He'll make my heart grow like His own, All loving, good, and mild; For He will send His SPIRIT down, Then happily I'll lie and sleep For well I know that He will keep "OUR FATHER, WHO ART IN HEAVEN." GREAT GOD, and wilt Thou condescend Art Thou my Father? Canst Thou bear Art Thou my Father? Let me be FILIAL TRUST. Art Thou my Father? I'll depend, Art thou my Father? Then at last, 55 JANE TAYLOR. FILIAL TRUST. "T WAS when the sea, with awful roar And pallid fear's distracting power Save one, the captain's darling child, "Why sporting thus?" a seaman cried, "Why yield to fear," the boy replied, "MY FATHER 's at the helm ? "" SUNDAY. HAPPY, happy Sunday, Thou day of peace and heaven, "Tis fit we should give one day To GOD, who gives us seven. Though other days bring sadness, Thou bid'st us cease to mourn; Then hail, thou day of gladness! I welcome thy return. Happy, happy Sunday, We will not toil to-day; But leave to busy Monday Our work, and toys, and play. Thy face is ever smiling, Thou fairest of the seven! They only speak of toiling, But thou of rest and heaven. Happy, happy Sunday, Thy holy hours I prize; Thou art, indeed, heaven's own day, The emblem of the skies. May I, O LORD! inherit That rest when life is o'er; And with each perfect spirit Adore Thee evermore. EARLY RELIGION. 57 EARLY RELIGION. By cool Siloam's shady rill, How sweet the lily grows! How sweet the breath beneath the hill Lo! such the child whose early feet By cool Siloam's shady rill The lily must decay; The rose that blooms beneath the hill Must shortly fade away. And soon, too soon, the wintry hour Of man's maturer age, Will shake the soul with sorrow's power, O Thou who giv'st us life and breath, In childhood, manhood, age, and death, HEBER. HYMN. GENTLE JESUS, meek and mild, Pity my simplicity, Suffer me to come to Thee. Fain I would to Thee be brought; Oh! supply my every want; SUNDAY EVENING. AGAIN We've seen the Sabbath-day May all we heard and understood, Be well remembered through the week, And help to make us wise and good, More humble, diligent, and meek. |