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1. LITTLE trav'llers Zion-ward, Each one ent'ring in to rest, In the kingdom of your Lord,

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Christ a Pattern for Children.
LUKE. ii. 40.

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 O Thou, whose infant feet were found Within Thy Father's shrine, Whose years, with changeless virtue Were all alike divine, [crowned,

6 Dependent on Thy bounteous breath, We seek Thy grace alone,

In childhood, manhood, age, and death, To keep us still Thine own.

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Bp. Reginald Heber (1783-1826), 1812.
Christ's Regard for Children.
MARK X. 13-16.

I SEE, Israel's gentle Shepherd stands,
With all-engaging charms;
Hark, how He calls the tender lambs,
And folds them in His arms!

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I WITNESS, ye men and angels, now,
Before the Lord we speak ;
To Him we make our solemn vow,
A vow we dare not break :-

2 That long as life itself shall last,
Ourselves to Christ we yield;
Nor from His cause will we depart,
Or ever quit the field.

3 We trust not in our native strength,
But on His grace rely,

That, with returning wants, the Lord
Will all our need supply.

4 O guide our doubtful feet aright,
And keep us in Thy ways;

And, while we turn our vows to prayers, Turn Thou our prayers to praise.

Rev. Benjamin Beddome (1717-1795), 1818

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2 To Thee I still would cleave

With ever growing zeal;

Let millions tempt me Christ to leave,
They never shall prevail.

3 His Spirit shall unite

My soul to Him, my Head;

Shall form me to His image bright,
And teach His paths to tread.

4 Death may my soul divide

From this abode of clay;

But love shall keep me near His side,
Through all the gloomy way.

5 Since Christ and we are one,

What should remain to fear?

If He in Heaven has fixed His throne, He'll fix His members there.

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On sinners of a mortal race, To call them sons of God.

2 Nor doth it yet appear

How great we must be made;

But when we see our Saviour here, We shall be like our Head.

3 A hope so much divine

May trials well endure,

May purge our souls from sense and sin, As Christ the Lord is pure.

4 If in my Father's love

I share a filial part,

Send down Thy Spirit, like a dove, To rest upon my heart,

Rev. Philip Doddridge (1702-1751), 1755. Sl. alt. 5 We would no longer lie

Adoption.

1 JOHN iii. 1. GAL. iv. 6.

I BEHOLD what wondrous grace

The Father hath bestowed

WATCHMAN. S. M.

Like slaves beneath the throne; Our faith shall Abba, Father! cry, And Thou the kindred own.

Rev. Isaac Watts (1674-1748), 1709. Ab.

JAMES LEACH (1762-1797), 1788.

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