GOD SEES ME.

Ye are the chosen of his love,
His most peculiar care;

And will he guide the fluttering dove,
And not regard your prayer?

Nay, fear not, fear not, little ones;
There is in heaven an Eye

That looks with yearning fondness down.
On all the paths you try.

He'll keep you when the storm is wild,
And when the flood is near;

O trust him, trust him as a child,
And you have naught to fear!

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GOD SEES ME.

THROUGH all the busy daylight, through all the quiet night,

Whether the stars in the sky, or the sun is shining

bright;

In the nursery, in the parlor; in the street, or on the

stair,

Though I may seem to be alone, yet God is always

there.

Whatever I may do,

Wherever I may be,

Although I see him not,

Yet God sees me.

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GOD SEES ME.

He knows each word I mean to speak, before the word is spoken;

He knows the thoughts within my heart, although I give

no token.

When I am naughty, then I grieve my Heavenly Father's

love;

And, every time I really try, he helps me from above. Whatever I may do,

Wherever I may be,

Although I see him not,
Yet God sees me.

I have kind and tender parents; I have many loving friends:

But none love me as God loves me; and all that's good

he sends.

I will walk as God shall lead me, while the sun is in the

sky;

And lay me down, and sleep in peace, beneath his watchful eye.

Whatever I may do,

Wherever I may be,
Although I see him not,
Yet God sees me.

HYMNS FOR YOUNG CHILDREN.

GOD'S CARE.

GOD LOVES ME.

GOD cares for every little child

That on this large earth liveth:

He gives them homes and food and clothes;
And more than these God giveth; -

He gives them all their loving friends;
He gives each child its mother;
He gives them all the happiness
Of loving one another;

He makes the earth all beautiful;
He makes thine eyes to see;
And touch and hearing, taste and smell,
He gives them all to thee.

What can a little child give God?

From his bright heavens above

The great God smiles, and reaches down.

To take his children's love.

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HYMNS FOR YOUNG CHILDREN.

GOD'S CARE.

WHAT Secret hand, at morning light,

Softly unseals mine eye,

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GOD IS GOOD.

Draws back the curtain of the night,
And opens earth and sky?

'Tis thine, my God, -the same that kept
My resting hours from harm;
No ill came nigh me, for I slept
Beneath the Almighty's arm.

'Tis thine my daily bread that brings,
Like manna scattered round,
And clothes me, as the lily springs
In beauty from the ground.

In death's dark valley though I stray,
"T would there my steps attend,
Guide with the staff my lonely way,
And with the rod defend.

May that sure hand uphold me still
Through life's uncertain race,

To bring me to thy holy hill,
And to thy dwelling-place.

MONTGOMERY.

GOD IS GOOD.

GOD is good! each perfumed flower,
The smiling fields, the dark green wood,

GOD IS GOOD.

The insect, fluttering for an hour,-
All things proclaim that God is good.

I hear it in each breath of wind;
Hills that have for ages stood,

And clouds, with gold and silver lined,
Are still repeating, God is good.

Each little rill, that many a year
Has the same verdant path pursued,
And every bird, in accents clear,

Joins in the song, that God is good.

The restless sea, with haughty roar,

Calms each wild wave and billow rude, Retreats submissive from the shore,

And swells the chorus, "God is good."

The countless hosts of twinkling stars
Sing his praise with light renewed;
The rising sun each day declares,
In rays of glory, God is good.

The moon that walks in brightness, says
That God is good! - and man, endued
With power to speak his Maker's praise,
Should still repeat that God is good.

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MRS. FOLLEN.