na 
 COPY B 
 
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 T HjAVE no birthday gift to bring. 
 ^ But I will crave a royctl dower, 
 Tl^e sevenfold largess of tl)e King. 
 
 His Peace be thine, hjis Love unknown; 
 His own deep joy, liis Streggth aQd Power, 
 His Grace abouoding, be.tbfrie own. 
 
 
 His rest be tl^ioe, sweet rest to-day. 
 Rest wh)ile th)e swift years pass away. 
 And theo H'^ Glory thiQe vor aye ! 
 
 Copyright 1904 
 byDeWolfe,nske & Co. 
 
JANUARY 
 
 A Happy New Year! Ob such may it be! 
 Joyously, surely, and fully for tbee ! 
 Fear not and faint Qot. but be of good cbeer. 
 And trustfully enter thy Happy New Year ! 
 
 1st 
 
 2d 
 
 3d 
 
 4th 
 
 5th 
 
 6th 
 
JANUARY 
 
 speak to roe by name, O Ma&ter, 
 Let me know it is to me, 
 
 Speak, that 1 may follow faster, 
 With a step more firm and free, 
 
 Where the Sljepherd leads the flock, 
 In the shadow of the Rock. 
 
 7th 
 
 8th 
 
 9th 
 
 lOth 
 
 11th 
 
 12th 
 
JANUARY 
 
 He comes to the soul in its sin-wrougbt tomb, 
 , And reot on the cbains of death •' 
 
 Then His own sweet graces awake and , bloom 
 Beneath His living breath. 
 
 13th 
 
 14th 
 
 15th 
 
 16th 
 
 17th 
 
 18th 
 
JAN U ARY 
 
 Where, where are ail God's lessons, 
 His teachings dark or bright ? 
 
 Not lost! but only hidden, 
 Till, in eternal light, 
 
 We see, while at His feet we fall. 
 The reasons aod results of all. 
 
 19th 
 
 20th 
 
 21st 
 
 22d 
 
 23d 
 
 24th 
 
JAN U AR Y 
 
 A radiant, fadeless Eden flower, 
 Uofolding in loveliness hour by hour. 
 
 Like a wing-veiled serapH's face;- 
 Such be the opening year to thee, 
 Sbrouded tbough all its momeots be, 
 
 Unknown as the bounds of space. 
 
 25th 
 
 26th 
 
 27th 
 
 28th 
 
 29th 
 
 30th 
 
JANUARY 
 
 Oh for a "desert place" with only tbe 
 
 Master's smile ! 
 Ob for the "coming apart" with only His 
 
 " rest awhile ! 
 
 31st 
 
 10 
 
FEBRUARY 
 
 Yes, ! will leave it all with Thee. 
 And only ask tbat 1 may be 
 Submissive to Thy loving will, 
 Confiding, waiting, trusting still. 
 
 1st 
 
 2d 
 
 3cl 
 
 4th 
 
 5th 
 
 6th 
 
 12 
 
FEBRUARY 
 
 "Wbo weot about doing good." 
 
 Do our steps correspoQd with that ? 
 
 What treasures we miss every time 
 we read His word. 
 
 7th 
 
 8th 
 
 9th 
 
 10th 
 
 11th 
 
 12th 
 
 13 
 
FEBRUARY 
 
 "As thy day tby streogtb shall be!" 
 .This sbould be eoough for thee; 
 He who Knows tby frame will spare 
 Burdens more than thou canst bear. 
 
 13th 
 14th 
 15th 
 16th 
 17th 
 18th 
 
 14 
 
FEBRUARY 
 
 Leave behind the doubting spirit. 
 And thy crushing load of sin ; 
 
 By thy mighty Saviour's merit, 
 Life eternal thou shalt win. 
 
 19th 
 
 20th 
 
 21st 
 
 22d 
 
 23d 
 
 24th 
 
 15 
 
FEBRUARY 
 
 The Lord's remedies do not have fair 
 play, when we set ourselves against 
 them. Even Omnipotence waits for the 
 faith that will let it act. 
 
 25th 
 
 26th 
 
 27th 
 
 28th 
 
 29th 
 
 16 
 
T JPON the' 
 samff 
 bright 
 morning star 
 
 Our gaze 
 may meet 
 
 thougb severed far ; 
 
 The star of Bethlehem to-day 
 Shines brigbtly oq our 
 wintry way ; 
 
 And gazing on its radiance 
 clear, 
 Our hearts may 
 meet 
 and ws are 
 
 near. 
 
MARCH 
 
 'Neath shadowing banoer of His love unfurled. 
 We bend to Kiss the Master's pierced feet; 
 
 Tben lean our love upon His loving breast, 
 And kQow God's rest. 
 
 1st 
 
 2d 
 
 3d 
 
 4th 
 
 5th 
 
 6th 
 
 18 
 
MARCH 
 
 Our plans may be disjointed, 
 But we may calmly rest; 
 
 What God has once appointed 
 Is better than our best. 
 
 7th 
 
 8th 
 
 9th 
 
 10th 
 
 11th 
 
 12th 
 
 19 
 
MARCH 
 
 Whatever may be our Father's n)ysterious 
 dealings, let us give the one sw/eet ansv^er, 
 which meets everything: "Even so, Father, 
 for so it seeroeth good in Thy sight." 
 
 13th 
 14th 
 15th 
 16th 
 17th 
 18th 
 
 20 
 
MARCH 
 
 "Thy claim to rest on Jesus' breast 
 
 All weariness shall be, 
 And pain thy portal to His heart 
 
 Of boundless synnpathy." 
 
 19th 
 
 20th 
 
 2!st 
 
 22d 
 
 23d 
 
 24th 
 
 21 
 
MARCH 
 
 Leave behind Eartb's empty pleasure. 
 
 Fleeting bope aod changeful love; 
 Leave its soon-corrodir)g treasure : 
 
 There are better things above. 
 
 25th 
 
 26th 
 
 27th 
 
 28th 
 
 29th 
 
 30th 
 
 22 
 
MARCH 
 
 An echo of Heaven's unceasing praise, 
 A mirror here of His light and love, 
 And a polished gem io His crown above. 
 
 Such v^ould 1 be, 
 Thine. O Saviour, and ooe with Tbee i 
 
 31st 
 
 23 
 
APRI L 
 
 The wbite flowers, Freed 
 From snowy sepulcbres, may speak 
 
 In angel-tone to thee, — 
 
 "O fear Qot ye ! 
 The Saviour whom ye seek 
 
 Is riseo iocfeed ! " 
 
 ist 
 
 2d 
 
 3d 
 
 4th 
 
 5th 
 
 6th 
 
 25 
 
APRI L 
 
 On every budding leaf and flower, 
 The sweet, soft rain of spring 
 
 Con)es down in a soft and gentle sbower, 
 Li^e a whispering angel-wing. 
 
 Tth 
 8th 
 9th 
 10th 
 
 nth 
 
 12th 
 
 26 
 
APRIL 
 
 Look to Him who ever llveth. 
 
 Interceding for b's own: 
 Seek, yea, claim the grace He giveth 
 
 Freely fron) His priestly throne. 
 Will h\e not thy strength renew 
 With His Spirit's quickening dew ? 
 
 13th 
 
 14th 
 
 15th 
 
 16th 
 
 17th 
 
 18th 
 
 27 
 
APRIL 
 
 Think of " the things that He suffered," 
 just that He might personally know our 
 little sorrows, and enter into our sufferings, 
 and succor us in them with His own mighty 
 help ! 
 
 19th 
 
 20th 
 
 21st 
 
 22d 
 
 23d 
 
 24th 
 
 28 
 
APRIL 
 
 Jesus, Master, whose 1 am. 
 
 Purchased thine alooe to be, 
 
 By Thy blood, O spotless Larob, 
 Shed so willingly for me; 
 
 Let roy heart be all Thine own, 
 
 Let me live to Tbee alone. 
 
 25th 
 
 26th 
 
 27th 
 
 28th 
 
 29th 
 
 30th 
 
 29^ 
 
APRIL 
 
 " Ob ! take the heart I could not give 
 
 Without Thy strength-bestowing call 
 
 in Tbee, and for Thee, let me live, 
 For I am nothing, Thou art all." 
 
 30 
 
pTEAR not 
 
 the westering 
 shadows, 
 
 "^ wy? O children 
 
 of the day ! 
 
 For brighter 
 still 
 
 and brighter 
 
 Shall be 
 your homeward- way. 
 
 Resplendent as the n^orning. 
 
 With fuller glow and 
 power , 
 
 flod clearer than 
 
 the nooo day 
 
 Shall be 
 
 your 
 
 sunset 
 
 hour. 
 
MAY 
 
 O haste, O haste to the fields away!. 
 
 For dawneth now the month of May; 
 O leave the city's crowded street, 
 
 And haste ye now sweet May to greet. 
 
 1st 
 
 2d 
 
 3d 
 
 4t.h 
 
 5th 
 
 6th 
 
 32 
 
MAY 
 
 Will you not come to Him for ALL ? 
 
 Will you not "taste and see ?" 
 He waits to give it all to you, 
 The gifts are free, the words are true ! 
 
 Jesus is calling, " Conje unto ME!" 
 
 7th 
 
 8th 
 
 9th 
 
 10th 
 
 11th 
 
 12th 
 
 33 
 
AY 
 
 Prayer roust be based upon promise, but 
 thank God, hjis promises are always broader 
 than our prayers. 
 
 Every experience of the realities of faitb 
 widens the horizon of the possibilities of faitb- 
 
 13th 
 14th- 
 15th 
 16th 
 17 th 
 18th 
 
 34 
 
MAY 
 
 Nothing to pay! Ah, nothiog to pay! 
 
 Never a word of excuse to say !^ 
 
 Year after year thou bast filled the score. 
 
 Owing thy Lord still more and roore. 
 Hear tbe voice of Jesus say, 
 "Verily thou hast nothing to pay!" 
 
 19th 
 
 20th 
 
 21st 
 
 22d 
 
 23d 
 
 24th 
 
 35 
 
MAY 
 
 Begin at once 1 In the strengtb of God, 
 
 For tbat will never fail you ! 
 Uoder His banner, brigbt and broad, 
 You shall be safe from fear and fraud, 
 And from all that can assail you. 
 
 25th 
 26th 
 27th 
 28th 
 29th 
 30th 
 
 36 
 
MAY 
 
 The Master hath said it! Rejoicing in this, 
 We asK not for sigo or for token ; 
 
 His word is enough for our confident bliss,- 
 "The Scripture cannot be broken ! " 
 
 31st 
 
 37 
 
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JUNE 
 
 By Him "LIFE'S MORNING" lovelit be, 
 Who loved, and lived and died for thee : 
 So shall thy NOONTIDE oever koow 
 Earth's burning thirst, or withering glow 
 And thou shalt fear no gathering nigbt: 
 At EVENTIDE it shall be light 
 
 1st 
 
 2d 
 
 3cl 
 
 4th 
 
 5jth 
 
 6th 
 
 39 
 
JUNE 
 
 Oh to be oearer Thee, my Saviour, 
 
 Ob to be filled with Thy sweet grace, 
 
 Oh to abide in Thine own favor. 
 Oh to bebold Thy glorious face. 
 
 7th 
 
 8th 
 
 9th 
 
 10th 
 
 11th 
 
 12th 
 
 40 
 
JUNE 
 
 Only wait and trust Him 
 
 Just a little while; 
 After evening tear-drops 
 
 Shall coroe the morning smile 
 
 13th 
 
 14th 
 
 1 5th 
 
 I6th 
 
 17th 
 
 18th 
 
 41 
 
JUNE 
 
 Father, send the glorious hour, 
 Every heart be Thine alone! 
 
 For the kingdom and the power, 
 And the glory are Thioe own. 
 
 19th 
 
 20th 
 
 21st 
 
 22d 
 
 23d 
 
 24th 
 
 42 
 
JUNE 
 
 Yes, 1 will leave it all with Thee, 
 And only ask that 1 roay be 
 Submissive to Thy loving will, 
 Coofiding, waiting, trusting still, 
 Thou every fond desire dotb know 
 Which in my inmost heart doth glow. 
 
 25th 
 
 26th 
 
 27th 
 
 28th 
 
 29th 
 
 30th 
 
 43 
 
JUNE 
 
 Let Thy Kiogdom come, we pray Thee 
 Let the world io Thee fiod rest; 
 
 Let all Know Thee, and obey Thee. 
 Loving, praising, blessing, blessed ! 
 
 44 
 
JULY 
 
 In Thee I trust, oq Thee 1 rest, 
 O Saviour dear, Redeemer blest! 
 No earthly friend, oo brother knows 
 My weariness, my wants, n^y woes. 
 
 On Thee I call 
 
 Who kQowest all. 
 
 1st 
 
 2d 
 
 3d 
 
 4th 
 
 5th 
 
 6th 
 
 46 
 
JULY 
 
 Listen ! for the Lord bath spoken ! 
 
 "Fear thou not," saith He; 
 "Wbeo tbou passest through the waters, 
 
 I will be with thee." 
 
 7th 
 
 8th 
 
 9th 
 
 10th 
 
 11th 
 
 12th 
 
 4T 
 
JULY 
 
 My life I bring to Thee, 
 
 I would not be my own ; 
 
 O Saviour, let me be 
 
 Thine ever, Thine alone. 
 
 My heart, roy life, my all 1 bring 
 
 To Thee, my Saviour, and my King 
 
 13th 
 
 14th 
 
 15th 
 
 16th 
 
 17th 
 
 18th 
 
 48 
 
JULY 
 
 Grave on thy beart each past "red-letter day!" 
 Forget not all the sunsbine of the way 
 By which the Lord hath led thee: answered prayers 
 And joys unasked; strange blesslogs, lifted cares. 
 
 19th 
 
 20th 
 
 21st 
 
 22d 
 
 23d 
 
 24th 
 
 49 
 
JULY 
 
 Oh, let thy life be given, 
 
 Thy years for Him be spent, 
 
 World fetters all be riven, 
 
 Ar)d joy witb suffering blent; 
 
 1 gave Myself for thee: 
 Give thou tbVself to Me. 
 
 25th 
 26th 
 2Tth 
 28th 
 29th 
 30th 
 
 50 
 
JULY 
 
 Thou, my best and K^Odest Frieod, 
 Thou wilt love me to the end ! 
 Let nje iove Thee more and more, 
 Always better than before ! 
 
 3lst 
 
 51 
 
JTXHE sweetest 
 music 
 
 here 
 
 Calls forth tbe 
 quiet tear, 
 
 For grief and gladness flow 
 in blended 
 stream ; 
 
 Oh for the joyous day, 
 
 ( Can it be far away ? ) 
 
 Wheo one great Alleluia 
 
 song shall chase 
 
 Life's tuneless 
 dreanj ! 
 
AUGUST 
 
 Thaoks, more than thanks, to Him ascend, 
 
 Who died to wio 
 Our life, and every trophy rend 
 
 From Death aod sin; 
 Till when the thanks of Earth shall end, 
 
 The thanks of Heaven begin. 
 
 1st 
 
 2d 
 
 3cl 
 
 4th 
 
 5th 
 
 6th 
 
 53 
 
AUGUST 
 
 " Jesus only ! " In the sbadow 
 OF the cloud so chill and dim, 
 
 We are clioging, loving, trusting, 
 He with us, and we with Him 
 
 All unseen, though ever nigh, 
 "Jesus only" — all our cry. 
 
 Tth 
 
 8th 
 
 9th 
 
 10th 
 
 11th 
 
 12th 
 
 54 
 
AUGUST 
 
 O use roe, Lord, use even me, 
 
 Just as Tbou wilt, and when, and wber?: 
 Until Tby blessed Face I see. 
 
 Thy rest, Tby joy, Thy glory share. 
 
 13th 
 
 14th 
 
 15th 
 
 16th 
 
 17th 
 
 18th 
 
 55 
 
AUGUST 
 
 Frori) tbe great anthems of the Crystal Sea, 
 Through the far vistas of Eteroity, 
 
 Grand echoes of the word peal on for tbee, 
 Sweetest and fullest: "Most blessed forever! 
 
 19th 
 
 20th 
 
 21st 
 
 22d 
 
 23d 
 
 24th 
 
 56 
 
AUGUST 
 
 Take all Thy vessels, O glorious Finer, 
 Purge all the dross, that each chalice may be 
 Pure In Thy pattern, complete diviner. 
 Filled with Ttjy glory and shining for Thee. 
 
 25th 
 26th 
 27th 
 28th 
 29th 
 
 30th 
 
 57 
 
AUGUST 
 
 ThanKs for Thine own thrice-blessed Word, 
 
 And Sabbath rest; 
 Thanks for the hope of glory stored 
 
 In maosions blest; 
 Thanks for the Spirit's corofort poured 
 
 Into the trennbling breast. 
 
 31st 
 
 58 
 
SEPTEMBER 
 
 How real Thy mercy and Thy might! 
 
 How real Thy love, how real Thy light ! 
 
 How real Thy truth ar)d faithfulness ! 
 
 How real Thy blessiog when Thou dost bless! 
 
 1st 
 
 2d 
 
 3d 
 
 4th 
 
 5th 
 
 6th 
 
 60 
 
S EPTEM BER 
 
 Hitherto tbe Lord hath helped us, 
 
 Guiding all the way: 
 Henceforth let us trust Hi") fully, 
 
 Trust Him all the day. 
 
 7th 
 
 8th 
 9th 
 10th 
 
 nth 
 
 12th 
 
 61 
 
SEPTEMBER 
 
 Ooly for Jesus! Lord Keep it forever 
 
 Sealed on the heart and engraved on the life ! 
 Pulse of all gladness and nerve of endeavor, 
 
 Secret of rest, and streogth of our strife. 
 
 13th 
 
 14th 
 
 I'sth 
 
 16th 
 
 17th 
 
 18th 
 
 62 
 
SEPTEM BER 
 
 Every little flower that grows. 
 Every little grassy blade, 
 
 Every little dewdrop sbows 
 Jesus cares for all He made 
 
 Jesus loves, and Jesus knows ! 
 So you need not be afraid ! 
 
 19th 
 
 20th 
 
 21st 
 
 22cl 
 
 23d 
 
 24th 
 
 63 
 
S EPTEM BER 
 
 Thou layest Thy hand oq the flutter! og beart. 
 
 And sayest, " Be still ! *' 
 The silence and sbadow are only a part 
 
 Of Thy sweet will. 
 Thy Presence is with me, and wbere Thou art 
 
 I fear no ill. 
 
 25th 
 26th 
 2Tth 
 28th 
 29th 
 30th 
 
 64 
 
SEPTEMBER 
 
 GaziQg dovVQ the far forever, 
 
 Brighter grows the one sweet name. 
 Steadfast radiaoce. paling never, 
 
 Jesus, Jesus ! still The Same. 
 Evermore "Thou shalt endure!" 
 Our own Saviour, strong and sure! " 
 
 65 
 
OCTOBER 
 
 Not a cloud and not a shadow. 
 Not a mist aod oot a tear, 
 Not a sin and not a sorrow, 
 Not a din) and veiled to-morrow, 
 For that surprise grand and clear. 
 
 1st 
 
 2d 
 
 3d 
 
 4th 
 
 5th 
 
 6th 
 
 67 
 
OCTOBER 
 
 Increase our faitb. O Saviour dear. 
 
 By Thy sweet sovereign grace, 
 Till, chaoging faith for vision clear, 
 
 We see Tbee face to face! 
 
 7th 
 
 8th 
 
 9th 
 
 10th 
 
 11th 
 
 12th 
 
 68 
 
OCTOBER 
 
 The fullest gift, O Lord, 
 Now at Thy feet I claim, 
 
 Through Thy dear oame ! 
 Ar)d touch the rapturous chord 
 
 Of praise forth poured. 
 
 13th 
 14th 
 15th 
 16th 
 17th 
 18th 
 
 69 
 
OCTOBER 
 
 "1 am with thee!" He bath said it 
 
 In His truth and teoder grace; 
 Sealed tbe promise grandly spoKen, 
 With how many a roighty token 
 Of His love and faithfulness. 
 
 19th 
 
 20th 
 
 21st 
 
 22d 
 
 23d 
 
 24th 
 
 70 
 
OCTOBER 
 
 Distrust thyself, but trust alone 
 In Him, for all— forever ! 
 
 And joyously thy heart shall own 
 That Jesus faileth oever. 
 
 25th 
 26th 
 27th 
 28th 
 29th 
 30th 
 
 71 
 
OCTOBER 
 
 Not till we are io Heaven, shall we know 
 the full meaning of "Thy gentleness bath 
 made me great." How infinitely blessed it is 
 to be entirely Christ's. 
 
 31st 
 
 72 
 
NOVEMBER 
 
 For the weariest day 
 
 May Christ be tby stay ! 
 
 For the darkest night 
 
 May. Christ be thy ligbt ! 
 
 For the weakest hour 
 
 May Christ be Thy power ! 
 
 For each moroent's fall 
 
 May Christ be thy all ! 
 
 1st 
 
 2d 
 
 3d 
 
 4th 
 
 5th 
 
 6th 
 
 74 
 
X 
 
 NOVEM BER 
 
 He leadefch me, softly and safely, step by 
 step, till the desert journey is over and the 
 Fatber's home reached. 
 
 Lord be Thou my King this day. 
 
 7th 
 
 8th 
 
 9th 
 
 10th 
 
 11th 
 
 i2th 
 
 75 
 
NOVEM BER 
 
 Precious, precious blood of Jesus, 
 
 Shed on Calvary; 
 Shed for rebels, shed for sinners. 
 
 Shed for me. 
 
 13th 
 14th 
 15th 
 16th 
 i7th 
 18th 
 
 76 
 
"" NOVEM BER 
 
 Take my heart, it is Thine own 
 It shall be Thy royal throne. 
 Take nny love, my Lord, I pour 
 At Thy feet its treasure-store. 
 Take royself, and 1 will be 
 Ever, only ALL for Thee. 
 
 19th 
 
 20th 
 
 21st 
 
 22d 
 
 23d 
 
 24th 
 
 77 
 
NOVEM BER 
 
 Then trust HifTn for to-day 
 As thine unfailiog Friend, 
 
 And let Hiro lead thee all the way, 
 Who loveth to the end. 
 
 25th 
 
 26th 
 
 2Tth 
 
 28th 
 
 29th 
 
 30th 
 
 78 
 
NOVEMBER 
 
 There is no room for looking at self and 
 difficulties and troubles ar)d fears, when there 
 is a gush of prayer sumrr)ed up in "Father, 
 glorify Thy Son ! " 
 
 79 
 
^S^OWN the 
 
 ages boary 
 
 Peals tbe 
 song of glory, 
 
 Peace and God's good-will! 
 
 Other echoes die 
 away. 
 
 But tbe song of Christmas day 
 
 Echoes from the Judean hill. 
 
 Ever clearer, louder 
 
 still. 
 
 Oh, may its holy, 
 
 heavenly chime 
 
 Make all thy life 
 
 a Christmas-tiroe ! 
 
DECEMBER 
 
 The n)ornlr)g ligbt flingeth 
 Its wakeniQg ray, 
 
 And as the day brlngeth 
 The worK of the day, 
 
 TbQ happy heart singeth ; 
 Awake and away ! 
 
 1st 
 
 2d 
 
 3d 
 
 4th 
 
 5th 
 
 6th 
 
 81 
 
DECEMBER 
 
 Uoto bim that hatb, Thou givest 
 Ever "More abundantly." 
 
 Lord, 1 live because Thou livest, 
 Therefore give more life to me; 
 
 Therefore speed me io the race; 
 Tberefore let me grow in grace 
 
 7th 
 
 8th 
 
 9th 
 
 10th 
 
 nth 
 
 I2th 
 
 82 
 
DECEM BER 
 
 Tbou only art the changeless Friend, 
 Oo whom for aye we may depend : 
 in life, in deatb, alike we flee, 
 O Saviour of the world, to THEE. 
 
 13th 
 14th 
 15th 
 16th 
 17th 
 !8th 
 
 83 
 
DECEMBER 
 
 What is ever fresher than the old, old story, 
 when aoy part of it is heard with the ear of 
 faith? And our response is, "Jesus died for 
 ME!" 
 
 19th 
 
 20th 
 
 21st 
 
 22d 
 
 23d 
 
 24th 
 
 84 
 
DECEMBER 
 
 Bright be thy Christmas tide ! 
 
 Carol it far and wide. 
 Jesus, the King and the Saviour, is come! 
 
 Jesus thy guest will be; 
 
 Oh, let bim dwell with thee ? 
 Open thy heart for this palace and honje.* 
 
 25th 
 26th 
 2Tth 
 28th 
 29th 
 30th 
 
 85 
 
ECEMBER 
 
 New mercies, new blessings, new light on the way; 
 New courage, new hope, aod new strength for each 
 
 day ; 
 New notes of thanksgiviog. new chords of deligbt, 
 New praise io the moroiog, new soogs in the night. 
 
 3!st 
 
 86 
 
[ TPWARD, still upward, t^y pathway be, 
 ^^ Into the suQshine grand and free ; 
 Leaving the n)ists aod clouds below. 
 GainiQg the pure arjd stainless snow. 
 Upward, still upward! Tl^y faithful Guide 
 Always close at His pilgrim's side, 
 Leadiog t^ee on from l^eigbt to heigbjt, 
 Nearer and Qearer tl^e stars of light. 
 
 87 
 
NOTES 
 
 Tune for thyself the music of my days. 
 And opeo Thou roy lips that I may sbow Thy 
 praise. 
 
 L.ofC. 
 
 86 
 
NOTES 
 
 May the tale the years are telling, 
 
 Always be 
 Like an angel-anthem swelling 
 Through thy spirit's quiet dwelling. 
 Till the glory all-excelling 
 
 DawQs for thee! 
 
 69 
 
NOTES 
 
 Many and happy thy birthdays be ! 
 
 In the light of Heaven arrayed, 
 With the rainbow arching every cloud 
 
 Wheo the patbv/ay. lies in shade; 
 And full and far may tb© blessing flow, 
 
 That thy future life is made. 
 
 90 
 
NOTES 
 
 "Jesus only!" In the glory, 
 
 When the sbadows all are flown, 
 
 SeelQg Him in all His beauty. 
 Satisfied with Him alone; 
 
 May we join His ransomed throng, 
 "Jesus only" — all our soog ! 
 
 91 
 
NOTES 
 
 No life can be dreary 
 Wben work is delight ; 
 
 Tbough evening be weary, 
 Rest cometii at night ; 
 
 And all will be cheery, 
 If faithful and right. 
 
 9S 
 
NOTES 
 
 Complete in Him our glorious Head, 
 With Jesus raised from tbe dead, 
 And by His migl-ity spirit led ! 
 O blessed Lord, is tinis for me ? 
 Then let my whole life henceforth be 
 One f^llelulia-song to Tbee ! 
 
 93 
 
NOTES 
 
 Joined to Christ in mystic unioo, 
 
 We Tby njembers, Thou our Head, 
 Sealed by deep and true conjmunioo, 
 
 Risen with Tbee, who once was dead- 
 Saviour we would humbly claim 
 All the power of this Thy oame. 
 
 94 
 
NOTES 
 
 And if it seemeth good to Thee> my Father, 
 Shall it seem aught but good to me ? 
 
 Thy Will be done ! Thou koowest I would father 
 Leave all with Thee. 
 
 95 
 
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SEP 15 1904