Christmas.

28 January 28.

C. M.

HEAVEN.

"Now they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly. wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God; for he hath prepared for them a city."-Heb. xi. 16.

1

HARK! from that glorious world, what songs

Those heavenly voices raise;

Ten thousand thousand infant tongues
Unite in perfect praise.

2 Those are the hymns that we shall know,
If Jesus we obey;

That is the place where we shall go,
If found in wisdom's way.

3 This is the joy we ought to seek,
And make our chief concern;

For this we come from week to week
To read, and hear, and learn.

4 Our earthly race will soon be run,
Our mortal frame decay;

Scholars and teachers, one by one,
Must droop and pass away.

5 Great God! impress the serious thought
Each day on every breast;

That both the teachers and the taught
May enter to thy rest.

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January 29.

L.M.

Alfreton.

GOD'S CARE ACKNOWLEDGED.

"O give thanks unto the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever."-Ps. cvii. 1.

1

GIVE thanks to God-he reigns above;

Kind are his thoughts, his name is love; His mercy ages past have known.

And ages long to come shall own.

2 His smile illumes the morning ray,
His arm protects us through the day;
His ever-watchful eye will keep
And guard us safely while we sleep.

3 He feeds and clothes us all the way,
He guides our footsteps lest we stray,
He leads us with a father's hand,
And brings us to the heavenly land.

4 Oh! let us, then, with joy record
The truth and goodness of the Lord;
How great his works-how kind his ways!
Let every tongue pronounce his praise.

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January 30. C. M.

Mear.

PRAYER FOR WISDOM.

"Because thou hast not asked riches, wealth, or honour, neither hast asked long life; but hast asked wisdom and knowledge for thyself: wisdom and knowledge is granted unto thee."-2 Chron. i. 11, 12.

1

ALMIGHTY God, in humble prayer

our souls we lift;

Do thou our waiting minds prepare
For thy most needful gift.

2 We ask not golden streams of wealth
Along our path to flow;

We ask not undecaying health,
Nor length of years below:

3 We ask not honors, which an hour
May bring and take away;

We ask not pleasure, pomp, or power,
Lest we should go astray:

4 We ask for wisdom: Lord, impart
The knowledge how to live;
A wise and understanding heart
To each of us now give.

5 May we remember thee in youth,
Before the evil days;

And e'er be guided by thy truth
In wisdom's pleasant ways.

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January 31. S. M.

St. Thomas.

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2

THE LORD'S PRAYER.

"After this manner pray ye."-Matt. vi. 9

UR Heavenly Father, hear

OUR

The prayer we offer now:

Thy name be hallowed far and near,

To thee all nations bow.

Thy kingdom come; thy will
On earth be done in love,
As saints and seraphim fulfil
Thy perfect law above.

3 Our daily bread supply,
While by thy word we live;
The guilt of our iniquity
Forgive as we forgive.

"O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill."-Ps. xliii. 3.

1

THAT the Lord would guide my ways
To keep his statutes still;

O that my God would grant me grace
To know and do his will.

2 O send thy Spirit down to write
Thy law upon my heart;

Nor let my tongue indulge deceit,
Nor act the liar's part.

3 From vanity turn off mine eyes;
Let no corrupt design
Nor covetous desires arise

Within this soul of mine.

4 Order my footsteps by thy word,
And make my heart sincere;
Let sin have no dominion, Lord!
But keep my conscience clear.

5 Make me to walk in thy commands-
'Tis a delightful road;

Nor let my head, or heart, or hands,
Offend against my God.

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February 2.

7s.

Pleyel's Hymn.

GOD'S AID INVOKED IN THE MORNING.

"O Lord, be gracious unto us, be thou our arm every morn. ing, our salvation also in the time of trouble."-Isa. xxxiii. 2.

1

OW the shades of night are gone;

NOW

Now the morning light is come:
Lord, may we be thine to-day;
Drive the shades of sin away.

2 Fill our souls with heavenly light,
Banish doubt, and clear our sight;
In thy service, Lord, to-day,
May we stand, and watch, and pray.

3 Keep our haughty passions bound;
Save us from our foes around;
Going out and coming in,

Keep us safe from every sin.

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February 3. 7s & 6s.

JESUS WELCOMED.

Romaine.

"Hosanna to the Son of David: blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord: hosanna in the highest."-Matt. xxi. 9.

1

WHEN, his salvation bringing,

To Zion Jesus came,

The children all stood singing
Hosanna to his name.

Nor did their zeal offend him,

But as he rode along,
He bade them still attend him,
And smiled to hear their song.
2 And since the Lord retaineth
His love for children still,
Though now as King he reigneth
On Zion's heavenly hill,

We'll flock around his banner
Who sits upon the throne;
And cry aloud, "Hosanna
To David's royal Son."

3 For should we fail proclaiming
Our great Redeemer's praise,
The stones, our silence shaming,
Might well hosanna raise.
But shall we only render

The tribute of our words?

No! while our hearts are tender,
They, too, shall be the Lord's.

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February 4. 8s & 7s.

Sicilian Hymn.

TEMPERANCE HYMN.*

"Who hath wo? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes? They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine."-Prov. xxiii. 29, 30.

1 So
OURCE of being, Holy Father,
With the day's returning light,
Here again with thanks we gather,
For the mercies of the night.

2 Pillows wet with tears of anguish,
Couches pressed in sleepless woe,
Where the sons of riot languish,
Father, may we never know!

3 For the maddening cup shall never
To our thirsting lips be pressed,
But our draught shall be, for ever,

The cold water thou hast blessed.

* On the 4th of February, 1813, the "Massachusetts Society for the Suppression of Intemperance" was formed,-the first of the kind in our country.