HYMN CCCXXIV.

Sabbath School Union.

1 ON earth we meet again below;
But shall we ever meet above,
And all our souls together flow
In one eternal tide of love?

2 Some meet who never met before;
We bid them welcome on their
way:
And some may part to join no more

The children's Whitsuntide array.

3 While the whole world before us lies, May each, whate'er our pilgrim-path, Be truly taught, and timely wise

To follow peace, and flee from wrath: 4 That wrath, which disobedience brought On Adam's sin-born progeny;

That peace, which our Redeemer bought,
With His own blood, upon the tree.

5 So be this temple to the LORD,

This Sabbath Union, which we build
Of living stones, upon His Word,
With His perpetual presence fill'd.

6 Death-partings, then, from earth shall be Life-meetings in that world above, Where life is immortality,

An immortality of love.

HYMN CCCXXV.

Children singing Hosanna to Christ.

1 HOSANNA be the children's song,
To CHRIST, the children's King;
His praise, to whom their souls belong,
Let all the children sing.

2 From little ones to JESUS brought,
Hosanna now be heard;

Let infants at the breast be taught
To lisp that lovely word.

3 Hosanna here, in joyful bands,
Maidens and youths proclaim,

And hail with voices, hearts, and hands,
The Son of David's name.

4 Hosanna, sound from hill to hill,
And spread from plain to plain;
While louder, sweeter, clearer still,
Woods echo to the strain.

5 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.

6 The city to the country call;

Let realm with realm accord;

And this their watchword one and all;
Hosanna-praise the LORD!

7 Hosanna, then our song shall be ;
Hosanna to our King;
This is the children's jubilee ;
Let all the children sing.

HYMN CCCXXVI.

Children recalling Christ's Example and His Love.

1 WHEN JESUS left His Father's throne,
He chose an humble birth;
Like us, unhonour'd and unknown,
He came to dwell on earth.

2 Like Him, may we be found below,
In Wisdom's paths of peace!
Like Him, in grace and knowledge grow,
As years and strength increase.

3 JESUS pass'd by the rich and great,
For men of low degree;

He sanctified our parents' state,

For poor, like them, was He.

4 Sweet were His words, and kind His look, When mothers round Him press'd;

Their infants in His arms He took,

And on His bosom bless'd.

5 Safe from the world's alluring harms,
Beneath His watchful eye,

Thus in the circle of His arms,
May we for ever lie.

6 When JESUS into Salem rode, The children sang around;

For joy they pluck'd the palms, and strow'd
Their garments on the ground.

7 Hosanna, our glad voices raise,
Hosanna to our King;

Should we forget our Saviour's praise,
The stones themselves would sing.

8 For we have learn'd to love His Name;
That Name divinely sweet,
May every pulse through life proclaim,
And our last breath repeat.

HYMN CCCXXVII.

Children acknowledging the Providence and Goodness of God.

1 THE children's angels always view
Their Heavenly Father's face;
His joyful messengers and true,
In Providence and Grace :-
2 To guard our feeble steps; to keep
From harm our living breath,
Watch o'er our senses while we sleep,
And waft us home in death.

3 But not to angels' care alone
Poor children are consign'd;

To GOD Himself our wants are known,
The LORD to us is kind.

4 Yes; every comfort here below,

And every hope above;

All that we have and are, we owe
To His unfailing love.

5 Then let us act as in His sight,
And on our humble way
Walk in the liberty of light,
As children of the day.

6 Young though we be and in the prime Of life's unfolding powers,

Of all the moments of our time,
This, only this is ours.

7 We seize it, LORD, before 'tis past;
We yield ourselves to Thee;
Thine be our earliest years, our last,
And our eternity.

HYMN CCCXXVIII.

Children numbering their Days.

1 THE pure and peaceful mind,
The meek and lowly heart,
The patient will to Thine resign'd,
GOD of all power impart.

2 Young though in years we be,

In health and spirits strong; What is the life of man to Thee? The longest is not long.