3 Sons of God, your Saviour praise! He alone the work hath wrought; Him who spake a world from naught. 4 Saw ye not the cloud arise, Little as a human hand? 1003 7th P. M. 8 lines 7s. The Watchman's report. ATCHMAN, tell us of the night, What its signs of promise are. Trav'ler, o'er yon mountain's height See the glory-beaming star. Watchman, does its beauteous ray Aught of hope or joy foretell? Trav❜ler, yes, it brings the day-Promised day of Israel. 2 Watchman, tell us of the night; Higher yet that star ascends. Trav'ler, blessedness and light, Peace and truth, its course portends. Watchman, will its beams, alone, Gild the spot that gave them birth? Trav'ler, ages are its own; See, it bursts o'er all the earth. 3 Watchman, tell us of the night, 1004 H 7th P. M. 8 lines 7s. The song of jubilee. ARK! the song of jubilee; Or the fulness of the sea, When it breaks upon the shore: Hallelujah! for the Lord God omnipotent shall reign; Hallelujah! let the word Echo round the earth and main. 2 Hallelujah!-hark! the sound, Sheath'd his sword: he speaks-'tis done And the kingdoms of this world Are the kingdoms of his Son. 3 He shall reign from pole to pole He shall reign, when, like a scroll, God in Christ, is all in all. 1005 Son may The song of triumph L. M. the last glad song arise, Through all the millions of the skiesThat song of triumph which records That all the earth is now the Lord's. 2 Let thrones, and powers, and kingdoms, be Obedient, mighty God, to thee; And over land, and stream, and main, 1006 16th P. M. 11 12, 11 12. Alleluia, the Lord God omnipotent reigneth. JOIN ye the anthems of triumph, that rise From the throng of the blest, from the hosts of the skies: Alleluia, they sing, in rapturous strains; Alleluia, the Lord God omnipotent reigns. 2 He gave to the light its beneficent wings; He controlleth the counsels of senates and kings: From his throne in the clouds the lightnings are hurl'd, And he ruleth the factions that rage through the world. 3 Rejoice, ye that love him; his power cannot fail; His omnipotent goodness shall surely prevail; 1007 SUNDAY-SCHOOLS. C. M. Blessedness of instructing the young. ELIGHTFUL work! young souls to win, From the deceitful paths of sin, To seek redeeming grace. 2 Children our kind protection claim; When infants learn to lisp his name, 3 Be ours the bliss, in wisdom's way And show the mind which went astray 4 Almighty God, thine influence shed, The honours of thy Name be spread, 1008 5th P. M. 4 lines 7s. A blessing invoked on teachers. MWisdom had her glorious seat, When the orbs that people space 1009 0 C. M. For a blessing on the children. To frame, in nature's earliest hour, 2 Yet didst thou not disdain awhile 4 So may our youth adore thy Name! With fost'ring grace the timid flame 1010 The Christian child. Y cool Siloam's shady rill BY How sweet the lily grows! C. M. How sweet the breath, beneath the hill, 2 Lo! such the child whose early feet 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 power, And stormy passion's rage. |