15 6th P. M. 6 lines 7s. Holy children. HOLY children read and pray, 2 Holy children, when they die, 16 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, 2 He will govern those who love him: 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! 17 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, 2 We are but young-yet we must die; 3 We are but young-we need a guide; 4 We are but young-yet God has shed God's blessings on children. 18 7th P. M. 8 lines 7s. HAPPY APPY child, whom God doth aid! God on us in gracious showers Bids them bear us in their hands; 2 He this flowery carpet spread, Covers with the clothes we wear: 3 Man, we for his kindness love; 19 10th P. M. 8 lines 8s. 0 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. 20 Prayer for youth. S. M. REAT God! with heart and tongue, O may they learn, while they are young, 2 Now, in their early days, 3 Make their unguarded youth Cause them to choose the way of truth, 4 Their hearts, to folly prone, 5 Lord, let thy sacred word 21 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, 2 By night and day, where'er I be, 3 When flesh and sinking nature fail, To melt and overflow my heart. 1 4 Or slowly wasting to the dust, 5 In cheerful hope my eyelids close, 22 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; 40 let the morning of our days |