Then, when the solemn bell I hear, If saved from guilt, I need not fear ; Nor would the thought alarming be, "Perhaps it next may toll for me!" Rather my spirit would rejoice, 66 MY SOUL IS EVEN AS A WEANED CHILD." QUIET, Lord, my froward heart : Make me as a weaned child; From distrust and envy free, What Thou shalt to-day provide, As a little child relies On a care beyond his own; Knows he's neither strong nor wise; Let me thus with Thee abide, Thus preserv'd from Satan's wiles, Safe from dangers, free from fears, May I live upon Thy smiles, Till the promis'd hour appears, When the sons of God shall prove All their Father's,boundless love. "A FRIEND THAT STICKETH CLOSER THAN A BROTHER. ONE there is, above all others, Well deserves the name of Friend; His is love beyond a brother's, Which of all our friends, to save us, Could or would have shed his blood? But our Jesus died to have us Reconcil'd in Him to God: Jesus is a friend in need. When He liv'd on earth abased, Friend of sinners was His name; Now, above all glory raised, He rejoices in the same: Still He calls them brethren, friends, N Could we bear from one another What He daily bears from us? Yet this glorious Friend and Brother Loves us though we treat Him thus ! Though for good we render ill, He accounts us brethren still. Oh! for grace our hearts to soften; Teach us, Lord, at length to love; We, alas! forget too often What a friend we have above: But, when home our souls are brought, We will love Thee as we ought. |