5 His words, ye happy parents, hear,
And shout, with joys divine,
"Dear Saviour! all we have and are
Shall be forever thine."

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L. M.

W. BOSTON COLL.

Dedication of Children.

1 THIS child we dedicate to thee,
O God of grace and purity;

Shield it from sin and threatening wrong,
And let thy love its life prolong.

2 O, may thy Spirit gently draw
Its willing soul to keep thy law;
May virtue, piety and truth

Dawn even with its dawning youth.

3 Grant that, with true and faithful heart,
We too may act the Christian's part,
Cheered by each promise thou hast given,
And laboring for the prize in heaven.

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Children commended to Christ.

ANONYMOUS

1 SAVIOUR, Who thy flock art feeding
With the shepherd's kindest care,
All the feeble gently leading,

While the lambs thy bosom share,—

2 Now, these little ones receiving,
Fold them in thy gracious arm;
There, we know-thy word believing,
Only there, secure from harm.

3 Never, from thy pasture roving,
Let them be the lion's prey;

Let thy tenderness, so loving,
Keep them all life's dangerous way.

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4 Then within thy fold eternal
Let them find a resting-place;
Feed in pastures ever vernal,
Drink the rivers of thy grace.

S. M.

Christ calling Children to Himself.

1 THE Saviour gently calls

Our children to his breast;

DODDRIDGE.

He folds them in his gracious arms;
Himself declares them blest.

2 "Let them approach," he cries,
"Nor scorn their humble claim;
The heirs of heaven are such as these,-
For such as these I came."

3 Gladly we bring them, Lord,
Devoting them to thee:
Imploring, that, as we are thine,
Thine may our offspring be.

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Infant Baptism.

1 DROP the limpid waters now
On the infant's sinless brow;
Dedicate the unfolding gem
Unto Him, who blessed the stem.

2 Let our aspirations be

Innocent as infancy;

BOWRING.

Pure the prayers that force their way,
As the child for whom we pray.

3 In the Christian garden we
Plant another Christian tree;
Be its blossoms and its fruit
Worthy of the Christian root.

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4 To that garden now we bring
Waters from the living spring;
Bless the tree, the waters bless,
Holy One! with holiness.

5 When life's harvests all are past,
Oh, transplant the tree at last,
To the fields where flower and tree
Blossom through eternity.

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Hymn for Baptism.

1 BAPTIZED into our Saviour's death,
Our souls to sin must die;

DODDRIDGE

With Christ our Lord we live anew
With Christ ascend on high.

2 There, by his Father's side he sits,
Enthroned divinely fair,

Yet owns himself our Brother still,
And our Forerunner there.

3 Rise from these earthly trifles, rise
On wings of faith and love;
Above our choicest treasure lies,—
And be our hearts above.

4 But earth and sin will draw us down,
When we attempt to fly;

Lord, send thy strong, attractive power
To fix our souls on high.

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S. M.

L. H. SIGOURNEY

Baptism.

1 SAVIOUR, thy law we love,
Thy pure example bless,

And with a firm, unwavering zeal,
Would in thy footsteps press.

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2 Not to the fiery pains

By which the martyrs bled;
Not to the scourge, the thorn, the cross,
Our favored feet are led ;-

3 But, at this peaceful tide,
Assembled in thy fear,

The homage of obedient hearts
We humbly offer here.

1 LET plenteous grace descend on those,
Who, hoping in thy word,

This day have solemnly declared
That Jesus is their Lord.

2 With cheerful feet may they advance,
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.

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L. M.

The Same.

DODDRIDGE

1 'Tis done; the great transaction's done;
I am my Lord's, and he is mine:
He drew me, and I followed on,
Rejoiced to own the call divine.

2 Now rest, my long divided heart;
Fixed on this blissful centre, rest:
Here have I found a nobler part;
Here heavenly pleasures fill my breast.

3 High heaven, that hears 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.

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PRATT'S COLL.

Before Communion.

1 PREPARE US, Lord, to view thy cross,
Who all our griefs hast borne ;

To look on thee, whom we have pierced,--
To look on thee, and mourn.

2 While thus we mourn we would rejoice;
And, as thy cross we see,

Let each exclaim in faith and hope,
"The Saviour died for me!"

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C. M.

E. TAYLOR.

Proper Dispositions for the Communion.

1 0 HERE, if ever, God of love!
Let strife and hatred cease;
And every thought harmonious move,
heart be peace.

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2 Not here, where met to think on him,

Whose latest thoughts were ours,
Shall mortal passions come to dim
The
prayer devotion pours.

3 No, gracious Master, not in vain
Thy life of love hath been;
The peace thou gav'st may yet remain,
Though thou no more art seen.

4 "Thy kingdom come;" we watch, we wai
To hear thy cheering call;

When heaven shall ope its glorious gate.
And God be all in all.