PART III.

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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,
Our dearest offering.

2 Into a world of toil

These little feet will roam,
Where sin its purity may soil,
Where care and grief may come.

3 0 then, let thy pure love,

With influence serene,

Come down, like water, from above

To comfort and make clean.

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S. M.

Baptism of Children.

1 To Him who children blessed,

And suffered them to come,

ANONYMOUS.

To Him who took them to his breast
We bring these children home.

2 To thee, O God, whose face,
Their spirits still behold,

We bring them, praying that thy grace
May keep, thine arms enfold.

3 And as this water falls

On each unconscious brow,
Thy holy spirit grant, O Lord!
To keep them pure as now.

C. M.

EMILY TAYLOR.

Outward and Enward Life.

1 THERE's life abroad;- from each green tree

A busy murmur swells;

The bee is up at early dawn

Stirring the cowslip-bells.

There's motion in the lightest leaf

That trembles on the stream;

The insect scarce an instant rests,

Light dancing in the beam.

2 All speak of life; and louder still

The spirit speaks within,

O'erpowering, with its strong, deep voice,

The world's incessant din:

There's life without; and, better far,

Within there's life and power,

And liberty of heart and mind

To love, believe, adore.

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L. M.

JUNG STILLING.

God's Guidance.

1 THOU, who upon the eternal throne,
Dost weigh the fates of all below,
And ever wear'st the radiant crown
Of worlds unnumbered round thy brow:
Thy wisdom formed the plan sublime
Of what man's future course shall be;
The path didst shew which I must climb
To reach my final destiny.

2 Till then let power Divine protect,
And heavenly peace my spirit cheer,
My footsteps here below direct,
Till I before thy face appear.

The present seed I now shall sow

To ripen for eternity,

O let it to perfection grow,

Then take thy pilgrim home to thee.