330 Help me to watch and pray, L. M. J. TAYLOR. True Length of Life. 1 LIKE shadows gliding o'er the plain, And while we gaze, their forms are gone. 2 "He lived, he died;" behold the sum, The abstract of the historian's page! The infant's day, the patriarch's age. 3 0 Father! in whose mighty hand 4 To crowd the narrow span of life With wise designs and virtuous deeds; 331 S. M. METHODIST COL. For Holiness. 1 THE thing my God doth hate Thy creature, Lord, again create, 2 That blessed law of thine, The Spirit's law of life divine, Whence it may ne'er remove, The perfect law of love. 3 Thy nature be my law, Thy spotless sanctity, And sweetly every moment draw My happy soul to thee. Soul of my soul remain! 332 Miscellaneous Subjects. S. M. ANONYMOUS. Baptism of a Child. 1 To thee, O God in Heaven, This little one we bring, Giving to thee what thou hast given, 2 Into a world of toil These little feet will roam, 3 0 then, let thy pure love, With influence serene, Come down, like water, from above To comfort and make clean. |