4 Then, when my pilgrimage is o'er,
And I can serve Thee here no more,
Within Thy temple, God of love,
I'll serve Thee day and night above.
238 Thou art my trust from my youth.—PSALM lxxi. 5. S.M. 1 'M not too young to sin,
I'm not too young to die;
I'm not too little to begin
A life of faith and joy.
2 Jesus, I love Thy name;
From evil set me free;
And ever keep Thy feeble lamb,
Who puts his trust in Thee.
Learn of Me; for I am meek and lowly
in heart.-MATTHEW Xi. 29.
ENTLE Jesus, meek and mild,
Look upon a little child;
Pity my simplicity,
Suffer me to come to Thee.
2 Fain I would to Thee be brought;
Gracious God, forbid it not;
Give me, O my God! a place
In the kingdom of Thy grace.
3 Fain I would be as Thou art;
Give me Thy obedient heart:
Thou art pitiful and kind;
Let me have Thy loving mind.
4 Meek and lowly may I be;
Thou art all humility:
Let me to my betters bow;
Subject to Thy parents Thou.
5 Let me above all fulfil
God my heavenly Father's will;
Never His good Spirit grieve,
Only to His glory live.
240 A new heart and a new spirit.—EZEKIEL Xviii. 31. C.M.
OLEST Saviour, let me be a child,
A little child of Thine;
Thou hast on infant spirits smiled,
O kindly smile on mine.
2 Make me a child in simple ways,
In heart more simple still;
Believing all the Father says,
And doing all His will.
3 Give me a nature pure and true,
My evil heart control;
And day by day may grace renew
The childhood of my soul.
4 May this sweet spirit ne'er depart,
Midst all my joys and cares;
And may I be a child in heart,
Through all my following years.
These little ones that believe in Me.
MARK ix. 42.
AND is it true, as I am told,
That there are lambs within the fold
Of God's beloved Son ?
That Jesus Christ with tender care,
Will in His arms most gently bear
The helpless little one?
2 And I, a little straying lamb,
May come to Jesus as I am,
Though goodness I have none;
May now be folded on His breast,
As birds within the parent-nest,
And be His little one?
3 Others there are who love me too;
But who, with all their love, could do
What Jesus Christ has done?
Then if He teaches me to pray,
I'll surely go to Him, and say,
'Lord, keep Thy little one.'
4 Then by this gracious Shepherd fed,
And by His mercy gently led
Where living waters run,
My greatest pleasure will be this:
That I'm a little lamb of His,
His own dear little one.
242 While the evil days come not.-ECCLES. xii. 1. 76.7 6.
OME, while from joy's bright fountain
The streams of pleasure flow;
Come, ere thy buoyant spirits
Have felt the blight of woe.
2 Remember thy Creator
Now, in thy youthful days,
And He will guide thy footsteps
Through life's uncertain ways.
3 Remember thy Creator,
He calls in tones of love;
And offers endless blessing
In brighter worlds above.
4 And in the hour of sadness,
When earthly joys depart,
His love shall be thy solace,
And cheer thy drooping heart.
5 And when life's storms are over,
And thou from earth art free,
Thy God will be thy portion
Throughout eternity.
243 Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy
youth.-ECCLESIASTES xii. 1.
EMEMBER Thy Creator now,
In these thy youthful days;
He will accept thine early vow,
And listen to thy praise.
2 Remember thy Creator now,
And seek Him while He's near;
For evil days will come, when thou
Shalt find no comfort near.
3 Remember thy Creator now;
His willing servant be;
Then, when thy head in death shall bow,
He will remember thee.
4 Almighty God! our hearts incline.
Thy heavenly voice to hear;
Let all our future days be Thine,
Devoted to Thy fear.
Whoso trusteth in the LORD, happy is he.
PROVERBS Xvi. 20.
OW sweet it is in early youth
To tread the sacred paths of truth,
From sin's deceitful snares to run,
And find a heaven on earth begun!
2 How happy is the soul that knows
What perfect peace and calm repose
A gracious Father deigns to give
To them who by His precepts live!
3 Forbid it, Lord, that we should stray
Far distant from Thy holy way,
Or so deceived and thoughtless be
As to love pleasure more than Thee.
4 Though fools may make a mock of sin,
O teach us wisely to begin
To seek the safe and narrow road
That leads to happiness and God.
Those that seek Me early shall find Me.
PROVERBS Viii. 17.
HEY are blest, and blest for ever,
Who in childhood's early day
Seek the care of Him who never
Turns the seeking soul away.
Jesus, lest their feet should slide,
Condescends to be their guide.
2 Who the world's temptations scorning,
Keep in view the great reward,
And in youth's delightful morning
Yield themselves unto the Lord;
Jesus will their portion be
Now and through eternity.
3 He, their Shepherd and their Saviour,
Will with eyes of love behold,
And regard with kindest favour,
Every lamb within His fold.
He will guide them by His love
To His blessed fold above.
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