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ANNIVERSARIES OF SCHOOLS AND CHARITABLE

INSTITUTIONS.

261.

“And all thy children shall be taught of the Lord.” İsa. liv. 13. C. M.

1 THY throne, O God! in righteousness, For ever shall endure:

We bow before it: deign to bless
The children of the poor.

2 Thy wisdom fixed our lowly birth,
Yet we Thy goodness share:

Still make us, while we dwell on earth,
The children of Thy care.

3 Strangers to Thee, though Thine by name,
We heard Thy welcome voice,
And, gathered from the world, became
The children of Thy choice.

4 Thou art our Shepherd, glorious God!
Thy little flock behold;

And guide us by Thy staff and rod,
The children of Thy fold.

5 Oh may our friends, Thy servants here, Meet all our souls above;

And they and we in heaven appear
The children of Thy love!

262. "Doubtless thou art our Father." Isa. lxiii. 16.

L. M.

1 WHILE saints and angels, glorious King!
Day without night Thy praises sing,
Thou wilt not humbler strains despise :
The songs of children reach the skies.

2 Amidst the whole creation's cares,
The meanest worm Thy bounty shares.
Thine eyes the depths of ocean see:
The grave itself hides naught from Thee.

3 While want and hardship were our lot,
Thou knew'st us, though we knew Thee not.
Now we adore Thy hand, that sends
Our earthly comforts, home, and friends.

4 With these Thy heavenly gifts afford,
Thy Son, Thy Spirit, and Thy word:

Thy word, to teach our wayward youth Thy pure commandments, God of truth!

5-Thy Spirit, to dispel the night
Of sin and error, God of light!
-Thy Son, to raise our minds above.
This world's affections, God of love!

6 For all the good Thy grace imparts,
What shall we give Thee?-Take our hearts.
Oh, seal them by Thy power divine,
In life, in death, for ever Thine!

263. “Thou art the Guide of my youth." Jer. iii. 4.

L. M.

1 GREAT Saviour! who didst condescend
Young children in Thine arms to take,
Still prove Thyself the children's Friend,
And save us, for Thy mercy's sake.
2 Lord, by the guidance of Thy hand,
We now within Thy house appear;
And in Thine awful presence stand,
To hear Thy word, and join in prayer.
3 Like precious seed in fruitful ground,
Let the instruction we receive,
With fruits of righteousness abound :
Oh, let us to Thy glory live!

4 While in the slippery paths of youth,
Be Thou our guardian and our guide;
That we, directed by Thy truth,

May never from Thy precepts slide.

5 To read Thy word, our hearts incline: To understand it, light impart.

O Saviour! let us all be Thine:
Take full possession of each heart.

264.

"Train up a child in the way he should go."
Prov. xxii. 6. C. M.

1 BLEST work! the youthful mind to win, And turn the rising race

From the deceitful paths of sin,
To seek redeeming grace.

2 Children our kind protection claim;
And God will well approve,

When infants learn to lisp His name,
And their Redeemer love.

3 Be ours the bliss, in wisdom's way
To guide untutored youth;
And shew the mind which went astray,
The way, the life, the truth!

4 Thy Spirit, Father! on us shed,
And bless this good design:
The honours of Thy name be spread,
And all the glory Thine.

265. “To him that soweth righteousness, shall be a sure

reward." Prov. xi. 18. C. M.

1 O LORD, who dost Thy boundless power
In acts of goodness show!
Thy mercy let the world adore,
Whence all our blessings flow.

2 This still shall be our grateful theme;
Thy praise we'll ever sing;

Our friends the kind refreshing stream,
But Thou the unfailing spring.

3 Each hand and heart that lend us aid,
Thou dost inspire and guide;

Nor shall their love be unrepaid,
Who for the poor provide.

4 May all the pleasing pains they share,
Be crowned with large success ;

The present age applaud their care,
And future ages bless.

266." Thou art the helper of the fatherless." Psalm x. 14.

C. M.

1 HEAR, Lord! the song of praise and prayer,
In heaven Thy dwelling-place,
From children made the public care,
And taught to seek Thy face.

2 Thanks for Thy word, and for Thy day:
And grant us, we implore,
Never to waste, in sinful play,
Thy holy Sabbaths more.

3 Thanks that we hear; but Oh, impart
To each desires sincere,

That we may listen with our heart,
And learn as well as hear.

4 Wisdom and bliss Thy word bestows,-
A sun which ne'er declines!
Oh be Thy mercy showered on those
Who placed us where it shines.

267. Thou hast taught me from my youth.”

1

Psalm lxxi. 17. S.M.

THE praises of my tongue

I offer to the Lord,

That I was taught and learned so young

To read His holy word.

2

Dear Lord! this book of Thine

Informs me where to go,

For grace to pardon all my sin,

And make me holy too.

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