2. Life will have its evil years,
When its skies are overcast,
All the present, thronged with fears,
And with vain regrets, the past.
Let him tremble, who his heart
Brings not in an hour like this,
Let Jehovah say-" Depart,
You shall never taste my bliss."
1. O ноw purely, O how surely,
Live the innocent in heart;
Ever lightly, ever brightly,
Every hour doth joy impart.
2. Angels standing, where we're wandering, Watch our walk and guard our way; Like the showers on the flowers,
So fall blessings all the day.
3. Day's declining, stars are shining, Gleaming through the tranquil night; Eyelids closing, safe reposing,
Rest we till the morning light.
4. Father! holy, pure and lowly,
May Thy children ever be;
Anthems swelling, with Thee dwelling,
Here and in eternity.
1. JESUS, tender Shepherd, hear us;
Bless Thy little lambs to-night:
Through the darkness be Thou near us;
Keep us safe till morning light.
2. All this day Thy hand has led ns,
And we thank Thee for Thy care;
Thou hast clothed us, warmed us, fed
Listen to our evening prayer!
3. May our sins be all forgiven;
Bless the friends we love so well;
Take us, when we die, to heaven,
Happy there with Thee to dwell.
1. Husн, my dear, lie still and slumber,
Holy angels guard thy bed,
Heavenly blessings without number
Gently falling on thy head.
2. Sleep, my babe, thy food and raiment,
House and home thy friends provide;
All, without thy care or payment,
All thy wants are well supplied.
3. How much better thou 'rt attended
Than the Son of God could be,
When from heaven He descended,
And became a child like thee.
4. Soft and easy is thy cradle
Coarse and hard the Saviour lay,
When His birth-place was a stable,
And His softest bed was hay.
5. Blessed Babe, what glorious features,
Spotless, fair, divinely bright!
Must He dwell with brutal creatures ?-
How could angels bear the sight!
6. Was there nothing but a manger
Cursed sinners could afford
To receive the heavenly Stranger?
Did they thus affront their Lord?
7. Soft, my child—I did not chide thee,
Tho' my song might sound too hard;
'Tis thy mother sits beside thee,
And her arm shall be thy guard.
8. Yet, to read the shameful story
How the Jews abused their King;
How they served the Lord of glory,
Makes me angry while I sing.
9. See the kinder shepherds round Him,
Telling wonders from the sky;
There they sought Him, there they found Him,
With his virgin mother by.
10. See the lovely Babe a-dressing,
Lovely Infant, how He smiled!
When He wept, the mother's blessing
Soothed and hushed the lovely Child.
11. Lo, He slumbers in His manger,
Where the horned oxen feed-
Peace, my darling, here's no danger,
Here's no ox a-near thy bed.
12. T was to save thee, child, from dying,
Save my dear from burning flame,
Bitter groans, and endless crying,
That thy blest Redeemer came.
13. Mayst thou live to know and fear Him,
Trust and love Him all thy days!
dwell forever near Him,
See His face and sing His praise.
14. I could give thee thousand kisses,
Hoping what I most desire;
Not a mother's fondest wishes
Can to greater joys aspire.
1. I THINK When I read that sweet story of old,
When Jesus was here among men,
How He called little children as lambs to His fold,
I should like to have been with them then.
2. I wish that His hands had been placed on my head. That His arm had been thrown around me,
And that I might have seen His kind look when
He said,
"Let the little ones come unto me.'
3. Yet still to His footstool in prayer 1 may go,
I
And ask for a share in His love;
And if I thus earnestly seek Him below,
I shall see Him and hear Him above;
4. In that beautiful place He is gone to prepare
For all who are washed and forgiven;
And many dear children are gathering there,
"For of such is the kingdom of heaven."
1. OUR Father in heaven,
We hallow Thy name!
May Thy kingdom holy
Ön earth be the same!
O give to us daily
Our portion of bread,
It is from Thy bounty
That all must be fed.
2. Forgive our transgressions,
And teach us to know
That humble compassion
That pardons each foe;
Keep us from temptation,
From weakness and sin,
And Thine be the glory
Forever-Amen!
1. JESUS Christ my Lord and Saviour,
Once became a child like me,
O that in my whole behavior,
He my pattern still might be,
But the Lord was meek and lowly,
And was never known to sin.
2. All my nature is unholy,
Pride and passion dwell within;
But the Lord was meek and lowly,
And was never known to sin.
But the Lord was meek and lowly, etc.
3. While I'm often vainly trying
Some new pleasure to possess,
He was always self-denying,
Patient in His worst distress.
But the Lord was meek and lowly, etc.
4. Let me never be forgetful
Of His precepts any more:
Idle, passionate, and fretful,
As I've often been before.
But the Lord was meek and lowly, etc.
5. Help me, by Thy word to measure
Every deed and every thought,
Thinking it my greatest pleasure
There to learn what Thou hast taught.
But the Lord was meek and lowly, etc.
LORD, a little band, and lowly,
e are come to sing to Thee;
Thou art great, and high, and holy-
O how solemn should we be!
2. Fill our hearts with thoughts of Jesus,
And of heaven, where He is gone;
And let nothing ever please us
He would grieve to look upon.
3. For we know the Lord of glory
Always sees what children do,
And is writing now the story
Of our thoughts and actions, too.
4. Let our sins be all forgiven;
Make us fear whate'er is wrong;
Lead us on our way to heaven,
There to sing a nobler song.
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