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To share our toils, and joys, and tears?
And must we bid a sad farewell?

2 Yes, thou must fill thy future lot,
Far from thy fond and cherished friends;
But not to be by us forgot

While life its beating pulses spend.
3 We'll think of thee amid the scene
Of each returning Sabbath day;
And nowhere else with grief so keen,
Will mourn that thou art far away.
4 We'll think of thee whene'er we meet,
Our weekly lessons to prepare ;
Nor deem our social band complete,

Whilst thou, dear friend, art wanting there.
5 We'll think of thee around the board
That speaks a dying Saviour's love;
And trust our joy will be restored
In endless fellowship above.

6 Lord, let thy care his footsteps guard,
Thy choicest blessings fill his heart;
And crown him with thy rich reward,
Where Christian friends no more shall part.

HYMN 572. L. M.

ASSEMBLED in our school once more,
O Lord, thy blessing we implore;
We meet to read, to sing, and pray,
Be with us, then, through this thy day.
2 Our fervent prayer to thee ascends,
For parents, teachers, foes and friends;
And when we in thy house appear,
Help us to worship in thy fear.

3 When we on earth shall meet no more,
May we above to glory soar;

And praise thee in more lofty strains,
Where one eternal Sabbath reigns.

HYMN 573. H. M.

WHEN little Samuel woke,
And heard his Maker's voice,
At every word he spoke,

How much did he rejoice;
O blessed, happy child, to find,
The God of heaven so near and kind.
2 If God would speak to me,
And say he was my friend,
How happy I should be!

O, how would I attend!

The smallest sin I then should fear,
If God Almighty were so near.

3 And does he never speak?
O yes! for in his word
He bids me come and seek

The God whom Samuel heard;
In almost every page I see,
The God of Samuel calls to me.

4 And I, beneath his care
May safely rest my head;
I know that God is there

To guard my humble bed : And every sin I well may fear Since God Almighty is so near. 5 Like Samuel, let me say, When'er I read his word, "Speak, Lord, I would obey

The voice that Samuel heard ;" And when I in thy house appear, Speak, for thy servant waits to hear.

HYMN 574. L. M.

A MOURNING class, a vacant seat, Tells us that one we loved to meet Will join our youthful throng no more, Till all these changing scenes are o'er.

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2 No more that voice we loved to hear
Shall fill his teacher's listening ear:
No more its tones shall join to swell
The songs that of a Saviour tell.

3 That welcome face, that sparkling eye,
And sprightly form, must buried lie;
Deep in the cold and silent gloom,
The rayless night that fills the tomb.

4 And we live on, but none can say,
How near or distant is the day

When death's unwelcome hand shall come,
To lay us in our narrow home.

5 God tells us, by this mournful death,
How vain and fleeting is our breath;
And bids our souls prepare to meet
The trial of his judgment-seat.

CHILDREN AND YOUTH.

HYMN 575. C. M. [489]

BEHOLD, what condescending love
Jesus on earth displays!
To babes and sucklings he extends
The riches of his grace!

2 He still the ancient promise keeps,
To our forefathers given;
Young children in his arms he takes,
And calls them heirs of heaven.

3 Forbid them not whom Jesus calls,
Nor dare the claim resist,
Since his own lips to us declare

Of such will heaven consist.

HYMN 573. H. M.

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HYMN 579. C. M.

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low fresh and green the trees appear;
What blooming flowers I find!

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3 The beasts that on the herbage feed
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And little birds upon the boughs
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4 Shall I alone forget to thank
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And on my Maker call.

5 Though I am but a little child,
Yet I to God belong;

His works declare him good and mild,
And he will hear my song.

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