2. His sacred name a common word
On earth He loves to hear;
There is no majesty in Him
Which love may not come near.
3. The light of love is round His feet,
His paths are never dim;
And He comes nigh to us when we
Dare not come nigh to Him.
4. Let us be simple with Him, then,
Not backward, stiff, or cold,
As though our Bethlehem could be
What Sinai was of old.
1. MAKE channels for the streams of love,
Where they may broadly run;
And love has overflowing streams,
To fill them every one.
2. But if at any time we cease
Such channels to provide,
The very founts of love for us
Will soon be parched and dried.
3. For we must share, if we would keep
That blessing from above;
Ceasing to give, we cease to have ;—
Such is the law of love.
1. ALL men are equal in their birth,
Heirs of the earth and skies;
All men are equal when that earth
Fades from their dying eyes.
2. God meets the throngs who pay their vows
In courts that hands have made,
And hears the worshiper who bows
Beneath the plantain shade.
3. O, let man hasten to restore
To all their rights of love;
and wealth, exult no more; În wisdom lowly move.
4. Ye great, renounce your earth-born pride, Ye low, your shame and fear;
Live, as ye worship, side by side;
Your brotherhood revere.
1. DEFEND the poor and desolate,
And rescue from the hands
Of wicked men the low estate
Of him that help demands.
2. Regard the weak and fatherless,
Dispatch the poor man's cause,
And raise the man in deep distress
By just and equal laws.
3. Rise, God! judge Thou the earth in might,
The oppressed land redress;
For Thou art He who shall by right
The nations all possess.
1. SCORN not the slightest word or deed,
Nor deem it void of power;
There's fruit in each wind-wafted seed,
That waits its natal hour.
2. A whispered word may touch the heart,
And call it back to life;
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 infolded dwell
Within it silently.
4. Work on, despair not, bring thy mite,
Nor care how small it be,
God is with all that serve the right,
The holy, true, and free.
1. THINK gently of the erring one!
O, let us not forget,
However darkly stained by sin,
He is our brother yet!
2. Heir of the same inheritance,
Child of the self-same God,
He hath but stumbled in the path
We have in weakness trod.
3. Speak gently to the erring ones!
We yet may lead them back,
With holy words, and tones of love,
From misery's thorny track.
4. Forget not, brother, thou hast sinned,
And sinful yet may'st be;
Deal gently with the erring heart,
As God hath dealt with thee,
1. LORD, lead the way the Saviour went,
By lane and cell obscure,
And let our treasures still be spent,
Like His, upon the poor.
2. Like Him, through scenes of deep distress,
Who bore the world's sad weight,
We, in their gloomy loneliness,
Would seek the desolate.
3. For Thou hast placed us side by side
In this wide world of ill;
And that Thy followers may be tried,
The poor are with us still.
4. Small are the offerings we can make;
Yet Thou hast taught us, Lord,
If given for the Saviour's sake,
They lose not their reward,
1. PRAISE ye Jehovah's name;
Praise through His courts proclaim;
Rise and adore;
High o'er the heavens above,
Sound his great acts of love,
While His rich acts we prove,
power.
2. Now let the trumpet raise
Triumphant sounds of praise,
Wide as His fame;
There let the harp be found;
Organs, with solemn sound,
Roll your deep notes around,
Filled with His name.
3. While His high praise ye sing,
Shake every sounding string;
Sweet the accord!
He vital breath bestows;
Let every breath that flows,
His noblest fame disclose:
Praise ye the Lord.
A Temperance Hymn for Children.
1. LET the still air rejoice-
Be every youthful voice
Blended in one;
While we renew our strain
To Him, with joy again,
Who sends the evening rain,
And morning sun.
2. His hand in beauty gives
Each flower and plant that lives,
Each sunny rill;
Springs! which our footsteps meet-
Fountains! our lips to greet-
Waters! whose taste is sweet,
On rock and hill.
3. Each summer bird that sings
Drinks, from dear Nature's springs,
Her early dew;
And the refreshing shower
Falls on each herb and flower,
Giving it life and power,
Fragrant and new.
4. So let each faithful child
Drink of this fountain mild,
From early youth;
Then shall the song we raise
Be heard in future days-
Ours be the pleasant ways
Of peace and truth.
5. Now let each heart and hand,
Of all this youthful band,
United, move!
Till on the mountain's brow,
And in the vale below,
Our land may ever glow
With peace and love.
1. HAST thou, 'mid life's empty noises,
Heard the solemn steps of time?
And the low, mysterious voices
Of another clime?
2. Early hath life's mighty question
Thrilled within thy heart of youth,
With a deep and strong beseeching-
What, and where is truth?
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