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But they will sink to endless woe
Who are not born again.

WARNINGS TO THE YOUNG.
175 Against Untruthfulness.
1 O 'TIS a lovely thing for youth
To walk betimes in wisdom's way;
To fear a lie, to speak the truth,
That we may trust to all they say!
2 But liars we can never trust,

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Though they should speak the thing that's true;

And he that does one fault at first,

And lies to hide it, makes it two. 3 Have we not known, nor heard, nor read, How God abhors deceit and wrong? How Ananias was struck dead, Caught with a lie upon his tongue? 4 So did his wife Sapphira die, When she came in, and was so bold As to confirm that wicked lie

Which just before her husband told. 5 The Lord delights in them that speak The words of truth; but every liar Must have his portion in the lake That burns with brimstone and with fire.

176

The Golden Rule.

1 BLESSED Redeemer, how divine, How righteous is this rule of Thine,

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'Never to deal to others worse

Than we would have them deal with us!' 2 This golden lesson, short and plain, Gives not the mind nor memory pain; And every conscience must approve This universal law of love.

3 'Tis written in each mortal breast,
Where all our tenderest wishes rest;
We draw it from our inmost veins,
Where love to self resides and reigns.
4 Is reason ever at a loss?

Call in self-love to judge the cause:
Let our own fondest passions show
How we should treat our neighbour too.
5 How bless'd would every nation prove,
Thus ruled by equity and love!

All would be friends without a foe,
And form a Paradise below.

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1 LET children that would fear the Lord Hear what their teachers say;

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With reverence meet their parents' word, And with delight obey.

2 Have you not heard what dreadful plagues Are threatened by the Lord

To him that breaks his father's law,
Or mocks his mother's word?

3 But they who fear the Lord, and give
Their parents honour due,

Here on this earth they long shall live,
And live hereafter too.

178 Love between Brothers and Sisters. C. M.
1 WHATEVER brawls disturb the street,
There should be peace at home;
Where sisters dwell, and brothers meet,
Quarrels should never come.

2 Birds in their little nests agree; And 'tis a shameful sight When children of one family

Fall out, and chide, and fight.

3 Hard names at first, and threatening words, That are but noisy breath,

May grow to clubs, and naked swords,
To murder, and to death.

4 The wise will let their anger cool,
At least, before 'tis night;

But in the bosom of a fool
It burns till morning light.

179

Against Vanity in Dress.

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1 WHY should our garments, made to hide Our parents' shame, provoke our pride? The art of dress did ne'er begin

Till Eve, our mother, learnt to sin. 2 When first she put the covering on, Her robe of innocence was gone ; And yet her children vainly boast In the sad marks of glory lost.

3 How vain we are, how fond to show
Our clothes, and call them rich and new!
When the poor sheep and silkworm wore
This very clothing long before !

4 The tulip and the butterfly
Appear in gayer coats than I ;

Let me be dressed fine as I will,

Flies, worms, and flowers exceed me still. 5 Lord, teach my foolish heart to find. Inward adornings of the mind;

Knowledge and virtue, truth and grace,
These are the robes of richest dress.

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1 ANGRY words are lightly spoken,
In a rash and thoughtless hour,-
Brightest links of life are broken
By their deep, insidious power;
Hearts inspired by warmest feeling,
Ne'er before by anger stirred,
Oft are rent past human healing
By a single angry word.

2 Poison-drops of care and sorrow,
Bitter poison-drops are they,
Making for the coming morrow
Saddest memories of to-day.
Angry words!

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O let them never
From the tongue unbridled slip; or
May the heart's best impulse ever
Check them ere they soil the lip!

3 Love is much too pure and holy,
Friendship is too sacred far,
For a moment's reckless folly
Thus to desolate and mar.
Angry words are lightly spoken,—
Bitterest thoughts are rashly stirred;
Brightest links of life are broken
By a single angry word.

181

A Plain Rule.

1 To do to others as I would

That they should do to me,

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Will make me honest, kind, and good,
As children ought to be.
2 I know I should not steal, or use
The smallest thing I see,

Which I should never like to lose
If it belonged to me.

3 And this plain rule forbids me quite
To strike an angry blow;

Because I should not think it right
If others served me so.

4 At home, or with my friends at school, Or in my walks abroad,

O let me ne'er forget this rule
Of Jesus Christ the Lord!

182.

Filial Obedience.

1 CHILDREN, your parents' will obey; The Lord commands it to be done;

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