3 Malice and rage, those fires of hell, 4 She nor desires nor seeks to know Nor looks with pride on those below 5 She lays her own advantage by, 6 Love is the grace that keeps her power There faith and hope are known no more, 432. L. M. *WATTS. All Things vain without Love. 1 HAD I the tongues of Greeks and Jews, 2 Were I inspired to preach and tell 3 Should I distribute all my store To feed the cravings of the poor: 4 If love to God and love to men Be absent, all my hopes are vain : 433. C. M. WATTS. 'But the Greatest of these is Charity.' 1 HAPPY the heart where graces reign, 2 Knowledge-alas! 'tis all in vain, Our stubborn sins will fight and reign, 3 This is the grace that lives and sings 4 Before we quite forsake our clay, The wings of love bear us away 434. S. M. BEDDOME. Mutual Charity among Christians. 1 LET party names no more The Christian world o'erspread; Gentile and Jew, and bond and free, Are one in Christ their head. 2 Among the saints on earth 3 Let envy, child of hell! Be banished far away; Those should in strictest friendship dwell Who the same Lord obey. 4 Thus will the church below Resemble that above; Where streams of pleasure ever flow, 435. H. M. MONTGOMERY. Brotherly Love. Ps. 133. 1 How beautiful the sight Of brethren who agree In friendship to unite, And bonds of charity! 'Tis like the precious ointment shed O'er all his robes from Aaron's head. 2 'Tis like the dews that fill The cups of Hermon's flowers; Bright with the drops of showers; 3 For there the Lord commands Blessings, a boundless store, From his unsparing hands, Yea, life for evermore. 436. C. M. WATTS. The Same. Ps. 133. 1 Lo, what an entertaining sight Are brethren that agree! Brethren whose cheerful hearts unite 2 When streams of love, from Christ the spring, Descend to every soul, And heavenly peace, with balmy wing, 3 'Tis like the oil, divinely sweet, 4 'Tis pleasant as the morning dews Where God his mildest glory shows, 437. S. M. DODDRIDGE. Honest Search for Truth. 1 IMPOSTURE shrinks from light, And dreads the curious eye; But Christian truths the test invite,- 2 A meek, inquiring mind, Lord, help us to maintain; That growing knowledge we may find, And growing virtue gain. 3 With understanding blest, Our faith on man we dare not rest, 4 Give us the light we need; 5 The truth thou shalt impart 438. S. M. ANONYMOUS 'Blessed are the Meek.' 1 BLEST are the meek,' he said, The humble-minded earth possess, 2 While here on earth they stay, 3 The God of peace is theirs; |