872 For the Shepherd's care. 1 SAVIOUR, like a shepherd lead us, Thou hast bought us, thine we are. Hear, O hear us, when we pray. 3 Thou hast promised to receive us, Poor and sinful though we be; Thou hast mercy to relieve us, Grace to cleanse, and power to free: Blessed Jesus, We will early turn to thee. 4 Early let us seek thy favor, Thou hast loved us, love us still. SILOAM. C. M. ISAAC BAKER WOODBURY. 875 The Christian child. 1 BY cool Siloam's shady rill How sweet the lily grows! How sweet the breath, beneath the hill, 2 Lo! such the child whose early feet 3 By cool Siloam's shady rill The rose that blooms beneath the hill 4 And soon, too soon, the wintry hour Will shake the soul with sorrow's power, And stormy passion's rage. 5 O Thou, whose infant feet were found Within thy Father's shrine, Whose years, with changeless virtue crowned, Were all alike divine; 6 Dependent on thy bounteous breath, We seek thy grace alone, In childhood, manhood, age, and death, To keep us still thine own. 2 Sing of the wonders of his love, To him who left his throne above, 3 Sing of the wonders of his truth, The promise made to earliest youth Fulfilled to latest age. 4 Sing of the wonders of his power, Who with his own right arm Upholds and keeps you hour by hour, And shields from every harm. UNKNOWN. 877 Blessedness of instructing the young. 1 DELIGHTFUL work! young souls to win, And turn the rising race From the deceitful paths of sin, 2 Children our kind protection claim; When infants learn to lisp his name, 3 Be ours the bliss, in wisdom's way 4 Almighty God, thine influence shed, To aid this blest design; The honors of thy name be spread, JOSEPH STRAPHAN. NEW BRUNSWICK. 7, 5, or 7, D. REV. JOHN BLACK. 878 Sunday-school anniversary. 1 WILT thou hear the voice of praise While the circling year has sped, Still on thee we call. 2 Still thy constant care bestow; Let us each in wisdom grow, And in favor while below, With the God above. In our hearts the Spirit mild, To the sway of love. 8 Thine example, kept in view, An unbroken band. MRS. CAROLINE L. RICE. 879 Little travelers Zionward. 2 Who are they whose little feet, from Afric's barren sand; At the portal of the sky!" JAMES EDMESTON SWEET STORY. 11, 8, 12, 9. ENGLISH. 880 That sweet story of old. 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 him then. 881 MRS. JEMIMA LUKE. [7. Tune, Hendon. Page 264.] A blessing for teachers. 1 MIGHTY One, before whose face 2 Source of truth, whose beams alone 3 Shed on those who in thy name WILLIAM C. BRYANT. GEORGE KINGSLEY. 882 The children's jubilee. 1 HOSANNA! be the children's song, To Christ, the children's King; His praise, to whom our souls belong, Let all the children sing. 2 Hosanna! sound from hill to hill, And spread from plain to plain, While louder, sweeter, clearer still, Woods echo to the strain. 3 Hosanna! on the wings of light, O'er earth and ocean fly, Till morn to eve, and noon to night, And heaven to earth, reply. 4 Hosanna! then, our song shall be; Hosanna to our King! This is the children's jubilee; JAMES MONTGOMERY. MIRIAM. 7, 6. JOSEPH P. HOLBROOK. 883 The Lord's love to children. 1 WHEN, his salvation bringing, 2 And since the Lord retaineth To David's royal Son." 3 For should we fail proclaiming JOHN KING. 884 Grateful praise. 1 WE bring no glittering treasures, Our song of grateful praise. 2 The dearest gift of Heaven, To guide our steps in youth; 3 Redeemer, grant thy blessing! And, sweeter numbers swelling, HARRIET PHILLIPS, |