2 Confiding in Thy truth alone,

Here, on the steps of Jesus' throne,
We lay the treasure Thou hast given
To be received and reared for heaven.

3 Lent to us for a scason, we

Lend him forever, Lord, to Thee: Assured, that, if to Thee he live, We gain in what we seem to give. 4 Large and abundant blessings shed, Warm as these prayers, upon his head; And on his soul the dews of grace, Fresh as these drops upon his face.

5 Make him and keep him Thine own child, Meek follower of the Undefiled; Possessor here of grace and love, Inheritor of heaven above.

Rev. John Samuel Bewley Monsell. (1811-) 1837. 866

"Let little Children come to Me."

I A LITTLE child the Saviour came,
The mighty God was still His name,
And angels worshipped, as He lay,
The seeming infant of a day.

2 He who, a little child, began

The life divine to show to man, Proclaims from heaven the message free, "Let little children come to Me.”

3 We bring them, Lord, and with the sign Of sprinkled water name them Thine:

Their souls with saving grace endow,
Baptize them with Thy Spirit now.

4 O give Thine angels charge, good Lord,
Them safely in Thy way to guard;
Thy blessing on their lives command,
And write their names upon Thy hand.
5 O Thou, who by an infant's tongue
Dost hear Thy perfect glory sung,
May these with all the heavenly host
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.

Rev. William Robertson. (-1743.) 1751. ab.

867 Prayer for the Children of the Church.

I DEAR Saviour, if these lambs should stray
From Thy secure enclosure's bound,
And, lured by worldly joys away,
Among the thoughtless crowd be found;

2 Remember still that they are Thine,
That Thy dear sacred name they bear;
Think that the seal of love divine,
The sign of covenant grace, they wear.
3 In all their erring, sinful years,

O let them ne'er forgotten be;
Remember all the prayers and tears

Which made them consecrate to Thee.

4 And when these lips no more can pray, These eyes can weep for them no more, Turn Thou their feet from folly's way, The wanderers to Thy fold restore.

Mrs. Ann Beadley Hyde. (-1872.) 1824.

I FATHER, in these reveal Thy Son,
In these for whom we seek Thy face;
Adopt and seal them as Thine own,
By Thy regenerating grace.

2 Jesus, with us Thou always art,
Now ratify the sacred sign,
The gift unspeakable impart,

And bless Thy sacrament divine.

3 Come, Holy Spirit, from on high, Baptizer of our spirits, Thou! The purifying grace apply,

And witness with the water now.

4 Pour forth Thine energy divine,

And sprinkle the atoning blood; May Father, Son, and Spirit join

To seal each child a child of God. Rev. Charles Wesley. (1708-1788.) 1749. ab. and ak.

2 Wash it from every stain of guilt,
And let this child be sanctified;
Lord, Thou canst cleanse it, if Thou wilt,
And all its native evils hide.

3 We ask not for it earthly bliss,

Or earthly honors, wealth or fame; The sum of our request is this, That it may love and fear Thy name. Miss Anne Steele. (1717-1778.) 1760. ab.

Lowell Mason. (1792-1872.) 1838

ROCKINGHAM. L. M.

872

Rejoicing in our Covenant-Engagements.
2 Chron. xv. 15.

2 O nappy bond, that seals my vows
To Him who merits all my love:
Let cheerful anthems fill His house,
While to that sacred shrine I move.

3 'Tis done; the great transaction's done;
I am my Lord's, and He is mine;
He drew me, and I followed on,
Charmed to confess the voice divine.

4 Now rest, my long divided heart,

Fixed on this blissful centre, rest;
With ashes who would grudge to part,
When called on angels' bread to feast?

5 High heaven, that heard the solemn vow,
That vow renewed shall daily hear,
Till in life's latest hour I bow,
And bless in death a bond so dear.
Rev. Philip Doddridge. (1702-1751.) 1755.

I LORD, I am Thine, entirely Thine,
Purchased and saved by blood divine;
With full consent Thine I would be,
And own Thy sovereign right in me.

2 Grant one poor sinner more a place,
Among the children of Thy grace;
A wretched sinner, lost to God,
But ransomed by Immanuel's blood.

2 Thine would I live, Thine would I die,
Be Thine through all eternity;
The vow is past beyond repeal;
Now will I set the solemn seal.

4 Here, at that cross where flows the blood
That bought my guilty soul for God,
Thee my new Master now I call,
And consecrate to Thee my all.

5 Do Thou assist a feeble worm

The great engagement to perform;
Thy grace can full assistance lend,
And on that grace I dare depend.

Rev. Samuel Davies. (1724-1761.) 1769

879

The burdened Pilgrim welcomed.

I PILGRIM, burdened with thy sin,
Come the way to Zion's gate:
There, till mercy lets thee in,

Knock, and weep, and watch, and wait.
Knock-He knows the sinner's cry;
Weep-He loves the mourner's tears;
Watch, for saving grace is nigh;

Wait, till heavenly light appears.

2 Hark, it is the Bridegroom's voice: "Welcome, pilgrim, to thy rest!" Now within the gate rejoice,

Safe, and sealed, and bought and blest: Safe, from all the lures of vice;

Sealed, by signs the chosen know;

Bought by love, and life the price;

Blest, the mighty debt to owe.

Rev. George Crabbe. (1754-1832.) 1807. ab.

"Thine for ever!"

I THINE for ever!-God of love,
Hear us from Thy throne above;
Thine for ever may we be,
Here and in eternity.

Thine for ever!-Lord of life,
Shield us through our earthly strife;
Thou, the Life, the Truth, the Way,
Guide us to the realms of day.

2 Thine for ever!-Saviour, keep
These Thy frail and trembling sheep;
Safe alone beneath Thy care,
Let us all Thy goodness share.
Thine for ever!-Thou our Guide,
All our wants by Thee supplied,
All our sins by Thee forgiven,
Lead us, Lord, from earth to heaven.
Mrs. Mary Fawler Maude. 1848. ab