SAUGUS. L.M.

COSTELLOW.

477.

Prayer for the Young.

W. W. How. | 2 Oh let thy table honored be,
And furnished well with joyful guests;
And may each soul salvation see,
That here its sacred pledges tastes.

10 HOLY Lord! content to live
In a poor home, a lowly child,
And in subjection meek to give
Obedience to thy mother mild, –

2 Lead every child that bears thy name
To walk in thy pure, upright way,
To dread the touch of sin and shame,
And humbly, like thyself, obey.

3 Oh let not this world's scorching glow
Thy Spirit's quickening dew efface!
Nor blast of sin too rudely blow,
And quench the trembling flame of grace.

4 Gather thy lambs within thine arm,
And gently in thy bosom bear;
Keep them, O Lord! from hurt and harm,
And bid them rest for ever there.

1 THE Lord of life this table spread
With tokens of his dying love;
And we, who on its richness feed,
A foretaste gain of joys above.

2 Be sinful pleasures all forgot,

WATTS.

And earth grow less in our esteem;
Christ and his love fill every thought,
And faith and hope be fixed on him.

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BOYLSTON. S.M.

L. MASON.

Baptism of a Child. J. F. CLARKE. | 3 And as this water falls

1 To thee, O God in heaven! This little one we bring;

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

485.

Dedication of Children. DODDRIDGE. | 2 With cheerful feet may they advance.

1 SEE Israel's gentle Shepherd stand,

With all-engaging charms!
Hark how he calls the tender lambs,
And folds them in his arms!

And run the Christian race;

And, through the troubles of the way,
Find all-sufficient grace.

3 Lord, plant us all into thy death,
That we thy life may prove,
Partakers of thy cross beneath,
And of thy crown above,