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Children and Sunday Schools.

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C. M.

GIBBONS.

1 IN the soft season of thy youth,
In nature's smiling bloom,

Ere age arrive, and trembling wait
Its summons to the tomb;

2 Remember thy Creator, God;
For him thy powers employ;
Make him thy fear, thy love, thy hope,
Thy confidence, thy joy.

3 He shall defend and guide thy course
Through life's uncertain sea,

Till thou art landed on the shore
Of blessed eternity.

4 Then seek the Lord betimes, and choose
The path of heavenly truth:

The earth affords no lovelier sight
Than a religious youth.

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BP. HEBER.

Early Religion.

1 By cool Siloam's shady rill

How sweet the lily grows!

How sweet the breath beneath the hill
Of Sharon's dewy rose!

2 Lo, such the child whose early feet
The paths of peace have trod;

Whose secret heart, with influence sweet,
Is upward drawn to God!

3 By cool Siloam's shady rill
The lily must decay;

The rose that blooms beneath the hill

Must shortly fade away.

4 And soon, too soon, the wintry hour
Of man's maturer age

Will shake the soul with sorrow's power,
And stormy passion's rage!

5 0 thou who giv'st us life and breath,
We seek thy grace alone,

In childhood, manhood, age and death,
To keep us still thine own!

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S. F. SMITH.

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Remember thy Creator.

1 REMEMBER thy Creator

While youth's fair spring is bright;
Before thy cares are greater,

Before comes age's night;

While yet the sun shines o'er thee,
While stars the darkness cheer,

While life is all before thee,
Thy great Creator fear.

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Love through our borders found;
In all our little palaces

Prosperity abound.

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2 God scorns not humble things;

Here, though the proud despise,
The children of the King of kings
Are training for the skies.

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Sabbath School Wymn.

1 SUPPLIANT, lo! thy children bend,
Father, for thy blessing now;
Thou canst teach us, guide, defend,
We are weak, almighty thou.

2 With the peace thy word imparts,
Be the taught and teacher blest;
In their lives, and on their hearts,
Father, be thy laws imprest.

3 Pour into each longing mind

Light and knowledge from above:
Charity for all mankind —

Trusting faith, enduring love.

4 Here, in joy's triumphant day,
Still may grateful hearts arise,
Bright with rapture's kindling ray,
Purely, fondly to the skies.

5 Here, in sorrow's chastening hour,
May thy word its light diffuse;
Fresh'ning as the vernal shower,
Peaceful as the silent dews.

GREY.

6 Grant us spirits lowly, pure,

Errors pardoned, sins forgiven:
Humble trust, obedience sure,
Love to man, and faith to Heaven.

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The Christian Child.

1 CHILD! to thee the loved of Heaven,
Boundless power to improve is given;
Rise to meet temptation's power;
Stand, in passion's wildest hour.

2 Fast as danger round thee grows
Gather strength from conquered foes;
Tread the path the Leader trod,
Pressing on to peace, to God.

3 Pause not, rest not, yield not now,
Soon the crown shall grace thy brow;
Child of Heaven! then fix thine eyes
Onward! onward to the prize.

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S. S. H. Book.

Example of Christ.

1 JESUS CHRIST, my Lord and Saviour,

Once became a child like me;

O that in my whole behaviour
He my pattern still may be.

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