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6th P. M. 6 lines 7s.

Holy children.

HOLY children read and pray,
Love God's holy word and day;
Fly from sin and seek his grace,
Learn his will, and Christ embrace;
They are humble, meek, and mild;
Lord, make me a holy child.

2 Holy children, when they die,
Soar to Christ above the sky;
Take their seats around his throne,
Make his praise forever known:
Pleasing thought! may I be styled,
Now, the Saviour's holy child f

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9th P. M. 87, 87.

God will be our guide.

Bis the child whose tender youth,

LEST, beyond all earthly blessing,

In the Lord a guide possessing,
Walks in paths of light and truth.

2 He will govern those who love him:
Those who walk in faith and fear,
In all danger still shall prove him
Gracious, kind, and ever near.

3 Heavenly Father, let us prove thee, An all-wise, protecting Friend! Make us fear thee, make us love thee, Constant, to our latest end!

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THE YOUNG.

L. M.

Privileges and duties of the young.

TE are but young-yet we may sing

praises heavenly King;

He made the earth, the sea, the sky,
And all the starry worlds on high.

2 We are but young-yet we must die;
Perhaps our latter end is nigh;
Lord, may we early seek thy grace,
And find in Christ a hiding-place.

3 We are but young-we need a guide;
Jesus, in thee we would confide;
O lead us in the path of truth,
Protect and bless our helpless youth.

4 We are but young-yet God has shed
Unnumber'd blessings on our head;
Then let our youth and riper days
Be all devoted to his praise..

God's blessings on children.

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7th P. M. 8 lines 7s.

HAPPY

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APPY child, whom God doth aid!

God on us in gracious showers
Blessings every moment pours:
Compasses with angel bands,

Bids them bear us in their hands;
Parents, friends, 'twas God bestow'd;
Life and all descend from God.

2 He this flowery carpet spread,
Made the earth on which we tread;
God refreshes in the air,

Covers with the clothes we wear:
Feeds us with the food we eat,
Cheers us by his light and heat,
Makes his sun on us to shine;
All our blessings are divine.

3 Man, we for his kindness love;
How much more our God above!
Give him then, and ever give,
Thanks for all that we receive:
Worthy thou, our heavenly Lord,
To be honour'd and adored:
God of all-creating grace,
Take the everlasting praise.

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10th P. M. 8 lines 8s.

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Self-consecration.

JESUS, delight of my soul, My Saviour, my Shepherd divine, I yield to thy blessed control; My body and spirit are thine: Thy love can never deserve, That bids me be happy in thee; My God and my King will serve, Whose favour is heaven to me.

2 How can I thy goodness repay, By nature so weak and defiled! Myself I have given away;

O call me thine own blessed child: And art thou my Father above! Will Jesus nbide in my heart? O bind me so fast with thy love, That I never from thee shall depart.

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Prayer for youth.

S. M.

REAT God! with heart and tongue,
For all our youth we pray;

O may they learn, while they are young,
To walk in wisdom's way!

2 Now, in their early days,
Teach them thy will to know;
O God, thy sanctifying grace
On every heart bestow!

3 Make their unguarded youth
The object of thy care;

Cause them to choose the way of truth,
And fly from every snare.

4 Their hearts, to folly prone,
Renew by power divine;
Unite them to thyself alone,
And make them wholly thine.

5 Lord, let thy sacred word
Their warmest thoughts employ;
There let them daily find the road
Which leads to endless joy.

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The youth's supplication.

L. M.

GUARDIAN of sous, td keep my ways;

QUARDIAN of souls, throughout my days

And let thy kindest love prevail,
Though foes unite, and friends all fail.

2 By night and day, where'er I be,
Be theu, my Saviour, near to me;
In health or pain, in rest or toil,
Give me thy kind, approving smile.

3 When flesh and sinking nature fail,
Then let sustaining grace prevail;
Its holy influence impart,

To melt and overflow my heart.

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4 Or slowly wasting to the dust,
Be thou my firm support and trust;
Nor let death's glooiny shadows be
The slightest terror, Lord, to me.

5 In cheerful hope my eyelids close,
And give me calm and sweet repose;
My spirit from its prison free,
To reign in heaven, O Lord, with thee.

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L. M.

Prayer offered by youth.

LORD, we are young-thy help we need, For various foes infest our way;

Be thou to us a friend indeed,

Nor let us from thy precepts stray.

2 From wayward paths our feet restore, And keep our tongues from speaking guile; And O, preserve us evermore

From sin's seducing, luring smile.

3 Our youthful hearts with grace inspire;
To thee our every power incline;
And may the pure celestial fire,
Within our bosoms ever shine.

40 let the morning of our days
To thee, and thee alone, be given;
Increase our love, approve our ways,
And guide us safely into heaven.

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