While uttering in th' Almighty's stead
His messages of grace.
3 O, if our senseless pride
His dying words neglect,
'Tis we who pierce his sacred side,
And we who God reject!

4 Then let us ever keep

This consecrated feast,

Till memory shall have sunk to sleep,
Or life itself have ceased.

EARLY INSTRUCTION AND PIETY.

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Early Piety.

EPISCOPAL COLL.

1 O, IN the morn of life, when youth With vital ardor glows,

And shines in all the fairest charms

That beauty can disclose,

2 Deep in thy soul, before its powers
Are yet by vice enslaved,

Be thy Creator's glorious name
And character engraved;

3 Ere yet the shades of sorrow cloud
The sunshine of thy days,

And cares and toils, in endless round,
Encompass all thy ways; -

4 Ere yet thy heart the woes of age,
With vain regret, deplore,
And sadly muse on former joys,
That now return no more.

5 True wisdom, early sought and gained,
In age will give thee rest;

O, then improve the morn of life,
To make its evening blest.

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Early Piety.

WATTS.

1 WHEN children give their hearts to God,
'T is pleasing in his eyes;

A flower, when offered in the bud,
Is no vain sacrifice.

2 It saves us from a thousand snares
To mind religion young;

Grace will preserve our following years,
And make our virtues strong.

3 To thee, Almighty God, to thee
May we our hearts resign;

'T will please us to look back and see,
That our whole lives were thine.

1 BY cool Siloam's shady rill

How fair the lily grows!

How sweet the breath, beneath the hill,
Of Sharon's dewy rose !

2 Lo! such the child whose early feet
The paths of peace have trod,

HEBER.

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

And stormy passion's rage.

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5 O Thou who givest life and breath,
We seek thy grace alone,

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

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Importance of the Bible to the Young.

WATTS.

1 HOW shall the young secure their hearts,
And guard their lives, from sin?
Thy word the choicest rules imparts
To keep the conscience clean.

2 'T is, like the sun, a heavenly light,
That guides us all the day,

And, through the dangers of the night,
A lamp to lead our way.

3 Thy precepts make us truly wise;
We hate the sinner's road:

We hate our own vain thoughts that rise,
But love thy law, O God!

4 Thy word is everlasting truth;

How pure is every page!

That holy book shall guide our youth,
And well support our age.

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SALISBURY COLL.

"Remember thy Creator in the Days of thy Youth."

1 IN the soft season of thy youth,
In nature's smiling bloom,

Ere age arrive, and, trembling, wait
Its summons to the tomb,

2 Remember thy Creator, God;
For him thy powers employ ;
Make him thy fear, thy love, thy hope,
Thy confidence, thy joy.

3 He shall defend and guide thy course
Through life's uncertain sea,

Till thou art landed on the shore

Of blest eternity.

4 Then seek the Lord betimes, and choose
The path of heavenly truth ;

The earth affords no lovelier sight
Than a religious youth.

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Remember thy Creator.

S. F. SMITH.

1 "REMEMBER thy Creator "
While youth's fair spring is bright,
Before thy cares are greater,

Before comes age's night;

While yet the sun shines o'er thee,.
While stars the darkness cheer,

While life is all before thee,
Thy great Creator fear.

2 "Remember thy Creator "
Ere life resigns its trust,
Ere sinks dissolving nature,
And dust returns to dust ;
Before with God, who gave it,
The spirit shall appear :
He cries, who died to save it,
"Thy great Creator fear."

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E. TAYLOR.

"Remember thy Creator, while the evil Days come not.”
1 TRULY the light of morn is sweet,
And sweet it is to see the sun;

But, cheerful though the hours may fleet,
And years pass gaily, one by one,
O, blot not, reckless, from thy mind
The thought of darker days behind.
2 Rejoice, O child of mortal birth,
In all the pride of youth rejoice;

And let the beauteous things of earth
Allure thine eye, invite thy choice;
Yet know, for blessings freely given,
Thine is a large account with Heaven.
3 And, O, remember, ere the day,

The evil day, of grief shall come,
When all the joy is passed away,

And naught is left but gathering gloom,-
Remember, ere thy pleasures pall,
Him first, and last, who gave them all.

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MRS. SIGOURNEY.

Child's Prayer at entering Church.
1 LORD, lead my heart to learn;
Prepare my ears to hear;

And let me useful knowledge seek,
In thy most holy fear.

2 If unforgiven sin

Within my bosom lies,
Or evil motives linger there
T'offend thy perfect eyes,

3 Remove them far away,

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Inspire me with thy love,

That I may please thee here below,
And dwell with thee above.

S. M.

God's Works praise him.

1 TEN thousand different flowers

ANONYMOUS.

To thee sweet offerings bear;
And cheerful birds in shady bowers
Sing forth thy tender care.

2 The fields on every side,

The trees on every hill,

The glorious sun, the rolling tide,
Proclaim thy wonders still.